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Can't Get My Sony Turntable to connect to my system

  • July 2, 2023
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Hello all,

 

I just bought a Sony turntable with phono preamp to play vinyl on. I currently have the Amp, Sub, Arc, and two Sonos architectural built in speakers. The whole Sonos system is set up in my family room like surround sound. When I connect the turntable to the Amp, the app does not give me the option for Browse> Line-In. Does that mean that I would have to disconnect my surround sound system from the Amp in order for it to play the turntable? I would love to leave everything connected and just be able to play my turntable over the whole system. Is that possible?

Best answer by Ken_Griffiths

Thank you for your reply. Does that mean then I would assume, that if I add another amp or port of some sort I still wouldn’t be able to stream the music from the turntable to the Arc? Definitely not the passive speakers connected to my current Amp. 

You can stream the line-in TT audio to any/every Sonos ’room’ in your system - the only reason you’re facing difficulties at the moment, is because your Amp is acting as a slave to the Arc and in that ‘bonded’ mode, the line-in on the Sonos Amp is disabled.

As a test, you could now unbond the Amp from the Arc and then setup/use the line-in TT audio to play to any/all your Sonos Rooms, including the Arc and/or the Amps connected passive ceiling speakers.

Ideally though, if you want to leave the Amp bonded for the purposes of HT surround audio, then you might want to consider adding a separate Sonos product with line-in and use that with the TT instead. You can still play the TT audio to each/all your chosen Sonos rooms, but without having to unbond and bond your Amp repeatedly with the Arc, as that can become a nuisance if you want to switch the setup on quite a regular basis.

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buzz
  • buzz
  • July 2, 2023

Line-In is disabled when AMP or a player is in surround mode.

    Ken_Griffiths

    @NittanyBrittany,
    As @buzz mentions line-in on the Amp is disabled when it acts as a slave to perform surround duty, but in answer to your question, ‘Yes’ the Amps line-in will work if you unbond-it from your Arc. It’s a nuisance to keep doing that though, to say the least, so you might want to consider adding a further standalone Sonos device to your setup with line-in capability. The device options with line-in are…

    • Port/Connect
    • Amp/Connect:Amp
    • Five/Play:5
    • Era-100 (requires additional dongle)
    • Era-300 (requires additional dongle)
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    Thank you for your reply. Does that mean then I would assume, that if I add another amp or port of some sort I still wouldn’t be able to stream the music from the turntable to the Arc? Definitely not the passive speakers connected to my current Amp. 

    Airgetlam
    • Airgetlam
    • July 2, 2023

    Once the line in is in the Sonos ecosystem, you can stream that line in to any Sonos speaker in that system. 

    Bruce
      Ken_Griffiths

      Thank you for your reply. Does that mean then I would assume, that if I add another amp or port of some sort I still wouldn’t be able to stream the music from the turntable to the Arc? Definitely not the passive speakers connected to my current Amp. 

      You can stream the line-in TT audio to any/every Sonos ’room’ in your system - the only reason you’re facing difficulties at the moment, is because your Amp is acting as a slave to the Arc and in that ‘bonded’ mode, the line-in on the Sonos Amp is disabled.

      As a test, you could now unbond the Amp from the Arc and then setup/use the line-in TT audio to play to any/all your Sonos Rooms, including the Arc and/or the Amps connected passive ceiling speakers.

      Ideally though, if you want to leave the Amp bonded for the purposes of HT surround audio, then you might want to consider adding a separate Sonos product with line-in and use that with the TT instead. You can still play the TT audio to each/all your chosen Sonos rooms, but without having to unbond and bond your Amp repeatedly with the Arc, as that can become a nuisance if you want to switch the setup on quite a regular basis.

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