I think I know how to do this, but I am gun-shy with the app lately. My confidence is low in getting things right that used to be easy for me. I purchased two new Era 100’s. I want to replace my two Play:1’s that are surrounds in my home theatre room with the Era 100’s and repurpose my Play:1’s in another room. I think I go through the “Remove Surrounds” in my existing home theatre room, but not sure. Is this correct? If so, how do I create a new room and add my Play:1’s to that room? I am also thinking I need to do this before plugging in my new Era 100’s so I can add them as new devices and identify them as surrounds in my existing home theatre room. Is my thinkin correct here? If so, anything I need to watch out for or know before I start this? After the app rebuild a year of so ago I have gotten myself into trouble numerous times trying to do something I thought would be easy.
Replace two Play:1's with Era 100's
Best answer by jgatie
Remove surrounds: https://support.sonos.com/en-us/article/remove-surround-speakers
Then move them to the new room and pair themthem: https://support.sonos.com/en-us/article/create-a-stereo-pair
Then you can edit the room name under Settings → Old Room Name → Tap on Room to edit.
There is no need to do this before adding the new Era 100’s. They can be added to the system at any time, then added as surrounds once you remove the old.
You are correct about procedure. Remove surrounds. Then select one of the speakers and create new room. Then create stereo pair. After that, introduce the Eras: add them to your system, then go to the room with the soundbar and Add Surrounds.
Remove surrounds: https://support.sonos.com/en-us/article/remove-surround-speakers
Then move them to the new room and pair themthem: https://support.sonos.com/en-us/article/create-a-stereo-pair
Then you can edit the room name under Settings → Old Room Name → Tap on Room to edit.
There is no need to do this before adding the new Era 100’s. They can be added to the system at any time, then added as surrounds once you remove the old.
Possibly I am labouring a point, but when you remove the surrounds they should appear as separate rooms in your app. You may wish to rename them at that point, for example as Dining Room and Dining Room 2. You then go into the settings for Dining Room and “create stereo pair”, then follow the prompts.
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