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Hello - I am connecting the Sonos Connect to my Bang & Olufsen Beosound 9000 so I can stream music wirelessly from my iPhone.  I used the 7-pin RCA cable but the sound is barely noticeable when I use the Aux function on the B&O system.  I tried to raise the sound to the max on my iphone and on the B&O system.  Does anyone knopw how to fix the issue?  thanks for your help.

Would like to ask if any suggestion on where to get a 90 Degree Up Angle Fiber Optic 2.1 HDMI Cable for new generation Beam as the maximum space allowed for the plug is only around 2 cm if flush mounted onto the wall. 

I finally got my hands on a Sonos Amp as I cannot get a Sonos Port for the life of me. I have a customer who I am installing a large outdoor 70V system for and I want to use the Sonos Amp as a line out source and not an amp. I know this isn't "recommended", but Sonos really can't blame integrators for looking at alternate solutions given their serious shortage of products (and they also just canceled my large order through Anixter as with all their orders so I have no choice).  The customer wants to use the Sonos app so I need to make this work.Please assist with solutions.  Thank you!

HiI have got 5 speaker rough ins done in my new home for surround sound. 3 in the back and 2 in the front. I want to use Sonos AMP with those speakers but I am not sure how I can connect them the right way. I was told that Sonos amp can connect only 2 left and 2 right speakers. not sure how to handle the central speaker in the back

Hi,the outcome with the turntable wirh pre-amp is very low. Could I achieve a higher volume in using the sonos amp? I have the TEAC TN300 turntablebest regardsmichel

Hey all, I’m redoing our main family room and looking to go Amp+Bookshelf speakers. We mostly listen to music in this room, but want to be able to pipe the TV from time to time, so looks like Sonos amp. I haven’t shopped for HiFi speakers in years. Prior to switching to Sonos, I had a Focal 5.1 that I really liked. Curious what lines I should be looking at? KEF Q150 is on my radar. It’s a little more than I wanted to spend, but hoping y’all might help me narrow the field a bit. TIA!

Hey all, I currently have a beam and really like it, for more esthetic reasons, looking to move to an Amp plus bookshelf speakers. Wondering if anyone can speak to phantom center on Amp vs Beam. Obviously the quality of the sound you’d be getting with an amp would depend on what you’re using. I am leaning toward Q Acoustics 3030. I feel like you’d get better stereo separation with two speakers vs Beam, but wondering what the dialogue experience is like with the Amp. We use the dialogue boost on all our Sonos products. Thanks all!

Hello just purchased a epson 4040 pro series projector.i currently have sonance outdoor satellite speakers throughout the yard paired with Sonos amp and Sonos Hub. I also bought a denon audio receiver, a hdmi switcher, Apple TV. The projector is mounted outside in a weatherproof enclosure. The screen is motorized and sits on the group and it sealed in a weatherproof box that has to be opened before using remote to control screen. my question is it possible-  hdmi from projector to hdmi switcher,hdmi from switcher to audio reciever. Audio out from Sonos port to audio in on reciever. To use the sonance outdoor speakers for the projector.then to also be able to use the speaker to watch live tv. 

Apologize if this has been asked. Searched the forum and couldn’t find an answer.I have 2 Onkyo receivers in my setup and am having the same issue with both. Currently have a TX NR686 and TX NR585. The 686 is connected to a 3rd Gen Sonos connect and the 585 is connected to a brand new Sonos port. Neither the connect nor the port can be found via the onkyo setup/works with Sonos search. I get the same time out on both and a resulting connect cannot be found message.I have tried rebooting the router, updating firmware, rebooting receivers and removing and reinstalling both Sonos components in the system. Nothing has made a difference.My assumption is that the problem is in my network setup. I have not been able to get to a solution using onkyo tech support. So I’m trying here. My wifi is a eero mesh system. I’m far from a network expert so looking for advice on things to try.  any help is appreciated.

