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Life with Sonos. How do you get the most out of your Sonos system? Got any Sonos tips to share?

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causbon Contributor I

Turntable use
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I have 2 Sonos 1s, a playbase, and a Sonos sub. I want to hook up a turntable that has a preamp. I do not have any other audio (tape deck, receiver, speakers, etc). What do I do and buy for Sonos system I have?

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Bowers & Wilkins appears to stumble with its multiroom ambitions

May, 2016: A multi-room B&W system, then? In an interview with CEPro, Yu seemed to confirm as much. “What I want for my own living room has not been created,” he said. “There’s components, like some good interfaces and really good high-end audio/video. If I could buy it, I would, but it hasn’t...

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Paidí Contributor I

Volume controls of Beam go out of sync with Panasonic TV remote
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I’ve got a Sonos Beam connected via HDMI ARC to my Panasonic TX-48CX400B tv.  Its all working fine however randomly while working, the volume control on the remote will no longer work on the Beam and reverts back to the TV volume (which is always at zero).  From then on, I can only control the Beam...

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Tom Phan Avid Contributor I

Any alternatives to the desktop app?
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There’s so many features that the desktop client, Windows and OSX, is lacking that I’m looking for a better application to use.   Any suggestions?

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Clinical Precision Prominent Collaborator I

Beam or Beam + sub
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I recently bought a new TV (Samsung Q70) and, although the sound is better than I expected, I am considering some kind of sound bar. I already have a number of Sonos speakers so was looking at the Beam. I see that Sonos do a bundle with the Sub. Is there any advantage to getting both or would the Be...

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Clinical Precision Prominent Collaborator I

Sonos Move Battery
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I recently acquired a Sonos Move, which has replaced a Play 1 in our dining room. We have so far used it predominantly moved into the bathroom as needed and for occasional dinner background music in the dining room. It’s always connected to Wifi - not yet used the Bluetooth functionality. We will al...

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serravalc Avid Contributor I

SONOS AMP
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hi I'm interested in buying amp but I would like to ask you 2 questions should i attach the projector to the hdmi (amp) port is it possible? I only have 2 passive speakers, can I create a 5.1 by adding the sub and play 5 sonos?

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Gotcha Contributor I

Playbar and Sony A9G - skipping when playing non-TV sources
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Hi -  My Playbar has periodic audio drops of 10-30sec when playing any non TV audio source (streaming, local, doesnt discriminate.)  Also positively not a network connectivity problem.  This started when I introduced a new TV (Sony A9G line) I actually fixed it -- by disconnecting the optical audio...

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gholman Contributor I

Turntable line-in to Connect:amp requires audio cable unplug and plug back in to reset the connection
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Hi!  I have been playing records from my turntable successfully through my Sonos Connect:AMP. However, each time the needle drops the Sonos system doesn’t recognize a record is playing through line-in. So, as a quick fix, I have to unplug the RCA cable from the back of the Connect:AMP and then plug ...

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TDC48126 Contributor I

Play 5 - Speaker Hum when turntable powered on
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Recently purchased Play 5 and Rega Plana 1 Plus turntable with built-in pre-amp.  When turntable is powered on, Play 5 has significant hum.  Music from vinyl comes through, although the hum persists.  No hum when Play 5 is set to streaming music via Wi-Fi. I’ve adjusted the line-in volume to multipl...

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Guzzuk Contributor II

Google Play Music not playing on Sonos Speakers
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Hi, I have 3x Play 1s and a One all connected up to the WiFi and working correctly if I stream TuneIn Radio and used to play my Google Play Music Playlists thou recently they started playing a few seconds of a track then skipping to the next track. This happens on my Samsung S9+ and my wife’s iPhone...

Music services and sources
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Kumar

The Sonos Brexit and pragmatic ways past it

I will start this thread with a few caveats: First, this thread is not for rants. There are plenty here for those, and there is no bar on opening new ones. Second, the thread is directed for the subset of users that have a large investment in legacy products, and are content to see their Sonos syste...

