Need ideas on hooking up Sonos to Audio Technica

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September 22, 2023
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I just bought an Audio Technica LP 120 and am trying to connect it via Bluetooth to my existing Sonos setup which includes an ARC soundbar and 2 ERA 100’s. I’ve been through the manual and online and cannot seem to figure out how to do it. Thus far I’ve tried (many times) to pair the turntable with one of the ERA 100’s that is about 3 physical feet from the turntable.

I would certainly appreciate any help that can be provided. Thank you in advance.

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Best answer by Ken_Griffiths

Thank you both for taking the time to help me out. So, if I understand correctly the only option I have with the equipment I already have is to disconnect one of my ERA 100’s from the ARC and the other ERA 100 and then connect it with a dongle to the turntable. The turntable will play through the separated ERA 100 and not the other two.

Is this correct?

Thanks again.

With your current hardware, you would need to remove both speakers from the Sonos Arc room (this is assuming you currently have them ‘bonded’ as Home Theatre rear surrounds)?

Once they are showing as separate Sonos room(s) in the App, either standalone, or stereo paired, you can then add the Sonos dongle to one of the Era line-in ports and connect the TT/Pre-Amp to the dongle/line-in. The TT audio can then play to any or every single Sonos speaker - simply group/ungroup the speakers - where the TT audio plays is entirely up-to you.

See this link on grouping/ungrouping Sonos rooms for audio playback:
https://support.sonos.com/en-us/article/group-and-ungroup-rooms

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Ken_Griffiths

@Jtrucano

You can order and get the line-in audio adapters sent to you by Sonos. There are two types one with an Ethernet port and one without. See the below links to view/purchase:

https://www.sonos.com/en-us/shop/sonos-line-in-adapter

https://www.sonos.com/en-us/shop/sonos-combo-adapter

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As an update after ending this conversation my wife seemed to solve the issue without buying a dongle. She took both ERA 100’s out of the room on the app and put them into a separate (named) room on the app. They paired right up with the turntable and it sounds great.

Thanks to all and you were both a great help.

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