Components & Architectural

Hi everyone, and apologies in advance for my stupidity, but getting very confused…We have just bought a new house which has ceiling speakers installed in the kitchen. The previous owner of the house advised that you needed an amp in order to play them. Thinking I was being smart, I took a photo of the amp (Sonos Connect:Amp Gen 2) that the previous owner had, and bought one thinking that would do the trick!However, I am mystified on how to connect it. The speakers have loose wires that go into the cupboard that the amp is housed in, but there is no way that I can see to connect to the amp. I read on the Sonos site that they should connect using banana plugs so I ordered some off the Sonos website but they are too big for the holes at the back. What am I doing wrong and how do I connect my speakers and play music?!? Grateful for any advice any of you can offer!  

Hello, im currently trying to connect my SONOS ARC, not SL or Ultra to my desktop, not my monitor. I have tried everything but nothing seems to work. HMDI from soundbar to gpu with and without optical cable. No sound it coming out and i cant even seem to find the sound setting on the soundpanel. What can i do?

Hi I have a Rega Planar 1 plus turntable which is connected to the left of a pair of Era 300 speakers. The speakers are set up in a stereo pair (which works fine for streaming) but when playing from the turntable only the left speaker works. I have tried connecting the white cable to the red and the left speaker still works. If I just connect the red cable to the red, or red cable to the white no sound comes out. I have tried another cable so I don’t think this is the issue. I have tried connecting the turntable to the right speaker and this works, but then the left speaker does not work. I have tried setting the Audio Delay under the Line-In settings to MAX, and have also tried setting the Audio Compression setting in the Sonos app to Compressed. I have disconnected the stereo pair and reconnected a few times but no resolution of the problem. I cannot see a balance slider when I look at the room.  Any other ideas? Many thanks.

Hey, I've just added the sonos Arc Ultra to my living room and connected to my pair of Fives.Primarily it's for TV, however I was using the Fives with my record player.  I have an era 100 in another room, is that my only option now, or is there a smarter way to do this. Thanks 

Hoping someone can help!I have a TEAC Bluetooth turntable and want to connect it to my Ray Sonos soundbar, I was hoping not to have to buy another Sonos speaker as I already also have a SubMini and my living room isn;t that big!I have found an item (Brennan VB1) which according to the info, can plug into the turntable using audio cables, then using the Brennan app, sync it to the Sonos soundbar, but i’m a bit sceptical and hoped someone here may be able to shed some light?

I have a Sonos Connect Amp that had the PMW and  two MOSFETs  short. Replaced them and is well except the four TVS on outputs are blown open.  What are the part numbers for the TVS16001 -16004 on located on bottom side by output terminals. I see AF 41 GFX and I can’t  find any thing.Thanks for your help in advance,John

I have recently bought a Poject Carbon Sonos truntable to pair with two 300’s.These work perfectly through wifi, bluetooth, etc, but when connected to the turntabale, either through line or a port the sound output is intermittent, the stereo dropping between the two speakers.It is unlistenable.Suggestions, please. Is it a turntable issue?

The volume keeps turning down, and my amp keeps flashing, red and white lights

So I have a Sonos amp (Fully updated) and I’m trying to connect my Forza 10 inch outdoor sub using Nobsound G2 PRO TPA3255 Hi-Fi 300W sub amplifier. The subwoofer wires are connected to the red and black audio out. I then used a single RCA to RCA and connected that to sub out on the Nobsound and plugged it directly into the Sonos amp labeled Sub I still have no sound.  The only way to get the sub to power up is to splice the wires to my sonance left speaker or sonance right speaker.  I know there was a thread on this before but I can’t continue that conversation. Any help or ideas would be greatly appreciated!

Hi all,I have a Sonos Beam that I’d like to connect with a turntable by a phono sound amplifier. The connection between the the turntable and the amplifier via RCA cables works well with other sound speakers.Since the sound amplifier output cable is an RCA 3.5mm I need a kind of connector to hdmi. I tried with one bought on Amazon, but it didn’t work. Any suggestions?For reference, this is the connector I bought on Amazon: ABLEWE RCA to HDMI Adattatore, Convertitore RCA HDMI 1080P Mini AV a HDMI Composito CVBS Video Audio Supporto Pal/NTSC per PC/Laptop/Xbox / PS4 / PS3 / TV/STB/VCR Telecamera Dvd : Amazon.it: Elettronica ThanksSamu 

CD player is connected to Sonos Controller Line In, but the app says no device is connected. I tried rebooting, and updating, but no luck. I’ve used this for years, but yesterday it it stopped. How can I get Sonos to discover my device? 

