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Hey found the fix to this issue and wanted to share it here.First enable Sonos from System Preferences, Security & Privacy, Privacy, Accessibility (check Sonos)Turn the Firewall off.Route: System Preferences, Security & Privacy, Firewall (turn it off if it’s on)Uncheck File sharingRoute: System Preferences, Sharing, uncheck File Sharing if it is checked.Then, if Sonos is installed, uninstall it from within the app.Route: Click on Sonos, Uninstall then install the newest version from Sonos website and try adding your Music LibrarySonos, Preferences, Music Library, click on +, Another folder or a drive connected to my computer,search the location, Next, Add admin pass and voilà. Spent like the whole day following articles and googling until this method worked. Now I am listening to my iTunes music. CheersJaime  

I have 2 Ubiquiti UniFi Lite WiFi Access Points in my house. The WIFI is excelent, the speed is good (300mega bits), I don’t have Amy issues ro problems Within the WIFI connection with any of my devices (Ihopne, IPad, TV, PC, MAC ect...).   I do have a hugge problem with the WIFI and Sonos. I have a AMP, one and Beam. 3 times the sonos support has helped me get the Sonos up and running. But each time after some time (days/weeks) the Sonos app can’t find the speekers/roomes, and I have to start all over  last time the Sonos supporter and I had to give up the installation. Sonos support can’t help any more and I’m stuck!   My last guess is that it could be a WIFI problem between the accespoints ans Sonos.    DO YOU HAVE EXPERIANCE WITH WICH SETTINGS “UniFi Lite Access Point” SHOULD HAVE TO FUNCTION WITH SONOS?

I am getting a significant amount of buzz with the subwoofer. Very loud. It is noticeable when hooked up to the Sonos Amp. If I disconnect the RCA wire, it stops. I tried to change outlets but it did not help. I changed RCA cables also with no improvement. Again, it is only when the RCA cable is connected to the Amp, it does not occur if the sub is powered on but not connected.Is there something wrong with the Amp? I cannot use the sub like this; it is intolerably loud.

It seems that songs are shown by track number - however, song 10 is sorted before song 1…Is the track number sorting not done numerically?? 

I have a Sonos Play 5 that now won’t connect to Wifi.  It’s been fine for 3+ years.  Works fine with an ethernet cable but just won’t connect.  Tried absolutely everything except mucking around with the BT internet which BT said would be a mistake.  Anyone have any other suggestions?

I’ve had my Sonos Arc connected to the LG OLED c8 tv since I’ve owned the arc (about 6 months)For no reason, today it will no longer connect. The error message reads: A device is interfering with the HDMI connection. Disconnect any other home theater products, then try again.I’ve messed with all the settings. I’ve tried the good old unplug and wait and re-plug it in trick. I’ve tried turning off CEC and turning it back on. I’ve tried switching out HDMI cables. Nothing is working 😓It’s frustrating as there was no rhyme or reason why it stopped working. All of the devices are up to date as far as updates to.The sonos plays music amazing on its own, the tv works great with internal speakers, I just can’t get them to sync up together again.  anyone??! Help

HiMy Sonos setup has recently started to have problems with speakers dropping out . I have an open plan lounge ,dining,kitchen . System as followslounge has play around , sub and two play ones as surround with play around connected to tv with optical . This on its own works perfectly . Kitchen area has play 5 Gen 2 . Dining has play 3 and originally had bridge connected to router but now has boost. lounge set up works perfectly on tv with no problems . Play 5 and play3 work perfectly ok on Spotify or Amazon music . When playing Spotify or Amazon on full setup , all lounge speakers drop out periodically. It also done this with bridge towards the end just before I changed to boost which I had hoped would fix the issue . Prior to that the system worked perfectly well since 2016 !Its now driving me mad and I’m on the verge of scrapping the lot , please help

I have recently been having problems with my full sonos system being unseen on my app and I cant reconnect. I have tried re-installing the app, switching on and off the internet router (which did re-engage my system for a short while, ½ day) and switching the sonos units on / off.Anyone any ideas what is wrong??

