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Hello.   I have the Sonos AMP and i just ordered the sonos arr and the subwoofer.   Quick question. Can I have all these systems together? turn on my tv on a HDMI Input (Applte TV) and be able to listen the in ceiling speakers with subwoofer and the arc soundbar? IF YES,   Do i need to run the HDMI from the soundbar to the TV? or a HDMI from the AMP to the ARC tv port on the tv? I am new to sonos and i really get confused with this info.     THanks  

I am trying to figure out which of my Sonos products are not compatible with S2.  I downloaded the S2 app, but it tells me it found products on my network that are not compatible with S2.  I’ve looked at the compatibility page, and it appears all my products should be compatible with S2 - I have a number of Play1’s, Play5’s (2nd gen), playbars and subs.  My full product list is below.  Which one(s) is not compatible?   Play:1:  Sonos OS: S1 Version: 11.2 (build 57377280) Hardware Version: 1.20.1.6-1.2 Series ID: A200 WM: 0 --------------------------------- Play:1: Sonos OS: S1 Version: 11.2 (build 57377280) Hardware Version: 1.20.1.6-1.2 Series ID: A200 WM: 0 --------------------------------- Play:5:  Sonos OS: S1 Version: 11.2 (build 57377280) Hardware Version: 1.13.1.8-1.2 Series ID: C200 WM: 0 --------------------------------- Sub: Sonos OS: S1 Version: 11.2 (build 57377280) Hardware Version: 1.8.2.5-1.2 Series ID: A100 WM: 0 OTP:  --------------------------------- Play:1: Sonos OS

Dear Sonos Community I want to set up a sonos sound system at home, but need a little help. I have a turntable with a phono preamp and a samsung tv 6 series (ue50ku6072). My aim is to have just one main sonos speaker (ideally the play 5 or the beam). I know that the play 5 is not suitable for TV.  Would this problem be solved if I bought a sonos port  and connect the tv and the turntable with this port? Sorry about my layman’s term and many thanks for your help. All the best

I would love to get an ARC and connect it to my TV via HDMI….BUT in addition, I would like to connect my CD player to the ARC. Can I do that using the OPTICAL connection on the ARC? If not, what is the simplest way to connect a CD player to the Sonos wireless speaker world. I don’t have any wired speakers, so the AMP is not really needed for me.

I have reviewed several discussions on this, but have not found an answer (at least the one I hope to find, lol).  The Sonos Port does see my Asset UPnP server and I can select individual tracks to play.  I can also add tracks individually to the queue, but am looking for a way to add the entire album to the queue at once.  Selecting each song and then “Add to End of Queue” is a bit tedious.     So is there a way to add the entire album at once?  This function is available on another streamer I have (Moon MIND) so It seems it would also be available on the Sonos.

I’ve had trouble with the Music Library in the past with S1 (since the latest Mac OS update).  I finally got it to work by turning off the firewall and giving privledge to the Sonos controller (Security & Privacy) for the disk access.      Now….I noticed there is only S1 Apps available to choose.   And there is something called SonosLibraryServer but no S2.  The S2 app installed OK and works on other services but not my own music library (iTunes). At any rate, I had to turn off the firewall again and although the S2 controller found all the music files and lists them, I get an error when it tries to play them (file not found).      I’m going to keep fiddling’ but if somebody knows the secret...please ring in.    

Updated speakers and iOS devices to S2, but no sign of an S2 app yet for Mac OS - clicking the download links on the web site still take you to the S1 version, and no way in the app on Mac OS to update

Hi there. Since adding new devices and upgrading to S2 over the weekend, I keep getting “connection to Spotify was lost”. Sometimes it works for a while and then just stops. Always at the point where it’s trying to start playing a song - I never get errors when browsing spotify and songs seem to finish playing once started. A couple of key points based on questions asked to other people with similar issues: Spotify is working on all other devices in the house Streaming from my NAS and my Amazon account seems to work fine I’m running a fully wireless Sonos setup but was previously using a wired Bridge with S1 The Orbi router is set so that all Sonos devices are “unmanaged” to avoid any network blocking It was being particularly on/off earlier to I uploaded a diagnostic: 233855799 Thanks, Mark  

As someone who uses a Connect to stream music to a much higher quality DAC and amplifier, I’m wondering whether there are any plans (or indeed any demand) for an S2 version of the Connect?

Hi there,  I've never posted here before so please bear with me.    How can I stop S1 to S2 update?   I don't want S2 based on the negative reviews and my understanding was I could stick with S1.   I have a play 1 and play 3 bought around 2013 and 2011 so I assume they are legacy. I am using Android 10 on a Sony Xperia xz2. When I start S1 it prompts me to update to S2. It's done this for a few days. I seemed to be able to stop this prompt by shutting down and restarting the app but this no longer works.    ​​​I am stuck on this prompt screen and can't get past it.  s1 was working just fine for my system.   So I would like to stay with S1 but the prompt shows compatibility issues.   Any help would be appreciated.   thanks        

Hi All Have a Sonos amp connected to ceiling speakers in kitchen and just purchased a pair of outdoor speakers which will be hooked up to the amp this weekend. As the volume control will affect all four speakers, is there any sort of separate control I can put in so can adjust independently.  Idea being that in the garden i may want the volume louder than in the kitchen and vice versa. I know can get wall mounted controls but not sure how good they are or what to look out for as do not want to compromise sound quality   Welcome any suggestions and specific items to look for   Thanks in advance    