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Leopard Trending Lyricist I

using Amazon Music on Sonos with 4G Router
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I have set up my Sonos system, 2 paired play 1s and 1 Sonos One,  with a 4 G Router.  Everything works as it used to on the telephone wire router except Amazon Music.   I have deleted and re-installed Amazon Music but the result is the same.   e.g. I can search for an artist, display albums etc. But...

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antjam Contributor II

NAS Newbie Question
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I’m not sure about any of this as I’m old school (turntable, etc.) but I do have Sonos throughout my house and stream music from various sources (Amazon Unlimited, Pandora) using iPhone or Alexa to control it.  I am looking to get my 100G of music off of my Mac and onto a NAS drive(?) and have that...

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Phil Bess Contributor I

Spotify has stopped working on Sonos controller app and devices
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Hi, I have been using Spotify on my various sonos devices for a couple of years with no issue. through the Sonos App and via spotify connect. Over the last couple of days, I haven’t been able to play spotify on any of my Sonos devices, via the Sonos app or Spotify connect. When I try through the son...

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wklemp Contributor I

Humidity Resistance of Sonos Sub?
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Has anyone had experience with a Sonos Sub in an outdoor patio environment?  This is covered and not exposed to rain, but the relative humidity (Houston, TX) can be pretty high.

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Deyeme Contributor III

script control?
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Is there a way to do things via script (command line) that you would otherwise need the PC application to do, such as un-pause the currently selected source?  Every time the set Alarm fails, I can open the PC application and un-pause the music, but it would be nice to just have a script that could r...

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degsyh Contributor I

Sonos android app using mobile data
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Hi, Please can someone tell me why my Sonos app is using my 4g/ mobile data? Last month it used 1.12gb   Thanks

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BOSS Contributor I

Battery Sonos Move
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Hi, what if the battery of Sonos Move runs out forever and I keep the Sonos Move steady on its charge base?Will it continue to work because of the eletricity provided by usb plugged base? In other words if i do not buy another battery ...will it continue to work on its base because of eletricity pow...

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innitrichie Contributor I

Discontinuing service and software updates for older legacy Sonos speakers?

I just read this about your recent SEC filing: https://www.theverge.com/2018/7/11/17559380/sonos-airplay-2-support-software-update-download “We expect that in the near to intermediate term, this backward compatibility will no longer be practical or cost-effective, and we may decrease or discontinue...

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Qgon Contributor II

Can I pair a Sonos One with a Sonos One SL?
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Hi Guys! Just 2 quick questions as mentioned in the title.  As I found out if I use 2 Sonos One as Rear with my Playbar and Sub I will be able to use Alexa from the Ones. Only Airplay will be disabled. Is that correct? Can I pair the latest Sonos One with a One SL as my Rear Speakers with a Playbar...

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Pradhan Contributor I

sonos amp
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Hi i have a sonos playbass and sonos sub . But my question is about sonos amp, does sonos amp gives more clearity on the sound ?? Bcos while listeningto some metal music i found somthing is lacking ?? So if i connect with sonos amp does it gives more clearity and power to my music ??

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Happy Yogi Contributor I

Sonos Beam wont recognize Optical audio from Apple TV 3rd Gen
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I’m trying to connect the optical audio output from an Apple TV 3rd Gen to the HDMI input on the Beam using the supplied optical to HDMI ARC converter. However the Sonos TV set up tells me there is no connection. Any ideas what wrong? By the way, the reason I’m wanting to feed the Apple TV optical d...

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kennlopez Contributor I

Sonos on mesh network
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I have 2 Sonos speakers on my Google mesh network consisting of 2 routers. Due to the location of each speaker, each should connect to a separate router - bedroom - > secondary, hall - > primary. However, in reality, both speakers are connected to the primary router. Is this something to do wi...

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Nimma Contributor I

Beam, Playbase or Playbar with 2 sonos ones?
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Hello, I have few questions. Right now I have 2 ones and a sub. I want to add beam or playbase or playbar. Which of these do you recommend for a 5.1 setting and playing music? I have a 30m2 living room. The center speaker is only for vocal right? So it’s not important how the sound quality of this c...

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