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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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Baldboss Contributor I

Sonos Port - Faulty input
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Just took delivery of my Sonos Port and I think there may be an issue with the Line-In connections. The red connector doesn’t seat in the port propery, it won’t go all the way in. In the app, Line-In is showing as disconnected.   Anyone had this issue?    

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J-man Trending Lyricist I

Can't play or log into Radio.com for KNX1070
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KNX1070 won’t play via Radio.com through Sonos Android app or PC. I noticed that I’m logged in as “Anonymous,” but if I try to log in through Sonos music services and click the “setup radio.com” button, it goes straight to adding the station. The “edit” button is grayed out, and I can’t edit it like...

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asindhu Contributor I

iPhone app integration
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I looked around but couldn’t an answer to this, this seems basic but hopefully this isn’t a duplicate question. I recently got my first Sonos product and I have the iPhone app and everything works fine, except that the Sonos app doesn’t integrate correctly with the built-in iPhone audio management....

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3boyhalls Contributor I

sonos move not playing sound
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Our sonos move says it is playing something from spotify but nothing plays. It was fine yesterday at the start but stopped working properly when we asked to change artists. I tried resetting the speaker but that didn’t resolve the issue. I noticed others have had the same problem. Please help. 

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Jcart Contributor I

Libby Audiobooks
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Any updates on adding Libby to your supported services?

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User176283 Contributor I

shows,users, tags options not showing on IPad, but they are on IPhone
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On the search options, “shows,users, tags“ options are not showing on IPad, but they are on IPhone.  The only way I can play Mixcloud is through the “users” option, but this has disappeared on my IPad.

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pippo505 Contributor I

Beam volume far too low
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Hi - I have purchased a Sonos Beam today and was looking forward to enhancing my TV and music listening experience. However I am extremely disappointed with what I am hearing so far. I have a Sony Bravia KD-55XG8196 that is just a couple of months old and by no means a budget TV. The Beam is connect...

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jfdonohoe Contributor I

Tunein Premium as login Service?
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Looking back in the support threads, it looks like its been about 7 years since people first asked for TuneIn to be enabled with login support like all the other services so we can enable playlists and Premium service.  Sonos clearly already has a partnership with TuneIn.  I’m curious about the leve...

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Finbow Trending Lyricist II

anybody replaced their Connect with a Port?
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Hi,  begrudgingly having to replace my connect as the connect is the beginning of my mesh network & I will not be able to separate my system. Any forum members picked up a Port to replace their connect?  I am running my current Connect through an Arcam Rdac into a classic NAD 3020. Any one exper...

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Russlush3 Trending Lyricist I

Music Library disconnected & cannot reconnect
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Of course something has to be malfunctioning with my setup, classic Sonos. After “upgrading” (such a misleading term) to Version 11, I can no longer play any music from my previously connected Music Library (located on a time capsule). I tried removing the path and adding it back, but I get the same...

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indianbug69 Contributor I

Alarm notifications on locked screen
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Hello All, so I am on an iPhone 8+ with iOS 13.3.1, and I set up alarms they go off, but on my locked screen I never see the functions to turn off or snooze as the support pages show.  I have a Sonos Play 1, Play 5, PlayBar and Sub.  I love the system, but not having functionality to control from lo...

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ngin Contributor I

Connection Lost to Google and Amazon

Lately whenever I try to play songs, stations or anything from either the iPhone app or Mac app, from either Google Music or Amazon music, I receive an error messages. Either, “Unable to play [music] - connection to Amazon Music/Google Play Music was lost” Can’t add songs to my cue Amazon song was n...

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paul0258 Contributor I

Connect- difference between Fixed and Pass-Through
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Using Sonos Connect to stream to an integrated amp via optical. I've always used Fixed for line-out level but now I see another option, Pass-Through.   Tried it, no apparent difference.   So what is the difference between Fixed and Pass-Through?

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10 hours ago
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adders1966 Contributor I

Adding a Turntable
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Hi all, Sorry newbie to the forum here and I want to clarify something as I’m getting conflicting information from the “chat” function on the Sonos website. I’m sure the answer is already in the Community, but with currently home schooling my kids, my eyes can’t take any more screen time to search t...

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Steverino541 Contributor I

Problem with Spotify on Sonos?
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I have two separate Sonos systems in two separate houses. Everything has been working fine with Spotify but as of last week the service has deteriorated. When I select songs or playlists on Spotify via Sonos it jumps a random number of songs before being able to play one and then it tries to play 3...

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Janky Contributor I

Sonos unable to add songs to Queue on Spotify
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Is there a limit to the number of tracks Sonos can add to a Queue? I had a Spotify playlist playing fine then I added more tracks and I got around 9,000 then it will no longer add to Queue.   

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Andy B Sonos Staff

Using a Turntable with Sonos

Thinking about getting a turntable setup with your Sonos system and wondering where to start? We've got you covered. If you're looking for a quick overview before you dive into the details below, check out the info we have over on our blog and on our website here.   Before getting started, we need...

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Matteo De Loore Contributor I

Chromecast taking audio away from the beam
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Hello   My tv: Samsung QE55Q9F 2018 with the One Connect Box   When only the beam (HDMI ARC) is connected to my tv I have no problem, but when I also connected Chromecast I started having issues. The tv is then always losing the connection with the Beam. Sometimes the signal returns to the beam, but...

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j.otter Contributor I

iphone 7 and airplay to sonos play 1
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Hi there, I have 2 Sonos play 1 units. My partner (using an iPhone 11) can play music from podcasts and Spotify through airplay to the Sonos units.  I have an iPhone 7 and can not connect any of the speaker to airplay.  Am I being stupid? Thanks 

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Tampadoug Contributor I

Volume normalization

Sonos needs volume normalization. Even services that have it such as Spotify pandora and Apple Music are not normalized when playing on Sonos.

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jonnytem Contributor I

Play:1 Network issue
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I bought a Play:1 a couple of years ago and had it linked to other products in my home network (another Play:1 and Playbar), all connected to Verizon Wifi on a Verizon Router.  I had to move out of home and put that Play:1 in storage, and subsequently bought 2 new Play:1s. Now I am back at home, usi...

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awksie Contributor I

Internet radio manual input
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I followed the instructions to play my local internet radio through my Play 1, but it doesn't work. The radio station is www.radiolockdown.net.   I followed the instructions exactly, but no joy.   Can anyone help pleas?   

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CarsonPlower Trending Lyricist I

Samsung Frame TV and Sonos audio
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Hello - I recognize there’s been some discussion about this here, but not recently. I am favoring the purchase of a 2020 Samsung Frame TV. But, have seen quite a bit of discussion about audio / sync issues with this particular TV (and other Samsungs). I am wondering if there are any folks who can ci...

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Fio Contributor I

Sonos One - free give away

Brilliant speaker.. but giving it away as not fit for purpose (which is to use with Alexa). Sick of linking, relinking, resetting, unlinking, relinking, unregister, register… good luck to it.

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chrisred0 Contributor I

TV Surround plus diverse Scenario Multi-Room Music
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Hi all, I am thinking about replacing my 5.1 HT&Echos Setup in favor of Sonos. However it should support the following scenarios which I am not sure it will.   The Setup would be: Combined Living Room and Kitchen Area: Sub+Surround+Playbar in Living Room Area and one Play1 at least in the kitche...

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