“Best way”, not “desk way”! can't see how to edit that so….Hi there,After some setup advice.I bought I record player, which I connect via a pre-amp to a Sonos AMP.I don't have any speakers attached to the amp. I group it with my Arc + L/R ones and Sub for the sound.This is working ok, but the base levels from the vinyl is nowhere near as meaty as my TV / digital music sound.I like some healthy base, but I don’t want to keep turning it up/down every time I move from the deck to TV etc.I’d also be interested if there is a smarter way to group or set this all up.Any thoughts welcome (but I'd like to avoid buying anything else!)   

Dear Amp users, the volume balance left/right goes up to +20 L/R. Does anyone know if this represents the dB level? Meaning, if I give the right speaker +2, does that increase the right speaker by 2dB? Thanks

Sorry for the length of this post, but we had a really frustrating home theater experience the other night… Maybe this post will help some people who are trying to decide between an AV receiver and a Sonos Amp or sound bar. A few months ago, I read this article about the problems of trying to live with current home theater gear (too many remotes, too much complication, unexpected strange behavior, etc.) The article resonated with me because I’ve never been able to achieve a true one remote setup (even using a product like a Harmony remote) in our gameroom with a Dolby ATMOS 5.1.4 setup. It works about 90% of the time (other than the 0% we’ve experienced lately), but the other 10% means I need to dig around for the TV remote or the receiver remote or the Apple TV remote… We do have two TVs with a pair of bookshelf speakers driven by Sonos Amps and these are true one remote setups since we only have a single source on each TV (Roku devices). With the Amps we never have to change an input

I am interested in getting of their consoles (the standard) with vinyl and Sonos integration.  curious if you can link up a Sonos sub to it? I realize you can play Sonos music through it, and I assume it is using something like a Sonos amp to pull that off.   Curious if you can add to their speakers with a sub or even rear speakers.  

Hi, can anybody tell me the vale of resistor R15550, located under the WiFi module?This component is missing on my board ( knocked off and lost by previous “repairer”). Oddly, the player still works, but I would like to replace it.Many thanks for your help, this is my first post!Andy  

HiJust checking to see if there are issues with reliabilityOver the years Ive built up a fair sonos system spending approx £2600 and then an additional £800+ on replacing faulty equipment.So the connect module fails once again this is the second time, the most annoying bit is its the least used of all the kit.So contact sonos and share my concern about yet again having to lay out money on a piece of kit hardly used and being replaced for third time.So I get an offer of 30% off, dont think so as I can get this already in trade up, then a 50%.After considering decided to decline and look at other manufacturers, its a shame as originally the sonos technology was great but then their disaster of a decision to stop supporting product, the failure of the connect and poor customer service was the final straw

Hi thereif you’re going to sell Sonos Ports to be used as line in only options for $600 you need to be able to turn it off on the list of rooms because it’s completely unnecessary and ruins the experience. Please make this a feature as it really is disappointing given how expensive it is to use the port as a line in option that the interface is not adjustable accordingly. Thank you alternatively sell a cheap line in option that won’t appear in the list of rooms and I’m sure you’ll have many many many many more happy customers.

Hello i would like to discuss an idea that involves any music artist that uses monitors speakers. Im currently on a budget to find ways of finding great hardware speakers that work with mixing music through a DAW. I currently own a One SL and i am able to listen to my tracks through the sonos app thats connected with my sound cloud. I made a playlist to reference 1 song and comparing the mixes to my own songs. I feel that a solution would be made if sonos made a 2 ways speaker thats not wireless and is easier to connect to a computer to a usb mixer and xlr output to the product. This would help so much for me as an artist and for other artists and would be very competitive to many popular studio monitor speaker products. Thank you.

I recently purchased a SONY PS-LX310BT which says it has a pre-amp. Though when I set it to LINE and connect it to my port using the line in, and play it through either a beam or my Sonos One the volume allows me to adjust it though it doesn’t get very loud. I understand what a pre-amp does, though would it work to add an external pre-amp to boost the sound of the turntable ?  

