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October 14, 2021

Siriusxm drops S2

  • October 14, 2021
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Siriusxm streaming drops after 1 hour and sometimes sooner. Seems to be slightly less of a problem if I use Line-In rather than Group to get the signal to various rooms. 

I have two calls into some very patient techs who both spend a lot of time. The source of the problem has not been reliably established. Mysteriously, all music services but SiriusXM work without issue. Siriusxm streaming drops but Siriusxm On Demand is trouble free. Seemed less of a problem with S1. Never solved with S2 and Port (which replaced a Connect).

Asus RT-AC 5300 router receives ISP service from ATT router (whose Wifi is turned off). Sonos linked to the Asus RT-AC 5300. There is an Asus AC-68U access point that does not link with any of the Sonos Speakers. The ISP is 25+ MB.

There are 12 Sonos products. For all other functions, everything works. There are products distributed on 4 levels. 

The techs turned speakers off and on remotely. I had to do the reset manually on two or three speakers. Initially, the reset seemed to help, but the best it ever got was less than 2 hours without dropping. The second tech created a test in which a speaker would be added to a successful speaker to see which speaker addition resulted in a drop. I was encouraged to continue testing on my own. The problem is that soon, the dropping started on the first speaker. 

I will continue to call Support and submit diagnostic reports. Has anyone had any luck consulting with Sirius? Should I be doing a hard reset rather than the 10 second off and on? 

Appreciate any suggestions. 

Richard 

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NPRFANAuthor
Trending Lyricist I
December 7, 2021

@Corry P 

Am wondering if a fix for the Siriusxm drop issue has been developed by the technical support team/engineers. The reason that I am asking is that I have not experienced the dropping issue for a week or so. This weekend I actually had a 5 hour listening session without any drops. 

Avid Contributor I
December 7, 2021

Was going to start a new thread but since related thought I’d post here. Periodically SiriusXM just doesn’t work with Sonos. This morning, for example, I couldn’t connect to any SiriusXM stations via Sonos but did not have any issue using the SiriusXM App. Three hours or so later, the SiriusXM stations magically were again available using the Sonos App.

Never know when it’s going to fail with Sonos but at least with AirPlay, a recent Sonos speaker(s), and the SiriusXM App, one can generally still access during the down periods.

Airgetlam
December 7, 2021

Could be part of the whole AWS issue, if I recall, the article on The Verge mentioned that it impacted SiriusXM. Which probably means until it gets resolved, you’d continue to have potential issues.

On the other hand, if you’re continuing to have issues with SiriusXM using the Sonos client, once the AWS outage is resolved, I’d encourage you to submit a diagnostic after having the stream cutout, and contacting Sonos directly. They’d be able to read the data in the diagnostic, and tell you whether it was an issue in their software, in your network, or an issue with the SiriusXM servers that have been assigned by SiriusXM to the Sonos system to use. 

Bruce
Sean M
Sonos Employee
December 7, 2021

Could be part of the whole AWS issue

Can confirm! SiriusXM is definitely part of this outage.

 

More info here:

https://status.sonos.com/incidents/vgwcwg0cgz96

Disclaimer: I work at Sonos, but I'm *not forum staff*. Any views expressed are my own.
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NPRFANAuthor
Trending Lyricist I
December 13, 2021

@Corry P Status update.  Regrettably,  had another successful 5 hr Streaming experience Saturday, but experienced drops today. Looks like my inquiry about a Siriusxm fix was premature.  I have a couple of diagnostic reports, if you would like me to post them.  Hoping to have the time to call the Tech desk this week.