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Rip Torn
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New SONOS App - Adding to queue

I’m unable to add an album to existing queue. Is this feature gone or am I missing it?
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David Weller
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New SONOS App - Alarms

App has been upgraded,  We onlu have IOS no access to Mac or Windows, Lost ability to use alarms etc  Can we reverse upgrade and go back? Ne...
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aitchgf
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music library after latest app update

Hi mvoslooThanks for the response tip, will try it our and see how I get on!
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justaherContributor I
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Spotify stops tracks and skips. No other music services affected

Hello,  I’ve seen the same question in this forum but all threads that I clicked on have been closed so I’m starting a new one because this is a new issue for me that just started occurring about a week ago. I have tried solutions suggested on the Sonos website and in the closed threads but nothing works.I have been using my current set up for over 6 months. Nothing has changed in terms of new equipment in the house or any new potential interference. I have very strong wifi with a booster and today’s download speed is 531Mbps. I have restarted my router, removed Spotify from Sonos and re-added it. I can play music directly from Spotify to my Sonos speakers without an issue but every time I use the Sonos app to play from Spotify I experience issues from the get go. It won’t even play one song. Stops after a few seconds, skips to the next song, another few seconds of sound, then skips again and so on. The message I get from Sonos app is that my wifi is unstable - that is false. I check m

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Sotiris C.
2 years ago
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DaDDHeadliner I
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Sirius unable to play

Sirius has been dropping the stream sporadically all day. Error is unable to play song not encoded properly.  Sometimes it comes right back others I have to start it. It’s always stable most of the time.  

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Airgetlam
2 years ago
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Phil56Avid Contributor I
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grayed out songs from Qobuz

I’m playing the expanded version of Achtung Baby from  Qobuz, but the cd 2&4 parts of the playlist are grayed out. Why is this?

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2 years ago
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MeeshkaContributor I
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plante Radio

Hi absolut radio have said they are no longer broadcasting in the normal way. If o want to listen to them I have to load planet radio via sonos. I have tried for two days to do this but keep getting an error message what do I need to do please? 

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Airgetlam
2 years ago
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jo.mrtnsContributor I
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Error 1002 Apple Music

Hello, I know there is multiple reports about the same kind of issue but i can’t find any solution working.I cannot play any playlist from Apple Music on my Sonos One. Even the small ones, be it in Shuffle or Normal. I always get the 1002 error code. The problem exists from any Sonos app (Android, iOS, macOS).Also i have an alarm set for morning using an Apple Music playlist. It works approximately 50% of the times. This is my first Sonos system and that + to the impossibility since MONTHES to connect to Apple Music service from Android app, this is VERY VERY disappointing!

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James L.
2 years ago
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J. AuerContributor II
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Frequent need to reauthorize Apple Music

I realize there is endless discussion about problems with reauthorizing apple music, but my question is simply ...why? Why is this necessary? Why does it sometimes happen multiple times in a week?  BTW I use both S1 and the later systems in different locations. It happens at both.  This is not urgent, it’s just bothersome.  Thanks very much for your time,  JA

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Airgetlam
2 years ago
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bgraham1962Contributor I
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Rova stations dropping out again

After being stable for a few months Rova stations are starting to drop out again.  After about an hour of playing correctly they start having 1 second-ish drop outs.Stopping and starting the stream solves the problem for another hour.  (Buffer starvation?)Not sure if this is a Sonos or Rova setup issue but it is very annoying. Anybody got any ideas? I can’t find a direct support contact address for Rova so I cannot send the issue to them either. RegardsBrian

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Airgetlam
2 years ago
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gwhogan99Contributor I
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Play my apple music on another sonos system.

I’m in a rented house for a month and am trying to play my apple music on the sonos system that is here.  I can play their music fine.  When i try to add a music service it asks me to enter the account information (id/pw)for the owner’s account.  I try to login with my sonos id/pw and it comes back and says the email/pw do not match Sonos’s records.  I can log on the sonos website with that id/pw fine.  Is there anything else I can try?   thx George

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controlav
2 years ago
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Mike A PContributor I
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intrusive ads

There seem to be 3 streaming options for my favourite station, Classic FM. Sonos Radio; Global Player & TuneIn. Recently, all 3 of these providers have been interrupting steaming music with advertising. This is in addition to the normal advertising either side of news breaks etc. This intrusion ruins the enjoyment that listeners ought to expect and from my perspective at least, is completely counterproductive as it would discourage me from using the products or services. If this doesn’t stop, I will get a tuner and use the line-in facility again, streaming the FM radio channel instead. Hopefully pressure will be applied by Sonos to eliminate this intrusive practice. 

