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Hi-i have 2 Sony cd mega players- a cdp-cx450 and a 300 disc version. They can be daisy chained together (which means only 1 input to the amp is required). I’ve got a Sonos port and a Teac amp (with numerous input and output possibilities. One Sony player uses the A1 control system and the other uses A1-II.I also have wired speakers hooked up to my amp (I’m using port both to create a zone on another floor and also to accommodate streaming of analog equipment (the cd players). I can get streamed music to play through the Port, but not my cd players. I’ve done this setup previously but in spite of extensive effort so far (and one not at all helpful call to Sonos support), I haven’t gotten it to work. I’m thinking it is a Sonos software setting (maybe related to pass through or group (which I don’t recall using when I used a previous version of the Sonos app). Has anyone gotten this or a similar setup to work? Anyone have any ideas?Thanks in advance!

This is me: I am a 79 year old guy who began my hi-fi journey in 1971. Last year I upgraded from an Arc to an Ultra; I hear a positive difference. My rear surrounds are in-ceiling Klipsch speakers powered by a Sonos Amp; works fine, a real improvement from the SL Ones, which I sold. My Sub 3 is in the hardware mix, too. Good device.Late to the party I guess, but I just heard about Sonosequencr a few days ago, and I am interested. I am reading all I can find on the internet, but need more information from real users.I would choose between a pair of Era 100s or Fives as exernal l/r speakers, but space and budget have me looking to the Era 100s. Looks like I still have a 15% discount coming from Sonos. I would love the Fives, but WAF would prevail. Not sure there is enough audio info to make good use of the Fives.Hardware choice is the easy part. I would like to hear from my fellow users about your experiences with the software. Now, I understand it is a third party product that relies on

I have a Sonos Ray connected to a somewhat old (~2017) Samsung smart TV (through optical cable). I followed the remote setup guide, and it worked. But a day or two later, the remote stopped working, or actually works only very rarely (it may change the volume once or twice, but then stops). If I remove all the universal remote setup in my TV and go through the process again, it works again, but only for a while. I have gone through this a couple of times already.An obvious bet could be my remote's batteries, but I have tried with new ones. I just wonder if anybody has encountered this or knows how to solve it. (Apologies if it's been asked already, but I didn't find this precise issue asked).

I recently purchased a turntable to play vinyl records. I’ve plugged it into my Era 100 and it works on that speaker great.The issue I’ve found is that, whilst it auto-plays on the Era 100, its default is to ONLY play on the Era 100. I have another speaker in the same room (a Beam Gen 1) that I’d like it to default to every time as well.Instead, I have to manually go into the app and add the additional speaker I’d like it to play through. This is particularly buggy, and it doesn’t always work. The much bigger issue is that I have to do this every time I put on a new record (or even switch it from Side 1 to Side 2), so it’s getting super frustrating.Could anyone kindly give some recommendations please? Is there an easy way to fix this?

I'm planning to wall mount two sonos five speakers in a large game room. Better to mount in vertical or horizontal position? 

How can we remove other guests from spotify connect.So they are no longer linked to a speaker or multiple.We have a house that we let friends and family come in. And we ourself are also in the house often. But sometimes the Sonos starts playing music - and then someone's Spotify is still linked to sonos.How do we get rid of it. Since there is no Sonos account linked in the services.And since there are many friends who also can connect to the Sonos. We never know who is / was there. And played on the different speakers.We have Home Assistant running - if this helps with a solution.

When the HE, double Hockey Sticks is Sonos going to fix the Android S2 app so that there are playback controls on the phone lock screen??? This is a ridiculous, and somewhat insulting, oversight!

I have tried today to get support re my ace headphones via phone with sonos support. Headphone volume not very loud when listening to streaming services in swap mode. I was cut off after 30 mins on the first call then the second rep did not appear to know a thing or knowledge of sonos. I have been with sonos for over 10 years and this is the first time I have needed tech support and this was rubbish. How can I speak to a supervisor or someone who does not have to look at the computer to find out what he has to do to help. Worse customer service ever. Rant over sorry but spent the last hour being wound up by sonos so called support.

Era speaker won’t identify any songs from Services or library.   Gustavo only replies. “Nothing is playing”. Doesn’t matter if I’m using the app or the S2 on the Mac.  Anyone else have this issue and how did you resolve it?  Not using Google or Alexa assistants 

I have a 4k Panasonic dvd player ub450. It has 2 outputs of HDMI. One output for audio video combined and another for audio only. Here’s my question, audio video out to tv for video, the audio out to beam sound bar. Now how would I get other sources to the soundbar such as Directv, netflicks,etc if I’m using audio out from 4k dvd player to sound bar? Also this seams that I would not be using E Arc on my tv since sound bar is occupied with HDMI from 4k DVD player. My feeling is, this set up is for an AV receiver only am I right? Thank you for your time and knowledge in this matter. Jonathan Booke.

How do I get my Beam to play music from my network library? I have a Microsoft environment. 

