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camillo777
Headliner I
May 17, 2018 11:37 AM UTC

Onkyo’s receivers will work with Sonos, thanks to upcoming June firmware update

What a news!!!!

Thanks to a firmware update coming to a plethora of receivers from Onkyo and its brands — Integra, Pioneer, and Pioneer Elite — they will all work with the Sonos app. The official list of supported network AV, stereo receivers, and processors will be announced in early June along with the firmware update and availability.

This power move is the result of the “Works With Sonos” initiative, which allows third-party manufacturers like Onkyo to not only mimic a Sonos speaker but also interact via mixing or creating groups, syncing with the Sonos app without requiring a hub.

https://www.theverge.com/circuitbreaker/2018/5/16/17362208/onkyo-receiver-sonos-app-integra-pioneer-elite
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Eddie the Eagle
Eddie the Eagle
Collaborator II
May 17, 2018 5:38 PM UTC
This I grabbed from the link from the Onkyo website you`ve posted Melvimbe:


"Whenever you start playing music back from your Sonos app and the Onkyo receiver is selected the receiver will automatically turn on and/or switch to the correct input"

so that is promising, let`s see
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jgatie
jgatie
May 17, 2018 5:46 PM UTC
Sounds good, even if I have this now via the Harmony Hub, which works with Alexa too. I just say "Alexa, turn on Sonos" and the Onkyo starts up, switches to CD input, and the Harmony switches to Sonos controls. But I imagine I will fool around with the native Onkyo support too.
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Parafly
Trending Lyricist I
May 18, 2018 1:04 AM UTC
This is great for me, assuming my receiver (NR646) is apart of the firmware update. I alreayd have a Connect hooked to it. The problem of course is that whenever I want to turn on the living room sonos,I have to turn on the reciever, set the input, and fiddle with teh volume. This will make it was easier hopefully to just control it from the app as if it was another Play 3 or Play5.
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Eddie the Eagle
Eddie the Eagle
Collaborator II
May 18, 2018 6:01 AM UTC
Same here Parafly, also with an NR646 wich is a 2015 model, so fingers crossed.The update to DTS Neural X worked fine so this one should be piece of cake 🙂
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Kumar
May 18, 2018 6:36 AM UTC
A little confused; I thought that having the receiver do an auto turn on will need trigger hardware and not just a firmware update. IF I am correct, then I also don't understand what is being offered that isn't already there with any receiver that has line in jacks, using a Connect.
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    rjlawson2
    Lyricist III
    May 18, 2018 8:23 AM UTC
    I'd imagine the receiver would have to be connected to the network via Wifi/Ethernet and that Sonos can trigger it that way, also control the volume etc..
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    Kumar
    May 18, 2018 8:32 AM UTC
    Time will tell; I believe that getting a receiver out of standby mode in response to signal detection anywhere in it needs a hardware trigger to be present and not just a firmware change, but I could be wrong.
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    Eddie the Eagle
    Eddie the Eagle
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    May 18, 2018 11:19 AM UTC
    A little confused; I thought that having the receiver do an auto turn on will need trigger hardware and not just a firmware update. IF I am correct, then I also don't understand what is being offered that isn't already there with any receiver that has line in jacks, using a Connect.

    That was also my initial thought when I bought Sonos Connect. Doesn`t work. The wake up & auto input selection seems only to work over HDMI (CEC). My Onkyo is Ethernet connected and I can wake it up through the Onkyo App and also select Sonos Connect/Coaxial digital input over the Onkyo App and then play music through Sonos. So that makes the Onkyo App more or less take over the remote control functionality, nothing more, nothing less. So both powering on and selecting input are necessary steps at this time to play through Sonos Connect which should be solved by the update (I hope).
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    Eddie the Eagle
    Eddie the Eagle
    Collaborator II
    May 18, 2018 11:22 AM UTC
    I'd imagine the receiver would have to be connected to the network via Wifi/Ethernet and that Sonos can trigger it that way, also control the volume etc..

    I would not be surprised if this is the way they approached this, over the network.
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    To say that his style is unorthodox would be something of an understatement, but it obviously works for him.
    jgatie
    jgatie
    May 18, 2018 1:10 PM UTC
    Time will tell; I believe that getting a receiver out of standby mode in response to signal detection anywhere in it needs a hardware trigger to be present and not just a firmware change, but I could be wrong.

    There are no hardware triggers for Onkyo receivers. You must turn them on via the remote or the standby button. I would imagine the Works with Sonos API has control commands that go from from Sonos to the receiver to switch it out of standby, switch inputs, and control volume via the network connection. Similar to the Consumer Electronics Control (CEC) for HDMI that sends control commands over HDMI connections, except Works with Sonos sends them over the network connection.
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