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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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rmaccallumContributor I
asked in Components and Architectural

2 homes, one account

Two homes, a long standing sonos system in home 1, none in home 2. Recently bought a beam to set up with new tv in home 2. Followed suggestion online as to how to try to do this using existing account so as to have same music services, playlists, etc at both places. Brought sonos One from H1 to H2. Connected it to router at H2. Controlled it with iPad and it worked as if at H1. Then added beam to existing account, which went smoothly. beam then worked perfectly with new tv, and with existing music services, playlists, etc on existing account. Success.  Until I disconnected One from router, intending to take it back to H1 later, and beam quit working. Any way around this? I know I could set up a new account at H2, but that would defeat the goal. Any suggestions would be appreciated.

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3 years ago
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WhyteyContributor I
asked in Controllers and Music services

Does the Sonos One Gen 2 not have TV Dialogue Sync settings? Issues with Video lagging behind Audio thru Macbook

I recently purchased a Sonos Beam and two One’s (Gen 2) to have as my speakers around the house.I will move and use the speakers in different rooms and different groups as needed.Watched a movie last night using my projector linked to my Macbook using Airplay. Did not notice any sync issues using all 3 speakers.Today I moved the two One’s into my office and linked to my computer. I immediately noticed there was a big issue with audio sync. But the video was actually lagging not the audio. I went through the app and found that the Beam has adjustments for TV Dialogue Sync but the Ones did not. Am I missing something or is this just not going to work from my Mac. Was looking forward to using the speakers while I edit videos but the delay will make that useless.I also was experiencing the issue with just the Beam but even adjusting the TV Dialogue Sync sliders did nothing for me. All speakers and app are up to date.

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buzz
3 years ago
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ErachoContributor I
asked in Components and Architectural

Spectrum / Sonos communication issues

Monday morning my sonos system could not recognize my products.   I spoke with sonos and spectrum (isp) several times and it has not been resolved.    Spectrum updated firmware but my play 3’s can not be found using the sonos app.   I can see my sonos connected devices on my spectrum network though.  It’s just not communicating with the sonos app.     Spectrum support sends me to sonos and vice versa.   Anyone experiencing a similar issue?   Advice? thanks!!!

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3 years ago
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gmccann180Contributor I
asked in Controllers and Music services

"Sonos doesn't have enough free space" when saving a queue as a playlist

I only have 8 playlists saved.  The smallest has fewer than 60 songs and the largest has 3000 songs.  When I try to save a playlist of 795 songs I get this error.  The songs are a mix from Napster and my personal library on my PC.  Any idea why? 

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Annazel S
3 years ago
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Dj_LoContributor I
asked in Advanced setups

Bonding diff types of speakers?

Hi, checking if it still isn’t possible to bind speakers that aren’t L/R pairs. Saw several discussions from years ago but thought that surely by now the system can manage it?  My lounge has a beam, sub, and 2 Sonos ones that function as one. I want to add a play 1 in a different part of the same area to this ‘room’.  I know I can group them and set the tv not to ungroup automatically, but would prefer them to always be grouped and to share volume control, which is the most important thing.  Sonos, if we can’t do this now, please develop it… thanks! 

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3 years ago
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JUBROWNContributor I
asked in Controllers and Music services

Qobuz Canada

I’m a Canadian that has a Qobuz subscription, and recently jumped onboard with SONOS for my multi-room audio setup. I prefer Qobuz over Tidal for sound quality, as well as for their music library. I was frustrated to find that I was unable to connect my SONOS players to my Qobuz account. Qobuz doesn’t even show up on the list of available services to connect to! I know Qobuz isn’t officially available in Canada, but I don’t see why I can’t select it from the list, and log in if I have an active account. Does anybody know a workaround? Would having a VPN solve this problem?

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3 years ago
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traildogTrending Lyricist I
asked in Components and Architectural

Current Sonos Update

I have an iPhone 6s and just downloaded the current Sonos Update that’s being pushed.  It seems as though the app is not working correctly.  I’m unable to get into the Sonos control.  The app seems to be pushing Sonos product at me instead of allowing me to control my system.  Not sure what to do.  Any thoughts?

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Rowena B.
3 years ago
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I'm DowntownContributor I
asked in Speakers

Moved Sonos One; Now, it will not play

I have a Sonos 5 and two Sonos 1 units.  I moved one Sonos 1 from one room to another, plugged it in, and now it won’t play. The light on top is solid white.  Can someone please provide step-by-step instructions?  This is **** and exactly why I got away from Bose.   Moderator Note: Modified in accordance with the community guidelines.

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Mark P
3 years ago
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octo22Contributor I
asked in Home theater

No audio from Beam after TV idle or after switching from Spotify to TV audio.

