Life with Sonos

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

kdc88 Contributor I

Multiple Sonos Connects

Question

Hello, Looking to purchase two Sonos Connects for outdoor speakers. I currently have a spare receiver that has two "zones" for speaker outputs. My question is, is it possible to wire two sets of speakers to the receiver. Each going to their own zone for different areas outdoors. Then use a Y splitt...

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kashkab Contributor I

Spotify connection issue - asking for latest version

Question

I’m setting up a Sonos One. Controller is an Amazon Fire 7 HD. When adding Spotify, it gives me an error “Please be sure you’ve updated to the latest version of the Spotify app.” I have the latest version. I also uninstalled Spotify and re-installed it. Same issue. Any help?

Music services and sources

Kevlar52 Contributor I

Bridge & Connect together

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I currently running a Sonos Bridge and groups of speakers in different rooms at my house. I also have an external surround sound stereo system with 4 speakers on my back deck. I want to integrate the external system/speakers with my Sonosnet. If I connect a Sonos Connect to my external system, will...

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rfmoran10 Contributor I

Dos casas dos wifis

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Quisiera saber si se puede utilizar la misma APP (android) para conectarme a los equipos SONOS en dos residencias (la habitual y la segunda residencia) y por tanto cada una de ellas con WIFI diferente. gracias r

Controllers & software

mike546 Contributor I

Removing the 'On this iPhone, iPad, or iPod Touch' feature

Is anyone else upset that Sonos is pulling the plug "in the coming months" on IOS library access?? That's why I bought the Sonos System in 2012 in the first place. Now I'll have to use streaming services or keep my MacBook up and running to access my Sonos library in my home. More importantly, I b...

Music services and sources

mlvol93 Contributor I

No HD audio on NBC or CBS AFFILIATES

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Hello. New to the forum. Just installed Sonos Beam, love it...except unable to get sound on my HD channels for two local stations, CBS and NBC. Wo rks on all other channels as well as works when I stream from Roku apps. Anyone familiar or have suggestions. Michael

Music services and sources

Airgetlam

New hardware coming? August 27 & 28 Press events

Interesting tease here: https://www.engadget.com/2019/08/08/sonos-fall-event-IFA-2019/ Seems odd that no FCC popups have occurred yet, but I'm not one to be looking for those kinds of things, I count on others in our community for that

Music, culture & the industry

casadelnorte Contributor I

Cant Sonos fix “Play from My iOS Device” instead of Killing?

It really diminishes the value of Sonos to remove this feature (Play Music from my iOS device). I have talked multiple friends into installing Sonos in their homes and we all enjoy “bringing” new or newly discovered music from one spot to another. It’s great to be able to DJ and share across various...

Music services and sources

Torisen Contributor I

Amazon streaming music broken with last update?

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After updating my sonos app two days ago Amazon streaming has fallen apart. About 75% of my 20,000+ songs on the amazon cloud will not play through Sonos. I mostly get the error "That song is no longer included in your Amazon Music streaming service. Please try another song." though every 5-7th on...

Music services and sources

sdgani Contributor I

differences between apple music apps

Question

Greetings. Question: I use Apple Music on Sonos, but it is not as friendly as the regular mobile app. For example, it is not possible to play all the songs of a particular artist. The most played songs of the artist cannot be selected. You can't distinguish between albums and singles and more. I wil...

Music services and sources

Martin_96 Contributor I

Alarm speaker grouping

I can see that this has been requested in the past but then the posts seem to die a death with no sign of the feature being implemented in the app so...again...why can't we set an alarm to play on a specific group of speakers rather than only having the option to "include grouped rooms"? Use case:...

Controllers & software

Robert Horn Contributor I

sonos connect keeps dissappearing

Question

One of 9 devices keeps disappearing. Frustrating because it sometimes will stay on for some time and other times disappears almost immediately. Connect os hardwired so not a wireless connection issue. I have reset the router and turned on one speaker device at a time to no avail. Any ideas?

Components

Nickwh Contributor I

KUT not playing on SONOS

Question

Greetings, Anybody want to help me out and see why KUT.org (Austin's NPR station) isn't working on Sonos?

