Components & Architectural

Hi! The Sonos system at my parents house is giving them a lot of trouble. They have a fairly big system, consisting of two Play:1 zones, two One zones, two Connect:Amp zones, and one Playbar zone. Each zone consists of a standalone speaker, with no stereo pairing or Subs involved. In particular, the Connect:Amp devices are intermittently dropping audio for about 5 to 10 seconds at a time, several times a day. Sometimes the audio in these zones stop altogether and they need to power the devices off and on to get them working. The problem only exhibits itself when listening to live radio via BBC Sounds or TuneIn. They haven’t had any issues when listening to Spotify or Apple Music, but they mostly listen to live radio so they can’t say for sure whether other services would be impacted if they used them more often. They previously had a Sonosnet connection using a BOOST wired to their BT Smarthub 2 router and had similar issues. I switched them over to WiFi and it has made very little dif

I’m a newbie at this. There’s a grey noise coming out of the Era 300 when connected to my turntable.my setup is a Pro-ject Debut 3 turntable connected to a NAD preamp on phono.the record sound is very low and theres a loud grey sound as soon as i connect my jack to the Era 300.has anyone had this issue? thanks!

So, I have a pair of klipsch aw650s, that I put up outside for summer time. Currently they are inside though, with Sonos AMP connected to the TV, sub, and sonos ones. In this room, right now, I have sub, two fives, two ones, and the klipsch speakers. While sub is good for tv, I want something better for music, I am thinking svs pb3000. I would like to sell the fives and sub, they aren't as loud as the klipsch and I like the sound of the klipsch better. With that said, I would like to get a third party amp, a port, and two new inside speakers. The speakers will be hooked up to the tv with AMP, and the new sub. But I want the port and new amp to power the outdoor speakers when they get hung back up outside. Or the inside speakers I don't really care. I have run wiring for an amp to power the speakers outside, through an exterior wall. I am looking for third party stuff, as $700 for AMP seems like a lot. Any suggestions on speakers to connect to AMP and the tv? And suggestions on an amp t

Hi!I hope someone can help me with their own experience or knowledge.I’m already using Sonos in two different configurations :A pair of stereo Play:1 in one room, A home cinema with a Ray and two Era 100 in another. I control them both with the Sonos App.I want to play my vinyl records on the Sonos speakers, using a Sonos Port (I’ve already got a vinyl turntable and a Pioneer amp), and I still want to be sure of two things before I buy the Port.My questions are :When I want to switch from the home cinema setup to the Port playing the vinyls, will it be smooth enough, I mean without having to redo my home cinema setup every time ? Does the Sonos Port allow me to broadcast the vinyl music to all my system, including the pair of Play:1 and the pair of Era 100 ?Many thanks for your help !Cheers,Cédric 

I want to connect a Sonos port to my existing AVR. I want what I'm watching on the home theater to be able to stream to my two other zones connected by Sonos amps. I also what whatever music I'm streaming in those zones to be able to play back in my home theater as well. So can I use the loop out on my AVR to connect to the inputs on the port and the Output on the port to plug into one of the inputs on the AVR?

im adding a port to existing system, my app see it and begins the add process, I enter the port pin and the blue join light never starts blinking and even pushing it anyway doesn't allow the process to move forward 

My port can't get power. I've tried several different power cords and the port fails to light up. Any ideas on the source of the problem?

Hello!Brand new Sonos user here. Quick question on the connection of my Port / two Era 100 speakers to a Sony Receiver I have. We recently converted a detached garage into a “party room” of sorts. We got two Era 100 speakers to use with a TV as well as Port to use with turntable, cassette deck, and CD player.  I have TT, cassette deck, and CD player in a Sony STRDH190 receiver. I’ve connected the Port to the receiver and can get all records, tapes, and CDs to play in the Era 100 speakers.  The volume can only be controlled through Sonos and I’ve tried various combinations of “Fixed” “Pass-Through” and “Variable” as recommended in other posts. It’s almost as if the receiver is just a big “switch box” now letting me select between inputs but not impacting the sound in anyway.  My question is have I set it up incorrectly? I would like to have the receiver be able to control the volume / tone as well. I feel like what I’m hoping for is impossible or I’m missing some very easy step!The curr

