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Having trouble with your Sonos system in any way? Ask your questions here, and receive answers from other Sonos owners. The more detail you can provide, the better.

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BrinAvid Contributor I
posted in Controllers and Music services

BBC radio shows disappeared from TuneIn

I use TuneIn to access BBC radio on an almost daily basis.Any shows broadcast on the previous evening are usually available the day after. This was the case until yesterday when recent shows are unavailable.Any known reason for this. I have removed and uninstalled TuneIn but no difference

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3 years ago
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YogibearContributor I
asked in Home theater

playbar now ArcSl turns on by itself at 2am with no alarm set

I had a play bar that turned on every night at 2am by itself. It is hooked up to an RCN 4K android cable box optical out. I had to return it . Bought a Yamaha yas-408 sound bar , hooked up identically and never had a problem . Didn’t like the sound quality so I bought an ARC sl hooked it up identically and low and behold it turns on at 2am again. Beyond frustrated.Sonos and I checked for alarms which there are none. 

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3 years ago
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Geert LochristiContributor I
asked in Controllers and Music services

Problems connecting Sonos to my music library

Hey, Since my LaCie 5 Big has crashed, i installed a new NAS Synology ds218+ (2 x 4 TB). The back up from my music has been transferred to the NAS. When i’m trying to connect Sonos  to my music library i get this pop up window from Sonos: Sonos can't add the music folder. Make sure the path, username and password are correct. Reason: An issue has occurred when adding the new music in the shared folder \xxxxx\Music\Music LaCie 5Big 10TB - Back Up to the Sonos system. Please see the following link for more information: http://faq.sonos.com/serverstackWho can help me? THX Geert

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controlav
3 years ago
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sft12Contributor I
posted in Home theater

Beam Installation

If I plug my Beam into the HDMI ARC output on the TV, my cable box would have to go into the other HDMI port, which won't be possible, as I would then have to choose one port or the other as a "source." I assume this means I can only use the optical adapter to connect the Beam?

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3 years ago
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myatixAvid Contributor III
asked in Components and Architectural

Problem with Sonos Play1 and Ubiquiti UAP/ Switch

Hi,   I am having huge issues connecting with my iOS Sonos Controller to my Sonos Play1 speakers after recently installing a new Ubiquiti Unifi Access Point. I have spent days not trying to get the Sonos Play1 speakers to connect.   I have attempted the following. Changed RSTP to STP for the UAP port Enable Multicast Enhancement (Disabled and Enabled No difference) Combine Name/SSID (Disabled and Enabled No difference) Enable Multicast and Broadcast Filtering (Excluded MAC address for Sonos Play1 devices) Enable IGMP Snooping (Enabled/Disabled No Difference) STP with Priority 4096   Despite trying all of this I have not been able to connect to the Sonos Play1 without physically attaching a cable directly to a Play1 device. I am aware that I can use the SonosNet if I hard wire a device but I want to run the devices in Standard Mode over WiFi.   Why doesn’t this work?   All clients are on the same network/vlan as the Sonos devices and I still can’t connect?   Please help...      

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3 years ago
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Cpazza69Contributor I
posted in Components and Architectural

playbar drops sounds from LG TV

Ever since I purchased my sonos playbar 3 years ago, the sound drops from the LG TV. It used to only happen once every couple of weeks, either watching TV, PlayStation or netflix through the WebOS. Now it seems to be happening 3 or 4 times a day. It is connected via optical cable. This cable has been replaced but it still happens. Are we able to update the firmware or something on my playbar? Or run some sort of diagnostic?

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3 years ago
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EddiewContributor I
posted in Controllers and Music services

Having a lot of trouble with software and system - can't connect or play music

Every time I try to use this speaker its 30-40 min of work to get it working.  then I can't use my playlists, can't even use the AUX cable without going through hell (the stupid software) which limits everything.  I don’t understand why you want to limit (control) us just using a speaker.  Now after all the frustration it just doesn’t even work anymore lol.  just flashes and won’t connect, and apparently according to the website it doesn’t support apple products for set up anymore which is something you have to do constantly with this garbage software.  I’m about to throw this thing in the lake.  Such a waste of time and money.  I’ve wasted so many hours of my life on this trash.  If you are looking to buy one of these (Don’t)!!!!

