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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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PhilSkill Enthusiast II

Android Controllers and Setup, past the CR100 brick

As many of us are being thrown off of our CR100's, and forced onto an external third party device, please use this thread to say what device you will use or have tried, and advise what settings and configurations make it work. Please keep it on topic, use the "Save the CR100" thread to put the worl...

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1 year ago
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sdraizin Contributor I

Will Sonos work with google home?
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I am thinking about purchasing the new Google home voice recognition product, I understand that Sonos will work with Amazons echo in the near future. Does Sonos have any information regarding google home integration?

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2 years ago
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pops44 Trending Lyricist I

Yesterdays (March 11th, 2016) Sonos Anouncment
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Not as much talk about yesterdays sonos anouncment as I would have expected from such a passionate community. So what are people thinking? Obviously Amazon Echo has impacted SONOS but how do you go from hiring new people and planning a retail store to cutting staff? What's next ? Should we be con...

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1 year ago
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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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19 days ago
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DigitalBoy Avid Contributor I

Support for multiple tag values (artist, genre etc)

There have been a few suggestions, but they were targeted toward a single problem (or single tag/format). This thread is for an official request for Sonos to support multiple values per tag as per officially defined specifications. Please add your support if this is something you would like Sonos t...

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1 year ago
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Phil.Coleman Contributor I

Support for SMB v2 or v3
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With all the recent reports and issues with the WannaCry ransomware I wanted to restrict use of SMB v1 on my home network. My NAS blocks this to the outside world but I wanted to secure things internally as well. I can configure the NAS to not support SMB v1 but this then prevents the Sonos controll...

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11 months ago
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Djoiner Contributor I

Party Mode is a problem. We need ability to create multiple groups of rooms!

We spend a lot of time grouping and ungrouping rooms. The issue is stems from my wife's use of Party Mode. She likes to use Party Mode while she is cooking. I ungroup the outside speakers so as not to offend the neighbors. I ungroup the upstairs when the kids go to bed. I turn everything off a...

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User674433 Contributor I

Is there any way to put a password on your sonos system?
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Trying to stop everyone logging in and switching the play list, wondering if there is any way to put a password on the system so only those with the code can access the system

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2 years ago
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owen1832 Contributor I

New App Upgrade - HORRID

The new interface is nearly impossible to use... it doesn't even make sense how it works in relation to the previous interface which was better than good enough. As someone that has thousands of dollars invested in sonos I have to voice my utter disgust for this new app. PLs comment below and lets...

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2 years ago
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Paul Watkins Enthusiast I

Deezer skipping the last few days

I have Deezer Elite and it's been skipping half way through tracks on a regular basis these last few days. Are others seeing this? I have no problem with local files or Internet radio stations (or even Netflix in the telly), so I think it must be a Deezer/Sonos interface thing?

Music services and sources
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1 year ago
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patput Contributor I

Can we stream Audible on Sonos?
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Any progress on being able to stream audible?

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1 year ago
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Sonos Ideas Sonos Employee

Control Sonos Volume from OS X Menu Bar

We received a request for a new feature that would allow you to control the Sonos volume via the menu bar in OS X. Let us know your thoughts on this and add a +1 if you'd like to see this feature on Sonos.

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7 months ago
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kdehaven

Sonos support for Hi Res Audio
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Has anyone heard plans for Sonos to support higher resolution audio formats? Am looking at systems for a house I am setting up and want a WiFi-based solution. I have begun reading about companies like BlueSound but, so far, I have not found anyone who offers a complete turnkey solution like Sonos....

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2 years ago
Chopdog Renowned Enthusiast I

No Airplay 2 for Playbar. GUTTED !!!!!

Extremely disappointed today to learn that the £700 current and only soundbar from Sonos will NOT have the AirPlay 2 feature, which we (Apple users) have been so looking forward to. Also gutted as we have just approved a major kitchen rebuild with integrated ceiling speakers and Connect:AMP and the...

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1 year ago
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Sam Mateosian Contributor I

Allow controllers to pair with multiple home systems

I love the sonos connect so much that I got one at home, at work, for my brother, for my father and for my father in law. My only complaint is that my controller is locked to one system at a time. When I move between different houses I should be able to pair the controller on my phone with their s...

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10 months ago
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juriam Avid Contributor I

Has any posting here EVER produced anything ?

I have been a Sonos user, and have spent a LOT of money on their products since 2005. I have posted a few high priority, low difficulty suggestions over the years, and have watched *many, many* others do the same, and have not ever seen a SINGLE suggestion implemented. Can anyone name a single use...

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1 year ago
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windbag Avid Contributor I

How to get old iphone app?
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I had just been getting a few iPod gen 2s specifically to use as Sonos controllers. I'd got two of them in, and installed the old app before the new App came out yesterday. Unfortunately I hadn't yet downloaded the old app to the third before it was updated yesterday. The new app reports as not comp...

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10 months ago
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jamietaylor13 Contributor I

Play 3 Powersupply fault.

Hi, My Play 3 died the other day and I am just outside my warrenty period 😞 I contacted sonos customer services who did not help me in the slightest. I have now looked at the power supply board and seen that the board around one of the input capacitor has burnt out and or the cap itself. As cust...

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6 months ago
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Amazon Alexa amplifier, receiver, subwoofer

This is getting very interesting. With the addition of Alexa Cast, which IME works better than Chromecast, and certainly better than AirPlay, Amazon is building quite a system. Obviously they don’t have SonosNet, but with lots of mesh WiFi systems on the market now, they may not need it. https:/...

Music, culture & the industry
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1 year ago
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MrVague-uk Contributor I

Airplay 2 Support

Delighted to see AirPlay 2 support annouced. However, bubble well and truely burst by twitter support confirming it only works on newest devices - the play5 gen 2, and play base. Can this be explained further, is it : (i) Only new devices will support AirPlay 2. So if I have 6 Sonos speakers, 2 o...

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1 year ago
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Brian_C Contributor I

Spotify Missing Playlist Folder Disaster

I want to add my voice to the large, growing number of disappointed Sonos users who lost all of their playlist folders with this new update. Based on how I listen to and search through my music, this sudden lack of functionality has rendered my Sonos eperience totally useless. I was planning to outf...

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1 year ago
testcard Prodigy I

15 year anniversary, 15% discount

Sonos are celebrating their 15th anniversary with a 15% discount on all new products. The promotion begins today and ends on 15th September. The email I received this morning suggests the offer is valid for both online purchases and those made through authorised Sonos retailers.

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2 years ago
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Kumar

The Sonos Brexit and pragmatic ways past it - ADVANCED APPROACHES

A little over a week ago, I started a thread to engage with like minded people here: those that felt the way I did, as explained in my opening post there. That thread was titled: “The Sonos Brexit and pragmatic ways past it” and I intended that to be the last thread I open on this site. A link to th...

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4 days ago
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Eddee17 Contributor I

Resolved - Apple Music Library Not Updating
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Hi forum! For some reason, since updating to the latest update (version 8.2) my Apple Music connection seems to be being strange. If I download a new album via Apple Music, it downloads correctly but it doesn’t add to My Music on the Sonos app. If I add that same downloaded album to a playlist, it a...

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1 year ago
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mpgaertner Contributor I

Television Audio on new Sonos Beam Cuts Out Periodically

As it says in the title. Just replaced our Playbar with a Beam to get the Airplay 2 fun working. Sounds great EXCEPT, every few minutes the audio goes silent for a second or two. I've only tested it extensively with our Apple TV since it was installed yesterday. The source is coming from the direct...

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1 month ago

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