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jsbeckton
Contributor I
May 28, 2018
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Use play ones independently

Have a sub, playbarabd 2 play ones. Seems that you cant just grab a play one and use it elsewhere without removing the speaker from the room setup and reinstalling after. Thought my other option would be to just move a play one to another location and let it play music along with the music playing with the main system. Problem is that the play ones have no sound when playing music. Is there a way to make sure the surround speakers play with music instead of just the playbar and sub?
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Airgetlam
AirgetlamAnswer
May 28, 2018
More...>Settings>Room Settings>(room name with Playbar)>Advanced Audio>Surround Settings>Music Playback (set this to Full)
Bruce
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UKMedia
UKMedia
May 28, 2018
Hi

You would need to remove them as surround speakers in the Playbar settings within the Sonos App to use on their own.
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Ken_Griffiths
Ken_Griffiths
May 28, 2018
Better still, just buy another Play-1/Sonos One and it’s there, ready and waiting. No decoupling or anything.

That new 'standalone' speaker can then be used anywhere about the premises, within reach of the same WiFi signal or LAN connection.
    jsbecktonAuthor
    Contributor I
    May 28, 2018
    Seems like sonos makes this difficult so that people do just as Ken suggested. It’s like 1 time a month that I would like to do this. There are so many of these limitations that I tell everyone who asks to look past Sonos. For the money it should be very versatile.

    So the other threads that say you can turn the surround to “full” are incorrect? Thanks.
      Airgetlam
      Airgetlam
      May 28, 2018
      No, not incorrect at all, it’s a setting in the room that has the PLAYBAR. Works quite well on mine.
      Bruce
        Airgetlam
        Airgetlam
        May 28, 2018
        I suspect the reason you got those responses are the use of the term “independently” in your thread title. In the case of setting them to “full”, they are not independent of the PLAYBAR, but playing the same thing.
        Bruce
        jsbecktonAuthor
        Contributor I
        May 28, 2018
        No, not incorrect at all, it’s a setting in the room that has the PLAYBAR. Works quite well on mine. where is this setting to set them to “full” when the playbar is playing? Thanks.
        Airgetlam
        AirgetlamAnswer
        May 28, 2018
        More...>Settings>Room Settings>(room name with Playbar)>Advanced Audio>Surround Settings>Music Playback (set this to Full)
        Bruce
          jsbecktonAuthor
          Contributor I
          May 28, 2018
          think I found it. So if I want to move a play one I have to resync it after I move it? Tried but the light just blinks white and never turns greeen. Seems like yet another thing that is annoying that the setup can’t detect that’s it’s been plugged back in somewhere. Regretting this purchase.
          Airgetlam
          Airgetlam
          May 28, 2018
          No, it shouldn't need to be resync'd, unless it is out of range of the 5Ghz signal that the PLAYBAR puts out.

          5Ghz is much shorter in terms of distance than the normal 2.4Ghz band that Sonos uses. It is low latency, which is why Sonos uses it for surround speakers, but it's not ideal with great distances away from the PLAYBAR.

          If you do end up returning this system, I'd recommend that you do additional research before you make your next purchase, to make sure the system will do what you want it to do.
          Bruce
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