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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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Sonos Radio HD: Is It As Good or Better Than Stingray Music?

I wasn’t aware of Sonos Radio HD until this last week. Noticing that they offered a free 30 day trial, I was going to activate it and try it out but decided against it after I read the minimal feature list and couldn’t determine if it had the features I wanted or not. In my opinion, if you want to l...

Music services and sources

Pocketcasts - Error, Unable to play, song not encoded properly or the connection was lost

Has anyone else seen this error? The encoded error as well as the lost connection error are persistent & I have tried changing network channels, I have tried rebooting the system and I have tried uninstalling the service and adding it again. The error codes persist despite these troubleshooting...

Music services and sources

possible fix for flickering white light on sonos connect

Sonos v2 connect not working? Well I thought mine was either faulty or otherwise completely bricked. It would not reset. There was no green light, however hard I tried to reset it.I disconnected reconnected via Ethernet to my router. I pressed the play and vol+ buttons a few times. Eventually the So...

Components

Sonos Roam - Battery drain

Hi everyone, I received my Sonos Roam yesterday and I am quite concerned by the battery drain on standby mode.My roam is losing about 10% every hour on standby, which brings us to 10hours but I was expecting 10 hours in playing mode.Should I be concerned by those stats are it was the expected consum...

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Beam IR sensor stopped recognizing remotes

I have a beam connected to optical on TV. Remote was paired and everything was working fine. One day remote volume control stopped working. I tried to set up the remote again but the IR sensor did not recognize when buttons were pushed. Tried a different remote and it didn't recognize that eithe...

Home theater

Sonos ARC connection failure with Samsung TV after restarting

Prior to submission I had been watching TV all evening with perfect sound via Sonos. Please don't route me back to the tele call center as I already had troubleshootEd 10+ times and Spent 15+ hors including both Sonos and Samsung call centers, yet Not resolved and Sonos wouldn't take Responsibility...

Home theater

Spotify skips to next song or stops playing, other sources work just fine meanwhile

The past couple of months when playing music from Spotify on any of the sonos speakers the music skips to the next song or stops playing at random points. It can be after 2 songs or half a day. The controller reports connection to spotify lost. Sometimes i can immediately click play again and it sta...

Music services and sources

Sonos support for Apple Music's Lossless Audio

Announcement: https://www.apple.com/ca/newsroom/2021/05/apple-music-announces-spatial-audio-and-lossless-audio/ Now that Apple Music has joined the “lossless club”, can we please hear from Sonos as to whether this will be supported, and, if it will be, approximately when that may occur? Thanks.

Music services and sources

iOS Sonos app slow

My sonos app on my iPhone has betone very aloe to start up and find my speakers. The same for everyone in the family. Have tried to delete and reinstall App and reset all speakers and set up as new. Still the same. seems to have started since last update.

Controllers & software

Samsung TV connected to AMP through ARC not working right

I see this topic has been raised before but never really answered as far as I can see. I recently bought a Sonos AMP for playing TV sound through my good speakers. I connected the AMP to the speakers, and played some spotify music, it works. I then connected the TV to the AMP using the HDMI ARC port...

Home theater

Beam: Keeps switching back to Arc from Bluetooth - how to stop?

Hi. I have an LG C8 OLED TV and a Beam, connected Via HDMI Arc. I also have some Sony Bluetooth headphones. Whenever I try and play the TV audio via Bluetooth after 2 seconds it switches back to Arc. Is there anyway to prevent this? I have to pull the HDMI lead out of the Beam, but can it be disable...

Home theater

multiple google accounts or sonos profile

We have a single Sonos amp that powers our pool speakers.My wife and I both have separate YouTube music accounts as we listen to different music.I have the single Sonos account.Is there a way to either giver her, her own Sonos profile or be able to load up BOTH YouTube accounts in same Sonos window?...

Controllers & software

why is Sonos showing as iphone on lockscreen.

I don’t have any compatible airplay devices yet today my Sonos content which I’ve started from the Sonos app randomly shows up in lock screen with full volume control. Did I miss an update or am I stupid?

