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Trending Lyricist I
Jul 11, 2026 11:22 PM UTC

System switching from sonos port (Bedroom) back to sonos amp (Living Room) without prompting

 

SONOS STEREO SYSTEM SET UP: Sonos System is only currently displaying correctly in brown app on Computer…correctly in black app on phone...THIS IS AN ALALOG SET UP...NO OPTICAL OUT ON SOURCE_LENOVO

Living Room System 1:

Lenovo ThinkPad 21JTS0BY00 -> fii0 K11R2R USB DAC -> Fulode EQ315 graphic EQ -> Sonos Amp -> Mythos 5 Definitive technologies passive speakers + definitive technologies powered subwoofer

Bedroom System 2:

Sonos Port -> Fulode EQ315 graphic EQ -> smsl AO300 pro dac power amp -> Chartwell PM 110 passive speakers + Velodyne vrp-10 powered subwoofer

Spectrum Internet services….Lenovo, sonos amp, sonos port all ethernet hardwired

ISSUE: no matter set to living room…or bedroom…starts in living room…when set to bedroom…always drifts back to living room….sometimes choices appear in brown app…sometimes not…always has to be manually set and reset in brown app when system drifts back to living room system….also EQ is always showing activity in both systems simultaneously

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Trending Lyricist I
Jul 12, 2026 2:14 AM UTC

Same stream always….never different...I start a stream on system 2...and before I know it ...it goes back to system one by itself..thanks..!

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AjTrek1
Jul 12, 2026 2:22 AM UTC

What is the source of the stream? AppleMusic, Spotify, Tidal or something else. Also are you streaming via the Sonos App or the source native app?

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Trending Lyricist I
Jul 12, 2026 9:21 AM UTC

All things sound…..anything generated from computer….recorded music library (I am a musician)….Youtube ...

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kdowling
Jul 12, 2026 6:25 PM UTC

I see this is a continuation of your other two topics here. But you have replaced the Connect (Gen 1) with a Sonos Port. Good choice.

Please explain, in detail, how you go about playing music on your Sonos Port. Choose something to play. Tell us what it is and from where you are selecting to play it. All the steps involved, be specific. When you do this, unplug your Sonos Amp and turn off the EQ it’s using as line-in.

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jgatie
Jul 12, 2026 7:01 PM UTC

There seems to be a terms and/or language gap going on.  Tell us exactly what app you are using to initiate play, what the steps are, and how this "drift" appears on the app.  Screenshots would help.

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Stanley_4
Grand Maestro
Jul 12, 2026 7:18 PM UTC

Might help if everyone uses as many standard terms as possible. 

https://en.community.sonos.com/tutorials-and-how-to-s-229149/sonos-terminology-6905527?tid=6905527&fid=229149

 

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kdowling
Jul 12, 2026 8:02 PM UTC

If I had to guess what’s happening, I’d say the op is using the Amp line-in as source for the Port. But has Autoplay line-in enabled to the Amp. Just a guess. I can think of a couple other scenarios, but without knowing exactly how the port is playing, it’s difficult to determine what’s happening.

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Trending Lyricist I
Jul 12, 2026 10:27 PM UTC

KDowling..I think you may be close…..I will turn off the amp and see what the port is doing….I am suspect of something wrong in the way I set this up…..new stuff all the way around for me….Port is behaving the same as the connect 1 with regard to always defaulting to amp......amp is line in...and in autoplay set to off for “include grouped rooms”…..port has nothing all line in greyed….this is an analog system...no opt out on laptop….I will feed you info as you ask...MANY THANKS..

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106rallye
Jul 13, 2026 10:26 AM UTC

You could also tell us what you are trying to achieve with your set up? Why would you feed the output from a Port into an Amp, if indeed that is what you are doing?

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kdowling
Jul 13, 2026 3:59 PM UTC

​@Billaswell, these are some of the questions that have been asked and not answered:

Please explain, in detail, how you go about playing music on your Sonos Port. Choose something to play. Tell us what it is and from where you are selecting to play it. All the steps involved, be specific. When you do this, unplug your Sonos Amp and turn off the EQ it’s using as line-in.

There seems to be a terms and/or language gap going on.  Tell us exactly what app you are using to initiate play, what the steps are, and how this "drift" appears on the app.  Screenshots would help.

It is still not clear what you mean by “it” goes back to system 1. What is “it”? Do you mean audio? Or do you mean the selected room shown in the Sonos controller app? Or? Please explain.

We’re just trying to help. The more information you can give us, the better the help.

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