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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

I am a new user setting up a system for my father so he can using Alexa commands to listen to music stored on my mom's computer. (He's very computer-phobic). I can get Alexa to open up the music library and start playing at random, and from there to skip a track. But I can't get it to start playing a particular song or artist. Even more confusing, if I say, for example, "Alexa, play Warren Zevon," it will start playing Warren Zevon songs that are not in my library. I don't know where this music is coming from! I removed all streaming services. Help!

I bought a play one thinking "oh nice I can add Alexa to my Sonos 1 and create a stereo pair"

I am curious to know if alexa on the play one is able to do drop in. If it is not then when would it possibly be available? Thanks

I have a small bar 1,500sf, with 14ft ceilings, and my electrician is suggesting I use Sonos rather than hard wiring speakers etc...Would the system provide sufficient sound quality and disbursement once the bar is full and the volume cranked? I'm not familiar with the system but he suggests the 5's, I'm more inclined to go with the hard wired system as its tried and tested, but any feedback would be great.

I have been checking the forums and found 2 suggestions for HDMI switchs but neither of those can be found in most EU counties, especially Austria/Germany. I did some digging and found the following: http://www.flexson.com/by-sonos-product/sonos-playbar/flexson-3-input-hdmi-switch-audio-converter-for-sonos-playbar Has anyone had any experience with this device? Is this a good purchase? It is half the price than the other recommended switches and I am concerned that it has some major flaws that you only find out after buying. If anyone has feedback or alternative suggestions I would be greatful. Thanks!

Is the Sony kd55xe8596 compatable with playbar via optical cable? Thanks. Adam.

Setup is a Playbar with two sonos play 1 speakers set as the surround sound and a connect attached to a record player. Playbase connected directly to my tv via optical cable. My TV (vizio m series) allows two audio output formats, PCM and Bitstream. Sound is coming out of my L+R surround but it's faint (even with TV surround audio all the way up). When I check "about my sonos" it says Audio In is stereo. When playing music (either through spotify on sonos app or record play) the surround sound is MUCH louder and "about my sonos" Audio In is blank. I'm trying to achieve louder/better sound from the surround sound while watching TV and I hear the lack of Dolby Digital 5.1 as the Audio might be issue, what are my options here?

The playbar offers 2 IR sensors. I've been using the side or edge IR sensor and now would like to change and use the other IR senor. I cannot get the other senor to work. The senor light will not respond.

We set up our new sonos with alexa a couple of months ago and she worked fine for about 2 weeks. Then voice services just completely stopped working. In the app, it looks like everything is still fine. So we disconnect Alexa and reconnect and it works fine. Again for about two weeks. This keeps happening over and over and it really frustrating. Any ideas?