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Very sad.  I saw that Costco was carrying a two-pack of Sonos One SL, something I’ve wanted for awhile. So I pick them up, bring them home, have no trouble configuring them using the Sonos S2 app as a stereo pair in the living room. Except playing music on them. A short digression: we had Sonos speakers (generation 1 amps) in the previous house, wired to various speakers spread throughout the house. We using the Sonos S1 app to control them, and until relatively recently, played music directly from the ipad to them.  Life was good. Then Sonos decided to drop support for playing from an ipad, so I used a Windows Media Player on a Windows 10 system, controlled by the S1 app on the ipad. Life was still good. We had tunes. For the life of me, I can’t get the Windows Media Player library working with the S2 app. I can get the app to see it: but all the subfolders (albums, artists, folders, playlists, etc) are empty:-(  Clicking “update music library” doesn’t make anything show up.  I (brief

Every now and then the SONOS 1 repeats a sentence or two that was broadcast a few moments before ie, part of the narrative is repeated.  This usually happens on BBC Radio 4 or so it seems.  Has anyone had this experience and if so, what do I do about it?

Sonos Arc sounding tinny and metallic after Trueplay and also multiple EQ, surround and sub configs and changes to settings. The only way I could get the Arc to sound kind of OK was EQ - Treble -10 and Bass - 6, but still tinny. Is this a bug and Sonos need a software fix? Many thanks for any help as I did not expect the Arc to be like this 

I have a pair of play 1s that go out of sync after a day or of resetting and repairing. I'm running a Google wifi mesh network. Everything else seems to be fine and my surround setups haven't had the issue

I love using Sonos to control my home audio environment (I have five devices throughout the house), but now I must frequently connect to my work network by VPN (because I’m working primarily from home due to the pandemic). After I connect to my work network using CIsco AnyConnect VPN client, I’m no longer to access my Sonos system on my home network.  Instead, the Sonos application displays a message that says “You’re on a different wireless network than Sonos...”.  I’d like to control my home Sonos network while connected to my VPN work network. One option in the Cisco client is to “Allow local LAN access when using VPN - if configured”. That seems like it would allow me to do both at the same time, but I’ve selected it and it doesn’t work.  Please help?

I just installed a Sonos beam in my living room, a pair of Symfonisk linked to the rear. TV is a Samsung NU6900 (late 2018 model) and I am utilizing the ARC port via the HDMI cable included in the Beam box. ALL content is watched through an Apple TV 4K. If I leave everything At the defaults, I get no audio delay/lip sync issue. Watching the latest movie on Apple TV+ or Netflix, the Sonos app in the about section shows a PCM 2.0 audio input. I forced my Apple TV to output Dolby 5.1, then the audio menu in my TV showed a Dolby Output (versus the typical PCM) and then the Sonos app would show a Dolby input. But I would get an uncorrectable lip sync issue.  I tried to fix on the Sonos app, and the tv, no luck. I have had the Apple TV run a HDMI cable check, that’s good. I have match frame rate off. And I still have a unfixable sync issue. Should I just leave it all on the defaults and get a working PCM 2.0 stream?  Am I just wasting the system since I also have rear channels?Is there somet

Hi my Sonos in only one room decreases it’s volume. Especially so when I group the room in with others. Please advise. 

After about a year not using my sonos 1 y tried to set it up and I can’t find it, tried all the instructions on the page, green light flashing  rebooted the product, relocated the product, put the internet cable, used a different mobile device, etc and still can’t find it. Can you let me know what the problem might be? 

Just tried hooking something up to the line-in port on one of my Fives on a Flexson vertical stand, only to find that the line-in port is essentially blocked by the Flexson arms that hold the Five in vertical position. In order to fit the plug in, I’ve gotta angle the speaker down in the stand, and it’s much less secure that way (and angled poorly). Anyone else have this problem?  Any good solutions?

Hi guys, I have 2 Sonos play 5s and I would like to use these as the sound output of my Mac mini (2020). I connected one of these to my Mac mini using an RCA cable, but I cannot get the sound out of them. Is there any missing step that I did not perform or, these 2 are not meant to be connected using the cable? TIA.  

I have had a Sonos system for years, I’ve got rooms with stereo pairs and a surround sound set up…..everything is Sonos I absolutely love it…..well I did until I got a Move at Christmas, it’s constantly going missing or offline, constantly dropping out and it’s so frustrating and causing issues with the set up.  I have a wired set up and can’t understand or get to the bottom of why.  Any advice would be appreciated    Paul

Since the latest app update, my sonos one wont connect. Have done a factory reset and have it connected to the route. I had a mare getting my Play 1’s connected back to my Beam, all was working fine….grrr well done sonos. Any ideas on the One?

I have a play 5 and two Sonos 1s and I moved them in the house.  The app then wouldn’t work and I’ve tried to reconnect them, reset the app and now the app doesn’t recognize anything.  Help? 

