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  • March 16, 2025
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I’ve been using the same setup for over 7 years—Playbar, Sub, and Play:1s for surround sound—without any issues. Suddenly, I can no longer connect my Play:1s or Sub to the Playbar for surround sound. Even when they briefly show as connected, they disconnect within a few minutes, and I’m forced to reset them. Oddly, each speaker works fine on its own, just not as part of the surround setup.

Not sure what is going on   Any help would be appreciated  

Best answer by nik9669a

It might be hardware failure in the wireless signal from Playbar to the surrounds. You could try connecting the surrounds by Ethernet cable?
 

Generate a diagnostics report and contact Sonos support. Don’t display the diagnostics number on these forums as the report contains personal details. 

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  • Senior Virtuoso
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  • March 16, 2025

It might be hardware failure in the wireless signal from Playbar to the surrounds. You could try connecting the surrounds by Ethernet cable?
 

Generate a diagnostics report and contact Sonos support. Don’t display the diagnostics number on these forums as the report contains personal details. 


Schlumpf
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  • Virtuoso
  • March 16, 2025

@SEMPER 

Is your Playbar lan cabled or does it work wireless via wifi?

If it’s cabled, please remove the lan cable to check the wifi hardware of your Playbar.

 


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  • March 16, 2025

It’s not connected to the LAN. It’s on my WiFi. 


Schlumpf
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  • Virtuoso
  • March 17, 2025

@SEMPER 

It’s not connected to the LAN. It’s on my WiFi. 

Ok, somyour wifi module should be ok.

Did you manually check for system updates within Sonos app settings? Sometimes there is such trouble if there aren’t all devices on the same firmware version. 


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  • Senior Virtuoso
  • March 17, 2025

It’s not connected to the LAN. It’s on my WiFi. 

Then my original reply still applies. The wifi from the Playbar may not be working properly.