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Talk about Sonos S1 and S2 Controller apps for mobile, and the desktop app. This is also the place to talk about partner apps, Airplay, and direct control.

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Sonos Controller Software Downloads

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Geoff_33Contributor I
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Stream audio from iPad apps

I have 2 Play1 and a Playbar which are great and I control them from my iPad. I can play anything from my music library and podcasts but I have apps on the iPad like BBC iPlayer which I can't stream onto my Sonos speakers. Any ideas

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jgatie
6 years ago
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martinmandersTrending Lyricist I
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On register product

Hey Guy's, I'm experiencing the following issues. I had a setup with approximately 9 devices, I want to give some device to my son. But the first problem occurred when a factory reset the boost. I'm trying to connect it in his house, but it won't connect. When I logging in my account I see the boost in my list, Is that the problem from not connecting? How to fix this, Thanks in advance Martin

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ratty
6 years ago
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SengArturContributor I
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Second user SONOS control

[i]Good afternoon! He became a happy owner of the SONOS system, but then there were various questions, he was insanely stunned and remained at a loss, as it was possible not to think about the possibility of playing video files directly from the computer (mine TV), if you buy stereo pair PLAY 1, you can not connect them To the computer and not only listen to streaming music through Sonos play 1 - 2 Sonos playbar Sonos SUB Sonos boost And stumbled with such a seemingly very stupid problem at first glance, I understand that it is possible to get around this problem through SONOS connect, but in fact it costs not small money, and believe me, in Russia acoustics costs 2 times more expensively than in Europe or the USA! I had to express my displeasure, because We have this kit costs about $ 3000 and imagine, I can not bring sound to this cool and smart acoustics from the application on my phone, no words![/i]:@:@:@ [b]The question I have is the following, am I mistaken about w

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Legnum Nick
6 years ago
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ChirosonoEnthusiast II
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Sonos app for Samsung Gear S2?

Does anyone happen to know if there is a Sonos app for the Samsung Gear S2 watch? I was considering buying one if there is an app for my sonos

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6 years ago
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NanksContributor I
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PC cant see my SONOS Boost

Can anyone please help - my SONOS system has been working fine for several years, but tonight I couldn't connect to my SONOS system from my PC. It just comes up "No existing SONOS system could be found" The boost is hard wired into my router, but it doesn't register as a device on my PC, however the PC can see all the wireless speakers. I've reloaded the software, re-powered everything etc etc... any sugestions as to what to do next? However I can connect to my SONOS system from the App on my android phone and can stream music from the net and play music files from my music library on my PC, but not from the SONOS desktop app on the PC

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6 years ago
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ChrisMellorAvid Contributor I
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iPhone playlist deletion

Hi, I want to delete On the iPhone Playlists that I have created and no longer want, and cannot find out how to do it. On the iPhone Sonos controller the top level menu lists; Sonos Favorites, Sonos Playlists, On this iPhone, Radio by Tunein, etc. Clicking the "On this iPhone" item gets you to a next level menu; "Playlists, Artists, Albums, etc. So there are two playlists; the Sonos Playlists and the On the iPhone Playlists. I can delete entries in the Sonos Playlists but not in the On the iPhone Playlists. Deleting Sonos Playlists entries involves clicking the ... item at the top right of the screen listing the playlists which gives you the option to Edit Playlist. You select this and can then select a playlist to delete. Trying to delete entries in the On the iPhone Playlists seems impossible to do. When you select the On the iPhone Playlists option you get a list of playlist entries under a Playlists heading but there is no ... selection item at the top right.

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6 years ago
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Mary ServaisContributor I
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Alarm insists on playing the annoying Sonos Chime!

I'm trying to set an alarm that uses music from my Music Library. The shortest time I can set in the alarm setup is 15 minutes, but the music I have selected is less than 2 minutes. When the music ends, the Sonos Chime plays. How can I avoid having the Sonos Chime play?