I am using my play 5 to plug in a home projector to line in. The volume is really low on the sonos system. Any suggestions? 

for about a year in different softwareversions (now  13.1) my Beam rename itself back to previous name…

The app keeps freezing at the end of the first test after the two circles merge into one large green circle.   Nothing then happens and it just stalls. I’ve tried turning off all other apps and restarting the speakers (play at and sub) but nothing seems to help get past this block.  I’ve just setup a beam in another room so the app has worked previously, so not sure what it can be. Any help gratefully appreciated.  im using an iPhone 11 with latest updates.  many thanks 

While listening to music, one of my surround sound (Sonos One) drops. It’s as if it goes to sleep. I can pause playback and immediately unpause, and the speaker comes back to life. The problem seems to be isolated to one speaker and only while playing music. This doesn’t happen with tv or tv streaming. Any suggestions?

HiSince a few days back my Sonos system has started to occasionally repeat the last played song on its own, both playlist and album tracks. Quite annoying and isn’t always occurring it seems. I’ve read some old posts dating back a few years but no other posts in recent time.Have a look please, diagnose number 1515669413/LK

One of my speakers stopped working and will now only work if directly connected to router. Light is still white. I have reset it several times. 

Sonos Move, new last Christmas, has always been a problem:  When initially set up, would be visible to some android controllers but not others.  Even when all are connected to same wifi network and/or same wifi network AP/ssid. ONLY the Desktop app tells me to register the product.  Upon initial install and some subsequent factory reset operations, android app doesn’t ask me to register the ‘new product’.  This is very frustrating when you forget you have to register the Move on the desktop PC. On most attempts to ‘find missing product’ or ‘install new product’, the operation fails, telling me there’s a problem connecting to the network that all devices are connected to.  On SOME attempts to ‘find missing’ or ‘install new’, android app suggests using bluetooth, and that has worked ONE time, but the Move is still not visible/controllable by all controllers. NOW, the Move will not enter bluetooth mode and fails on every attempt to ‘find missing’ or ‘install new’, and yet, system info sho

Both ALAC and AAC files use suffix .m4a How does Sonos differentiate between these two formats

Hello,I live in a 2-floor house (ground level and 1st floor), which has 500 Mb/s internet connection. I use a TP-link Mesh wifi setup to distribute internet: 3x Deco M9plus (one is the main Deco attached to my modem) + 2x Deco M5.In my living room (ground level), there are 1x PlayBar + Sub + 2x Play 3 (just in a next room where the main Deco M9plus is). In this living room, there is also a second Deco M9plus using a ethernet backhaul. In the same level, I have another room where there is a Sonos Amp (in this room there is also a Deco M5 using wifi backhaul).In the 1st floor, there is a Deco M9plus attached with ethernet backhaul where there are 3 rooms (there is a Play 3 in each room; the last room has also a Deco M5, wifi backhaul).Everywhere in the house, I have at least 200-250 Mb/s wifi speed.Sonos setup is with wifi (WM).When I play Tune-In, all the speakers work well except the home cinema PlayBar+Sub+2x Play 3 group (wifi signal is around 300-400 Mb/s here), when it works alone,

Got the Five on 11.11. Love the sound and turn on as often as I get the chance.In just the last couple of months, I noticed that the music stops after a while.  Initially I thought the playlist ended but lately, I started noticing a sudden stop in the playing mid song.I use a Linksys Velop mesh.  I have only the Five. Switched the channels on the Mesh, Reset the mesh.  Even unplugged, & reconnected my fibre broadband. Did a wired connection of the Five to the root (parent) router of the Linksys Mesh. Have also tried to uninstall the Sonos Five and re-install the Five. Here are the last 10 drops (Date:  Approx length of time I noticed it stopped) while playing a very very long playlist on iPhone 11  23.12.2020   33 mins 29.12.2020   1hr 03 mins 30.12.2020   16 mins 01.01.2021   49 mins 03.01.2021   1hr 38 mins 05.01.2021   1hr 26 mins 08.01.2021   58 mins 11.01.2021   25 mins. 12.01.2021   52 mins 13.01.2021   09 mins Please help.  This is getting rather frustrating.Thanks.

Hi,Several of the search tabs in the S1 android app are causing the app to crash for me. In particular, Podcasts and Shows, Genres, Stations and perhaps a few others. Unaffected are Artists, Songs, and Albums. I can switch to the tab successfully, but when I start typing, the app unceremoniously closes. I’m on a Galaxy S9+. Anyone else experiencing this?I tried clearing the cash as well as reinstalling the app to no avail.Thanks,Stuart

Hi allI know there was much written about SONOS and STP and I have read all (as far as found) in the German and English community.I have no chance to get it run on my network. As soon as I connect the second SONOS to the LAN the network goes down.I tried to get assistance from SONOS and Netgear (the switches I use). No chance.I really would like to understand where the problem is.Maybe there is somebody who could help/assist? Would be very graetful.Thanks.This is my network: