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Rajko
Contributor I
September 10, 2020
Question

Sonos Radio not working properly

  • September 10, 2020
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Hello,

I've had to reset my speaker as radio stations weren't working. I've managed to get the speaker back up and running and it plays some radio stations from tune in and Sonos Radio but It won't play any foreign stations which it did do previously until today. What is the issue with it? Also tune in won't find every country under its locations where as before it did, any ideas why this is?

Manythanks 

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    Lady Windermere
    Lyricist II
    September 14, 2020

    What solutions? I only see others with the same issue. 

    nik9669a
    Senior Virtuoso
    September 14, 2020

    What solutions? I only see others with the same issue. 

     

    Here is the reason, taken from a post above: https://torrentfreak.com/tunein-radio-infringed-sony-warners-copyrights-high-court-rules-191101/

     

    And here is a possible solution, quoted from a post above: “my tuner radio still gives you world wide radio coverage so you can use that through Sonos”. 

     

    There are other threads with explanation and solutions, too, such as  https://en.community.sonos.com/music-services-and-sources-228994/tunein-blocking-foreign-radio-stations-in-the-uk-master-thread-6848128

     

     

      catee
      Lyricist I
      October 8, 2020

      This issue just happened to me in Australia, but only the past few days (October 2020). I have added My Tuner and have been able to listen to a USA station I like, but has been a lot of messing around.  Not happy!

      jay house
      Avid Contributor III
      October 19, 2020

      I’ve installed myTuner too and, for now, that works.  But none of these fixes are actually a “fix” for the problem that Sonos Radio, as a product and a selling feature of the Sonos, no longer functions, 5 months after it’s release. Sonos should be embarrassed by this and, at the very least, should be updating their users about what’s happening, it’s a premium product after all. Instead they’re still advertising Sonos Radio as having 100,000’s of stations. This is now false advertising in the UK. 

      TMONZ
      Contributor I
      October 25, 2020

      Same issue here in NZ.
      My fist sonos speaker is turning out to be a pain in the arse with all these silly issues.

      Airgetlam
      Airgetlam
      October 25, 2020

      Blame the lawyers, who are suing TuneIn, and the laws made by the governments to protect artist’s income. 

      Bruce
      YankCymraig
      Lyricist I
      October 31, 2020

      So far, we have lost TuneIn and radio.net, but I presume this is due to contractual disputes rather than anything to do with Sonos. I also have been able to restore my radio stations using MyTuner radio. It would be nice if Sonos could advise us when other streaming services, such as TuneIn, are no longer available and suggest some alternatives, especially as they advertise the radio connectivity of their speakers.

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