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Tips for common Sonos problems

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Sub-mini connectivity

I have a beam, two era 100’s and a sub mini in one physical room.I have a Sonos ‘room’ designated TV and another ‘room’ designated Music.The beam+sub are currently in the TV room (group) and currently the stereo pair are in the Music room.  I have to remove the sub from TV and add to Music when I want the stereo pair and sub playing together. The stereo pair is in front of me. And I do not use them as surrounds so they’re not located behind me.For music listening, I obviously want the stereo pair and sub, and for Tv I want the beam and sub.I currently have to move the sub when I swap between listening to music and watching TV. Ideally the sub could be in its own Sonos ‘room’ then be added in the app quickly to either TV or Music…but this isn’t possible as far as I know Any thoughts? Thank You 

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Volume Control with Samsung TV remote goes up but not down

Hi I need some help. I have just set up my Sonos Ray sound bar with my Samsung QE65S95B (2022) Smart TV. I followed the instructions with the app and set up the TV remote as well.The problem I am having is that i can only increase the volume via TV remote but not reduce the volume. Has anyone got any suggestions?  At the moment I can only reduce the volume via the Sonos App or by tapping the bar. Please help

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No broadcast on Play:1

My Sonos Play:1 is connected to my system of Sonos speakers including Beam. While it’s able to control the music (pause, play, volume) but is not broadcasting any sound. Would appreciate some help.

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Music Library showing wrong song title Sonos 1

Scanning my Music Library in some cases I get wromg song titles.I checked the mp3 tags (ID3v1.1  and ID3v2.x) and titles are shown correct.It’s possible that the tag titles at one time were wrong bur this should be corrected.How do I get Sonos to show the correct song titles?I tried to delete the troublesome files, uninstall Sonos app, remove the Music Library and rescan it.Nothing helps

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playlists across 2 homes

I have 2 homes, and want to be able see the custom playlists I use at my main residence. Is there a way to do this. When I get to my Cabin, it’s my account, but it’s like starting over. Any tricks appreciated as I have put lots of time into this! Thanks

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Sub Mini Only connectivity issues

Does someone else sonos Sub Mini not connect properly to the internet wifi? And only works by ethernet??? Ive had the Sub for a week and i cannot connect it to the wifi. It inly works when connected physically… yes the wifi option is on, pls help. 

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SplinterContributor I
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Arc Dialogue Sync

Arc soundbar - dialogue sound does NOT match the mouths of the actors.  Dialogue Sync does not resolve the problem.  Seems to be ahead or behind on any of the available settings.  Anyone else experiencing this.  Tell me I’m not alone.   side note:  attempted the latest WiFi update to see if it would help, it found the first speaker and identified it as a Move 2.  I don’t have a Move 2.  Ones, Arc, Subwoofers, and an older soundbar (I can’t remember the name), but no Move 2.  Aborted.  Hahahaha sigh. 

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Arc Ultra plays surround sound despite connected externak Era 100s

So I’ve done alot of testing listening to 5.1 surround and Dolby Atmos videos and movies. I’ve found that the Arc Ultra plays surround sounds through the soundbar even though I have connected 2 Era 100s as surrounds. On top of this the volume in the Era 100s is extremely low. If I turn up the “Surround”-slider it increases both the Eras but also the sound coming from the Soundbar and the issue persists.It’s really distracting as it ruins the soundstage. Sounds that are supposed to come from behind now are audible from the front. Not only that but the Arc Ultra has a stronger treble than the Era 100 which makes it even more noticable. I tried EQing in hopes that maybe I could just “live with it” but honestly for the price I really shouldn’t have to compromise.I’ve researched online and found people with similar issues in posts that are over 45 days old and in them people claim “Sonos has acknowledges the issue and are working on a patch to fix it.”. Considering it’s over a month and a h

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Adding Bluesound Vault to Sonos System

I have repaired a broken Vault 2 (dead power unit). Now I am having trouble re-connecting it to Sonos. After much online searching, I have added the Vault to the network, and added a shared music library via the Sonos (new) App as a shared folder by adding //IP address of the Vault/shared. So I can see the music and play it. BUT it used to be pretty; I could see album artwork and select a specific album. Now all if see is a list of ~ 9000 tracks from the FLAC music subfolder or the same as MP3 in the MP3 folder. Is the Sonos integration stuffed or is there a way to fix it so it will work like it used to? Or should I just be asking Sonos to fix it?

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Kim SellContributor I
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Reliability of App

In ideal conditions (connection to internet) the app works ok at best.  The alarm function to play a radio station fails most days.  It will play from 2 minutes to 1 hour when set to play for 3 hours on alarm. Volume management works well about 50% of the time.  This week we had an internet outage for about 6 hours.  Sonos would do nothing.  I should be able to play local files, but I could not even log in.I know you are working on the issue, at the end of the day if all commands have to go through the cloud the system is only as good as the internet service of the customer. Much less the local network environment which is why you have your own back channel that makes the system more reliable.  Many customers have high latency service.  My Ubiquity system monitors my threshold, and it rarely goes over 32ms. I owned a fairly large healthcare company that connected to medical devices.  Even under contracted services we could not rely on quality to be high enough 7/24/365 and had to have

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Sonos Era 100 + Dual Subs

I have two Sonos era 100s in a stereo pair connected to one sonos sub. I have a second gen 3 sonos sub - can i add it to have dual subs?

