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Sonos Five line in do not go on standby

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February 19, 2026
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Hi

I’m wondering, how do I get the Sonos Five to not go on standby on line in?

The default behavior is that the Sonos stops playing within 30 seconds or so if it doesn’t detect a signal. However, getting out of standby takes a good 2-5 seconds. I’m using the Five pair as computer speakers and it is incredibly annoying to use them on video calls because the speaker keeps going on standby and I miss the first 2-3 seconds every time the other person talks.

I’ve found that if I go to “Your Sources” → line-in → select Sonos Five, then it would avoid going on standby for longer, maybe an hour? But then it goes on standby again, and I have to do this again.

How do I stop the speaker from going on standby? I want it to be always on so I never miss the first few seconds of audio whenever I play something.

Thanks

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controlav

Lead Maestro

I use Play:5 Gen 1s for my PCs and this used to bug the hell out of me. I think I fixed it by setting the audio delay to the minimum 75ms. (This is on S1 obviously).

Author of the leading independent Sonos apps for Android, MacOS, iOS, Windows and Xbox.

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nik9669a

Senior Virtuoso

By Sonos’ own admission, they’re really not designed to be speakers for computers.

https://en.community.sonos.com/groups/sonos-products-as-pc-speakers-229137

Stanley_4

Grand Maestro

Feed the Sonos a low level audio signal that is enough to keep them active but not noticeable. It need not be constant, just often enough to keep the Sonos active.

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