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Contributor I
Oct 28, 2017 11:10 AM UTC
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Wrong time on Sonos One and Alexa

When I ask Alexa what time is ti? the reply is 8 hours behind GMT. I have gone into the time and date settings for the play one but the are set at the correct time. How can I get Alexa to announce the correct time?
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Lyricist III
Nov 7, 2017 7:55 PM UTC
I have three devices, all discovered, all with the correct address and time zone, I use the web Alexa address, (it's more responsive than my old IPad) but i'm given the wrong time, wrong country, and now to add insult to injury, no music. Alexa insists my Sonos skill needs enabling. It's enabled. It's linked to my Amazon account. I'm tearing my hair out here. I've sent off an incident report. What now?
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Avid Contributor III
Nov 7, 2017 8:26 PM UTC
As per Ryan S, I went to Alexa's web settings page. Time zone was correct but zip code & country fields were empty.
Entered info for both and that indeed solved the problem. Current time & event times now are correct.
Thanks!
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Contributor I
Nov 7, 2017 8:49 PM UTC
I was also getting this problem along with numerous others Sonos customer support have been pretty good on Twitter to be fair, still can’t poay any music using Alexa but at least the time is right!! Here was the solution

1. If you have the Amazon shopping app on your device, sign out of Amazon shopping app.
2. Then if you do not have the Amazon shopping app, navigate to http://Amazon.com and check to make sure that you are not signed in there..
3. From the Alexa app, select Skills>Your Skills>Sonos>Disable. If you do not see Sonos, go to the next step.
4. Sign out of the Alexa app by going to Settings and scrolling all the way to the bottom.
5. Open the Sonos app from a mobile device
6. Select More>Settings>Room Settings>Sonos One Room Name
7. Select Voice Services>Sign In
8. Select Amazon Alexa>Remove Amazon Alexa from the room
9. Go back to More>Voice Services->Add Alexa
10. Follow these prompts to setup Alexa again on the Sonos One.

Then If the issue persists could we try the above steps on a different mobile controller.
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Ryan S
Retired Sonos Staff
Nov 7, 2017 9:01 PM UTC
Really good steps, Ian. What happens sometimes is if you have multiple Amazon accounts it could cause the Sonos One to try and connect with the wrong one, and get all screwed up. The Sonos app tries to default to using the account you have in your Shopping app first.

@Eastway, glad that worked.
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Contributor I
Nov 7, 2017 9:10 PM UTC
Ryan, yes that sorted the time and location issue, just got to get the other issue Which is that Alexa won’t play at you music at all!
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Lyricist III
Nov 7, 2017 9:42 PM UTC
Appreciate the help, but Alexa hates me!
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Ryan S
Retired Sonos Staff
Nov 7, 2017 9:48 PM UTC
What service are you using, Ian? Are you getting an error message or something happening when you ask the Sonos One to play?

Mind submit a diagnostic from your Sonos system and sending back your confirmation number?
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Contributor I
Nov 7, 2017 9:57 PM UTC
Before I followed the steps above she would say mmmm to do that you need to enable the skill, and then say discover devices which never worked. Now she says what I have requested and then says something went wrong. Eve when I try and play the tube in radio through the Alexa app I get an error message. I am using Spotify, amazon music and tune in radio!? diagnostic no is 8056397..: thanks
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Lyricist III
Nov 8, 2017 11:08 AM UTC
@ Ian...It's the thoughtful mmmm before she says that that's making me mad!
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UKMedia
Nov 8, 2017 12:00 PM UTC
Is your Alexa app logged into the same amazon account is the one linked to your Sonos account when you set-up the Sonos 1?
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