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Nohj
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April 16, 2025
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Sonos Beam2 with Era 100x2 as surround sound - is there an easy way to switch from Wifi to bluetooth (& back) to play music from android phone

  • April 16, 2025
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Just started with Sonos - took me hours to realise that Bluetooth stops on the ERA100’s when wifi was used to set up the surround sound system.  Surround sound is my main use of the system and I’m very happy with that, but on occasions would like to play music held on my android phone - so far my hours have fiddling & resetting have only given me one or the other.  Are there any simply ways to switch between surround sound from TV to music from the phone?

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    Best answer by jgatie

    Short answer - No.

    Long answer - The one way ad-hoc direct 5 GHz connection needed for low the latency surrounds requires a reconfiguration of the radios, and since it is one-way from the soundbar to the surrounds, the Bluetooth and Line-In are disabled.  Switching between the surrounds/music configurations takes time, as you can tell from the add/remove surrounds procedure, so a quick toggle between the two is not possible.

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    jgatie
    jgatieAnswer
    April 16, 2025

    Short answer - No.

    Long answer - The one way ad-hoc direct 5 GHz connection needed for low the latency surrounds requires a reconfiguration of the radios, and since it is one-way from the soundbar to the surrounds, the Bluetooth and Line-In are disabled.  Switching between the surrounds/music configurations takes time, as you can tell from the add/remove surrounds procedure, so a quick toggle between the two is not possible.

      nik9669a
      Senior Virtuoso
      April 16, 2025

      If you have another Bluetooth-compatible Sonos device on your wifi - even if it’s located in another room - you can send from your phone to that, but play the sound in your Beam/Eras room. 

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