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Is there another method to reboot Beam (Gen1) if the standard one of unplugging and waiting doesn’t work? I’ve done it several times and still not seeing the green flashing light. It’s solid white. Thanks!

Old story by now but here it is: in the Sonos app (latest) on iOS (v18) was (finally) able to add my MacOS Music library hosted on a Mac Mini. However, I noticed that a new album I had added to the Music library was not appearing in the Sonos app. The default setting, I believe, is to update the library every night. Clearly not happening. I tried to manually update the library (“scan for new content”) but that did not help. I deleted the library but the app became stuck on scanning even though I had deleted the library. So I deleted and reinstalled the Sonos app and it still showed that that it was scanning (which is weird as deleting an app on the iPhone removes all of its files; maybe the Sonos app is pulling some setting from the Sonos servers?). Anyway, after much force-quiting and restarting the iPhone the scanning stopped. Now I cannot add my Music library back. I keep getting the “access denied” message. Nothing has changed on the Mac Mini in terms of sharing, etc.. I verified t

I inherited a wall mounted Play 1 speaker, one Play 1 speaker, and I want to add one more speaker to create stereo sound, which sonos speaker should I buy that is compatible with the Play 1?

I have accidentally created my Era 300 as main speaker under ‘Your System”.  How can I move it to my Arc Ultra as surrounding speaker? Thank you.

Ever since the app 'update' I have continued to experience problems with it crashing and having to restart it. This especially becomes a problem when trying to play any radio station. In recent, weeks it has gotten worst with 'currently unable to play' error message everything time I select a radio station. I have multiple sonos players, location throughout my home. I love the sonos system and have enjoyed playing music through it for many years. However, these constant issues are trying my patience and I have reached the point that if there is no real improvement to the app, I will be selling all my speakers. 

Hello Sonos Community,I love the Arc Ultra, 2x Era 300, Sub 4 for Movies and Atmos Content, but for music it’s clearly lacking behind a stereo pair.playing Atmos music is more like a gimmick for me, nothing I want to keep listening to for extended periods  the options to adjust the Era 300 in music mode are a good start  however a sound bar will never be able to create a stereo stage  therefore it would be great to utilize the Era 300 that are surround speaker in movies, as a stereo pair in music. It could be an easy switch like “Stereo mode” is there any comparable mode/way that does not require re-pairing the speaker ? kind regards Robert 

I just did an ‘update all’ in the app store on my ipad earlier today. I wasn’t paying attention, but perhaps there was a sonos update in the list.Now I see that all of my Sonos playlists have disappeared. The playlists remain in the app on my iphone, which I have not updated.Is this another chapter in the continuing Sonos screwup saga? Is there a way I can copy the playlists from my phone to my tablet? What the hell is going on NOW?

I have an Arc Ultra, Sub 4 and pair of Era 300’s. Surely it would be easy to add an option to the App to allow users to either use their system in full Theater mode for movies - or if they wish to use the two Era 300’s ONLY it would allow Stereo only - with all drivers functioning? Seems like a basic capability that many people would like to utilise? 

I just got an ultra and sub. It’s going in a small(10x10) room.  This my MOVIE room. Where is the best placement for the sub?  Would surround speakers work in a small room?

I have owned the Arc Ultra for a few months and I always planned on building up to the full surround kit as i could afford. So today, I pulled the trigger on the sub mini and a single era 300 (i cant afford 2 right now, ill add the second one next month). Is is true that you need to have a pair of era’s to add them as a surround speaker? I have tried adding it to my system 30 times, factory reset everything, reinstalled the app, firmware updated on my router...literally every newbie troubleshooting step i can think of, thats why I need an expert to step in. My system is all set up with the arc ultra and running perfect, when I add the Era 300, no matter what I choose, it adds its own room everytime. So say my arc ultra is set to “Den”. when i add the era to den it creates a “den 2” everytime. I cant fix it. It also wont run as a surround speaker. I just have to enable them both as seperate speakers playing the same sound. So its not surround sound, its just 2 speakers near each other p

Hello, good afternoon. I have a question please. If I have two different Sonos accounts (i.e. two systems registered with two different emails), is it possible to manage the music from both accounts with a single Sonos App? That is, play music from a single device (for example a tablet) regardless of the location? Could I control the music from any internet connection without having to be physically at the location? Thank you in advance.

