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Hi All,I have a SONOS port + Cambridge Audio Amplifier (Azur) that doesn’t have any digital output, only RCA’s.SONOS Port works well for:broadcasting Streaming music to Cambridge amplifier and play on my good old passive speakers connecting CD player or other sources (turntables) to SONOS Port and broadcasting on other SONOS products at homeHowever, I had hoped I could use my amplifier as a source to SONOS PORT (via the RCA Record output of the Cambridge Audio amplifier)  so that I can use my old audio sources (CD, turntables, tapes, radio, etc) and broadcast to my other SONOS products but that doesn’t seem to work.Any hint/help please?Many thanks!

My question is what should my next purchase be to add to my system with the plan of expanding the system in the future?  Currently I have a vintage turntable with a pre amp and a Sonos Beam One. (also a TV)  I was planning on adding an AMP next .  I am thinking of adding speakers and possibly a third party sub woofer.  So my second question what speakers are going to work with the Beam One? Or do I need to upgrade the Beam?  Did I mention I’m new to all this??  Thank you  

My port is set to Family Room and will only function on ‘fixed volume’. Can’t change the volume in that room. all other rooms work fine. Tried changing to ‘variable’ but it immediately defaults back to ‘fixed volume’ on that port. Any ideas?

I have Three Sonos connect (Gene 2) two have updated successful the remaining one fail to update hence completely fail to connect .When I upgrade it start greet but on finishing setup i get error 30. I have tried all recommendation like changing the Ethernet cable reboot router even put on the location where the working one is but to avail. Any one to advice best way to overcome this.

I have various Sonos equipment setup in eight rooms in my home and have been using it with a Boost and Amp wired (SonosNet) for a few years.  It’s good 99% of the time, but when I try to group more than 5 rooms I get a lot of drop-outs.  I have a great Eero mesh system in my home and since the new Era speakers don’t support SonosNet I thought -- why not try it without SonosNet?I used the Sonos App (S2) to add a trusted network, and that process prompted me to unplug the network cable from the Amp.  Eventually I got everything switched over to WiFi -- not as smooth as I had hoped, but it got done.  I powered down the Boost (completely disconnected and unplugged) and everything is working great -- better than before, I can group all of my rooms with no drop-outs, it’s more responsive, etc.  However...in in the Sonos App I still see the Boost!  On the Systems “tab” is shows it with the dreaded “blue dot” / Updating message.  In Settings it also shows that, and when I do “About My System”

I have one sonos connect unit that is listed online in my Sonos account as being a “Modern” device and capable of S2.  However, when I factory reset it and try to add it to my S2 system, the light flashes red and the app reports it as unable to upgrade to S2.  Any ideas what’s going on? Thanks

Hi - my sonos connect amp has been working fine but is no longer responding or showing in my system. It has a flashing white light and when I connected it to Ethernet has a green light and a similarly flashing amber light on the Ethernet port. I have tried the troubleshooter a few times and then tried a factory reset, but it just goes back to flashing white. I don’t appear to have any other options available?

I just bought the Onkyo nr-tx696 because of its work with sonos integration. I set it all up and it turns on and I can adjust volume using Sonos. The problem I am having is that I cant get it to go into standby after I stop playing music. I have tried multiple settings and my understanding is that the receiver is supposed to recognize after 20 mins of no signal and go into standby, however its not doing it. Anyone have any suggestions?

Hi I would like to have a wall mounted volume controller in some of my zones instead of looking for my phone. Is this something that can be wired to the amps or is there a wireless option also? Thanks. 

Hi all, I am sure this is a dumb question but I hope you can help. I’m a legacy Sonos customer with an old connect hooked up to a vintage Sony stereo receiver and technics turntable.i want to move to a Sonos amp for a 4.1 surround setup and maintain my old turntable as part of that.what do I do about my preamp situation if I have an old receiver? Can my old receiver act as a preamp or is that a dumb idea? Or should I just buy a dedicated pre amp and sell the receiver? Or something else?After some research I’m not that concerned about losing the analog sound by eliminating the receiver (it also has a tape out if I wanted to maintain that), but I’m not sure what best practice is for moving from a modest analog Phono set up to a sonos amp phono set up. I can’t find a lot online about keeping an old receiver as a preamp with the AMP, which tells me that it may not be the best approach. But I don’t understand why?help!!Edit: I should maybe add that I don’t care much about streaming turntabl

Hello, I am in the market for a turntable, and wanted to output that to a sonos amp.  My question, If I were to get passive speakers powered by the sonos amp, would I be able to output the audio from my turntable, to both the passive speakers and my 4 sonos ones that I have around my house? 

Hi, I’m wanting to create a few party playlists that will include both Spotify tracks and tracks that I have on my Mac. However when I add the tracks to the Your Library section of Spotify and try to play them, they are greyed out.I have tried playing through Spotify and selecting my Sonos Room and get “track can’t be played at this time” and also tried playing through Sonos App and selecting Your Library, then the playlist - but any tracks that are computer based are greyed out.My question is, if I were to upgrade to the new Gen 2 Connect Amp would this issue be solved?Thanks!

