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ray8
Contributor I
August 14, 2019
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Playing music through 5.1 surround sound setup

Im not able to play music on my sonos 5.1 system independent of the TV surround sound, how can i fo this?
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    John BAnswer
    August 14, 2019
    Options greyed out normally indicates something needs updating. Go into Settings and check for updates.
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    John B
    August 14, 2019
    You need to select the 'room' that is your 5.1 system (in the 'Rooms' tab, then select a music source (using 'Browse', 'Search' or 'My Sonos', then play it.

    At what point and how is this not working?
    ray8Author
    Contributor I
    August 14, 2019
    Thanks for your reply John

    With my TV turned off, I wanted to utilise the 5.1 for music however, when trying to select a music source the options are greyed out. Previously I was able to use the airplay feature on my iPhone to play music to my Sonos One before adding it to the 5.1 setup.
    John BAnswer
    August 14, 2019
    Options greyed out normally indicates something needs updating. Go into Settings and check for updates.
    ray8Author
    Contributor I
    August 14, 2019
    Will give that a try.

    thanks John!
    nik9669a
    Senior Virtuoso
    August 14, 2019
    I’m not sure you can Airplay to a One when it’s bonded as a Surround speaker. Nor can your Playbar receive an AirPlay source.

    But you should still be ok to play a music stream to all the speakers. Also check in Settings that you have the surrounds set to play Full rather than Ambient for them to give appropriate levels in music mode.
    ray8Author
    Contributor I
    August 14, 2019
    Thanks @nik9769a

    I’ve updated the app and checked all settings and now seems to be streaming music.

    thank you all!
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