For Arcana users who are still experiencing issues with no audio from the Arc, HDFury has just released another firmware update to hopefully fix the remaining problems. Download the 0.83 update on their Discord page or website:https://discord.gg/yCRdfPwhttps://www.hdfury.com/product/4k-arcana-18gbps/

I am using a Sonos Connect Amp to power a pair of outdoor speakers.  I added a second pair and it seemed to me there wasn’t enough power to drive al 4 without distortion.  So I purchased a small digital amp to power the other two without first thinking...can I do that?  I use external amps with the Sonos Connect to power several speakers, but haven’t tried it with the Sonos Connect Amp. I assume it’s fine...but thought I’d ask! Thx!

Hello all, I have been mostly a lurker here and really appreciate how much info everyone has shared. This morning I solved a pesky problem and wanted to share.I have several Sonos around the house (using wired connection/SonosNet) but this specific problem relates to my upstairs room where I have an old Yamaha receiver, Sony CD player and Audio Technica turntable wired to a sub and non-powered speakers. The receiver is hooked up to a Sonos Connect. In the room are two G1 Play:5s. All this played together well for a couple of years, with no lags when playing LPs or CDs. That started about a month ago. Boo! I went through the forums and tried adjusting compression, selecting AutoPlay, changing channels, etc. without success. I thought the lag would just be a fact of life, I would just have to mute either the speakers or 5s when playing discs. Then over the weekend I wanted to play a CD with one of the 5s outside. It just kept dropping out and was driving me nuts (y'all know how it is). U

Hi all,After selling my HT AVR, dolby atmos speakers, sub, cables etc i bougt a Sonos Arc and 2 One SL’s for surround. Also Sonos Sub is on the way. The TV and movies are okey with this set up, also i think that after my Sonos Sub arrives it will be better then my old HT system, besides physical heights but not a problem.  Actually i liked the sound of Arc with OneSL’s when listening music. Only Arc is rubbish for music but with One SL’s it sounds good. The details are nice without sub and i know that after Sub every thing will change about mids, bass and details.But i still have a pair of Dynaudio Special 40’s on sale and honestly i am missing them. And thinking not to sale them, buy  a Sonos Amp and drive the SP40’s with the Amp as a stereo set up. Also i could connect my turntable. As most of you know, Dynaudios loves continuous power. SP40’s are 6ohms and handle up to 200w. Sonos Amp gives 187.5w per channel at 6ohms.  My main thought is, how will Amp perform with SP40’s? The sound

Hi. I have a beam which I use often. I also have an old school vinyl set up in my other room. Is it possible to connect a zp90 to my amps auc so that I can stream music through my amp? if not, what is the best way to do this? thanks in advance. R 

Hello, I’m purchasing a house that has a room wired with 5 ceiling speakers. The speakers are Pyle PDIC1661RD. If I connect two speakers in parallel to each channel, will Sonos Amp be able to drive them? Will the audio output/volume suffer, or will it be adequate? Any gotchas?Speaker specs:MAX Power Output: 200 Watt Impedance: 16 Ohms Sensitivity: 88 dB Frequency Response: 70Hz-20kHzGiven the mediocre speakers, my use case is ambient music with iPhone via Airplay. Occasionally, I may play my TV through these speakers too. In either case, I’m OK with stereo sound, or, even, mono from all 5 speakers. Thanks,MediocreFred.

Sonos v2 connect not working? Well I thought mine was either faulty or otherwise completely bricked. It would not reset. There was no green light, however hard I tried to reset it.I disconnected reconnected via Ethernet to my router. I pressed the play and vol+ buttons a few times. Eventually the Sonos app picked it up, but again still not working , I had to give it a few goes. Eventually the Sonos app picked it up successfully. Whilst the Sonos connect device  didn’t appear in the app as a registered device, the app then indicated it was performing an update. All my other Sonos products subsequently disappeared from the app as my registered devices. I left it 5 mins then the Sonos app prompt me to disconnect power from the connect, which I did , I then reattach to power whilst still connected  to Ethernet and the app indicated it was continuing with the update and setup process.  I subsequently had to rename it, as if from new. The app eventually then started to show all my other Sono