Je viens d’acquérir une platine Thorens pour mes vinyles et j’aimerais savoir comment la connecter à mes enceintes Sonos sachant que derrière la platine il y a une sortie rouge et blanche, mais sur mon enceinte Sonos là il y a rien du tout 

Hi everyone,I’m trying to recover my old first-generation Play:5 (ZonePlayer S5). It had been working fine for years, connected over Wi-Fi through a Sonos Bridge. Recently, it stopped responding and disappeared from the system.I tried performing a factory reset (Mute + power), and the LED now flashes green as expected — indicating it should be ready for setup. However, the device no longer shows up in the Sonos S1 app, and I can’t find it on my network (it doesn’t appear in the router's DHCP client list, no IP assigned).To troubleshoot, I turned off and disconnected the Sonos Bridge, then connected the Play:5 directly to the router via Ethernet. I’ve also tried different cables, ports, and repeated the reset several times — still no detection.Has anyone experienced something similar or found a way to bring the device back online?Thanks in advance for any ideas!  Olivier

In the past few days, my Sonos app shows a small circle with a "1" in It showing in the upper corner of the speaker image in the display. It looks like.a notification indicator of some sort.  But selecting it does nothing.What is it for, and why has it just started appearingThanksRon

Hi there I have been using Amazon Prime for streaming and just seen its now £20 a month.  Please can anyone recommend a good streaming app for my in multi room amp the speakers are built I to ceilings.Thank you.  

So, like many, I have older S1 SMBv1 compatible units that can no longer access shared drives on my NAS, even if I enable SMBv1 on the NAS. I was frustrated and had read many on here with the same issues and frustrations. So I set about finding a way around this.My solution will not work for everyone (I know, sorry) but those with a compatible NAS should be able to do this.What worked for me.I run TrueNas on my Beelink NAS. (It’s available as a installable package on many NAS brands) I installed Plex server on my NAS and configured it to run a media server on my local network only. I then added the Plex music service to my old S1 devices and now have access to all my music again! Here’s a video to help with the setup of Plex on the NAS. I only have the free version of Plex and it is working fine, so far.I hope that helps some of you! I was getting really annoyed not being able to access my music since I upgraded my storage but as the saying goes “there are no problems, only solutions”

Just got a secondhand Sonos Play:5 but the previous owner didn’t transfer ownership, and I don’t have any way to get in contact with them anymore. Is there a way to fully reset the system so I can get set up as the new owner? I’ve tried factory resetting, but the app still says I need to sign in as system owner to get it added to my network.edit: Got it! Thank you both!

Last year I had to travel over Mother’s Day, and I set up an alarm to play a Mother’s Day playlist for my wife that has become a comical tradition in our family.  That playlist has been long since deleted (and doesn’t trigger weekly), but every Sunday I still get an iOS notification and I can’t for the life of me see why.  Anyone else seen this or have a suggestion on how to make it stop?   

I finally given up and thrown the multiple of thousand dollars of Sonos equipment into the garbage… Because it is just garbage now. After months of trying to get it to work, it cannot work reliably and it is worthless so great job. 

My Sonos 2 has the alarm set for 7:00am every day, to Watercolors on SiriusXM. Some days it plays the music, other days the chime plays.  I can override the chime by selecting the Watercolors through the app, but it is quite frustrating. 

Has Sonos lost the plot, the new app is rubbish.  Tried to listen to Beethoven’s 5th and I couldn’t get the speakers to go on full surround. Apparently this function has been removed? 

Trying to play music from Plex to my sonos. I get the following error message. - “Unable to play ‘song title’ - the connection to Plex was lost”I tried everything.I have the same problem if I use the app on my phone or my computer. I am able to play these songs through “Plexamp” - which makes me think it is a Sonos problem?My server is hosted on a Synology 718+.I have the same issue whether I am in the home network or outside (1 Gbit).Thanks for helping.

I have an existing AVR setup (with sonos connect as an input) and currently have lots of sources (e.g. sky, PS5, Switch etc.) running through the AVR then into my TV.I am adding a second system in another room, but would like to be able to use all of the same sources, via the AVR.I'm wondering if I can use the AVR's second HDMI output into a TV in another room, and then use the TV's eArc HDMI output into a Sonos Arc (along with era 300s and sub).This would allow me to use the AVR as a passthrough source for the TV with audio coming to the Arc via the TV.I cant see a reason why this shouldn't work, as as far as the Arc is concerned the AVR would in effect just be the TV's sources, but wanted to check if anyone else had done something similar before blowing a load of cash on it in vain!

I wonder if my Sonos will ever work again as well as it did before the update. It’s been a year and I grit my teeth every time I use it. Times out, doesn’t connect, drops components, sound glitches.  

I have connect attached to turntable. I have Arc and 2 Sonos 1.  The Sonos 1 are paired. When I play turntable Arc and one Sonos play. I guess in stereo mode. BUT the Sonos 1 that are paired only one of them play.  All speakers work as designed when I play Apple Music or Sonos music. So I know all work.  how do I get the other Sonos 1 to play with turntable ?  Thanks in advance ! jdt