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February 8, 2021
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Sub and surrounds showing up as ? with Arc

My sub and surrounds show up as ? with my arc. I have submitted diagnostic 2022444264. I have removed them, factory reset, added them back, rebooted router and boost. Nothing worked. Up until today everything was fine. 
Please help.

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Corry P
Corry PAnswer
Sonos Staff
March 4, 2021

Hi @rrroscoe 

Welcome to the Sonos Community!

Does this issue still happen? If not, I’m glad, but I have found the probable cause and we can prevent it from happening again.

The issue is that although the surrounds normally connect directly to the Arc via dedicated 5GHz links, as @John B describes, when they don’t find the Arc they’re instead trying to find Sonosnet on channel 1, but yours is configured to be on channel 11.

To resolve this, please open the Sonos app and verify all rooms are showing - the following steps should not be performed when not all the speakers are connected to the system at large.

Select Settings » System » Network » Change Sonosnet Channel » 1

Wait a few minutes.

Now, change it back to 11 (I can’t tell which channel is best for you, but we’ll assume it’s 11). If you happen to know that your WiFi is on channel 11, channels 1 or 6 will probably be a better choice. If 1 is best, no need to bother changing again.

Once done reply here with another diagnostic number, tagging me, and I’ll double check that all has gone accordingly.

"Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen." - Albert Einstein

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rrroscoeAuthor
Trending Lyricist I
March 4, 2021

My Sonos system is on channel  11. Not sure I want to mess with anything as all is good right now.

https://en.community.sonos.com/members/corry-p-8113798 ,  I did switch it to channel 1, didn’t lose anything and I left it there.  Diagnostic # 696236932

@Corry P 

Corry P
Sonos Staff
March 5, 2021

Hi @rrroscoe 

Thanks for taking those steps, and for getting back in touch with the diagnostic.

That went perfectly. All your products are now operating on channel 1, together. 

Channel 6 is the quietest channel (I realised your Moves would tell me) in your location - if you have any playback interruptions, please switch Sonosnet to channel 6, but you’ll likely be fine as you are now (though as before, please make sure all your Sonos products are visible in the app before changing the channel).

 

"Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen." - Albert Einstein