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3 years ago
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newskisContributor I
posted in Controllers and Music services

Error when trying to play Audible books from Sonos app

About a month ago I started having a problem playing Audible books through the Sonos app. When I try to play a book I get an error message saying “Unable to play ‘Opening credits’ - the song is not encoded correctly”. It quickly tries to play the next 4 chapters with the same error message before it fails and stops. I have the seven Harry Potter audiobooks through Audible and I had listened to the first two books with no problem. I would start the book in the Sonos app and then use Alexa for playback controls. With this I only use the Sonos app once in the beginning of a book and not again until I need to start another book. When I went to start the third book, that was when I noticed the problem described above. I tried playing both of the first two books that worked before, but both had the same error. I then tried two Audible Original books and those had the same error. With that it seems that it is unlikely to be a problem with an individual book. My setup is two Play:1’s as a ster

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3 years ago
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ChristianDenmarkContributor I
posted in Portable speakers

Move is not charging in ring

HiI just got a Move, at first all seams to work fine, but after some hours on the charging ring it just stoped working. The battery was flat and it didn't charge on the ring. Charling directly with USB-C works fine and it connects and play fine. The charging indicator on the app is only on when the USB-C is connected. I have tried multiple outlets (they all works for all other devices). I have tried to measure the power from the connectors on the ring using a voltmeter, no indication of any output. Any fix ? Regards Christian

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Mark P
3 years ago
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Rayw405Contributor I
posted in Components and Architectural

S2 blew up my whole system.

I love Sonos. I have at least 15 products. Everything was fine until I tried to switch to S2. It didn’t recognize my very simple system at my beach house (one play:3 in the bedroom and two play:5 gen 2’s in the living room.  I must have connected a component via Ethernet ten times already. I’ve rebooted, reset, initialized, you name it. My most recent attempt was to connect the play:3 directly to the router. It’s still there. Then I tried incorporating the two play 5’s. It can’t find them. Then I tried to find my speaker. It can’t find the Sonos WiFi.  I’m striking out.  I was on hold for 45 minutes with Sonos, then we were beginning the troubleshooting. Cecil said he’d call back if disconnected. We were disconnected once and he did call back. Then we have disconnected again and he never called back. Now it’s day two and I’ve been on hold now another 20 minutes.  Cmon Sonos, don’t get too big I provide quality support.  This &**cks. I never should have upgraded. I’m lost.  

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3 years ago
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josh bContributor I
posted in Components and Architectural

Sonos One SL Buzzing.

I just bought a couple One SL’s to set up surround sound and I’m encountering a incredibly loud buzzing/almost feedback sound from one of them that completely cuts out the audio. Right now the LED is flashing orange and white. I’m assuming I just have a fault speaker but I’d like confirmation/further detail on what the issue is if possible.I sent in two diagnostics immediately after the buzzing happened. Numbers are: 1704120026917381552 Thanks!

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Simon B
3 years ago
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JackJackJackContributor I
asked in Home theater

Sono Beam Air Play No Longer Working

Sonos Beam Airplay stopped working. I tried resetting the router, restarting the Mac, resetting the Beam. Nothing is working. I tried all three things multiple times. The only thing that changed today was the Sonos app update, I figured after a full product reset of the beam things should work right?!?This seam to be a recurring problem. I’ve seen posts that go back two years… after a days worth of work this is not the way I want to spend my time… spending hours trouble shooting your product is not my job, specially considering your ticket price.A simple audio jack to connect to the computer output signal would so easily solve all sort of headaches. I had the product for a couple of weeks and considering that it also took hours to get things to work when I first set-up the system, I’m sincerely thinking of returning it. 

