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IH09
Contributor I
November 21, 2018
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Marantz and connect and connect amps

I have a Marantz 1506. It was installed by a dealer with 3 connect amps and one connect. It incorporates a kitchen zone, living room zone (where the equipment and tv is), a bedroom zone, and a patio zone. Something happened to the connections and for the life of me I cannot get it back to normal. I cannot get sonos to play on the living room zone, on,y music straight though the Marantz. Also, the line in feature does not work for the bedroom.

Does anyone have a similar setup and any suggestions? I am a level under extreme novice with this stuff. If it isn’t plug and play, I’m not good at fir hurting it out.

Thanks.
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    AjTrek1
    AjTrek1Answer
    November 23, 2018
    The Connect must be labeled as a room (zone) so that it can be selected in the Sonos app. Play music stored on your device or from a streaming service. Then it can (independently of the Marantz) be grouped to other Sonos speakers (or in your case Connect Amps) to send sound to them.

    You don't need the Connect to send sound to the ceiling speakers. All you need to do is select the Connect Amp that they are wired to in the Sonos app. Play music stored on your device or from a steaming service

    If you want to send TV sound throughout your home in the absence of a Sonos Playbar/Playbase/Beam the TV must send audio to your Marantz (i.e. via RCA or optical). You can then group the Connect Amp(s) of choice and the Connect (connected via RCA-in) to hear the TV audio. There may be a slight delay.

    Note: All Connect Amps and the Connect must be named in the Sonos app as independent rooms (zones). Also line-out should be set to auto.

    PS
    If none of the above helps then you may have still have IP Address conflict. Not uncommon in a Wi-Fi setup. Since you did not setup your Sonos I'd strongly urge contacting your installer so they can take your network down and setup everything properly.

    Cheers!
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    AjTrek1
    AjTrek1Answer
    November 23, 2018
    The Connect must be labeled as a room (zone) so that it can be selected in the Sonos app. Play music stored on your device or from a streaming service. Then it can (independently of the Marantz) be grouped to other Sonos speakers (or in your case Connect Amps) to send sound to them.

    You don't need the Connect to send sound to the ceiling speakers. All you need to do is select the Connect Amp that they are wired to in the Sonos app. Play music stored on your device or from a steaming service

    If you want to send TV sound throughout your home in the absence of a Sonos Playbar/Playbase/Beam the TV must send audio to your Marantz (i.e. via RCA or optical). You can then group the Connect Amp(s) of choice and the Connect (connected via RCA-in) to hear the TV audio. There may be a slight delay.

    Note: All Connect Amps and the Connect must be named in the Sonos app as independent rooms (zones). Also line-out should be set to auto.

    PS
    If none of the above helps then you may have still have IP Address conflict. Not uncommon in a Wi-Fi setup. Since you did not setup your Sonos I'd strongly urge contacting your installer so they can take your network down and setup everything properly.

    Cheers!
    Together Everyone Achieves More = T.E.A.M.
      Airgetlam
      Airgetlam
      November 24, 2018
      Important to note, duplicate IP addresses can occur equally in wired LANs, not just Wi-Fi ones.
      Bruce
        Stanley_4
        Stanley_4
        Grand Maestro
        November 24, 2018
        And to make it more fun whatever conflict Sonos is seeing isn't obvious from looking at the router's logging. I gave up trying to figure it out and set the static/reserved IPs as suggested and my problems stopped.
          IH09Author
          Contributor I
          November 25, 2018
          This stuff can’t be simple can it!?

          I plan on really trying to work on this today and if nothing gets solved, I guess I will call the installer. My speakers are connected directly to the connect and connect amp. The Connect is labeled living room and the speakers are connected to it. The other 3 zones I have are connected directly to their respective Connect Amps.
          AjTrek1
          AjTrek1
          November 25, 2018
          I once again suggest calling your installer and now even more so for a very important reason:

          I mean no offense...Either you are using the terms Connect and Connect Amp interchangeably or you don’t know the difference between the two.

          In your last post you stated that you have speakers connected to your Connect. The Connect is a passive device. The only type of speaker that can be connected to it is one that is self-powered.

          The other option to have the Connect send audio to a set of wired speakers (which I assume are those connected to your receiver) is by having the Connect integrated with your receiver as a source. You can send audio to the speakers wired to it (the receiver) played from your iOS/Android device or a streaming service via the Sonos App when the Connect is selected as a source.

          But as I said...best advice...call your installer to sort things out.
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