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106rallye
2 years ago
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KSHContributor I
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Cannot stream music on Sonos One gen 2

I have linked my new Sonos One to Google assistant. I use Youtube Music Premium as my default service.  When I ask Sonos to play music….It says “Playing music on Youtube music”...”Sorry something went wrong ….” and it does not play any music...

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Corry P
2 years ago
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aaciiiContributor II
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How the heck do I wipe out my account and start over

I have factory-reset all 10 of my sonos speakers.  I want to start installing over as if I never had any sonos speakers.   but the app keeps saying “let’s find your missing speakers” like it still knows I had them. how do I remove all references to my speakers and start over?   It seems dumb that I’d have to “abandon” the account and sign up with a new email address. I see many emails where people ask and answers are “why do you want to do that” or “you shouldn’t have to do that” -- I don’t care - I WANT TO FULLY REMOVE THEM from my account!

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ratty
2 years ago
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VinceVContributor I
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iTunes Playlist

Do you have any help on why all of my songs have transferred over to my new PC on the SONOS app but the playlists have not transferred? In iTunes I had exported the iTunes playlists and then successfully imported them onto my new PC (the playlists show up in iTunes), but Sonos is not syncing the playlists. I did the import prior to installing and updating the SONOS app and I have updated my music library.Thanks again for any help.

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Corry P
2 years ago
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KC66725Contributor I
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Sonos Apple Music error

I have just started subscribing to Apple Music and thought it would be easy to play an iTunes playlist on Sonos but alas no. I have gone into the Sonia S1 app on my iPhone, then browse, Apple Music, My music, Playlists. Selected the playlist but all the songs are greyed out and when you press play the following message appears. ‘An error occurred while adding tracks to the queue (802)’.  Can someone help resolve this issue. Thanks Kevin

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Airgetlam
2 years ago
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MeKandMaxatLaMalContributor I
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The missing Track 1 problem when syncing from Win Media Player

Saw this issue discussed in earlier threads, but didn’t see a ‘how to fix’ solution.  I’ve just had this problem.  I’d previously transferred all the CD albums to desktop in FLAC format to match CD quality; no problem.  But when I transferred the music files to a Flash drive to download to WMP on a laptop all of the albums were missing track 1.  Spent ages trying to resolve the issue and eventually tripped over a remedy.  I noticed that all the missing track 1’s were listed in a ‘Unknown Album’ folder; but I couldn’t see a way of reinstating the tracks.  I tripped over the solution when using the WMP ‘Find Album Info’.  Beneath that dropdown menu is ‘Update album info’; click on this and hey presto track 1 returns.  Incidentally this problem didn’t occur with mp3; the issue seems to be with mp4.  Hope this helps someone. 

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controlav
2 years ago
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ChrisMakiContributor II
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CBC stations missing from native app, TuneIn not a viable alternative

It would seem that quite frequently most of the CBC Music On Air stations disappear, the CBC Radio One stations seem to be unaffected. Specifically I frequently listen to On Air Pacific and use it for my wake up alarm. While I know that I can access this station via TuneIn, there’s two problems with that. Typically when you start a stream from a TuneIn station, they play that loud “Tune IN!” clip at the start akin to Netflix’s launch noise, this is not exactly how I want to be woken up but would prefer a soft fade in of whatever CBC is broadcasting. Secondly, I’ve noticed that when I use the TuneIn stream, not long after we start listening, it will start to suffer from audio drops every 30 seconds or so which makes for a terrible listening experience.If I browse to CBC’s website, the streams missing from Sonos are available so I can’t help but wonder if the Sonos app has a timeout set wherein the music service’s list of offerings loads and this timeout is simply too low or CBC’s respon

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controlav
2 years ago
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Paulvh48Contributor I
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The sonos app

When returning to my holliday home my Sonos app wants me to log in with somebody elses account.I removed the app and reinstalled, no result.Help

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constructionlawAvid Contributor I
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Spotify played in car then randomly on sonos

I have had some issues where I had connected Spotify to Sonos the day before and when I played Spotify in the car via Bluetooth, the Sonos speaker then played what I was playing in the car even without connecting via Spotify connect the next day. This was annoying because I couldn't stop it in Spotify on my phone because Spotify on my phone wasn't playing at the time.  Anyone else had this issue?