Buenas noches.Quiero conectar CD Player Denon con Equipo Sono ( Beam+ Sub + 2 One).1- La única forma es el Port // Amp ??2- Es posible usar Wiim Ultra y transmitir por Wifi??En este caso , Wiim Ultra haría la misma función que el Port. No sé si es posible . Un saludo 

I moved to a new house which has 2 ceiling speakers with speaker wires already available. I have the Sonos connect s2 with only one set of RCA audio out connection. Two questionsHow to I connect the speaker wires(red black for one speaker and white green for another) to the RCA out on Sonos connect? Should I buy the RCA to speaker wire adapter on Amazon?Can I connect bothe speakers to the same s2? Will it have enough power to support 2 speakers? Connect both positives and negatives and plut into the same RCA?  

Can any one advise me on how to connect a Bose Acoustimass 20 Sub woofer to my new Sonos Amp - I need to know how the cabling works as the Bose has a customised "Bose" only jack that connects only to a Base amp?

I need detailed guidance how to connect Sonos Port to Beoplay A9 4th gen so that it can play along in sync with the Sonos system of speakers I have (Era 300, Arc). So far I was able to connect the Port to the Sonos system and connected the Port to the B&O A9 using an RCA to 3.5 mm cable (A9 has only 3.5 mm in). No sound whatsoever coming out of A9. I used the line out ports of the Port to plug the RCA. I am doing something wrong apparently as for now only the Sonos speakers are playing the online radio stations, not the A9. Guidance needed

I installed a new network for my Sonos system. All components are now on the new network, except for the Amp. In order to reinstall the A mp, Sonos asks for an 8 digit PIN from the AMP. My Amp doesn’t have an 8 digit PIN and Sonos support is worthless tp help. They keep telling me to enter the PIN, which I don’t have. Apparently when I bought my Amp it didn’t have a PIN, but now they do. What can I do? Without it, my external speakers don’t work any more.

Hi Sonos friends, I’m new here in this forum and have a question to you. I just bought an Arc Ultra and now I wonder what is the best way to enjoy my Tidal lossless music on it: 1. Using the Tidal service within the Sonos app (either on iPhone or on Android, I have both) and stream Tidal through the Sonos app to the Arc Ultra or 2., using the Tidal mobile app (either on iPhone or on Android) and stream lossless music via Bluetooth to the Arc Ultra? What type of connection support Dolby Atmos, if at all? Are there other or better ways to connect? My current installation in the room concerned: TV connected to Sonos Arc Ultra by Arc-HDMI (TV is too old for e-Arc), plus one Sonos Sub and a very fast Wifi / LAN), iPhone, iPad and Android phone with most recent OS and most recent flagship hardware, all have Tidal and Sonos apps installed. My TV has neither Tidal nor Sonos app installed. My goal: I want to have best TV sound and best music sound from Tidal streaming services, I’m also conside

Over several months the connection between my Sonos Connect and Roam and mobile phone has been dropping.  The connection would reasonably quickly resume with the various apps that had disappeared from my mobile refound.  Over time the loss of connectivity got worse with the Connect cutting out completely and showing an intermittent red flashing light.  I did a complete factory reset of everything with Sonos support over an hour.  This seemed to resolve the problem over a couple of days, but lo and behold it dropped the connection again and the red flashing light resumed.  I have done another factory reset and got it all playing again for 5 mins before it cut out again.  Am now getting very frustrated.  Any thoughts please?

Hello - I need to setup a sub outdoors….  No options from Sonos…   My issue question is connecting the Sonos Sub Out (RCA) to the Sub’s amp.  When looking for an amp, they ALL seem to have an input for Left and Right RCA.  How do I connect the single Sonos Amp RCA output to Left and Right RCA inputs?  Splitter?  Connect to one of the two inputs?    Thanks!