I have a Sonos Connect connected to my hi fi amplifier. Unfortunately when I am listening to BBC radio it keeps cutting out.I have now connected it to a wifi extender with an ethernet cable, but the problem is still there. I monitor the wifi extender which always has a good connectionto the main router. The signal from the extender is always strong (no problems with anything else connecting to it).The only connection problem is the Sonos Connect and nearly always when listening to BBC radio. Is there a compatibility problemwith Sonos and BBC radio? Is my Sonos Connect defective? But why only with BBC radio?I hope you know what’s wrong because this is extremely frustrating. I was looking forward to New Year concert from Vienna on BBC Radio 3but is impossible to listen to with constant drop outs.

Hi I have a pair of Sonos Era 100 and a pair of Sonos Era 300 speakers.Both pairs are used to play records via Bluetooth to my Sony Bluetooth turntable.Since upgrading to version 15.10, both of my speaker sets are able to pair up to my Bluetooth turntable, but I am getting no sound.I have unpaired and re-paired both sets several times, but to no avail.I am able to pair up my phone to them over Bluetooth and play music no problem.Anyone else got the same issue?Can anyone suggest anything?Kind RegardsMartin

Help me! I buy an expensive sonos port for listen my vynils with sonos play:1. Do you think that the sonos Pot is compatible with sonos play:1? Thank you.  

How do I delete an old Music Library folder that was previously linked to an old pc that is no longer?I have no Manage area in my settings. Want to remove the songs so when I hit them to play I wont get the message that it cant find \\xxxxxxx-PC.Using S1 AppThanks, Brad

I have a couple of connectivity problems, connecting to the bluetooth of the pc the two sonos you have a delay of the audio during playback example youtube instead using two lines in original sonos putting I delay to 2000ms the videos on youtube and the audio of the games goes out of synch compared to the game with 1-2 seconds of delay, instead if I lower the delay by putting it low medium or high the video and audio are in sync but one of the two sonos was down the audio for a second presenting the same bluetooth problem, I don't know what to do, does anyone have solutions? Thanks a lot

I have a turntable with a pre-amp and want to play this through my already existing Sonos system (speakers around the house).  I called Sonos and they said I have to hard wire the turntable to a Sonos speaker with a line-in port, however I don't want/need another speaker.  Can I use the Port or Amp to connect the turntable to the rest of my Sonos speakers? 

My parents have an older B&O sound system with multiple speakers, sub, etc. (don’t judge - it came with the apartment they bought a while ago). Originally there was a B&O television as well and the whole system was fairly well integrated. A couple of years later the TV broke and they had it replaced with a Sony TV. The installer used a Sonos Port which in turn was connected to a TOSlink-to-RCA converter to connect to the TV which kind of worked, but the sound relayed through it had a noticeable delay (mostly due to the TOSlink-to-RCA conversion I assume). A while later I bought them a Sonos Beam which is now their main TV speaker. The Port can be grouped with the beam and now the sound through the Port is not suffering from delays. However, when they click “Mute” on their remote both the TV and the Beam mute themselves, but the Port does not and sound continues to play through the B&O system (which the Port is connected to)So:Is there any way to automatically mute the Port

I need to connect my Sonos Ray to my Epson EH TW650 projector, any simple advice really appreciated please

BonjourLe voyant avant de mon sonos connect ne sallume plus et les voyant de l ethernet clignottent.Il nest pas reconnu par l appli.Une solution svp Moderator edit:Google Translate- Good morningThe front light on my connected sonos no longer lights up and the ethernet lights are flashing.It is not recognized by the app.A solution please