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6 years ago
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DonkikongContributor I
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Turn off Sonos mesh wifi

Hi, All my Sonos nodes are physically networked using cat5e to the same internal network. How can I turn off sonos mesh wifi to reduce RF interference with my other wifi devices? Thanks

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Stuart_W
6 years ago
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Stoopballs9Listener
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Ungroup speaker

There are times that I want eliminate a speaker in my group. How is this done?

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6 years ago
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Al StewartContributor I
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Restrict Access to Queue

Anyone know if it's possible to stop people chasing the order of songs in the queue or to only allow them to add songs to the end of the queue and not use the play now option. At a recent party I gave a few people access to my music library sp they could browse through and pick some stuff to play but it just ended up being a war with people adding songs to play now instead of the end of the queue, then someone else would do a play now and so on and so on, hardly got to the end of any songs and it created a bit of tension. Some people might ask why I gave anyone access. They're my friends and I can't force them to listen to what I want all the time. It would be great if there was a party mode of sorts where people could access Sonos and add songs to the queue but only to the end of the queue. They then get to pick some music they like but don't cut off music that other people like.

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6 years ago
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FergiDotComAvid Contributor I
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Volume resets immediately to zero

Periodically, my Sonos systems gets into a state where the volume reverts to zero (mute) whenever I try to turn it up. I think this is mostly when I am using Spotify Direct, but I am not sure about that. It has happened multiple times and I have friends with the same periodic problem. I just caught one live and took a video screen capture of it happening on my Mac. See: https://screencast.com/t/ieqhj04Gl2 Sonos diagnostic 7395506 was taken when the system was in this state. Same problem on my iPhone interface. The problem was resolved by resetting the controller from my Mac.

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Tom B
6 years ago
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T-SEnthusiast II
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Optimizing cover art

Hello! Visiting this thread I was wondering if some information there is outdated: https://en.community.sonos.com/controllers-software-228995/improve-cover-art-support-resolution-speed-image-types-and-fault-tolerance-5057783 For example it seems to me the pixel limit is no longer 1024x1024. I have an album where the embedded cover art is 1500x1500 and it is shown. However I found it often loaded really slow and sometimes not at all. However I found that reducing the filesize rather than pixelsize was more effective in making Sonos Controller read it faster. So which are the size and pixel limits nowdays? Also, is there a recommended filesize and/or pixelsize where the compromise between resolution and loading times are optimal? Or some kind of table showing the relation between loading times and filesize/pixelsize? I'd like to keep resolution high but if there's a size threshold somewhere when loading times are significantly slower I'd like to go below that limit. Also,

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ratty
6 years ago
press250
press250Enthusiast II
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Library indexing: the best (fastest) of times, the worst (slowest) of times

Library indexing is MUCH faster when performed on a wired (as opposed to wireless) Sonos component. But how can I convince/force Sonos Controller for Windows to use the wired component as its "Associated ZP"?

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jgatie
6 years ago
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tedtContributor I
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name change

I am trying to change the name of the room that is showing on my app. How do I do that?

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Airgetlam
6 years ago
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tombashamContributor I
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Existing Sonos players suddenly can't connect (flashing orange lights)

For a long time now I've enjoyed a Sonos setup with a bridge, a play3 and a play5.  This has always worked fine, but suddenly my controllers can't find any components other than the bridge, and when trying to re-add any of them (pressing mute+vol up) the indicator light flashes orange.  When re-adding the controllers (I've tried a PC, iPad and iPhone) detect that I've pressed mute+vol up (they change to the 'connecting...' screen) but always fail to connect and show the 'Your Sonos component was not found' message. My wireless network is working ok, and I can see that the Sonos equipment is set to a relatively empty wireless channel (1), my own wifi network is set to a different channel (11). On occasion the Play5 has been able to connect, but drops off within 20 minutes or so.  Any help or advice you might have would be greatly appreciated! Tom

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Tom B
6 years ago
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Mike_254Contributor I
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I have installed Kaspersky Internet Security 2014 on my PC and my Sonos Controller will not find my network any more :-)

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6 years ago
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Matthew_9Contributor II
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Showing lyrics while in the sonos app on your smart phone of tablet. it would be a great idea, no?