I couldn't resist a screaming deal on a SONOS compatible turntable. Woot.com is (at the moment) offering the Victrola Onyx for just $250 new, including shipping for Amazon Prime. I see mixed reviews with some people completely raving about it and others running into problems. I just set it up and while not completely painless, it just required a little patience and less than a half-hour. It is connected via Ethernet. (I also tried WiFi which worked fine too.)It's playing right now and I am very pleased with the quality and how well it's working at the moment. But it is a little peculiar. It does require using the Victrola Stream app. Once it's playing, I can control volume effortlessly via the SONOS app. I can also set up which speakers are playing (and I have quite a few) via the SONOS app, but only sometimes. That's the weird part.Changing the connected speakers takes more time than normal. I've got it all set up and working now but I'm not at all confident it's going to work this wa

Bonjour, je dispose d’un ensemble sonos arc / sub et sonos One x2 je voulais savoir si c’était possible de diffuser mes vinyles sur mon système sonos ? Si oui, comment ?  merci de vos retours  Moderator edit:Google Translate- Hello,i have a sonos arc / sub and sonos One x2 seti wanted to know if it was possible to play my vinyls on my sonos system? If so, how?thank you for your feedback

Long time Sonos Customer - Back to the days before even ZoneBridge, Circa 2008. Over the years system has expanded into a hybrid of Old School + New Age.Old School - Zone Amp (ZA) and Zone Connect (ZC) wired to Stereo Amp & Speakers.New Age - Beam Gen 2 and Play 1.Each half works great in their own right controlled by old/new Sonos AppsHow best to add Turntable (TT) with integrated preamp. House setup dictates connection to ZA. Not interested in Bluetooth TT model. Goal is high quality audio to all devices, specifically Play 1. Overall Sonos configuration - Three different rooms with ZA/TT in Room1, Beam & ZC/Stereo in Room2, Play1 in Room3. (Might be persuaded to add inexpensive Sonos portable speaker such as Roam 2 (w/BT) if helps meet goals)Also wondering, any way to stream Sonos "sources" directly on Android phone (running Sonos App) for listening through wired headphones?Finally, probably discussed ad nauseam and futile but would be really great to "integrate" Old w/New wi

Hi,I’m planning an audio setup for my living, dining & kitchen open space, which you can see on the plan and the 3D sketch above, with the measurements.I was thinking to install Sonos architectural speakers: - 2 pairs of Sonos In-Ceiling 8” for the living and dining area (vaulted ceiling) and - a pair of Sonos In-Ceiling 6” for the kitchen area (flat ceiling).Each speaker will have a dedicated ceiling-box it will be installed in and all 6 of them will be connected directly to a single AMP with a Helusound 400 2x2.5mm2 cables. I read in Sonos guidance that the Trueplay won’t be possible if there is a mixture of speakers connected to the same AMP, which I’m planning to use here. I’m considering changing a pair of 6” to 8” but it may be an overkill for such a small area.Speakers in these areas will be used for music only. Having a separate TV room for Home Theater setup. Here are my queries, hope you will be able to help me or point me to the right direction on:Would 2 pairs of 8” be

Hi everyone,I'm struggling with a strange issue with my Sonos Connect (Gen 1, S1 app), and I’m hoping someone here might have insights. I’ve tried everything I can think of, but I still get no sound output. Here’s what’s happening:Setup:Sonos Connect (90, Gen 1) running on Sonos S1 Connected via RCA output to a NAD amplifier Tried multiple cables and different input ports on the amp Amp works fine with other sources (e.g., CD player, phone via AUX) Also tested with a second Sonos Connect – same issueWhat I’ve Tried:Checked all volume settings – Set output to Variable, increased volume in the app Tested different outputs – Tried both RCA (analog) and digital (optical/coaxial) Tried a different amplifier – No sound through a second amp either Tested Line-In on Connect – It detects the input but still doesn’t output sound Grouped Connect with other Sonos devices – Other devices play audio, but Connect does not Restarted and power-cycled everything – No change Factory reset both Sonos Conn

I moved into a new build house with built in ceiling speakers in the kitchen and living room. I’ve purchased the Sonos Amp to run the ceiling speakers. I’ve also purchased an Era 100 for the kitchen and one for the living room so that I can replace the Alexa Dot. In addition, I have an Era 300 in my bedroom. Question 1: What is the best way to set up each room as they will have the Sonos Amp to run the ceiling speakers and an Era 100 to enable the Alexa Voice ability? Can the ceiling speakers and Era 100 work together?Question 2: Can all of them play together as a group (ceiling speakers with amp, Era 100’s in kitchen and living room and the Era 300 in my bedroom)?