Hi all,I’ve been having issues for a while with Beam and my TV, namely that Beam refuses to play any audio after my TV has idled or been turned off via remote, or a lot of times when switching between Spotify and TV audio.My setup is a Hisense TV, connected to the Beam via HDMI Arc. TV audio output is set to HDMI etc.Initially the problem was that if I played Spotify through the beam and then tried to watch TV/Youtube etc, no audio would play, even after selecting TV audio in the app. It almost  always required a full power cycle of the TV and Speaker before it would work, pretty annoying but i lived with it for a while.I recently purchased a Chromecast with Google TV, which is now connected to my TV via HDMI.Audio works fine for all the usual chromecast apps, Youtube, netflix, Disney spotify etc, however if my TV goes idle (If nothing is playing for a couple hours etc), when i turn it back on the Beam does not output any audio, even if TV Audio is selected via the app, and requires a

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Simon B
3 years ago
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jacobscaContributor I
asked in Components and Architectural

recently updated history stopped updating

My “recently played” list  stopped updating.  I re-installed my Sonos 1 yesterday. All works ok except the history. I have done a forced shut down. Reboot the iPad. Nada.  Help?

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Rowena B.
3 years ago
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JK_Contributor II
asked in Components and Architectural

Sonos Amp's keep dropping off App

Hi guys, Wondering if someone could help. We have several Sonos Amp’s and one Sonos Port, all connected to the same app (along with a few Sonos One’s and other bits).Every so often, several of the Amps will drop off the app. Each Amp is wired to some ceiling speakers, and we can still play and control music to these directly from Apple Music for example, but we lose the ability to connect them from the Sonos app. I then spend ages dismantling the comms cabinet, taking them all out, rebooting, re-syncing etc and of course, it’s never straight forward.  It’s really exhausting. Does anyone have any idea why this might repeatedly happen, and if there’s anything I can do to get them to maintain a reliable connection to the app? I have created a Diagnostics ticket: 1224320798.  At present, the app only shows 3 connected speakers, (out of 11 if it were all working) Thanks,JK

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Rowena B.
3 years ago
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scottJordheimContributor I
asked in Components and Architectural

Crackling sound in right Sonos One

When I put my Ones in surround pairing with my Playbase, the right surround speaker has started crackling. It seems to mainly happen when playing audio from my ATV 4K, which plays through my LG C8, which is in turn connected via optical to the Playbase.  When I was using Play: 1s instead, it didn’t seem to have these issues. Have tried switching Sonos Net channels, but nothing seems to help. Have also tried pairing / unpairing the surrounds.

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Krishma M
3 years ago
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dhanselContributor I
asked in Components and Architectural

Move woke us up twice in the night

Our Move woke us up at 12:45am and again at 3am - It was in wifi mode previously and was out of its charging cradle so it “should” have been asleep. It startled us all with some type of alert noise twice in the night. Kind of like an Alexa answering tone but, not exactly like that. Hard to know since we were sound asleep. Does it have a low battery alarm sound possibly? (the battery should not have been remotely close to low based on recent use btw) Anyway, I attempted to stop it after the second time (3am) when we realized what was making the sound by turning its volume down to where the LED turns green and also putting it in its charging ring. It seemed to silence it from that point forward, however, we'd like to not have a repeat performance. Any advice? Has anyone had their Move wake up with some type of alert tone in the dead of night?

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3 years ago
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RajkoContributor I
asked in Controllers and Music services

Sonos Radio not working properly

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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3 years ago
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hthompson94Contributor I
asked in Components and Architectural

Move not going into standby

I have a Move I use in my shower.  When I’m done showering, I stop the music playback on the Move.  When I come back the next day, the Move has drained the battery.  I’ve learned to just power the Move off when I’m done now, but this apparently isn’t necessary from what I’ve read in the forum about how the Move should have a 5-day battery life when it’s inactive.  I’m definitely not seeing this.Is there some kind of setting I’m not aware of that needs to be set to enable the standby mode behavior?Any insights are appreciated.

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UKMedia
3 years ago
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NickHUKContributor I
asked in Controllers and Music services

Primephonic

Anybody else experiencing problems with this service on SONOS. The new releases tab is not working. 

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3 years ago
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FoxCalgaryContributor II
asked in Components and Architectural

How to play listen again on BBC Radio

Not being a uk resident I can’t get or use their app. Is there another way to play Listen Again shows from their website other than Air2 which keeps dropping speakers (I have 7 symfonisks)? 

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Rowena B.
3 years ago
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APatrickContributor I
asked in Components and Architectural

Is Sonos down? Two systems stopped working this morning

Both the Sonos system that I have in my home and another at an office stopped working this morning. I am unable to browse for music (Pandora) on either one. There was a message on the app that I needed to validate my email address, which I have now done. The system is still not working. Is anyone else having this issue?