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JavadogContributor I
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Play 1

How do I connect my Play 1 to a new internet supplier 

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Mojo48Contributor I
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Do I need to set up a new account?

Sonos can’t find (any) new products. Tried to set up ERA 100 speakers by signing in to my previous S1 account. Downloaded new app for S2, but it doesn’t find any products.

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Andrew McCletchieContributor I
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Convert non bluetooth CD player to connect to ERA100 wirelessly

I have an ageing Maranttz CD player that is non Bluetooth.It has Analogue Output L and R at the rear.Can I buy a device that will plug into this output, convert the signal to Bluetooth and then play through the Era100 ? I can see all sorts of devices available but I am thoroughly confused.Two other questions please while I am here.What is the quality like ? Are there better converters to buy ?I understand a single Era100 has stereo capability. Does connecting like this maintain stereo sound ?Thanks everyone for any advice

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Era line in adapter

If I connect a source device, such as a CD player, to an Era speaker will the music play only through that particular Era speaker or can it be routed to also play through my other Eras and/or beam?

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ToralfContributor I
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Fehler 1000 und 1001

Der Fehler 1000 verhindert der die Registrierung un d den Betrieb der Soundbar Sonos ARC.Neustart von allen Geräten ist mehrfach erfolgt..Ohne Erfolg  

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Sub 4

When will we be able to connect a sub 4 to play five speakers. Please make this happen. Email me @ dkleist55@gmail.com.

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MirzelfContributor I
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no sound on hdmi arc while right connected

My sonos won't connect no more with myTv. All cables are right connected, i've restarted all systems, but no sound out the tv.Sonos Radio does work properly..What am I doing wrong? 

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jgatie
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S2 App Sign In Sign Out

On my iPhone 15 Pro, in My System Settings I have no control of anything in there. It’s telling me to sign out and sign back in to have access to my system settings. It keeps repeating the same messages. Even when I go to Manage it won’t let me sign in. But on my iPad I can sign in and go into my settings. I made sure both my iPhone and S2 app were updated to the latest version. I deleted and reinstalled the Sonos app on the phone. The messages says… “Sonos” Wants to use “Sonos.com” to sign you in. This allows the app and website to share information about you. I hit continue and sign in…. Next message says Sign in as the System Owner, To manage these settings, sign out and sign back in as the owner of this system. It’s on repeat. It won’t let me sign in on my iPhone. Is this part of the update from many months ago. The crazy ass updates that messed everything up? Again, no issues with my iPad. I recently added the Arc to my TV Room and had no issues using my iPhone a week ago. I wante

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Beam Gen 2 take minutes to work

I have a Beam Gen 2. When I turn on the TV, there is no sound for about 3 minutes, then it's fine. Is this normal?

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Sonos Products and Wifi 7 routers (Asus BT10)

Just reporting a bug really and doing it here as support chat has been impossible to get hold of.Recently upgraded to Asus BT10 wifi 7 mesh system. All my other devices connected fine (including the ancient stuff like nest thermostats, ring doorbells, my 14year old printer etc...) with the exception of my Sonos gearArc, Sub3, symfonisks bookshelves - none of it would connect.Trying to manually reset the network settings and ultimately factory reset didn’t work, it simply wouldn’t connect to the wifi network.Ultimately I found that disabling ‘Wifi 7 Mode’ within the router settings allowed everything to connect back up.  Wifi 7 mode is backwards compatible with older devices, as proven by everything else in my hose connecting to it fine, just evidently not for sonos,  they will not connect whatsoever to an Asus wifi 7 router if Wifi 7 mode is enabled.Hopefully this can make its way to the engineers and they can push out a firmware update for these devices to work fine on a wifi 7 enable

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sirius que in sonos app?

For years i’ve been able to create a que of SiriusXM on demand shows in the Sonos app.  Suddenly that has been taken away???i can play one show but I can no longer “add to end of Que.”. That option no longer shows up.is this intentional?

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sonos era 100/300 playback atmos

HiQuestion for you all.  I now have in my arsenal two pairs of era 300 downstairs in my house and an older play 1 in the kitchen.  If I play an atmos track/album on the two pair fine, not a problem, if I then add in the kitchen speaker it knocks down the playback on all the speakers to ultra HD.  If I take off the kitchen speaker the playback goes back up to atmos.  This is the question: If I upgrade the kitchen speaker to an ERA 100 will it still downgrade the playback on all the other atmos capable speakers or not? Thanks in advance for any help

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no sound when grouping Beam gen2 +2 Era100

Hi all! When we are grouping Beam gen 2 + 2 Era 100 we have no sound on one Era… Each product is working individually and also when they are bonded as surrounds for Beam. The only issue is when grouping the 3 products. We are grouping rooms for regular playback, not for the TV sound.Could this problem be related to some router settings eventually?

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How to use Sonos Five and Sub-mini via bluetooth

Just got these two components set up via the app and later realized I could not play movies, etc… via bluetooth connection from a laptop. Why? I tried the 3.5mm cable to the Five but the sound was terrible and the lag was nearly three seconds delayed. I found a potential solution online in which I could use a Roam speaker as a bluetooth waypoint and link it to the Five and sub. Have others set this up and been happy with it?The sound and style of the speakers is great but if I cannot use for bluetooth I’ll jave to return everything. 

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