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ossodiseppia
Enthusiast I
November 5, 2022

Sad day for me and my CR100

  • November 5, 2022
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I have an old system with ZP80s, ZP100s and 2 CR100s.  I have not updated the firmware on my system since Sonos announced they would no longer support the CR100.

Most of the time, I listen to my favorite radio station through TuneIn.  A couple of days ago, I tried to listen to my favorite station and got the following message

“Unable to browse music - there was a problem connecting to TuneIn.”  I knew this was coming, but was hoping it would happen after I take my dirt nap.

I ran upstairs to my Windows computer and launched the old version of the Sonos controller and was able to use TuneIn to listen to my favorite radio station.

Every once in a while, I now get a commercial coming through my Sonos from TuneIn.  They are local commercials and fairly annoying.

Please note, I am not complaining about anything.  It’s just a sad fact that the things we were told about our old CR100s is coming to fruition.

I can get around the TuneIn supplied commercials with a blue tooth gizmo and an antiquated cell phone to listen to my favorite radio station.

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38 replies

buzz
Grand Maestro
November 5, 2022

You may be able to find a direct link to your radio station and skip TuneIn.

ossodiseppia
Enthusiast I
November 5, 2022

AH!  Great idea.  Thank you.

106rallye
November 5, 2022

The message “problem connecting to” and recurring adds on TuneIn spell wifiproblems to me. In my experience TuneIn only places adds on new (or restarting) streams…….

ossodiseppia
Enthusiast I
November 5, 2022

The message “problem connecting to” and recurring adds on TuneIn spell wifiproblems to me. In my experience TuneIn only places adds on new (or restarting) streams…….

Thank you for the reply.  Can you please offer a bit more info on this?

106rallye
November 5, 2022

I’m not sure how your problems relate to the CR100.

 

What’s your network setup? Do you use a Sonos Bridge?

ossodiseppia
Enthusiast I
November 5, 2022

I’m not either.  I do not use a Bridge.  I have two ZP100s, a ZP80 and two CR100s.  I have a large library of digital music.  This stuff plays no problem.

On either of the CR100s, if I go to radio and press the center wheel button, I get the “Unable to browse music - ….”

 

 

I have an old cell phone without a SIM card.  I have the Sonos app loaded.  I can access TuneIn and play my stations.  It’s interesting that when I play the radio stations, I now get “Information” on the song that is being played.  In all of the years I’ve had these CR100s, I’ve not seen that before.

 

 

 

I would think if I had WiFi issues the CR100s would not work at all.  There are no IP conflicts on my network.  I went through al of them this morning.

Airgetlam
November 5, 2022

I thought, having never used one, the CR100s worked only when the Sonos system was in wired (SonosNet) mode, which means on Sonos device, either a BRIDGE or a speaker was wired to the router directly. Is that not the case?

That being said, time moves on, if your system is ‘frozen’ at 8.3, it wouldn’t surprise me if some streaming sources have updated their servers and no longer match with rather old Sonos 8.3. 

Bruce
ossodiseppia
Enthusiast I
November 5, 2022

Thanks, Bruce.   My system is quite old and I am one of the few CR100 holdouts.  I do not have any “speakers”.  My system dates those.

When I set up my system, I wired my house.  My original system was a ZP100, a ZP80 and a CR100.  Later, I added another ZP100 and another CR100.  The later ZP100 is wirelessly connected to my network.

I am on the last version, 8.4.  I recall something from Sonos when they announced discontinuing support of the CR100.  But, I cannot recall exactly.

It’s been a great ride with Sonos.  If I have to stop using the CR100s, it’s ok.  Used cell phones are cheap and there is more than one option for a controller.

Before I bin the CR100s, I’d like to exhaust every effort to figuring out the issue.

buzz
Grand Maestro
November 6, 2022

My CR100’s died a while ago. Do you have a “Sonos Favorites” section visible on your CR100? If so, you may be able to insert the station’s URL using a phone, then select the station with the CR100.

If you purchase a cheap phone or pad to use as a controller, make sure that it is running an Android version that supports the SONOS controller.

106rallye
November 6, 2022

@ossodiseppia Thank you for your explanation. Your problem is clear to me now. Sorry to say I cannot bring any solution to the table, beside the one you already got yourself: buy a used phone that fits with Sonos.