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jmcleod
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February 8, 2020

Will My Old Speakers Continue to Deactivate?

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    Smilja
    Smilja
    February 9, 2020

    Hi again Ken,

    With respect, I purchased all of my sonos system when I was working and now that I am in retirement and on a limited income I am left no choice but to explore more “money saving” opportunities.

    Rather than dump my (very expensive) Play 5s, it now looks like I can re-cycle them with a Bluetooth adaptor and abandon “smart” products which (in my opinion) are only “smart” for the supplier, not the customer.  Don’t get me wrong, I absolutely LOVE sonos but I’m afraid they have gone too far and I am no longer in a position to replace them.

    My “get around” at least will keep the Play 5s going all be it all the little white boxes will be destined for the dump. 

     

    You will not be able to do so past the remaining 5 days. A factory reset will be performed on both Play:5s leading into deactivation of the units, even of the line-in and headphone jacks.

    »And the world is like an apple whirling silently in space, Like the circles that you find in the windmills of your mind.« (›Windmills Of Your Mind‹ [1967]. Music by Michel Legrand ; English lyrics written by Alan & Marilyn Bergman)
    PhilBC
    Lyricist III
    February 9, 2020

     

    You will not be able to do so past the remaining 5 days. A factory reset will be performed on both Play:5s leading into deactivation of the units, even of the line-in and headphone jacks.

    I am thinking (hoping) that, now that my sonos system is no longer connected to the internet and sonos has been deleted from all my devices, the gods at sonos will no longer be able to interfere with anything I own !

    Smilja
    Smilja
    February 9, 2020

    The line-in functionality is being handled at hardware-level rather than networking-level.

    »And the world is like an apple whirling silently in space, Like the circles that you find in the windmills of your mind.« (›Windmills Of Your Mind‹ [1967]. Music by Michel Legrand ; English lyrics written by Alan & Marilyn Bergman)
    PhilBC
    Lyricist III
    February 9, 2020

    The line-in functionality is being handled at hardware-level rather than networking-level.

    Let’s hope you are correct Smilja.

    It makes me worry about all the other “smart” technology ….

    Alexa for example HAS to be listening to EVERYTHING you say in order to recognise if someone says “Alexa”.  How long before someone confirms that Google, Amazon and the like (not to mention governments) are listening in and recording everything we say and do ?

    I am firmly of the opinion that simpler engineering and less technology is better !!! 

    Smilja
    Smilja
    February 9, 2020

     

    It has been confirmed that the recycle process forces a factory reset on the device.  After that, the “recycled” status means you cannot add it to a system.  So even if the Line-In were active after the recycling process (it’s not, BTW), you can’t reactivate Autoplay if you can’t add it to a system.  

    I’m afraid the whole use the Line-In after recycling idea is a dead end.

     

    https://en.community.sonos.com/controllers-software-228995/the-sonos-brexit-and-pragmatic-ways-past-it-6836056/index20.html#post16402660

     

    (The link is broken, I can’t cite it properly.)

    »And the world is like an apple whirling silently in space, Like the circles that you find in the windmills of your mind.« (›Windmills Of Your Mind‹ [1967]. Music by Michel Legrand ; English lyrics written by Alan & Marilyn Bergman)
    Airgetlam
    Airgetlam
    February 9, 2020

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    Bruce
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      buzz
      Grand Maestro
      February 10, 2020

      How long before someone confirms that Google, Amazon and the like (not to mention governments) are listening in and recording everything we say and do ?

       

      Perhaps “1984” will arrive a little late.

      We could counter the snooping with “Jabberwocky” boxes and Apps. To some extent this ploy could be busted with enough AI, but this would require significant processing power by the snoops.

      melvimbe
      melvimbe
      February 10, 2020

      Hi again Ken,

      With respect, I purchased all of my sonos system when I was working and now that I am in retirement and on a limited income I am left no choice but to explore more “money saving” opportunities.

      Rather than dump my (very expensive) Play 5s, it now looks like I can re-cycle them with a Bluetooth adaptor and abandon “smart” products which (in my opinion) are only “smart” for the supplier, not the customer.  Don’t get me wrong, I absolutely LOVE sonos but I’m afraid they have gone too far and I am no longer in a position to replace them.

      My “get around” at least will keep the Play 5s going all be it all the little white boxes will be destined for the dump. 

       

      You will not be able to do so past the remaining 5 days. A factory reset will be performed on both Play:5s leading into deactivation of the units, even of the line-in and headphone jacks.

       

      @PhilBC is not the OP of this thread, and as far as I can tell, has not entered the trade-in program.   He should be able to use the aux line in with no issues for quite some time.

      Danny
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