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Talk about your Sonos Roam, and Sonos Move experience here. Where did you bring your Roam?

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bockersjv
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Move 2 vs 1 comparison

BackgroundIf you look through my comments in this forum you will see that I am a big fan of the original Sonos Move. I have a stereo pair an...
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How to best travel with MOVE 2 on a flight?

This is from the Sonos Move product page. The same applies to the Move 2:Does Move meet TSA carry-on regulations for lithium-ion batteries?Y...
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melvimbe
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sonos move 2 battery backwards compatibility

Yes. https://www.sonos.com/en-us/shop/move-2-battery-replacement
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CincySpeakersContributor I
posted in Portable speakers

Why No Bluetooth Stereo on Move and Roam?

Why isn't stereo pairing via Bluetooth available on either the Move or Roam?I have Bluetooth speakers from 2015 that cost $50 each that have stereo pairing capability.  I spent over $850 on a pair of Move's and was shocked to find they didn't have this capability.  It's a little mind boggling of an audio tech leader (and premium priced) Sonos product. I'd be interested in purchasing a pair of the new Roam's, but without Bluetooth stereo pairing capability, I'm going to pass.  My primary use for these would be the beach, which obviously doesn't have Wi-Fi. Are there any plans to add Bluetooth stereo pairing capability to the Roam or Move?  If not, why?  

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6 months ago
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Rmcski21Contributor I
asked in Portable speakers

Sonos Roam keeps disconnecting while playing

We use our Roam to play white noise in our daughters room. The speaker is set up in her room on the wireless charger. Previously it always worked fine, and then now it randomly just drops out and appears as “not connected” in the Sonos app. It’ll play for an hour or so, and then it disappears.  Hard rebooting the speaker via the button on the back returns it to the app and makes it usable again, but it’ll play for another hour or so and then randomly stop and disappear.  For reference: my home sonos system runs on Sonosnet channel 6

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Airgetlam
5 days ago
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Manu84Enthusiast I
posted in Portable speakers

The Sonos Roam is indeed a very unreliable product and I’m fed up playing games from Sonos blaming the networks

 I hate my Roam (Even more) Seriously, what an unreliable product this is and I regret investing 200 dollars or 4500 pesos Mexicanos on this expensive paperweight that only makes me angry.   After more than 8 months, after replacing my Roam once again, after getting in touch with Tech Support and being told to contact my provider TotalPlay and setup my router which I don’t know and I don’t think anyone in my home knows either and is willing to change just because my Roam has unstability issues,      I keep having these unstability issues with my Roam: music cutting out regardless  of the Music Source, Apple Music, Spotify, even AirPlay stops playing randomly, Alexa, Sonos Voice Control, and chiefly,  Google Assistant work  very unrreliable, and even with Bluetooth there are audio dropouts for 1 second every 15 to 20 minutes or so. No network issues at all, no wireless interference, everything, Absolutely Everything else works rock solid in our Wifi network at home, my iPhone 11, my iPa

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6 months ago
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cjsprContributor I
asked in Portable speakers

Not a question - just some major gripes - Return/get a refund if possible

The Sonos Roam is constantly dropping from my home PC and iPhone. Yes, it’s set up properly via wifi with the Sonos app. Yes, I follow the instructions on the Sonos site (incl. factory reset). Yes, it’s fully charged. Etc, etc. I even get it to work sometimes (for several consecutive days)...until it doesn’t (dropping randomly with me doing absolutely nothing).I have looked in several Sonos community threads to investigate and a lot of feedback is not helpful (things I already did repeatedly) and usually condescending (the equivalent of “try ctrl-alt-del you dolt”).My gripes -Why does my Roam keep dropping randomly when using Bluetooth (on my phone or PC) - Actually, don’t answer this - I give up. Why does the Roam not have a Bluetooth button if it is intended to be primarily a Bluetooth device (using the on/off button to pair the device is an idiotic design flaw in my view)? Why do I need to link it with my wifi to get it started in any case (few if any other Bluetooth-enabled speaker

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10 months ago
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Ejenkins57Contributor I
asked in Portable speakers

Connecting Roam Speaker to 2 Sonos networks

I own 2 homes with a Sonos system in each home. I have recently purchased a roam speaker and connected it to the Sonos system in 1 home.  Can I take this same speaker to the second home and connect it to that network without deleting the connection to the network in home number 1?

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Corry P
29 days ago
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JohnG666Enthusiast II
posted in Portable speakers

Would like to power Roam off via software or voice

At the moment I have to hold the power button down for a few seconds to power it off. Sometimes this doesn’t work and although I don’t let go of the button it thinks I have. So today it took 5 attempts before the speaker powered down.I don’t use the feature where it will shut itself off and go into sleep after being idle for a while because, annoyingly for my use case, it powers itself back up again when I open the Sonos app. This is not what I require because the Roam is only used occassionally in the bathroom. If there was an option to not do this then I would use this method.Given the above, I would like to be able to power off completely using either the app or a voice command. I know I probably need to create a request but I doubt they will do anything if only one person requires it!! 