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Annazel S
3 years ago
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daviesd407Contributor I
posted in Components and Architectural

Sonos One speaker crackling/static sound

Hi, Wondering if you could assist, my Sonos One speakers are attached to my Sonos Beam for the surround sound. Recently my left Sonos One has started to crackle / static sound when TV is muted or switched off.I have repositioned the speaker and re-tuned it several times but it has not solved the issue.I have run diagnostics with the reference: 528283216

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Paul A
3 years ago
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iceliasContributor I
posted in Home theater

Sonic Beam - Setup

Good evening, today I received my first Sonos product. I opted for the BEAM to replace my broken Samsung Sound bar.I’m having an issue setting up the device. My goal is to connect it to my Samsung UE55KS9000T TV. My old Samsung Sound bar connected through Bluetooth, I presume I can do the same with the BEAM.I unboxed the BEAM and was surprise that it didn’t come with a remote control :). I connected it to the mains with an ethernet cable to my BT Smart Hub 2 router. I then installed the Sonos 2 App on my iPhone and created a Sonos Account. It found my BEAM (with the correct serial number). It then ask me to press the button on the BEAM, then the set-up process began. After 30secs is fails with a message ‘The connection to your Beam was lost. Make sure Beam is powered on” The BEAM is powered and this message happens everytime. I’ve even installed the App on my iPAD just in case my iPhone was dropping wifi signal, I get the same message.I’ve also connected the HDMI cable from the BEAM to

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3 years ago
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Castagnola87Contributor I
posted in Components and Architectural

My Sonos Five has a rattle sound on certain songs.

So I dove in and bought my first Sonos product this year and in July I picked up my Five. I have loved this speaker these past 3 months, but recently a couple of songs I’ve been listening to, I have noticed a rattling type sound, and I think it’s with certain bass frequencies. The rattle is like the casing/ housing is shaking. On my five, I use a flat EQ, all zeroes, I have setup the Trueplay and I prefer Loudness on.the 2 sounds I’ve noticed it on are:Deftones - Passenger (Mike Shinoda Remix)Kalley - Alabaster Heartboth through the Spotify service, selected through the Sonos V2 app.Also I don’t usually get higher than 50% on the volume, and I use the speaker alone in the horizontal position. Anybody have a similar experience, or have suggestions to change settings? Is the thing damaged/ can it be fixed? Really hope to fix this issue, since I have already ordered my next product, a Sonos refurbished Playbar is on the way from Beat Buy. 

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Simon B
3 years ago
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Captkana13Contributor I
posted in Controllers and Music services

Amazon Music not playing

My Amazon music is not playing on my Sonos. I have the free version and it keeps telling me to upgrade. I have removed it and addded it back. I have reauthorized it but nothing works. Any recommendations?

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Mark P
3 years ago
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ali_nContributor I
asked in Home theater

Connecting Arc to Amazon Cube

I just got an Amazon cube and there is no place to run an optical cord to my ARC.  Currently I run the optical cord from my fire TV to my ARC and HDMI from fire tv to my projector across the room.  (We don’t have a TV).  The cube only has one HDMI spot, which I need to run to my projector (under the carpets and behind our couch.). What to do?  How do I get sound from the Cube to the ARC? 

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Airgetlam
3 years ago
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Lee JefferiesAvid Contributor I
asked in Controllers and Music services

Some downloaded iTunes songs not appearing on Sonos

Yesterday (2nd Dec’20) l purchased & downloaded 13 songs from iTunes store. They came from different albums but l grouped them together on iTunes to make an album. I have done this several times previously without issue. However this time there is a problem. After Sonos updated the library only 4 of the 13 songs have appeared. They are all correctly located in the same folder on my NAS, all the data matches that should. I have removed them all from the NAS, updated the library so removed them, added back onto the NAS but still only the 4 appear.Ideas anyone? Cheers

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Airgetlam
3 years ago
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JakobSzContributor I
posted in Home theater