Hi there, could someone please tell me if there are any diagrams available for explaining to my electrician how to wire a series of sonos amps to in ceiling speakers. He was talking about wiring them in series and I dont believe that that is the correct method. Also I have plans to put a speaker in an ensuite and adjacent walk in wardroom. My plan was to use 2 individual steroe speakers wired back to one amp ie as one zone. should I run 2 wires for left and right from the amp to each speaker?Thanks.

Unable to connect my PlayBase to wifi working fine on Ethernet Tried extensive troubleshooting and factory resets to no avail diagnostics report submitted 366592743

Several times now I’ve woken up in the middle of the night or other times to hear a full volume hum/distortion “playing” on a room on my system. I’ve at least figured out that when it happens I have to open the Sonos app and press “stop” for which it does stop.  It thinks it’s playing something from the line in source but it’s not, it’s simply distortion.  I don’t even have anything hooked up to that source except for a portal to plug in DJ mixer once in a while.  .  This is terrible.  Any suggestions??

I am looking to set up in ceiling speakers in my bathroom.  My current set up is on the old S1 system and I can’t/don’t want to upgrade.  Is it possible to use connectamp gen1 and any ceiling speakers (not sonance).  I understand I will need to power the amp and wire it to the speakers- is that all I need to do?  Any in ceiling speaker recommendations also appreciated.  Thank you.

I have a Sonos Port and when I try to put it in Mono mode is goes for a very quick second and then goes back to stereo.  Anyone know how to fix this?  Music is playing when I try this if that matters.

Hi, I have 3 different areas with in-wall prewired speakers in my home, with the cables running bundled (but seperated) individually to one location in the basement Outdoor living space with 2 speakers (TV outside as well) Family room with 5 in-wall ceiling speakers (TV mounted in front) Basement with 5 wired speakers My questions is how and with what equipment would I use to utilize these speakers for the respected TVs (to output sound) and to use for music. I will also note their are Ethernet Cat6 cables run to the same locations behind all TVs (at wall plate behind the TVs) The media company for the builder said to use Sonos, but how would I go about using this (so that there is no lag in the audio from the TV). Would I use just Sonos or use it with existing amplifier?Do I need seperate amplifiers for each set of speaker? Really look forward to any help! Thank you.

Hi all, I suspect I already know the answer to my query but hoping I missed something and I can salvage my existing system and use my turntable.Current list of products: Connect (Gen 1), Play:1s, One (Gen 1), Sub (Gen 2) and Playbar (Gen ?).Is there any way to use any of the aforementioned speakers with my Connect on either controller? Can I downgrade any of my speakers to make something work or do I need to find a Gen 2 Connect?

I have my Line-in source level set to 4 and I’m using a Pro-Ject T1 turntable with the Sonos Port, playing through a Sonos Beam and a Sonos One. I have the built-in preamp on my T1 set to Line so the sound is reasonably amplified, but the sound is staticky with almost zero low-end, it sounds very thin. Seems obvious that I’m doing something wrong here but i can’t figure out what. Any help would be much apprecated!

I have two new Sonos Ports that are connected to my receiver. It needs to connect to a wireless network since I don’t Ethernet availability. Can the Sonos Ports connect to a wireless network that supports both 5Ghz and 2.4Ghz or should it connect only to a 2.4Ghz wireless network? 

Hi, can anyone help please? I have just purchased a Pro-ject turntable from Sonos and I have wired it in via line-in. Gone to my app and connected up, but at maximum volume all you can hear is a faint sound coming through the speaker! Am I missing something?please help :(

I am currently doing a family room addition.  I own a Sonos Arc and sub.Here is what I want to do in order of priority.Use Sonos Arc + Sub + 2 Era 300s for my HT setup.Be able to connect my turntable to this setup.Use two sets of wired outdoor speakers.  One on the back of the house and one on the front.I will occasionally be using a TV on the back and would like the outdoor speaks to play audio from the TV.Is this possible?

No light on my amp, just some click sounds

Hello!  Disclaimer - this is not my area of expertise, but I’m trying to figure out what piece of equipment is required to set up my parents’ old record player to play through our Sonos system.  I’d like to be able to gift it to my husband for his upcoming birthday!  Every time we start to dig in and research to figure it out we both get frustrated. We have an old Playbar as our main speaker (plus a play:1, two One SLs, and a Roam).  We currently have it set up running through a recording interface (I think - it says M Audio M Track on it) + guitar amp (Orange Crush 20RT) + my husband’s laptop (I’m not sure how he’s managing it on there).  The quality is really poor that way - almost unbearable to listen to.  It sounds like it’s skipping constantly. Ideally, the record player would not be directly connected to the playbar because there isn’t really any space for it nearby.  That isn’t a deal breaker, just a reasonably high priority. I’m not sure if we need a preamp, a Sonos Port, somet