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11 months ago
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rpr13Trending Lyricist I
posted in Portable speakers

New Move 2’s Still Can’t do Bluetooth Stereo?!

So disappointed in Sonos. A brand new iteration of the Move is just announced, the Move 2 which they say has been “redesigned inside and out”, and it still can’t handle basic bluetooth stereo? How many hundreds if not thousands of threads have been created over the past few years on this topic asking Sonos to add this basic feature that ALL of their competitors offer at less than ½ the price?  Don’t tell me it can’t be done, you’re fooling yourself if you believe that. This is a choice…one that completely ignores their customers requests.

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jgatie
3 months ago
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Tim BrewsterContributor I
asked in Portable speakers

purchasing abroad

I am looking to purchase a Sonos move 2 whilst in USA will it work in the UK as the power rating is different 110V/240V.I am assuming the base has a transformer in it but apart from the plug difference will it case any issues?

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3 months ago
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Marco_5Avid Contributor I
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Move 2 grouping any better?

Hello All,I have an Arc/One SL/Sub surround sound in my living room, a One SL in the dining room, and a Move in the kitchen to cover my main floor. When I try to group the speakers on that floor with the surround sound being the source (connected to a Vizio TV with the actual source being an Apple TV), the dining room plays fine, but the Move in the kitchen is glitchy if it plays at all. It does get better if i change the delay on the surround, but then the dining room, which was playing fine before, is obviously out of sync with the living room, and I can’t just blast the music if the delay is increased. I did some reading in the forum and it sounds like the Move just isn’t built to handle grouping well. I was wondering if there was any improvement with the Move 2? I like the Move in the kitchen because I can grab it and take it to the deck outside the kitchen, but I’m still limited to starting music directly to it. Anybody know if grouping is better on a Move 2?

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Ken_Griffiths
5 months ago
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IronChancellorContributor I
asked in Portable speakers

Roam Powering On When Plugged In

Hello… Let’s say I’m done using Roam for a period of time but I now want to charge it for my next use.  When I power off the Roam, walk it to the charging cable (OEM supplied cable), and plug it in, it powers itself back on and I have to wait for the powering up to complete before I can turn it off again.Just because I’m plugging it in to charge it doesn’t mean I want the device to power on.Questions:Why is this the normal/default behavior of the device and/or what benefit am I overlooking by this behavior? Is there a way to prevent this?Thank you.

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suncropgroup
3 months ago
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Oink2023Contributor I
posted in Portable speakers

Sonos Roam Endlessly Problematic

I have had a Sonos Roam for a little over a year and a half now… It’s without a doubt the most dysfunctional, glitchy, defective speaker I have ever used… I have multiple HomePods and HomePod minis and several Sonos products that work flawlessly but the Roam stutters across multiple Wi-Fi networks and often has difficulty connecting to Bluetooth…but the biggest problem is the transition from one to the other.  I have reset the device literally dozens of times and had to forget and re establish the Bluetooth connection and it will work for a day or two and crap out again. This is clearly a well-known problem and I have tried a multitude of fixes that I have researched on these forums and nothing works. It  simply is not worth the trouble. 

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9 months ago
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castallaLocal Superstar
asked in Portable speakers

Why do powered off devices display?

 Only the Roams show this behaviour.   Both powered off with the three chime feedback.  Are they actually powered off or not? 

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106rallye
1 year ago
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MishMashContributor I
asked in Portable speakers

Two Sonos Move paired - How to play from Itunes?

I searched and did not see this answered. I have two (2) Sonos Move (and a Sonos Ray, but not consequential for this question). My music service is ITunes. How do I play ITunes to both Sonos Move, simultaneously? I was told you could do this, which is why I invested in a 2nd Move. Seems only SONOS Radio allows simultaneous play?

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jgatie
1 year ago
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bondbigContributor I
asked in Portable speakers

Still no stereo pair for Sonos Roam via Bluetooth?

Just got a second Roam to use as a stereo pair when not at home, looks like for whatever screwed up reason this is not implemented (yet?), any chance it will be added soon? 

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1 year ago
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dj_martContributor I
asked in Portable speakers

Can the microphone on Move be disabled?

I am considering purchasing the Sonos Move speaker but I don’t want any voice control. Can the microphone be disabled on Sonos products? Is there a light to indicate when the microphone is enabled?