I have a setup called “Cinema” which consists of an Arc, Sub and 2x Play 1s. My Logitech Harmony picks this up on the network as a device, and it’s able to control the volume on it when I go into this device. However when I create an Activity (and include “Cinema” as one of the devices, along with the projector and, say, my Apple TV) I’m unable to adjust the volume in this Activity. My Arc is connected via Optical due to lack of ARC on my projector, so that’s not an option for control. I mainly use the Harmony iPhone app to control. On this, the volume buttons are greyed out. On the Harmony Remote, you’re able to specify what you want the hard volume buttons to do, and on this I can successfully map them to Sonos “Cinema” and get the desired effect. Any tips on how to fix the iPhone App issue? It might be relevant to know that I’m on Mac OSX Catalina, and the Harmony software is incompatible with this (!). I have no other computers to install the desktop software on, so I’m stuck

Ordered a Sonos Move in black, which was on backorder and said it'll ship mid July. My card was charged $1.00 and I never received any email communication regarding the purchase or anything at all. Just wondering if this is normal for back orders or if I should be trying to contact someone.      Thanks!

Whilst I understand that my Sonos Play 3 (first gen) doesn’t support Apple Air Play, why is it possible to stream Spotify music on my Play 3 directly from the Spotify iPhone app, yet it’s not possible to stream directly from my Apple Music app?

I have a Linksys mesh wirless system.  If I connect one of my Sonos speakers to one of the mesh pods, will this create a more reliable Sonos system? 

Hey you guys this is my first time posting to this. My question is, what settings do I set my tv to to make sure I’m getting Dolby Atmos coming through? PCM(even though I don’t think this can pass through atmos) auto, Passthrough, or Auto. A side note i have enabled eArc on the tv.

I just set up my 77”  LG C9 TV with the Sonos playbar and not able to get the sound to sync perfectly with the video.  Attempted  all the sync adjustments through the Sonos App.  The sound still slightly lags behind video.  I read some of the previous community messages and it appears this has been a problem for a few years.  Is there a fix from either Sonos or LG?

When I try to upgrade to the Sonos 2 app on my Macbook Air (using Mojave), it downloads and then when it tries to install, I get a failed message every time. Any ideas?

This a mystery! After a lot of trial and error and help from Sonos Tech Support, I got the LG Magic Remote to operate my Sonos Playbar so the TV sound comes through the Playbar and volume can be changed with the remote.  Then I disconnected the Playbar from the TV to put the TV on a swivel stand. When I reconnected both devices, the Magic Remote no longer operates the Playbar. I followed exactly the same steps as before .. but no luck! Any suggestions are most welcome ! TV: LG 50UN7300PTC. Purchased April 2020 - new model  Sonos Playbar Connected via optical cable. Steps: 1. Connect Playbar to TV. Several ways to access this function, I clicked Set Top Box icon at top of remote next to power button. Followed steps to add PlayBar via optical cable, selected Sonos from list of brands, and TV screen confirmed Playbar was successfully connected. In Sound Out on TV, chose Optical.  2. Disabled two LG Sound Out functions - SIMPLINK and LG Sound Link.   (This was the crucial step first time a

Hi,   The black Sonos move that is listed on preorder as well as the new white colour are they newer versions of the ‘original’ Move or are they just releasing a white colour?   I want to buy the black one which a local retailer has stock of but if the version on back order is potentially different / updated in some way then I would rather wait. it has the model number MOVE1EU1BLK   I know they released a FW update which has given all Move’s an extra hour battery life    Thanks 

Hello,  I plan to acquire the sonos arc and own a Samsung q950r 2019 TV.   This TV isn’t eARC (perhaps in the future), but is “atmos compatible”, with 2.1 hdmi ports. This is not quite clear what will happen (atmos or not atmos?) : if I have a atmos source (4K BD, apple tv, PS5) plugged on one hdmi port and sonos ARC on ARC hdmi if i stream from one of the TV apps (netflix, disney+….) (but there i guess it will be loss atmos = DD+?) Your answer for the passthrough atmos is very important and will lead to a sad or not decision of buying this bar.    Thank you very much for you answer,  

I have a Sonos Move and researched connectivity issues I had with it a few weeks back.   https://en.community.sonos.com/setting-up-sonos-228990/verizon-g3100-router-verizon-e3200-extender-sonos-move-play-5-boost-6838606#post16416428   Anyway it was just brought to my attention that the Sonos Move can be connected to my SonosNet mesh.   Is that true?

Hi, I am new to the Sonos world and I have a Beam setup with my TV which works fine. I have a large music collection on my PC and I’m experimeneting with how to play MP3's on my Beam. I've installed the Windows desktop client and I’ve created a playlist but I cannot figure out at all how to add tracks to the playlist. I have gotten music to play but only by right clicking a file and clicking “Play to > Sonos Beam Media Renderer”. This opens another player which sends the music to the other player which sends it to the Beam. Could somebody please talk me through how to add MP3’s stored on my PC into a playlist or if I can play MP3’s without using the rendere? I will confess to still be using Windows 7. It’s on my to do list for the next couple of weeks. Not sure if that has an impact of any of the above. Thanks.

I just got a Sonos 5 delivered yesterday and already have a Sonos Play 5 (2nd generation). i tried to Stereo Pair them on the Sonos app and it does not seem to work. I was really looking forward to the stereo pair and assumed they were compatible.    Can I Stereo Pair a Play 5 with a Sonos Five?   I think i already know the answer and they are considered two different products.   Thank you,   Juan