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Sonos Move while camping

  • September 5, 2023
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I’ve had this happen twice now while camping.    I successfully pair the Move to my phone via bluetooth and listen to music.  But then someone accidentally hits the bluetooth/wifi button, and the Move starts looking for wifi.  Since there is no wifi in the wilderness, it just goes into a loop.  There is no way to cancel and re-pair to bluetooth.   And then my Move is bricked for the rest of the camping trip.  This is not a one-off.  Is this a product flaw, or is this product just not made for camping?  If I got the sonos Roam, would that help, or would it have the same issue?

Best answer by GuitarSuperstar

Power off the Move completely by pressing and holding the power button for about 5 seconds until you hear a descending chime. Then wait about 15 seconds and power the Move back on again. Then redo the Bluetooth pairing process as explained in this article:

https://support.sonos.com/en-us/article/pair-sonos-move-with-bluetooth

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  • September 5, 2023

Power off the Move completely by pressing and holding the power button for about 5 seconds until you hear a descending chime. Then wait about 15 seconds and power the Move back on again. Then redo the Bluetooth pairing process as explained in this article:

https://support.sonos.com/en-us/article/pair-sonos-move-with-bluetooth


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  • September 5, 2023

Power off the Move completely by pressing and holding the power button for about 5 seconds until you hear a descending chime. Then wait about 15 seconds and power the Move back on again. Then redo the Bluetooth pairing process as explained in this article:

https://support.sonos.com/en-us/article/pair-sonos-move-with-bluetooth

Thank you GuitarSuperstar.  I have done this sequence exactly on both occurences.  And when it powers back up, it resumes looking for the wifi, and there is nothing I can do to interrupt.   I have to wait until I get back home and reboot on the charging station.