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daniel010
Contributor I
Mar 7, 2017 7:53 PM UTC
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Surround Speakers keep cutting out

Recently I've been experiencing a problem whereby my 2 Play3 speakers, which are connected as Surround speakers to my Playbar, regularly cut-out and fall silent for about 20 seconds, before coming back on again. How can I fix this issue?
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Airgetlam
AirgetlamAnswer
Mar 7, 2017 8:24 PM UTC
daniel010,

There are a couple of guesses that I have, but to be honest, they'd just be random guesses. Your best bet would be to submit a system diagnostic within 10 minutes of this issue occurring, so that a Sonos rep can look at what's going on in your system and give you a concrete answer.
Bruce

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daniel010
daniel010Author
Contributor I
Mar 10, 2017 4:08 PM UTC
Thanks! It did cutout once more so I decided to move the Router from it's position in the corner of the room to center of the room behind the sofa. All seems to be working well now, no cutouts and the Sonos App opens much quicker; it used to take a few seconds before it found and connected to my system. I'll submit another Diagnostic to verify all is working well: 7177321
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Jeff S
Retired Sonos Staff
Mar 10, 2017 4:40 PM UTC
Thanks! It did cutout once more so I decided to move the Router from it's position in the corner of the room to center of the room behind the sofa. All seems to be working well now, no cutouts and the Sonos App opens much quicker; it used to take a few seconds before it found and connected to my system. I'll submit another Diagnostic to verify all is working well: 7177321

Things are looking better. Please let me know if you have any further troubles.
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Avid Contributor I
Dec 3, 2017 1:00 PM UTC
Hi Ryan S,

could you please have a look at 8166916, because I experience the same issue now for a couple of months, and it's getting annoying.

I can already say; I have a 5ghz modem sitting not far from my playbar and sonos bridge. But I can't move either of them...
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Airgetlam
Dec 3, 2017 11:47 PM UTC
Just guessing here, but can you change the channel that the modem is on?
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Bruce
Lyricist I
Jan 21, 2018 7:30 PM UTC
I'm experiencing the same problem. I set up a surround system, consisting of a Playbar, a Sub and two Play:1. But the Play:1 speakers become silent again and again. Could you please look at diagnostics report 8389694?
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Edward R
Retired Sonos Staff
Jan 24, 2018 1:47 PM UTC
Hi Ryan S,

could you please have a look at 8166916, because I experience the same issue now for a couple of months, and it's getting annoying.

I can already say; I have a 5ghz modem sitting not far from my playbar and sonos bridge. But I can't move either of them...


Hey there. I would follow Bruce's advice above, it seems your devices are encountering some level of interference which is the likely cause.

I'm experiencing the same problem. I set up a surround system, consisting of a Playbar, a Sub and two Play:1. But the Play:1 speakers become silent again and again. Could you please look at diagnostics report 8389694?

Hi, elkay7. Welcome to the community and thanks for reporting this issue. Can you try logging into your router and changing the wireless channel for us? Do you use any wireless extenders that broadcast a 5GHz frequency? Thanks for the additional information provided.
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Lyricist I
Jan 25, 2018 8:47 PM UTC
Hi Edward, changing the wireless channel didn't help. I did install a wireless extender recently but the problem already occured before. I positioned the Play:1 speaker a little bit further away from my router and it seems to work better now. I'll keep an eye on it.
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Trending Lyricist I
Feb 26, 2018 4:34 AM UTC
I'm having the same issue. Sounds like the steps are the following?

1) submit diagnostics

2) check channel for wireless router? Change it

3) maybe move the router ( I think I only have one port for it in the house )
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Avid Contributor I
Feb 26, 2018 11:43 AM UTC
I'm having the same issue. Sounds like the steps are the following?

1) submit diagnostics

2) check channel for wireless router? Change it

3) maybe move the router ( I think I only have one port for it in the house )


I was placed with this problem on an off for a while. Although the router proximity could cause the problem, I found out that it was actually my MacBook when on the 5g wfii which was causing the issue. Moved it onto 2.4ghz and not had the problem since.
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Trending Lyricist I
Feb 26, 2018 12:49 PM UTC
I'm having the same issue. Sounds like the steps are the following?

1) submit diagnostics

2) check channel for wireless router? Change it

3) maybe move the router ( I think I only have one port for it in the house )


I was placed with this problem on an off for a while. Although the router proximity could cause the problem, I found out that it was actually my MacBook when on the 5g wfii which was causing the issue. Moved it onto 2.4ghz and not had the problem since.


My understanding is that a macbook can connect to both 5ghz and 2.5ghz wifi networks, but that you can't configure this from your macbook. Does that mean you configured your router not to use 5ghz anymore?

Thanks!
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