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ROAM 1st gen COPY Bluetooth settings?

  • March 15, 2026
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I have a ROAM network at home, however I’m in the South Pacific on a cruise right now. I brought our ROAM 1st gen speaker with us. My iPhone connects fine to the ROAM across bluetooth. Just prior to our departure, I bought a new iPad. The iPad did not have the Sonos app loaded, which I’ve now done.

The iPad cannot “see” the ROAM as it was never connected to the home SONOS network.

Is it even remotely possible to use the ROAM Bluetooth settings buried in my iPhone, and manually create a connection from the new iPad to the ROAM?

 

Many TIA!

Best answer by Mr. T

All you have to do is put the Roam into pairing mode, then go to the Bluetooth settings on your iPad and select the Roam.

See the following support page - Pair a different device with Roam

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Airgetlam
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  • March 15, 2026

No, you wouldn’t use the setting in your iPhone, but the settings in your iPad. I fairly frequently connect my iPad Air to my Roam to play baseball ‘casts from a browser. 

Bruce
Airgetlam
  • Airgetlam
  • March 15, 2026

Oh, you do need to turn off your Bluetooth connection on your iPhone, though. Bluetooth only allows one device to connect at a time. 

Bruce
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  • mschoonmaker
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  • March 15, 2026

No, you wouldn’t use the setting in your iPhone, but the settings in your iPad. I fairly frequently connect my iPad Air to my Roam to play baseball ‘casts from a browser. 

Thx for response.

I was referring to checking the ROAM connection setting on my phone (the ROAM’s bluetooth ID or MAC address, for instance), that I could then turn off iPhone and enter the ROAM info into the iPad’s bluetooth devices list - essentially “manually adding” the ROAM to the iPad’s bluetooth list.

Mr. T
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  • March 15, 2026

All you have to do is put the Roam into pairing mode, then go to the Bluetooth settings on your iPad and select the Roam.

See the following support page - Pair a different device with Roam

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    • kdowling
    • March 15, 2026

    Have you tried putting the Roam in pairing mode and then pairing it with your iPad Bluetooth? I don’t think you need the Sonos app for that.

    If the below doesn’t work, try here: https://support.sonos.com/en-us/article/unable-to-pair-a-bluetooth-device-with-sonos

     

    From the Roam user guide regarding the Power/Bluetooth Button on the Roam:

    Bluetooth pairing

    Make sure Bluetooth in on in your device's settings.

    Press and hold until you hear the second tone and the status light blinks blue, then select Roam from your device’s Bluetooth pairing list. Your mobile device will automatically connect next time.

    To pair with a different device, wait until Roam connects to the current device, then press and hold again to restart the pairing process.

     
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    • mschoonmaker
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    • March 15, 2026

    I have tried the Pairing process, without success (so far).
    The Sonos app on the iPad has never been connected to any Sonos network before (new iPad, empty Sonos network configuration)

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    • kdowling
    • March 15, 2026

    You don’t need the Sonos app for this. As long as the Roam was set up previously at your home network, you can just use your iPad bluetooth connection. Sonos app is not involved.

    The link Mr. T provided has a good instructions on how to unpair your iPhone, if needed, before pairing the iPad. 

    Mr. T
    • Mr. T
    • March 15, 2026

    I have tried the Pairing process, without success (so far).
    The Sonos app on the iPad has never been connected to any Sonos network before (new iPad, empty Sonos network configuration)

    You do not use the Sonos app when pairing a device by Bluetooth.

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    • mschoonmaker
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    • March 15, 2026

    You don’t need the Sonos app for this. As long as the Roam was set up previously at your home network, you can just use your iPad bluetooth connection. Sonos app is not involved.

    The link Mr. T provided has a good instructions on how to unpair your iPhone, if needed, before pairing the iPad. 

    Wouldn't turning the iPhone power off accomplish the same result as ‘unpairing’?

     

    UPDATE: I was able to this connected. Thanks to all who responded!

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      • kdowling
      • March 15, 2026

      After pressing the power button for two seconds, the Roam will attempt to connect to the previously paired device. If it can’t connect, it goes into pairing mode (blinking blue led) ready to be paired with another Bluetooth device.

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      • mschoonmaker
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      • March 15, 2026

      After pressing the power button for two seconds, the Roam will attempt to connect to the previously paired device. If it can’t connect, it goes into pairing mode (blinking blue led) ready to be paired with another Bluetooth device.

      I did get it connected, u may have written while I was editing my previous post with an update. Thanks again 

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