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Grouped Volume Any ideas why sonos won't allow the volume control using a remote control on the Playbase won't allow you to lower the volume of a grouped speaker also. Use the Playbase with a grouped speaker in our open kitchen and would like the volume to go and down in sync.

Hey, I'm on the fence about jumping into the Sonos community with two Sonos Ones. I'm almost convinced but there's one thing holding me back. Can I use the Sonos ones to play out of my TV, as well as playing music? For example, playing Netflix or Amazon via a Google Chromecast OR screen mirroring to the TV via an Apple TV - can I wirelessly connect the Sonos Ones to play out audio in these scenarios? Thanks! Gully

I have recently purchased a Kindle Fire 7 - the first of these devices that I've owned. When loading the Sonos software initially, I found it on the Amazon app store, and it worked fine. I didn't know how to lock off updates (which are locked off on all my other devices) so it autoupdated to 8.5. I've changed all the other devices to 8.5, but no matter what I do the update marker still shows on the Kindle Fire version. I've de-installed and re-installed, I've now found out how to stop auto updates on the Kindle, but nothing seems to make any difference - it still shows as an available update. It seems to be running the latest version. I've also enabled the external store option, but it doesn't make any difference. It does get into a logic loop, if I take the update option - if I click update now, then it says that 'sonos app needs updating'. Click update then I get 'continue to the amazon appstore'. Cancel goes back to 'sonos app needs updating'.'Continue' takes me to the appstore, b

Using apple iPad 11.2.6, I installed the sonos app, its asking for an update which takes me to the AppStore which takes me back to the app and so on. App Store not showing any update but app isn’t working without an update.

Hi guys, for no reason at all my play 3 has dropped off my network and now just has a continuos flashing white light, it's no longer recognised as being part of my network? I've tried doing a factory re-set but still no go, just a flashing white light all the time? Any help would be appreciated.

I have a couple of Sonos speakers (actually, two sets, in each of two houses). If someone else comes over and has the Sonos app, he/she will presumably be able to connect to my speakers. Will that person see his or her music? I guess what I'm asking is: is the music list a property of the account, or of the hardware? If it's a property of the account, as I assume it is, where is it stored? (If it's in the cloud, on the Sonos servers, does that mean I can't play music if my external internet is down?)

I am trying to set up a routine on Sonos one through Alexa app it seems to control the lighting but will not give me audio response? Why is this?

I have 2 x Play 5's and 2 x Play 1's and the system has been running perfectly for the last 6 months. I'm running the Sonos app on a Samsung S3 most of the time and on a pc occasionally. Yesterday I purchased an iPad and in my haste to get that up and running I loaded the app onto that and followed the instructions that came up to update software. All fine and control from the iPad was perfect. However, my S3 is now not working and I'm getting the error message that the operating systems out of date and must be updated. Which I cannot do. I'm assuming the problem is I now have two bits of kit one with an old operating system (Android 4.0) and one with a new one (IOS11). The S3 can't be upgraded but I would like to control Sonos from the S3 but think I'm going to be out of luck unless there is a workaround?

So I turned on follow-up mode on my sonos one and now it has gone crazy. After I issue a command it goes “bong” bong bong bong bong etc continuously. Unplugged and plugged in and it kept doing it. Turned off follow-up mode for now which seems to have solved the problem. Any one else see this?

I have music playing on my sonos via the sonos app. But sometimes when i ask alexa to play it will say hmm. you''ll have to enable the skill, but yet if i then go into the actual sonos app and press play it works. why does alexa not always play and pause when i ask it, even if music is showing as paused on the app?