Sonos Arc and Trueplay - how do radically improve the sound

First of all - I am a 10+ years die hard Sonos ambassador - I just love Sonos products in everyway.I’m also an life long enthusiast of full speaker Hi-Fi and surround sound, and have many various setups including a full speaker, amp, sub setup as well as a Sonos Playbase 5.1 setup. The Playbase is really good, but can’t really win against my full featured Hi-Fi speaker/sub setup - and its also limited by missing HDMI ARC, etc. So when the Sonos Arc was announced my hopes was high and I ordered it right away. I quickly got i running and Trueplayed it. The first movie impressions was quite okay, however not really great. But the music listening was absolutely horrible - I could not believe how bad the sound was. Even my old Play 1 would beat it any day. So I tried tuning again, etc. but nothing helped. Looking around for solutions I stumbled upon the suggestion to Trueplay with and old iPad. I had Trueplayed tuned the setup with my iPhone XS which is said to have a filter for high treble

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3 years ago
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q-the-qContributor I
asked in Components and Architectural

Symphonisk speakers no longer showing up on Apple TV

For the past year or so, I have been using the symphonysk to act as a bridge allowing me to “Airplay” from apple tv to my sonos connect (series 1, not airplay 2 compatible) - This has worked great, until recently. I don’t know if it was the latest apple tv update or latest Sonos update, but now the symphonysk does not show up as an audio output option on the apple tv. What to do? I tried resetting the apple tv to its factory settings, but still no luck, so I’m guessing it’s on the sonos side. Any help would be appreciated

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Annazel S
3 years ago
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SherryarTrending Lyricist I
posted in Home theater

[BUG] Sonos iOS app / Sonos Arc - Volume keeps maxing out to 100

Hi, my Sonos Arc finally arrived today.  Unfortunately the product is unusable because the volume keeps automatically going to 100 all the damn time.  I’m using an Apple TV 4K with it and using via HDMI ARC to my Samsung TV. All is fine, the Trueplay is setup and all.  But I can see that the status light flashes as if someone was secretly turning the volume up until it can’t go any higher, after that the Sonos Arc just keeps beeping angrily because it can’t go any higher but keeps trying. The only solution I found is to disable the ‘Touch Controls’ option under Hardware settings on the Sonos app. Have I just paid £799 for a defective product? Should I return it? Or is it a bug with the app itself?  Diagnostic confirmation number: 1032501406

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Airgetlam
3 years ago
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TheinquirerContributor I
asked in Components and Architectural

System app wont connect to wifi

This app has worked fine but now it won’t connect to wifi. All other devices in the house are working fine. I've already tried rebooting the modem and router. my diagnostics number is 1907488341.  Thank you for your help!

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3 years ago
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Chiefy57Contributor I
asked in Components and Architectural

New Router issues

Hi all, help please! I have a Play Bar, Sub, and 2 x Ones (Gen 2). My play bar and sub are connected to my Samsung QLED. My ones were connected via wifi. Happy days. I could also use Amazon Music and Alexa with it.  Now, I have a new router; a 3 Broadband Router (Huawie)  much faster than Sky. A breeze I thought to reconnect everything as it was. Well, it hasn’t gone according to plan! Only the play bar is working (I suspect only because it’s p,ugh Ed directly into the TV)  I cannot get the sub nor the ones to connect to the new router even with the Ethernet cable. Clearly I’m doing something wrong but I’ve followed the advice to the letter and still nothing. Any advice please?

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Annazel S
3 years ago
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SamCSmithContributor I
asked in Advanced setups

Play 1 won't connect to boost even though its in a stereo pair with another play 1 on a wired connection

I have two play 1 speakers, first gen. I recently installed a boost to my system as one was continuously dropping out. I have connect one with an ethernet directly to the boost in the hope it will sure things up even more and they’re in a stereo pair but one refuses to move onto the boost network and is still showing WM:1 instead of VM:0 like the boost and the speaker wired to it. Has anyone got any suggestions?

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ratty
3 years ago
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RRrocketContributor I
posted in Components and Architectural

Pandora not working with S2 on IOS 14

Ever since I upgraded IOS devices to 14.2, Pandora has become unusable. Songs not found, cannot play errors, lack of continuous play, glitchy connectivity.Spotify works fine.Am using the current version of S@ and have restarted speakers, phones, and IOS devices, no change.please help!

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Simon B
3 years ago
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