connecting amp to surround setup

Question

I have a the Sonos Amp and I’m trying to connect it to my surround setup, which consists of the beam, 2 era 100’s and sub mini. I have a U-turn orbit turntable it has a built in preamp and I’m using av cables. I’ve tried to setting up the amp as a part a surround system with just my beam and sub and nothing plays. I even tried grouping it by having the amp by itself and having my beam, eras, and sub as one system and still nothing. It doesn’t give me the option to add the amp to the system. Any suggestions?

Stanley_4 · Accepted Answer

Open the controller and verify it is showing your initial, Sonos System.

Factory Reset the Amp.and follow these steps.

https://support.sonos.com/en-us/article/add-a-new-product-to-an-existing-sonos-system

Once the Amp is added select it in the controller and try streaming something from it to your connection ted speakers.

If that works try playing a record and see if that works.

https://support.sonos.com/en-us/article/listen-to-your-turntable-on-sonos

If that fails it is time to contact Sonos support, a phone call is usually best.

Airgetlam · Answer

I’m a little confused. You state you already have two surrounds, the Era 100s. This means you shouldn’t be able to add other surrounds, but you should be able to set up the Amp as another ‘room’ in the Sonos system, by using the ‘add a device’ functionality in the controller.

The Amp, when used to ‘push’ surrounds, turns off any line in functionality. If set up as another ‘room’ in your system, though, there’s definitely line in should work.

Are you intending to replace your current surround speakers?

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