EQ not working with Sonos Home Theatre or Pro-Ject Debut Carbon EVO Turntable

Hello again, Ken. I don’t have a “Sonos Port” Room labeled as such; I have a room called “Pro-Ject Turntable” that includes “Products,” which is where “Port” appears. But I was able to locate the “Line Out” category, and the “Line-Out Level” section. It was already on “Variable,” so I switched it to “Fixed” and left it there briefly before switching back to “Variable.” It didn’t make any difference. The Bass, Treble, and Balance remain the same. 😑 I’m not sure what to do next. I sincerely appreciate your time and help, however.

Thank you, buzz.

Is anything connected to PORT’s Line-Out? PORT’s Volume and tone controls only adjust PORT’s Line-Out.

If you are listening through ARC, you should use ARC’s Volume and tone controls.

Hello, buzz. There is nothing connected to Port’s Line-Out. The cables into Line-In come from the Pro-Ject Pre-Amp.

Then, as was said before, you need to control the tones on the device you are playing to, not on the Port.

Just to make you understand the Sonos system better: Sonos devices communicate via WiFi, not bluetooth as you seem to think.

Hello, 106rallye. Thank you for your response. I now realize that it’s Wi-Fi, not Bluetooth. So my turntable, via Sonos Port (and the pre-amp) is playing to my Sonos Arc/One SL “room.” From there, I’m not sure how to control the tones on the Arc/One SL room. I must be missing something very straightforward.

Sorry, I misunderstood and thought you were using a Bluetooth transmitter as your Port output - but anyhow, as @buzz mentioned, you control the EQ by going to the EQ settings of the Sonos ‘room’ or ‘rooms’ that you are playing the TT audio to. So if playing to your Sonos Arc, for example, then goto the Sonos App ‘settings’ (gear icon top right) and select the Arc room in your system list and then simply adjust the EQ controls in there.

If you want the ‘Full’ TT music audio playback to any Arc surround speakers aswell, then switch the music playback setting from ‘Ambient’ to ‘Full’ in its surround audio settings aswell and perhaps then adjust the EQ.

Hope that assists.

Hello again, Ken. I’ll need to study your directions later this afternoon. I think I’ve mucked around with my Sonos app to the point where the TT is now playing through the same Line-In as the LG TV. I may need to delete the TT from my Sonos system and try re-adding it again. I’ll report back later. Again, many thanks for taking the time to help me with your guidance.

Don’t delete the turntable. If you are able to play the turntable through the ARC, the turntable is is connected to PORT.’s Line-In. The PORT Line-In is simply a resource on the network that can be played in any combination of SONOS “Rooms”. All you need to do is pull up the Room you want to play the turntable in and select PORT’s Line-In as the source. You probably indicated that the Line-In’s name should be “Turntable”, but this is arbitrary because PORT has no idea that the Line-In device is a turntable. You could just as easily named it “black thing”.

.: Hello buzz and Ken. I haven’t had time today to work on the EQ issue, but will have time tomorrow, and will report back accordingly. Thanks for your patience.