Music services and sources

Cham Contributor I

Play3

Question

Can Sonos play music at the same time with Alexa wirelessly

Wireless speakers

mgj_ Contributor I

Apple Podcasts Stops / Sirius XM On Demand doesn't work

Question

Hello there - I have two problems. 1- SiriusXM ON Demand doesn't work. I can listen on my phone, but it won't play through Sonos. 2 - Apple Podcasts stop after about 5 minutes of playing. Diagnostics submitted: 865311761

Music services and sources

Lwiillo Contributor III

Work with Sonos receivers

Question

Hi guys, I ran out of HDMI ports on my TV. I try a HDMI switch but I loss some video quality so I decided to add a receiver. I just discovered all this "work with Sonos" receivers. Everyone of these is telling me that I need to add a Sonos Connect which I don't have. I want to know if I can connec...

Home theater

ninjaguy Avid Contributor III

Feature Request: Beam swap left/right channel

I mounted my Beam upside down under my TV because it was the only way since the mount was blocking access to the cable ports and the Beam controls were too close under the TV if mounted upright. By mounting it upside down I am able to access the Beam buttons underneath and have a clear entry to the...

Home theater

WSC3 Avid Contributor I

Playlist Restarts When Regrouping Rooms - Continued

Question

I'm having on-going trouble with the Sonos app. When I move from one room to another, my playlist will reset to the first song in that list. This problem started about six months ago and then in subsequent releases of the app, it got better. With the latest release I downloaded this week, it got w...

Music services and sources

dbonnofsky Contributor I

"unable to play - the connection to amazon music was lost"

Question

HELP! My sonos won't play ANY streamed music! When trying to connect I get the message "unable to play 'Halsey' - the connection to amazon music was lost" Tried: Rebooting Router Rebooted all 3 play 1 Sonos & 1 Connect Amp Closed and reopened the Sonos app and the amazon music app Deleted and...

Wireless speakers

Robert Wright Contributor I

iheartradio playlists

I can not get sonos to play iheartradio playlists. all other iheart radio features work, but not playlists. If controlling from iheartradio app, I press play and it simply jumps to next song at the beginning but does not start playing. Play will not stay in "play". In sonos, it says I am playing the...

Music services and sources

Mattmattmatt Contributor I

Spotify not plying my music

Question

Sonos let’s me play Spotify made music, from top of list, but won’t play songs from ‘Your Music’. Sonos shows my saved songs but won’t play them, it also won’t show playlists. please help!

Music services and sources

dcgunman Avid Contributor III

Sonos and WXPN 88.5 radio streaming app (on Tunein.com)

Question

I have a question for those familiar with University of Pennsylvania’s WXPN 88.5 radio. I can currently use their app for streaming their live broadcast (WXPN & WXPN2) on my Sonos. They also have a podcast of their previous shows I like to use but I cannot listen to on my Sonos. I have to listen...

Music services and sources

plannedobsolescence Contributor I

The software on this device is outdated

So I upgraded my sonos controller on macos 10.10 because it wouldn't let me go ahead without doing that and now I get the message "The Software on this device is outdated.... blah blah blah." If I understand this correctly, I need to throw out my perfectly working 17" MBP and buy a new one because...

Controllers & software

dazJ47 Contributor I

Sonos Beam beep when changing channels using Sky Q mini

Question

I have a sonos beam connected to a Panasonic TX-40EX700B using a sky Q mini box to provide the picture source. The sky Q mini is connected to HDMI 1 and the beam via the HDMI arc port on the TV. Every time I change a channel the beam makes an loud beep for a few seconds then the sound resumes as...

Home theater

Max24 Contributor I

MP3 file (on Android) not available anymore on device when trying to stream it to speaker

Question

Hi, I recently converted some live concerts to mp3 via VLC and dropped them on my android phone. While I am able to play them on Windows Media Player (so the conversion should be okay) and also could stream them via the Sonos Controller on my desktop to my Sonos speaker, I am unfortunately unable to...

Music services and sources

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