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Contributor I
Apr 20, 2024 12:39 PM UTC
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Sonos Era 100 + Turntable question, switching between Apple Music and Turntable.

I'm new to Sonos speakers. I purchased an Era 100 and plugged my turntable into it through the Line In. Works great, sounds great. The problem I have is, if I play Apple Music on the speaker, and want to switch back to the turn table, it doesn't automatically switch like I'd like it to. Is there a way to make it automatically switch back to Line In? The "Autoplay" settings don't seem to do it if it has last been playing Apple Music. Or is there a "Hey Sonos" or "Alexa" voice command to make it switch? The only way I have found is through the app. thanks!

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Virtuoso
Apr 22, 2024 9:25 PM UTC

@skullc 

@Matt3281 

And… just to clarify… autoplay option for the line in definitely is turned on and set to the speakers room itself?

If so and it doesn’t work, have you tried a device restart?

Ralf

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skullc
Prodigy III
Apr 20, 2024 1:34 PM UTC

I have a pair of 5s and have to manually switch every time guessing the 100 will be the same 

no automatic switching unfortunately 

 

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Lead Maestro
Apr 20, 2024 1:38 PM UTC

I just tested this on my system.

If you have the Autoplay Room set to the room associated with the Era 100, when you place the needle on the vinyl, the Apple Music stream should automatically stop and the music from the vinyl should begin playing out of the speaker.

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Matt3281Author
Contributor I
Apr 20, 2024 4:15 PM UTC

I just tested this on my system.

If you have the Autoplay Room set to the room associated with the Era 100, when you place the needle on the vinyl, the Apple Music stream should automatically stop and the music from the vinyl should begin playing out of the speaker.

Strange - that didn’t work for me.  I tested it and Apple Music kept playing and it never switched to the vinyl.

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Schlumpf
Virtuoso
Apr 20, 2024 4:54 PM UTC

I also checked that and it works the way it should as @GuitarSuperstar just described. 
But… you won’t have to change the sources too quickly !!

There is a signal overrun of about 15 seconds on line in source. Autoplay just works, if a signal comes in via line in after last line in plaback inclusive overrun time has stopped. 

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Schlumpf
Virtuoso
Apr 20, 2024 5:09 PM UTC

And another reason perhaps could be line in level set too weak. You could try setting it to a higher level and test again. I think Autoplay needs a minimum of signal strength to work. 

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Ralf
Matt3281Author
Contributor I
Apr 22, 2024 1:08 PM UTC

I also checked that and it works the way it should as @GuitarSuperstar just described. 
But… you won’t have to change the sources too quickly !!

There is a signal overrun of about 15 seconds on line in source. Autoplay just works, if a signal comes in via line in after last line in plaback inclusive overrun time has stopped. 

I’m not sure I’m following what you are saying… To test this, I played Apple Music.  Stopped the music, waited 15 seconds, started the turntable, waited 15 seconds, and the speaker never switched to line-in.  Went to the app, changed it there, and it worked fine.

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buzz
Grand Maestro
Apr 22, 2024 1:24 PM UTC

Try test playing a record that begins with a “boom” or “crash”. Starting Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon has flustered every auto switcher that I’ve encountered.

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Matt3281Author
Contributor I
Apr 22, 2024 1:25 PM UTC

Try test playing a record that begins with a “boom” or “crash”. Starting Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon has flustered every auto switcher that I’ve encountered.

I’ll try that!

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Schlumpf
Virtuoso
Apr 22, 2024 8:02 PM UTC

@Matt3281 

Ok, the way you have tested it indicates it’s not a overrun issue. I suppose setting a higher line in level in Sonos settings could sort it. What level are you using currently?

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skullc
Prodigy III
Apr 22, 2024 8:07 PM UTC

For reference my line level is on full and I retested it using a black sabbath lp no auto switching occurred on my setup 

 

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