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Setting up a new S2 system with existing S1

  • December 25, 2023
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I have some older S1 sonos gear and recently got a couple of S2-only speakers. I want to set up a separate S2 system which is supposed to be possible.

When I open my S2 app, it says it recognizes that I have an S1 system and I have two options: to just open the S1 controller or set up a new system. 

But the buttons only show “Open S1” or “More options”. None of the “More options” involve setting up a new system. I’m a bit lost as to how to proceed. Why don’t the buttons mirror the choices I’ve been given?

I previously had started setting up my roam, but after I thought I finished it told me that in fact someone else had started setting it up already and I need to factory reset it to use it. So I factory reset it and now I just see this screen. I’m not sure why this is so difficult?!

 

Best answer by hokietoner

Sigh. So after doing the reset and restarting the app, then after hard restarting the app a second time, then canceling the prompts to connect to my existing sonos system, then swiping right past the UI to join existing sonos, I see the UI to add my Sonos roam.

Looks like everything is working now, but it really seems like this could be much more intuitive. 

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  • December 25, 2023

I went ahead and reset my app, then chose “start a new system”. Now I can get into the app, but everything seems to take on a “loading” state. A prompt at the top encourages me to join a nearby Sonos system, which is probably what got me into this trouble in the first place, so I guess I shouldn’t do that. But there appears to be no way to add a device to my new system :\

 

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  • December 25, 2023

Sigh. So after doing the reset and restarting the app, then after hard restarting the app a second time, then canceling the prompts to connect to my existing sonos system, then swiping right past the UI to join existing sonos, I see the UI to add my Sonos roam.

Looks like everything is working now, but it really seems like this could be much more intuitive. 

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