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3 years ago
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StevieG345Contributor I
asked in Speakers

Sonos Play 5 loosing connection

Good morning, Yesterday my Sonos Play 5 dropped off my sonos app and had a white flashing light, I recycled power numerous times to the speaker and my WiFi router and after a while it randomly reconnected.  today I’ve woke to find it’s dropped off again, same flashing white light. I’ve moved it closer to my main home WiFi router but still nothing.  I think it’s an issue with connectivity or establishing an IP?  any help would be greatly appreciated.  Steve

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Rowena B.
3 years ago
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Hans ChuaContributor I
asked in Components and Architectural

Latest update 12.1.2 issue

Just updated to latest version 12.1.2 today. Speakers connection messed up but manage to rectify after few hours. Tried playing songs through Spotify, unable to group other speakers with default speakers. Exit Spotify, tried going in Sonos S2 app to group the speakers, unable to enter the app. Sonos S1 doesn’t give me any issue at all in the past. Anybody has this issue?

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Annazel S
3 years ago
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John, show me I'm wrongContributor I
asked in Home theater

Sonos 1 pairing and surround sound connections on Arc

I installed two Sonos 1 speakers into a new kitchen extension and created them as a stereo pair using Sonos S2 app from outset. I then installed an Arc (when it finally arrived) into the same kitchen (it is connected to TV). The moment I added the Arc the original Sonos 1 stereo pairing unconnected and the Arc will only recognise one of the Sonos 1 speakers. The system refuses to create a Stereo Pair and will now only recognise one of the Sonos One speakers. Given that the system only recognises one One the I can’t create required Stereo Pair. I can play directly (separately to both of the Ones and the Arc via Airplay on phone). With no stereo pair I therefore cannot make the surround sound with the Arc which I purchased the system for. Have reset, rebooted, flashed orange to eternity, killed power, reloaded Sonos 2 app ad infinitum). At present I wish I had stayed wired and gone with a wired surround system + various airplay options. 

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Rowena B.
3 years ago
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GodfriedContributor I
asked in Controllers and Music services

Streaming from Tidal or Idagio app stopped working.

Hi, I’m using two streaming services: Tidal and Idagio. Since about a week I can’t stream from those apps to my Sonos anymore. In Tidal, my Sonos Connect’s and Beam don’t show up. In Idagio they do, but the music won’t play. From the Sonos app itself, I can play music from those services (e.g. by selecting from my albums).I tried rebooting modem, router and Sonos systems, but that did not work. I also tried removing the services from the Sonos app and adding them again. That also did not work.I have made a diagnosis with number 1474987482. 

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Simon B
3 years ago
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CeldrigContributor I
asked in Home theater

Sonos One SL won't connect to the app (WiFi)

I’ve recently tried to install my first Sonos System consisting of two Sonos One SL controlled by the latest version of new Sonos app on IOS. The guide i used:(https://en.community.sonos.com/setting-up-sonos-228990/setting-up-a-sonos-system-and-can-t-connect-to-sonos-6846488)The Problem:Everything went fine besides connecting both devices to the wifi. After connecting them they won’t appear in the app but they receive a IP and can be cleary seen in the Router.Using a stable LAN connection works without a problem. No special network components used besides a Repeater which works fine for other devices 

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Rowena B.
3 years ago
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saundecpContributor I
asked in Components and Architectural

Can't play Mp3 files on my phone - track 'is no longer available

I just got the speakers a few days ago and they're amazing BUT I can't play mp3 files on my phone or my wife's phone.  We've got a cable modem feeding an Orbi router and an Orbi satellite, and I've got the arc/OneSL 5.1 surround sound in one room and two Fives in other rooms. I've got a Galaxy A50 and my wife has a Galaxy S9+. We both just installed the Sonos app, speakers all updated when we set them up. No other devices in the house are having WiFi or internet issues. Spotify works fine, Pandora works fine, TV works fine. I tried hard to find a solution before coming here, and all I could really find was to restart the router, restart the speakers, and submit a diagnostic report.  Here's the diagnostic report: 60357767. Please let me know if there's anything else I can do to try to get these working.  Edit: Here's another diagnostic after restarting the router and the speaker in one room:1182141057. Still doesn't work.  

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Rowena B.
3 years ago
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User933635Prominent Collaborator I
asked in Components and Architectural

Annoying pop-up message in app (PC and phone) EVERY TIME

Hello Sonos.You’ve done something that’s now annoying me, a lot.  Every time I open the desktop or phone app (from cold) I get the following:  Every time I click Cancel and subsequently every time the app is opened from cold i get this annoying message. If I wanted the latest version of the app and firmware then I’d have it.  If I were to update then I’d not be able to control my system due to you stopping supporting my hardware and OS, so if I update I would then have more limited functionality that at present, so it’s both annoying and wrong.This annoying pop up has just recently appeared so I presume it’s triggered by my client connecting to your server, which recognises that my software and firmware is not the latest type.  There used to be a discrete message at the top of the app (occasionally) that went away with a single click, only to reappear very infrequently. That was annoying enough.Please stop sending this check. It’s doing nothing to endear me to your system.  As it’s jus

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Smilja
3 years ago
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