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106rallye
2 years ago
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OliverLaconContributor I
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Pocket Casts - Unable to Connect to Pocket Casts

I have used Pocket Casts with Sonos for several years without issues.  After encountering a problem, I deleted the Pocket Casts music service from my Sonos system in attempt to correct issue.  I have not been able to reconnect. When I go to “Add a Service” on either Android or Windows Desktop app, I get a “Check your network connection error” when I try to add Pocket Casts.  I do not get this error with other music services, which I am able to successfully add, so I do not believe there is an issue with my network connection.  I believe there is an issue with Pocket Casts, but Sonos Status Page shows Pocket Casts as “green check mark”.

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Ken_Griffiths
2 years ago
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K2SKContributor I
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A 'library' playlist under Imported Playlists

First time poster here. Having a problem with Imported Playlists. There is a new playlist called 'Library' that I have not created and it is not present in the Playlists sidebar in the Music app. Mac OS Monterey v12.2.1. This seems to be new and may be eating up imported playlist numbers on the Sonos side. Any suggestions on how to get rid of it?

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Corry P
2 years ago
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simonc66Contributor I
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planet radio service missing

Hi,the planet radio service now needed to play many commercial radio stations (e.g. Absolute radio) is missing from my list of services. It is meant to be there as the planet radio website says it is what should be used for Sonos.My address country is set to the uk so I am at a loss. Can anyone help please.Thanks.

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glycine76Contributor I
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Can't play certain music from YouTube Music

I just signed up YouTube music service and want to try it out on my Sonos. However, I found one of my favorite playlist could not be played via sonos. Most of the songs are greyed out. The error meesage is “ Access denied” Anyone has similar experience and how to resolve it?

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James L.
2 years ago
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User276494Contributor I
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Apple Music intermittent

Half the time I try to access Apple Music on Sonos, I get an error message that says “We’ve run into a problem. Try again.” This has been going on for about a month. I have an all-Apple system (iPad, iPhone, iMac), all with up-to-date system software. Sonos is OS2, version 13.4.1. I have five Sonos speakers (two Ones, two Threes and a Roam). One of the speakers connects to my network via an Ethernet cable. 

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Zap220Contributor I
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youtube sound levels

Please get this sorted out. We have been loyal sonos customers for ten years or so and add a new speaker annually. You must be able to keep youtube playing at the same level by now. I have faith that your brilliant techs can do it. Give it to us please!  Some videos/ audio plays at a mumble then the next blasts on at stadium concert level. Please keep them at the same volume we set our speakers. I know you can do it   This is ridiculously annoying. Thank you for your help 

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2 years ago
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Ed NiemanContributor I
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Pandora sign in

when adding pandora to sonos system. Now the first prompt you see after selecting activate is a new step to put in an activation code. There is no information on where this code is located. This is new. I’m a dealer in Tampa Fl and have done 100’s of systems and have never seen this. Anyone else running into this? 

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Ken_Griffiths
2 years ago
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helena CarletonContributor I
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Downloaded S1 app to new device but none of my subscriptions are showing up, nor are they listesd to add?

I have a  number of devices ( computers, tablets etc .) I usually run my Sonos 1 via my android phone.  For the most part works ok, although recently dropped apple music as an option to select - not even in the list?  I also have a Chomebook 311 . I installed the sonos 1 app ( orange *one) onto Chomebook . My Account shows up but does not include any of my subscriptions and there is no way to bet past the EULA ro actually use the app.  My accounts / subscriptions are: Apple music,* Pandora, Youtube, Amazon music , * Tunein,  The* I pay for - I should get you the Youtube free as a deal with Chomebook? It says I have to run Chrome in developer mode?  Thought that was for unix or linux ?   I just want to be able to run my soearker from the chromebook.  The speaker doesn’t show up in bluetooth or nearby devices - chome doesn’t have airplay so can’t send to speakers. wired or unwired. p it does not show up on network Why when I set up and the device was connected- found - why didn’t my subs

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Airgetlam
2 years ago
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