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Sonos Five line in do not go on standby

  • February 19, 2026
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  • Contributor I

Hi

I’m wondering, how do I get the Sonos Five to not go on standby on line in? 

The default behavior is that the Sonos stops playing within 30 seconds or so if it doesn’t detect a signal.  However, getting out of standby takes a good 2-5 seconds. I’m using the Five pair as computer speakers and it is incredibly annoying to use them on video calls because the speaker keeps going on standby and I miss the first 2-3 seconds every time the other person talks. 

I’ve found that if I go to “Your Sources” → line-in → select Sonos Five, then it would avoid going on standby for longer, maybe an hour? But then it goes on standby again, and I have to do this again. 

How do I stop the speaker from going on standby? I want it to be always on so I never miss the first few seconds of audio whenever I play something. 

Thanks

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controlav
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  • Lead Maestro
  • February 19, 2026

I use Play:5 Gen 1s for my PCs and this used to bug the hell out of me. I think I fixed it by setting the audio delay to the minimum 75ms. (This is on S1 obviously).


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  • Senior Virtuoso
  • February 19, 2026

By Sonos’ own admission, they’re really not designed to be speakers for computers. 
 

https://en.community.sonos.com/groups/sonos-products-as-pc-speakers-229137

 


Stanley_4
  • Grand Maestro
  • February 19, 2026

Feed the Sonos a low level audio signal that is enough to keep them active but not noticeable. It need not be constant, just often enough to keep the Sonos active.