This isn’t the worst problem I’ve ever had but it’s right up there alongside that annoying itch you can’t reach!I have about 25 stations from a mix of iHeart Radio, XM and Pandora that I’ve saved in “My Sonos” and I routinely use them, just selecting one after another until I get the vibe I’m looking for.  Back to that annoying itch; whenever I do switch, it stops the music first and I have to re-select the favorite for it to play.It certainly wasn’t always like this but it is lately.  This is an older legacy system, 3x Play 5 gen1’s, 2x Connect gen 1’s, 2x Sonos One’s.  This particular problem is with a Play 5.  All Sonos components use Sonos Net.I’d like to know if others experience the same issue and gather your thoughts on maybe why this could be happening. Cheers, Gary

Just want to share something, had trouble with sonos for some months about, it can't connect properly and loses connection and airplay does sometimes not work, it was theAirtime Fairness setting is enable by default on this router, but it is shown as disableActivated it for 2.4 and 5ghz and applied settings and deactivated it again, and that was the issue

Hi, I cannot connect to Spotify - the main reason I bought the Sonos system for - with the warning ‘ connection to Spotify lost’ appearing each time. I have read the streams and they talk about faulty Ethernet connections etc. If that was the case how does Spotify work fine with Echo systems, tune-in radio works fine, Sonos radio etc etc? The only problem is Spotify.  Playing music on a speaker is supposed to be a simple process and you should not need a PhD degree in electronics. I have issues with getting Alexa to work on Beam, but let’s leave that for now. So Sonos , you need to get your act together by sorting out these problems and being proactive with your customers - who are paying a premium for a better service than this. 

I'm having a number of problems with my system.- Will occasionally stop me from adding or removing systems from a playback group.- Systems are disappearing, before randomly returning.- Playback is stopping, or music is repeatedly restarting.All in all I'm getting more and more frustrated with Sonos.

My move won’t work with Bluetooth connection. I nave been using it earlier. But since some weeks the light at the top blink orange when turning into Bluetooth mode and the move is not visible for pairing or re-pairing in any other device. Help please. 

HelloCan someone tell me why I have to go through the’fix’ on the app and then on/off router everytime I start my Sonos app to play anything.No router change since installation….Rhanks

I have a System in my house with the following:2 x Gen 1 Connect Amps (Living Room and Porch) each wired with in ceiling speakers. Living Room zone also has the Sonos Sub. 1 x S1 speaker in bedroom.  I originally had one of the Amps hardwired into my router and ran the whole system off of that Sonos network. After not being at this house for a while, when I went to use the system if first couldn’t find the Amps and then did an update which found all zones. Now each zone will work individually, and each Amp will combine with the bedroom, but the two Amp zones won’t combine with each other. Also, it seems I am wireless mode, even though I have one of the Amps wired into the router.  Any ideas? 

I’m posting here because I’ve seen a variety of Sonos/Orbi conflicts and issues being posted. I had one of my own that was driving me nuts and, NO THANKS to Netgear tech support, I solved it. Here’s hoping my maddening experience helps someone else not lose days off their lives. I’m in a 2300 square foot, single level home.My Sonos setup: Sonos Arc home theater setup (sub with a pair of Ones as rears) in front living room. In back office (about 75 feet away) another pair of Ones that are stereo paired. I have a Boost in the living room wired into main router and a second Boost in the rear office wired into Orbi Satellite 2.Orbi Setup - I have the AX6000 (RBR850 Router and two RBS850 Satellites). Router is setup in the living room with the Sonos home theater. Satellite 1 is 30 feet away, just off the kitchen and Satellite 2 is in the back office. The issue: Orbi AX6000 does its topography arrangements automatically. I learned (the hard way) that it cannot be manually adjusted. When they

I’ve seen some comments on this but none exactly matching mine so hopefully someone can help.My home setup -AMP and 4 connect amps and one connect to various rooms via ethernet cable and all direct to the speakers. The connect though is wired to high end mono block amplifiers which are then connected to speakers.The main source of music is on a Synergy NAS with apple lossless and flac files.  I also use Spotify, Apple Music and some radio stations.All work except the high end system which used to work fine.  If I start music sometimes I get one or 2 seconds then silence. If I pull out the ethernet Cat 5 cable, I sometimes then get one or 2 seconds which leads me to believe it is a buffering problem but I have no clue.I’ve rebooted, played around with settings but no luck.  I don’t know if upgrading ti the latest connect will do the trick but I’ve read reviews that the sound quality is vastly closed unless you turn off volume controls which I don’t want to do.  Any ideas? 