How about showing the lyrics of a song while in the sonos app on your smart phone of tablet. My son likes a bunch of the music we have on our network and it would be great to use this awesome set up as a way to learn the song while listening to it... Matthew E

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6 years ago
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ProdanAvid Contributor I
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Will Trueplay tuning be better when done on iPhone vs iPad?

According to this here https://apple.stackexchange.com/a/257365) the iPhone 7 has four microphones but the iPads have only one. Will Trueplay tuning be better if you do it via an iPhone 7?

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K
6 years ago
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Markus_21Contributor I
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Will Sonos work with Apple Homekit?

As a full time wheelchair user I like to have all my connected devices all connected in one place, will I be able to add my sonos music system to Apple Homekit? As more and more people are joining the home automation system I'm hoping sonos will add there support to Homekit.

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Airgetlam
6 years ago
dendirk
dendirkContributor III
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Can't see my Sonos speakers in the Spotify app

Hi , I upgraded my Sonos to beta 7, when i look into my spotify app i can't find my 3 Sonos speakers. (I can see my other devices ) I have a Premium account with Spotify (directly bought) I have authorized Sonos and spotify.

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6 years ago
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castallaLocal Superstar
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Alexa & Sonos

Rumour? http://www.aftvnews.com/sonos-begins-beta-testing-amazon-alexa-control-integration/

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Airgetlam
6 years ago
michelenascondino
michelenascondinoContributor I
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SONOS Skins and Audio settings

SKINS I think it is necessary to introduce the possibility to change (or best: customize!) the SONOS controller for WINDOWS with coloured and clear SKINS. Actually it is very poor. AUDIO Depending when or "where" I play music, every time I have to do a new setting for volume, for every SONOS speaker (i have 4 Play:1, 1 Play:3, 1 Play:5, 1 Playbar + SUB). It is possible to create a "Volume settings saving"? Thank you for your attention! Mich

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biffta
6 years ago
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Rob777Contributor II
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Sonos Can't Find my MacBook

I have had all kinds of issues with my Sonos. First, it wouldn't find my iTunes music library. Then, not sure how, started finding it. Maybe it was when I shortened my computer name? It worked for a day or so.. Then it started not connecting to my macbook.. I submitted a question, Sonos said try to restart the Wifi. I did that and restarted the Mac and that worked for a day, day and a half. Now it's back to "can't connect to Robs-Macbook pro/music. " Once in a while I get a "1002" message but not consistently. I restarted the WiFi and my computer again and that fixed NOTHING this time.. I have done the Firewall procedures. The controller will let me add music into the que but will not allow me to play it. That's when I get the "cannot connect.." error message after a short time of (not sure what the technical name for it is..not pinwheel but..) the little thing that spins, looks spikey, basically saying it's thinking.. get one of those those on top right of controller as well as somet

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Omar H
7 years ago
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XOP15Contributor I
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Sonos Plex & Synology

Hi There, Newbie Alert !! I have an Amazon Echo and a Synology NAS running PLEX which stores all my media, I am able to control PLEX from the Echo. My question is will PLEX be able to play direct to the Sonos with out having to have Laptops or tablets open and running ? Thanks in advance

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7 years ago
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jschiizzyListener
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Spotify disappeared from controller

I deleted my Spotify account from the Sonos app in order to add a new Spotify account (I couldn't find an easy way to change the account). But now Spotify doesn't appear as a choice under "Add Music Service". I can't find Spotify under any of my controllers, PC, other phones, etc. System Diagnostics number 7369575.

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7 years ago
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