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Ken_Griffiths
1 year ago
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GlynHContributor III
asked in Portable speakers

Using Sonos Move in motorhome

Hi there,I did search before I posted but never noticed a solution to my specific question I have a multi room setup at home with 7 Sonos devices all using S1.I use a Move as part of that system mainly for my hot tub but it is of course still part of the multi room system.This weekend however I would like to take the Move away from home to use in a motorhome at an event mainly to listen to the events local FM radio which might also be found being streamed and maybe Amazon Music or music from my iPhone.I have an electrical hookup on the pitch but if that fails I can of course use the 230v supply through an integral inverter.The motorhome does not have its own router and there is no Wi-Fi on site AFAIK. The only Internet access would be from my mobile phone but that depends on the coverage in the middle of a field and the contention that you usually see at an event.How best would I use the Move under these circumstances?Would I toggle it to Bluetooth, pair it to my iPhone and just use it

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buzz
9 months ago
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KomoboTrending Lyricist I
posted in Portable speakers

Roam/Roam SL Poor Wifi channel selection

I have 3 Wifi access points in my Home. The broadband router is on 2.4GHz channel 1, and a pair of powerline APs are on channels 6 and 11, so there’s minimal overlap between the three. My Roam Alexa and Roam SL are set up as a stereo pair and stand on the same desk as the router, about 1 metre from it. Despite this the Roams regularly connect to one or other of the powerline APs despite the signal strength being considerably lower.  Why?  I’d expect the Roams to go for the best signal. The only difference I can see is that the router only supports a 20MHz channel width while the two powerline APs support 20/40MHz.I’d really like the Roams to connect to the router and start there so they can get straight out onto the internet. If they connect to a powerline AP then any data to them has to come in through the router, out through the local Ethernet powerline adapter, across the ring main, into the remote powerline AP, and out from there over Wi-Fi to the Roams, which is so unnecessary. An

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7 months ago
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NickelbombContributor I
posted in Portable speakers

Disabling Bluetooth

I have a brother who’s Samsung Galaxy automagically connects to Bluetooth devices without permission or normal manual pairing. Is there a way to disable Bluetooth from the Move so unauthorized users don’t have access?

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Ken_Griffiths
3 months ago
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jumpingJackContributor I
asked in Portable speakers

Flexible use of Move when watching TV

I have a surround setup on my TV (Arc, 2 x Ones and Base). I recently bought a Sonos Move.When playing music on YouTube via my TV i would like to ability to add my Sonos Move as its positioned another part of my open plan kitchen and living area.I know i can select each Sonos device and group when playing via my mobile but how can I do that when playing through my TV? BTW: I am aware Move cannot be connected to surround setup.

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ratty
5 months ago
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pnelsonmiContributor I
posted in Portable speakers

Ongoing RBSOAM

Have had two ROAMS for about 2-years. Nothing but issues keeping them connected to WI-FI and Grouped.  Utter garbage!!!  Honestly the worst purchase I have ever made. What a waste of money.  Support system is about as useful as the speakers.

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Ken_Griffiths
10 months ago
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DRALANDContributor I
asked in Portable speakers

First Generation S1 system and Bluetooth devices

I have a 10-years plus plethora of first generation (S1) products that don’t function with S2 software. Is there a work-around way to get my system to work with Bluetooth devices 

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Airgetlam
1 year ago
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Dcgman#1Chromatic Producer I
asked in Portable speakers

Boost

Now that I have my new Frontier Fiber with Eero Pro 6 mesh connected and all my Sonos are up and running do I need Boost anymore? 

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Airgetlam
1 month ago
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itbemarkContributor I
asked in Portable speakers

Move 1 and Move 2 listening at the same time

I already own a Move and love it, bought new place and will need more sounds on the outside.  My current Move “lives” in my garage for work out musics, but pull it outback when I have guests.  For the new speaker I am planning on the speaker "living" in the kitchen but when guest come over pulling out with my old move for music outside.  Here is my dilemma, I am interested in the new Move 2 however, will it sound funny or noticeably different than my Move 1 when they are both being used as outdoor speakers while entertaining?  Or am I just being overly critical?  Thank you for your help in advance, Side note, would bonded Move 1’s sound better than Move 1 and Move 2 playing “grouped”

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5 months ago
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CarlosP51Contributor I
asked in Portable speakers

Does Roam connect to my Sonos Sound System?

I would love to add a speaker outside in my backyard.  Will Roam connect to my Sonos Sound System so that whatever I am playing inside is heard outside on the Roam as well??

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Airgetlam
1 year ago
Andy_Watson
Andy_WatsonAvid Contributor I
asked in Portable speakers

Upgraded

Hi all,Been a few years since I posted so sorry about what could be a silly question.  I have just purchased the Move and one (part of a package).  Now, as I believe the play 3 has been replaced by the Move, am I assume that the play3 will still work once the Move has been activated?Another question, if the Play3 will still work (which. hopefully I assume it will), will I be able to move this into the lounge and activated with the beam? Or could I locate the Move into the lounge and use it for mulipurpose - Beam & Move and  Move by itself 

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Andy_Watson
2 years ago
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