Until Mid March I was able to use Spotify via Alexa on my Sonos One.I could do this in the usual way ‘ Alexa play XXXX’ and it would respond with ‘Playing XXX from Spotify’Now whenever I ask Alexa ‘Alexa play XXXXX’ I get told ‘ Heres a station you might like for XXXXX’ and its not spotify.If I then ask ‘Alexa Play Spotify’ it tells me I need to enable the skill - I have sent instructions to your device.Strange thing is - it is enabled, and works find on the other 2 Echo Devices.So I followed the usual sequence:Disable skill Reboot Re-link App says - successfulI try spotify App and can play on the device by selection (so Spotify Connect is working)But I repeat:‘Alexa play XXXX’ and no longer works. and Alexa Play Spotify - You need to enable your account. I am confused and dont know what to try next - any ideas? It should be noted all other voice commands are working as expected.    

This is some sort of post-topic to this:  I got myself a splitter as suggested in the above topic and have a partial success as I’m getting 5.1 sound on the optical output of the splitter for my cable box. However I’m not getting 5.1 when I plug in my Chromecast and cast Nextflix on it. Per this: https://help.netflix.com/en/node/23924 for proper 5.1 sound from Netflix I should be getting 5.1 from Chromecast which is not happening, at least when I use it with the splitter. Do you guys think this is a Chromecast issue, Netflix issue, splitter issue or a combination of those? Any ideas appreciated, thanks!

Like the title says, the Sonos 2 app barely works on my Moto G Power running Android 10. It will work for a few minutes then suddenly not be able to connect. I have to force stop and clear the storage/cache then reconnect to the system to get it work again. Sometimes I have to try to reconnect multiple times. Once it is reconnected it will work for 5-10 minutes then stop connecting. I’ve uninstalled and installed the app multiple times. I’ve deleted all my apps to see if there was a conflict with another app. I have no problem connecting with any other phone/device in my house. It is only my Moto G Power that is unable to consistently connect which is an annoyance because it is my main device/phone. I’ve had the phone for about 6 months and it worked fine on it up until a week ago.  Any recommendations/fixes?

I’m getting so fed up. I’m using a TP-Link Deco M5 mesh system and although it does a great job for everything else, Sonos seams to really hate it. When I say hate it, it literally won’t find anything?I’ve gone down the tech support option - got cut off of course🤬Ive rebooted the router. I’ve rebooted the Deco’s and rebooted all the speakers and amp.  Ive gone to put a bit of music on and obviously I can’t connect to any speakers.  Im so fed up of this. Any help would be great fully appreciated.  

Just moved into a new home that has a set of ceiling speakers and a set of outdoor speakers already in place.  I picked up a Sonos Amp with the hopes of tapping into those existing speakers.  I already have a Playbar and two Sonos Ones.  The specs on the outdoor speakers are Episode brand ES-AW-5, 4 ohm, 120 watt.  I don’t know what the ceiling speakers are at this time.  I’m not getting any sound out of either set, but it looks like the specs of the speakers don’t match up with what the AMP requires.  I just wanted to confirm that this is in fact the issue, and if so, does anyone have any ideas on any way to utilize these existing speakers within the Sonos environment somehow.Thanks.

Hello. I have sent a sonos amp for a repair im a small shop and i think the guy missed up and now he doesnt know what was the part number.I wonder if someone have a clear pic of this board.  

I'm at my in-laws' for a few weeks, and I'm trying to help them set up and use their Sonos system.  Unfortunately, the app on my phone just complains about not being able to find my home system - yeah, I'm not at home - that's actually not an error to fix. Is there really not a way to connect to another system if I'm in another house, they leg me on their Wi-Fi, and I have physical access to their devices? Based on some support content out there, it looks like this maybe used to be allowed, but the content is outdated.  I'm using the S2 app.

I use emojis in the name of the Sonos speakers to help my son, who cannot read, identify which speaker is which (mainly used via Airplay). However, whilst emojis are accepted in the app, and appear as expected in the speaker name, they periodically disappear and revert to non-emoji adorned names. Why?