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connect turntable to Sonos speakers

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January 30, 2025
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I have a Sonos Ray, Sub Mini and a pair of Era 100 speakers connected to my Panasonic TV all working beautifully as they should and set up as Living Room on the app. I have bought an Argon TT-3 turntable and using a new RCA cable and Sonos 3.5 / C-connection I have connected to one of the Era 100 speakers. The app did not recognise or connect showing the Line-in connection and message ‘No product found’ when searching for the turntable. Sonos support tried to help me but could only suggest deleting the Era speakers and Sub Mini from the TV setup to allow the Line In / Turntable to be recognised. This worked but I then have to reverse the whole process to go back to the TV! Surely this should be more simple and quick to do?? Shouldn’t the app see 2 outputs - TV and Turntable - I have seen videos showing the system switching to the turntable as soon as the stylus contacts the vinyl record - what am I missing or doing wrong??

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Best answer by Pools-3015

When Era speakers and Amps are used as surrounds, the line in and Bluetooth (on the Eras) are disabled. To avoid having to go through the pairing, un pairing and pairing again, an additional device is needed. Another Era100 is the least expensive, but you can also use a Port or Connect to creat a different room that you can group with the HT system.

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Prodigy I

When Era speakers and Amps are used as surrounds, the line in and Bluetooth (on the Eras) are disabled. To avoid having to go through the pairing, un pairing and pairing again, an additional device is needed. Another Era100 is the least expensive, but you can also use a Port or Connect to creat a different room that you can group with the HT system.

Schlumpf

Virtuoso

@Nithsdale

It‘s an official limitation that the line in is deactivated when devices are used as rearspeakers in a home theater setup.
https://support.sonos.com/en-us/article/surround-sound-guidelines-and-limitations

You will need another device with line in support to connect your turntable and use the line in as a source for every room of your system.

Ralf

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NithsdaleAuthor

Contributor I

Thank you for both the responses! My understanding of the issue is now much clearer. I unfortunately have not had this explained when I was asking about connecting a turntable to the existing setup. Nobody pointed out the 'surround sound' would not work with the turntable being added to the existing setup! Not as compatible as I was led to believe!!

jgatie

Thank you for both the responses! My understanding of the issue is now much clearer. I unfortunately have not had this explained when I was asking about connecting a turntable to the existing setup. Nobody pointed out the 'surround sound' would not work with the turntable being added to the existing setup! Not as compatible as I was led to believe!!

The fact that Line-In capabilities are disabled when a speaker/Amp is used as surrounds are quite clearly explained in the surround guidelines and limitations support page.

https://support.sonos.com/en-us/article/surround-sound-guidelines-and-limitations

Limitations
The following features will be disabled on Sonos products used as surround speakers:
AirPlay

Bluetooth audio playback

Line-In

Subwoofer output

Whomever told you otherwise was not familiar with the product.

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NithsdaleAuthor

Contributor I

Certainly wasn’t explained and I clearly asked if I could connect a turntable to the speaker setup I had! (As described in original enquiry) I was certainly NOT looking for limitations on this idea rather than was it possible? Nobody at retailer or indeed in Sonos support mentioned this until they actually ran the diagnostic report. It is not clearly explained at the point you might be considering trying the connection procedure I was.

jgatie

Certainly wasn’t explained and I clearly asked if I could connect a turntable to the speaker setup I had! (As described in original enquiry) I was certainly NOT looking for limitations on this idea rather than was it possible? Nobody at retailer or indeed in Sonos support mentioned this until they actually ran the diagnostic report. It is not clearly explained at the point you might be considering trying the connection procedure I was.

I’ve found relying on retailers or even low level support persons to know anything about the products they sell/support to be hit or miss. Personally, I do my own research. Caveat emptor is a good rule to follow.

Pools-3015

Prodigy I

Certainly wasn’t explained and I clearly asked if I could connect a turntable to the speaker setup I had! (As described in original enquiry) I was certainly NOT looking for limitations on this idea rather than was it possible? Nobody at retailer or indeed in Sonos support mentioned this until they actually ran the diagnostic report. It is not clearly explained at the point you might be considering trying the connection procedure I was.

I’ve found relying on retailers or even low level support persons to know anything about the products they sell/support to be hit or miss. Personally, I do my own research. Caveat emptor is a good rule to follow.

I totally agree. There is a saying from a US company that goes:

“An educated consumer, is our best customer”

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