Controllers & software

PS4 Pro outputting PCM via LG CX shows Multichannel PCM 7.1 for Sonos Arc, but rear surrounds have no audio

I have the Arc, Sub, and Sonos 1 in a surround setup, connected to an LG CX via eArc. Previously I had the PS4 outputting Bitstream (Dolby), and Sonos reported Dolby Digital 5.1.The fix that added LPCM to Sonos Arc recently went live, so I updated PS4 Pro to output PCM, and the HDMI input on the TV ...

Home theater

iPad spinning circle

I just received my SYMFONISK WiFi speakers and installed the Sonos app on my iPad. I am now playing music through the Spotify app. I noticed that in the upper right corner of my iPad the network/Wi-Fi ‘spiny circle’ (on the left in picture below) keeps on spinning nonstop. I’m not sure but I thi...

Controllers & software

Impossible to connect my SONOS ROAM in Bluetooth

Hello, as I just received my SONOS ROAM I have tried many times today to get it connected in Bluetooth by following the procedure as described in that link.https://support.sonos.com/s/article/4989?language=frSo I kept pressing the button at the back but the blue light never went on and as a conseque...

Wireless speakers

Sonos Arc Muddy/Bottoming out Bass

Beyond thrilled to receive the new Sonos Arc. True played my room and I have loudness on as well connected to LG B8 using Tidal and Spotify. Most of the sound range is phenomenal, aside from the bass. At even half volume the woofers are extremely muddy and sound terrible. Not sure if this is because...

Home theater

Sonos Arc keeps losing TV connection and shows connection issue

Every time I turn on my TV, the Sonos Arc doesn’t switch to the TV input (it is set to do so automatically). When I try to do this manually in the Sonos S2 app, the following error message shows: Connection Issue We’ve detected an issue with your HDMI connection. We’ll help you fix it. Cancel | F...

Home theater

Turning off the Sound Check - a difference in the sound quality - Airplay with Apple Music

Hello. Maybe this can be useful for more people using Apple Music lossless via Airplay 2. I listen to my music with Sound check > ON - all the time, but I noticed that the sound from Apple Music is not so clear as the sound from Tidal integration in the Sonos app. By clear, I mean not so bright...

Music services and sources

Add new components to old S1 system after S2 launch.

Once S2 is released, will I still be able to buy new speakers and add them to a legacy system? I know that every time I add a new speaker to my existing system, it forces me to update every controller and speaker to the latest version before bringing the new speaker online. (That’s how I lost t...

Controllers & software

Transferring iTunes Library

Hi all,Not so much a Sonos as iTunes question.I have been following the ‘Help’ in this Apple link to assist in transferring my Tunes library to a new PC. I have already downloaded and isntalled the iTunes App on my new PC.https://support.apple.com/en-nz/guide/itunes/itns3230/windows Problem ( I thin...

Music services and sources

Sonos S2 order of artists and blank genre

Hi, I’m running Sonos 2 v12.1 on Pixel 4a (though I had this same issue on Pixel 2).When I browse “On this Mobile Device” my music appears just fine under Albums, Songs, and Playlists. However, there’s no discernible sort order of Artists and my Genres are all empty. I’d appreciate some thoughts on...

Controllers & software

record player to amp to separate rooms

I will be connecting a turn table to the Sonos amp in my basement. I have two floor standing speakers there. I was hoping to wire two passive bookshelf speakers in a different room (upstairs, formal living room) to the Sonos amp as wellto get that analog sound in a different room.It would be ideal t...

Components

Can Sonos Amp drive 4 ceiling speakers with 16 ohms impedance

Hello, I’m purchasing a house that has a room wired with 5 ceiling speakers. The speakers are Pyle PDIC1661RD. If I connect two speakers in parallel to each channel, will Sonos Amp be able to drive them? Will the audio output/volume suffer, or will it be adequate? Any gotchas?Speaker specs:MAX Power...

Components

Sonos Roam won't play music in group after music is paused

I recently got a Sonos Roam and integrated into my system (which up until I purchased the Roam was an S1 system). It should be noted that the Roam -- at least for purposes of this post -- is constantly plugged in. And for the most part, the Roam has been working okay, but I have continually had to d...

Wireless speakers

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