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Avid Contributor I
October 23, 2020
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Sonos Port: Wired connection but still music is interrupted

  • October 23, 2020
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I'm using a sonos port which is connected to my recordplayer. The Port is connected via a LAN cable to my router (Sonosnet channel 1) and the music has been set to compressed...and is played via multiple One's

Still I'm losing audio; The music sometimes is not played for 10-20 seconds before it starts playing again.

Also the sonos s2 app (on my Iphone) states that it can't connect to Sonos

Any idea how to resolve this? Eventhough sonos is wired, can it have something to do with my wifi?

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Best answer by ratty

Go to Settings/System/(roomname)/Products/Port

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ratty
January 7, 2021

One small question...as I've learned that the SONOS app is working like a ‘remote’ for the Sonos system. Should my iPhone now also connect to the 2.4Ghz wifi? ...as it currently (automatically) connects to my 5 Ghz wifi. (The SSID for 2.4Ghz and 5 Ghz are currently the same)

It doesn’t matter, as your system is in SonosNet/’wired’ mode*. A controller on either band should work fine. In fact, in view of your apparent 2.4GHz interference issues it would help to keep as much as possible on 5GHz.

 

(*With a system in WiFi/’wireless’ mode it can sometimes matter as a few routers don’t correctly forward certain types of traffic between their WiFi bands. A controller on 5GHz may therefore have difficulty seeing Sonos units attached to the 2.4GHz WiFi.)

svleukenAuthor
Avid Contributor I
January 7, 2021

Damn….Unfortunately the issue remains :-(

Vinyl is playing but the music drops….quickly opening the SONOS app shows this:

So all connections seem lost…..except the one from the PORT (which is wired via UTP)

 

Can this (interference) be caused by 

as it shows RED in the matrix? 

(This my playbar which has no other electronic devices in its proximity...the Sub gen3 is roughly 1,5 meters away from it….can the sub be causing this?)

In other words: What tooling can I use to find out what is causing the interference?

 

ratty
January 7, 2021

The About display not populating is a symptom of packet loss. 

The red cell is a symptom of interference, not the cause. 

You mention wireless sources other than WiFi. I suggest you turn them off in an attempt to determine which could be responsible. 

svleukenAuthor
Avid Contributor I
January 7, 2021

..and might it help if I would relocate the PORT. Place it closer to my record player….and further away from other electrical devices? 
If this would be the case, then I need to unplug the UTP from the PORT (as I don't have UTP present nearby my record player) and plug one of my ONE speakers to at least have one SONOS device have a wired connection.

Will this make a difference...as the PORT is then no longer wired...but wireless

svleukenAuthor
Avid Contributor I
January 7, 2021

You mention wireless sources other than WiFi. I suggest you turn them off in an attempt to determine which could be responsible. 

Sorry for all the questions….

If I would turn off a (wireless) device which I believe might cause the interference and then check the network matrix, will it immediately show a difference (eg colour no longer red) if the device I turned off was causing the interference?

ratty
January 7, 2021

Wait a couple of minutes. The interference stats integrate over the previous minute or two. 

svleukenAuthor
Avid Contributor I
January 7, 2021

Hmmm… not the result I'd expected. I see a small change on notice floor. Going from -111 to -110

 

Would you also be so kind to elaborate on

might it help if I would relocate the PORT. Place it closer to my record player….and further away from other electrical devices? 
If this would be the case, then I need to unplug the UTP from the PORT (as I don't have UTP present nearby my record player) and plug one of my ONE speakers to at least have one SONOS device have a wired connection.

Will this make a difference...as the PORT is then no longer wired...but wireless

 

Thanks a ton….again!

 

svleukenAuthor
Avid Contributor I
March 27, 2021

It's roughly been two months and I've tried a lot in the meanwhile. Relocated the port, removed other wireless devices (google nest) and connected a One SL via a LAN cable
Unfortunately, I still encounter music drop outs. (Only when playing vinyl via the port. All else is working flawless)

Would adding a sonos boost do the trick?

ratty
March 27, 2021

Unfortunately, I still encounter music drop outs. (Only when playing vinyl via the port. All else is working flawless)

Is this even with the Line-In delay at maximum, and/or using compression?  

svleukenAuthor
Avid Contributor I
March 27, 2021

Hi Ratty

Unfortunately, it is….

But only when PORT is used. When watching television, no fall out. Only the port is causing this issue, even with a max delay of 2 seconds active.

So I'm quite lost and out of options….listening to vinyl is not doable like this….
So really wondering if a boost would do the trick?

(Eventhough I have a wireless hotspot already active in the room. (The router in bridge mode which had been set to channel 1...see some posts above)