I have a Pro-Ject T1 connected to a Sonos Port. I have several pairs of speakers throughout the house. I’m playing Jimi Hendrix Cry of Love everywhere. In each case the sound only plays through the right speaker in each stereo pair. The volume is fine, just no stereo pair when playing through the port. All other sources play fine. I’ve checked the balance on the Port and other stereo pairs. It all in the middle. I’m using the RCA cables that came with the Pro-Ject T1. Any ideas how to resolve this? Thanks,David

I have a Sonos Connect that just started cutting in/out while playing music. The sound doesn't cut out on any other Sonos devices that I have on the same wifi. Nothing has changed in the house and I don’t have any neighbors close enough that the could have a wifi interfere with mine. I have tried different steaming services, I have run different input devices on the tuner and they all work fine. It seems like I'm down to the Connect being the issue. Any thoughts on something else I can try?

I had been using my older ZP80 with my cambridge dacmagic200 DAC and everything was great. I loved the sound. This configuration worked on S1.  I recently added a pair of sonos 5 speakers which sound great but work off of S2, so I have been forced to use S1 for one thing and S2 for another and it is not convenient anymore and I have been having issues with the S1 set up.So I decided to get the port to replace my ZP80 and run everything off of S2. I have it working, but dont like the sound as much as what I had before. I know the port has a nice DAC built in but I prefer to use my cambridge DAC, but I cant seem  to get it configured to work right. Before i used through the Toslink connection and all was well. I have tried using the port with the composite connection to the cambridge, but the cambridge does not seem to be taking over. I want to just try bypassing the DAC in the port and using my cambridge since I already own it and prefer the sound, if this is possible. If not I may send

Hi, I have 2 Sonos One’s, a Play:3, a Connect and a Bridge. I have the Connect - connected to my computer through Line In and the Connect has the Line Out going into another 2.1 speaker system.  I am having trouble with my Connect. I can use it either as a Line In to play music from the computer to the Sonos One and Play3 (with the Line Out disconnected), or I can use Airplay from the Sonos One to play music to the Line Out speakers. However, as soon as I try to play another from the Line In to Line Out - there is a buzzing sound and there is no music out of the Line Out speakers, while the music still plays in the other speakers.  How can I resolve this problem?  

I have several Sonos Connects on my home network. I have a Sonos account and so does my wife. Is it possible for both of us to have our own account on one Sonos system?Thanks, Brad

I have a Connect Amp (ZP120) for a few months now. Basically works very well, very happy with it.But...Spotify Connect falters about once or twice an hour on average. Stops playing and continues where it left off after about 5 to 10 seconds, in the middle of the songQuite irritating. I read that I'm not the only one and I think I followed the tips from elsewhere. Removed Spotify as a service and re-installed it. As it happens during songs, it can't be Spotify-ads (I'm using Spotify Premium).Switching the network connection from wired to WiFi makes no difference either. No problem with all other connections to the same network.What else can I do to resolve this problem? Internet radio and playing my own content on my NAS work without any problems. Spotify from the Sonos S1 app also seems to work well, but is a lot less practical and user-friendly then the Spotify Connect.I'm curious if anyone knows anything that could lead to an improvement/solution. Thanks in advance!

Currently have a Rega turntable with Rega Phono Mini connected to a Play 5 Line in using RCA cablesi want to add a CD player to the set up (either with integrated amp or a separate amp)Can anyone suggest the best way to do this - do I go down the RCA switch route (2 in - Turntable and CD player 1 out - to Play 5 ) or is there a better way of connecting to the 5  

Hey all!New to Sonos and I find it a bit confusing. I went through multiple articles but I’m not able to figure this one out. I got Audio technica turntable with preamp and an LG C2. Currently, I have my ARC connected to my TV via ARC HDMI port and audio is working fine there however , my turntable which is connected to AMP (red and black cable to IN)  is not working. in Sonos APP initially my ARc was set to Livingroom and amp to Livingroom2 which I thought was an issue and I tried to force it to be in the same room by renaming. This still does not work. I tried adding surrounds to AMP as well but it does not detect ARC. What am I missing here? Any help is greatly appreciated!