Controllers & Music Services

Is it just me that wants to sit down and listen to music without all the annoying nag screens for S2 updates?  STOP IT     

So is there no way to turn off the nag screen to update to S2 in S1?It’s filling out like 1/3 of the screen, it’s pathetic.I thought the whole idea with S1 was to branch off us oldtimers who are not interested in going along with the new Sonos direction. 

Look guys, I really like my sonos system, I've got speakers all over the house... They're all older S1 compatible components. They all work and I'm happy with the system as it is right now. I don't have plans to spend a lot of money to replace equipment that is functioning so would you please just stop constantly trying to get me to switch to S2?This incesante encouragement is an annoyance and is doing the opposite of convincing me to buy more Sonos equipment. It's a major turn off.Please, do me and you a favor and please just stop trying to convince me that I need to get rid of functioning equipment. Stop the S2 upgrade messages and banners, please!

As many posters have note, EQ and Balance are important controls to access yet they are buried in the menu structure. Since EQ and Balance vary by room, I suggest adding a link to the volume popup:Easy EQ Access MockupIdeally clicking on the EQ button would then add the EQ/Balance controls to the same popup, under the EQ button line.  

Hello I have Philips PUS8503, made in 2018. So far my experience have been amazing with ARC, but i have one tiny problem when it comes to turning TV ON. My arc is right in front of TV so it is covering TVs light that processes signal from remote. So my issue is: When i want to turn on TV with remote, it seems like that ARC doesnt get signal from remote, so it could pass it to TV. Everything else works amazing, i can turn volumes up and down, stop and play movies, and turn TV OFF with same button that turns it ON. So anyone have any ideas of how to fix it?Also doesn anyone have any idea why i cant get DOLBY DD+ ATMOS from netflix app? At first i thought that my TV doesnt support it, as spec info is different in different countries, but then turned on movie via USB and on TIDAL and sonos app showed ATMOS logo + i could hear a huge difference. I have the needed premium subscribtion and streaming quality is set always to HIGH + i have 500Mb/s optical internet. So yeah, havent found solutio

Hi folks. Have appx 50 GB of digital (MP3) CD music currently using an old Apple Time Capsule as a NAS. I have an Orbi router with a free USB port connected to my cable modem. Can I copy my files onto a 256GB USB flash (thumb) drive and then have Sonos look for the music there? I have a Mac and the the USB drive does not show on my network (on the Mac) when it is plugged in to the Orbi. Should this work? And if so, what would the path be. I suspect the Apple Time Capsule is on borrowed time, and I turn off my computer and want Sonos to be able to see the music library even when computer is off. Thanks for help!

Hi AllSince upgrading to S2 my devices keep falling off the wifi network. No idea what I need to do, I am a complete dunce when it comes to wifi configuration, dhcp, etc so I hope this is a relatively easy fix.My current and long served set up is as follows.Virginmedia Hub 3.0, Google Mesh wifi network with three hubs.Iphone 11promax iOS 14.4. I have ensured that Sonos is selected ON in the Local Network settings.S2 version 12.2.7Sonos Productsliving room: Sub, Beam, Two Play 1’s. connected to LG TV.Kitchen: Play5 newest generation.Music Room; I had a play5 first gen, it is powered off and I await (today) the delivery of a new Play5 having upgraded with the 30% discount. I do not have the S1 app on my phone or that legacy device connected, it is powered off.So before S2, I was running S1 and before that of course the sonos app. All was sweet, smooth and I had no connectivity issues that were apparent.Despite doing each of the items below OR a combination thereof the S2 app occasionally

Can’t see any difference for such a point release. Playlists still gone awol and strangely Tune In has to be reinstalled😳  Presuming this is the enabling release for tonight’s announcement of the new product.  Anyone spot anything new?

I know there are a few older threads here suggesting Sonos users can utilize the Lutron Caseta Pico Audio Remote to control volume, play/pause, next/favourites - but I found through other forums (probably Lutron ones) that the standard Pico remote is essentially identical to the Audio remote, except for labeling, and works perfectly well for controlling Sonos once paired and setup. The Standard Pico remote here in Canada will cost about $23 vs. $50 or more for the Audio remote (Amazon pricing).  I used my label maker to create custom audio icon labels (see pic) to mimic the function of the Audio remote, but this isn’t strictly necessary.  It’s a shame that Lutron charges such a high premium for the Audio labeling but I guess it is a niche market.  They both come in black as well, which I would have preferred - however this again is more than twice the price.  The pedestals are $13 up here and highly recommended...they have a nice weight and grippy base.  Yes you must have a Lutron wire

I generally listen to Pandora. 2 deficiencies in the Sonos App have led me to abandon it in favor of Airplay:Inability to play on my Mac speakers (which is nuts!)  Lack of Thumbs up/down support for Pandora on Apple Watch “lyd” app.  