Hi. Quick question: is it possible to use the Connect as a streamer only and bypass the DAC? Thanks

I just got my Sonos system (Play Bar, Sub, and 2 Play 1s ) I set all of these up in the same room (Living Room). Living room appears as a device in my Alexia app, but I can not add it to an Alexia Multi Room Music group. Does anyone know why or how I can fix this? Thanks

Hello - I randomly get this message (see attached) that I think is stemming from my SiriusXM stream. Anyone else get this..? Any ideas how to clear it? It just keeps prompting the error over and over again. Doesn’t go away. I’ve restarted the app, restarted the controller. Nothing has worked. Thanks, Andrew

Thinking about buying a speaker, but wonder how far I can walk away with my phones for example when I stream music.

Hi, i’m looking at options for using a projector (Epson EH-TW6700), Apple TV (Gen 3), an iPad, Playbar, Sub (maybe/ maybe not) and 2 x Play:3’s (see image below) to play BBC iPlayer, UK catch up TV and also use AirPlay to stream YouTube music/ videos. Has anyone experience of this setup? Does it work? Thanks in advance. [img]76f6e1fc-5c07-4510-9aa4-4e60ed0fe773.png[/img]

Is it possible to reduce the maximum attainable volume, making each increment of movement of the volume slider smaller to allow finer control of the volume?

Just got the new Alexa integration working but where are the Audible Audiobooks???!!! This is my number one use case and been waiting for two years since Sonos broke the previous integration. Come on people!

I've owned two Sonos:1 and a Playbase for a few months and have not had any problems with them until now. They were all grouped together under "Living Room." However, a few days ago when I opened my Sonos app it said that a speaker had been lost from the group so I needed to reconnect. It wouldn't let me do anything else until I tried to re-add this lost speaker. I was quickly able to get the Sonos:1 speakers reconnected and grouped in Living Room. However, each time I try to add the Playbase, it won't chime when pressing the button and then just flashes orange for awhile, then changes to solid orange, then eventually solid white. It will not connect.

Can you give me the external box dimensions for the sound bar please.I need this for shipping. Thanks

Just had a 4K Blu-ray which only has a 7.1 audio track. When playing the app states stereo output. Are there any plans to support 7.1 audio tracks or drop the extra 2 channels and just output to 5.1v

I’m getting access is denied on certain albums on my iPad, but others work correctly.

I'm looking for a little advanced help on getting my Sonos speakers to work on a weird network configuration. I have a pfSense gateway, which runs my unifi wifi controller software on top. My wifi is set up with two networks: a primary network (vlan 4) and a IoT network (vlan 3). I specifically prevent the IoT network from reaching out to the Internet, it is only allowed to reach back to the primary network. So, primary network (VLAN 4) can reach everything with all protocols, and IoT network (vlan 3) can only reach back to VLAN4 on all protocols. I enabled pfSense 'allow ip options' on both interfaces on their main allow flow rules. I have a single unifi AP, which is connected directly to my pfSense gateway (no switches in the path, to aid in troubleshooting). I tried using pfSense IGMP Proxy which doesn't seem like it actually does anything. So, I grabbed and compiled udp-broadcast-relay-redux and compiled it for pfsense. This is a little daemon which lets you listen

Do we know whether the Playbar is streaming its input uncompressed? If I connect an analogue source to a Connect, and have that music streamed uncompressed to, for example, a Play 1, then I can see that the bit rate is something like 1.5 Mbits/s, which is touch higher than a WAV file but close enough and therefore as expected. I play my music using a Playbar (nothing to do with a TV, I just happen to have a spare Playbar). If I connect a digital music source via Toslink to a Playbar, and have that music streamed to a Play 1 then I can see a much lower bit rate: something like 400kbits/s. The only explanations I could think of are: i) The Playbar is compressing, lossy, (using SBC?). ii) The Playbar is compressing, lossless, (using FLAC?) (to make transmissions to other speakers more efficient?) Could anyone shed any light on this please?

if i purchase Connect, can i stream content from my PC to sonos speakers in other parts of house?

Hi. I have to Play 1 speakers. One of them has stopped working. The led is flashing green. Unplugging didn't seem to help. Please assist me. Thank you. Assaf