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Has Sonos killed my Connect AMP/surround setup?

  • 7 October 2020
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Hi — I have happily had a Playbar hardwired to a Connect AMP in my lounge for a few years now. I flip between having the Connect AMP on its own to use with my vinyl, and then connecting it for surround sound for my TV. It’s become progressively easier with each upgrade, and the last iteration was pretty simple and convenient. My Connect AMP even turned out to be S2 compatible. 

 

But now it seems there’s been a new update to S2 and the surround-adding process is different. It seems you can’t add surround unless they’re on WiFi. Is this true? Is my setup dead now? Did Sonos just break the “you’ll always be able to use your system as you have done before” pledge? I’m quite peeved.

 

Thoughts welcome, thanks!

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Best answer by Gafferbee 7 October 2020, 23:21

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What happens when you try to add the C:A as surrounds?  At what point does it fall over?

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What happens when you try to add the C:A as surrounds?  At what point does it fall over?

I don’t even get that option anymore. When I try to add surrounds I get a new dialog box saying something like. ‘Please make sure you have two surround speakers connected via the same WiFi network’. There are no options to proceed, just an OK or Done button.

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There was another thread earlier today where the user had two Sonos Ones ready to add as surrounds but got exact same message. So it may be nothing to do with your having a Connect:Amp (I honestly don't know).

You might try powering down your router and Sonos devices, then power on the router, Playbar and C:A in that order.

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