I click on “start my free trial” and it takes me to home page where it shows orders, profile, system...not sure how to get to Radio HD on app

Hi!It would be great if you could add the possibility to bypass the sub crossover filter in the app when connecting a subwoofer to an Amp. I want the possibility to let my front speakers always play the full frequency range also when a subwoofer is connected. So either have a radio button for whether crossover should be applied for both speakers and sub or for sub only, or an option to always send the full frequency range to both speakers and sub output and let me control the crossover on the subwoofer itself.Now I know I can achieve this by connecting speaker cable from the Amp’s speaker terminals to the subwoofer’s high level connectors. But the I’d then lose the possibility to control the sub volume level from the app.Thanks, Björn

It is done

I have several speakers (Play3,Play5, OneSL) all working on my WIFI network.  What no longer works is my music store (hard drive) that was "Connected" to the SONOS environment via an old SONOS Bridge.  The music store is not located near a speaker.  

Hi thereI was looking for a tool to backup my Sonos playlists (just in case, it would drive me mad if I lost them), but couldn't find any. Therefore I decided to write one myself ;-)The result is called SonoSaver and can be found here in case you're interested: https://sonosaver.mrupp.ch/Now, I'm interested in adding some more features to it. What do you think? Would it be a nice feature to have the possibility to export the playlists to text files, like CSV, M3U, etc.?Any other ideas?Cheers,Michael

I have an Apple IPhone SE2, which I’ve  updated religiously. Currently running the most up to date versions of iOS and the Sonos app. My husband has an Android phone & recently began using the Sonos system too.  We just noticed that (from within the Sonos app) he can access “Album info” & “Browse the Artist” - in addition to “Crossfade” & “Sleep timer” by clicking 3 dots on the currently playing song screen. HOWEVER, by the same method I can only access “Crossfade” & “Sleep timer.” I’m super bummed and can’t seem to find any way to browse similar artists through the Sonos app - vis a vis my Amazon Music account. It feels like the developers forgot to give the Apple app this option - what gives? Anyone else notice this?

Hi all, my question is, what does really mean that Sonos Radio is optimized for Sonos? Have to say that indeed sounds really weel but what does really mean optimized for SOnos? Is a matter of equalization or what?Thanks,C.

3 options...just wondering what’s going to give me the best sound quality. Have Sonos ARC1) using Amazon Music HD through Sonos App. 2) using Airplay from iPhone to Sonos ArcUsing Amazon Music HD app on my LG TV

After resetting my whole system i have not reconnected med Sonos Amp to my windows computer.But now the music don't play over the stereo. I am using jack cables like before.Before it would just autodetect that I played music on my computer and fire on the Amp.Is there a setting I am missing to turn on after my reset of the system?

anywhere an album title appears i would like to see the year. it is information i desire, and almost anything that plays music besides sonos provides this information. thanks.

i constantly will want to know what song recently played and don’t make it to my device by the time the song ends and then i can no longer see who it was. i would appreciate a recent history list somewhere so i could see the most recent 10, 100, whatever songs that just played. thanks.

Problem: Pixel XL (smartphone) was connected to my system via SONOS S2 for about 3 weeks working PERFECTLY.  Now Pixel XL won’t connect and I can’t find any way to reconnect it even using all my old S1 tricks.Background: I upgraded my system from S1 to S2 using my Pixel XL phone.  It was used to perform the system upgrades and first to get S2 app added and S1 app removed.  Afterwards, functioning perfectly!  Been using it successfully without any issues for around 3 weeks now.Delay to Upgrade:  Not that anyone needs an explanation, but I replaced our FireHD 8.1 (2017) with a FireHD 8.1 (2020) to use as a SONOS controller for guests/petsitters.  I was holding off migrating the system/rooms to S2 until either: SONOS would actually show mercy to us long time users as first they were hinting and eventually did drop support for FireOS 4/5/6; or, I had a replacement device so that our houseguests wouldn’t be without a controller!  So, upon receipt of my upgraded tablet and after a white-knuc

HiCan I suggest the following changes to the Android S2 app, please?Please make the mute button bigger. I have to hit it two or three times for it to activate.S2 ScreenshotPlease make the app load quicker. It takes a full 7 seconds for the app to load and if i navigate away from the Sonos screen, it has to load all over again. This is very frustrating when I am working on multiple apps. If I setup a group of speakers all linked to my Beam and for one reason or another I need to mute this, the group gets broken and I need to set it up again.Thanks for you support. Arrowmaker 

Over the years I have bought Sonos Play 5’s x 5 (Gen 1). 1 x Move, 2 x Amps + 2 of the latest Amps, 2 x Play 1’s and 1 x Play 3’s and Playbase. In short invested a lot of money and much of it doesn’t seem to work these days. I now have 2 Apps to run the system, is SONOS crazy?So disappointed on the so called progress, I should have stuck to my British Cyrus system as this is now American junk.The real question is there anyone out there that will buy it off me and I suspect the answer is NO?To say I am disappointed with the performance is an understatement. I suggest the App software writers should be sacked and someone who knows what they are doing write an App that all components work satisfactory under.Did I say I am disappointed, YES I AM?

I just bought this because of Apple Music support. I have set up Google assistant and when I say hey Google play …. on Apple Music it says “not supported”. I have also added the speaker to my Apple home and when I use my Apple Watch and say “hey Siri play …. On Sonos” (I’ve named it Sonos via Apple home) it doesn’t work. Any ideas? Or do I just subscribe to Spotify for direct support?