Here is a stream:https://as-hls-ww.live.cf.md.bbci.co.uk/pool_01505109/live/ww/bbc_radio_one/bbc_radio_one.isml/bbc_radio_one-audio=320000.norewind.m3u8Which I’d think my Sonos should play. But it does not.I am even trying mediamtx to transcode it into something Sonos would accept as:/usr/bin/ffmpeg -re -i https://as-hls-ww.live.cf.md.bbci.co.uk/pool_01505109/live/ww/bbc_radio_one/bbc_radio_one.isml/bbc_radio_one-audio=320000.norewind.m3u8 -acodec libfdk_aac -profile:a aac_low -f rtsp rtsp://localhost:8554/a1and try playing it on Sonos as “http://192.168.10.201:8888/a1/index.m3u8” but the android Sonos app says “is not encoded correctly”. It is aac and I hacked mediamtx to return content type as audio/aac as per https://docs.sonos.com/docs/supported-audio-formats  but still no playing.How do you debug this kind of problems?

I just bought the Arc Ultra, the Sub 4 and 2 Era 300. Then found out I don't have eARC on my tv. Will I be able to use all those channels with the optical adapter? I read the optical cable only support 7.1 and the Arc Ultra alone has 9.1.2 and I'm adding the dedicated sub and the 2 surrounds. Will I be very limited in my sound quality?

Am unable to connect the jiosavaan app or play on my Sonos Arc from my phone...

When trying to connect my new Ray Soundbar to the Amazon Alexa Service, Alexa doesn't find the Ray.I set up the Ray using the Sonos App, activated the Sonos Skill in the Alexa App and tried to add a new speaker, but Alexa can't find it. I tried it by Android and iOS.The Ray ist working fine with the Sonos App. Ii is connected to the router by LAN, the Echo Dot by WLAN.Any suggestions? Thanks!

Hvorfor kan en som ikke er på samme wifi tænde for sonos fra en anden by?

Really it will not stop

As far as I am aware I have set all the ‘pop up’ and ‘notification’ options to ‘off’ on my account but I am still occasionally seeing adverts from Sonos on my controller. Have I missed a setting hidden away somewhere or are Sonos just ignoring my request?    

The “add the playlist” option seems to have disappeared from the … menu of the songs. I still see “add to favorites”, “play next” etc… but no more proposal to add the song to a playlist.Does anyone know where that option has gone to?

I have a Sonos amp and Sonance outdoor speakers mounted on my house used mostly to stream music for listening on my deck. During the summer we do outdoor movies in the backyard. I planned to use an arc (recently upgraded to ultra so have the old one around) for the sound and would like use the Sonance speakers as surrounds. Is there an easy way to do this or do I have to modify my Sonos settings for my outdoor “room” in the app every time?

Everytime I try to use the Sonos Ace I have to spend 30 minutes trying to get sound to come out from them and get nothing. I’ve tried switching bluetooth on and off re-pairing, turning off TV swap and nothing works consistently.I don’t know how Sonos could have messed up simple bluetooth connections so much, and multipoint seems to be a complete joke.This morning I’ve tried repairing, switching on/off, everything, and still no sound. These will be getting sent back for a refund.

Is it normal behaviour for the Sub 4 to produce a soft thump after 10 seconds of pausing whatever is playing? Background: connected to arc gen 1 and happens whatever the input (eg hdmi, air play etc) No other thumps or pops during playback etc. Some threads seems to suggest it may be normal indicating going from active to idle, but other have said it’s not normal - so a little unsure if I should be returning or keeping. Thanks!

Considering Ace purchase and reading reviews - Seems like most issues reported could easily be addressed by Sonos. Any guesses on when an Ace Model 2 might be released? 

Sonos 1 app does not work anymore?!? My 4 sonos gen 1 products are useless now. So angry

I got my Sonos Ace headphones in August 2024.  I don’t use them much but they work very well when switching between my Headphones and Sonos Arc soundbar.  The headphones have always seemed uncomfortably hot but for the last month I experience severe itching and can only wear about 20 minutes.  I think the Ace may be causing an allergic reaction.  I have ordered replacement pads from Sonos.  I was wondering if any regular Sonos users have experienced this problem.  Has anyone found another solution?Thanks