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ive just purchased the sonos sub mini and the phone has detected the mini and says its getting the sub ready - its been “downloading” now for half a hour whats the normal rate of time it takes the phone the internet and the sub to be ready...any approximate times 

I have two move two speakers that I’m trying to connect simultaneously to my iPhone… But I can only get one at a time to connect

I don’t have a space where ‘surround’ speakers are doable.  However what I’ve discovered is the amazingness of creating a wonderfully wide ‘front’ soundstage with Sonos speakers. My setup is - Arc (gen1) plus sub mini, plus two era 100’s, also in front but each about 5 feet on each side from the ARC.  I set the era 100’s as ‘full’ and tweaked the volumes of both them and the sub mini to better compete with the ARC.In the end, the front ‘soundstage’ is absolutely incredible. It’s really like having a band in front of you on a stage that’s a good 10 yards wide.  I know the ARC is supposed to create all sorts of great ‘surround’ audio, but you can’t beat physics, and adding the era 100’s as wider counterparts to the ARC creates something quite amazing IMO.Has anyone else experiemented with this kind of config?  I don’t see much mention of it anywhere, but holy hell, it’s quite amazing. :)

I have a sub 4 that’s paired with an arc ultra that keep losing connection.  The sub will connect and play with the arc ultra for a couple of minutes then drop the connection.  Sonos pointed fingers at my router, a Cisco RV340.  I engaged Cisco support and they cannot find any reason to sell me a new router, as suggested by Sonos.  Everything else in the house works fine on the same network.  Is anyone else having an issue with the sub 4 staying connected?  If so, what was the fix?  Any insight or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.  

Samsung S23 cannot connect to Arc. Wifi router isn’t accessible and cannot be hardwired. Router requires connection to specific SSID and, of course, requires password. Have tried every suggestion I can find. Arc is flashing green. Have tried hardwire from phone to Arc with no luck establishing a connection. Am I doomed?

When trying to play music through my linked Napster account, there have been problems  going back to the new app launch. Almost every time when I try playing music from Napster, it will at best play a couple songs without issue. Typically it will either suddenly lose all audio, while the song timer continues to run like the song is still playing, continue to do that on any subsequent song, not play additional songs (with the timer running), or the incredibly common error message saying the connection to Napster has been lost. I've reauthorized the account multiple times, and even though it says it was successfully authorized, the problem is never resolved. Since there are so many problems and shortcomings with the app, and this only started after the new app was released, I hoped it would be resolved as attempts to fix the app were made. After avoiding the use of Napster for several months when using my speaker, I tried again today and received the same lost connection to Napster. 

Just suddenly this week, my Mac Studio cannot connect to my Era300+mini-sub (Office Sonos). It’s worked for me the past three years, but now won’t connect with AirPlay.Through Apple Music, when I attempt to connect, I get the message:The AirPlay device “Office Sonos” cannot be selected for audio output. Please verify your network settings and AirPlay configuration or select another device.The Office Sonos speaker displays a greyed-out checkbox.Here’s what’s odd:1. I can connect through my Mac Apple Music to all of my other Sonos speakers.2. The Mac Sonos app works perfectly and connects to the Era300.3. The Mac Sound tool also cannot connect to it.4. Apple Music connects on both my iPhone 15 and iPad Pro.5. macOS is Sequoia 15.5 (24F74)What I’ve tried:1. Unplugged my router and restarted.2. Shut down my Mac and restarted.3. Unplugged both the Era300 and the min-sub.Other note: the Era300 is connected to Ethernet, but that has no effect when I use WiFi only.My question is, why can’t my

I have 2 old play ones that I paired with 2 sonos era 100s and 3rd gen sub, can stream anything and all play, but when I stream an album from an iPhone to speakers only the era 100s will play ….. any advice will be appreciated,i know apple stopped airplay1 that's why I bought era 100s so these old speakers SONOS ONE could connect through bluetooth ?

Existing system is a Yamaha RX-A2A receiver with 5 speakers connected to a Sonos Port.  I want to add 2 Sonos speakers to the configuration. The 5 speakers will play surround sound and the 2 Sonos speakers will play stereo (I assume). Is it possible to add the 2 Sonos Era 100 speakers to this type of configuration. The room is a combined Living Room and Kitchen and the 2 Sonos speakers will be positioned in kitchen area to improve the volume of the sound. How can I add the Sonos speakers to the existing configuration?

Hi I am having issues with my S1 app and my play 5 Gen 1. I have tried connecting the play 5 to the S2 app but it telling me that it is not compatible and when I now try to open the S1 app it move to the S2. Can I connect the play 5 to the new controller or how do I get the S1 app to work. Clearly there has been some upgrades that have put a spanner in the works?

We have about 12 Play 1 speakers separated in 3 floor offices, all controlled via the Sonos app with a single account. The issue is that users, instead of playing the Group that correspond to their area, they keep going to the main sonos system and start messing up with the music in all of the offices Is it possible to have a separated account on the sonos app per group? so they don’t interfier to one another?  Thank you!

I’ve accepted that I now have to reset my MacOS 17.0 desktop app twice/day (when i bring my laptop to work and then back home).  It’s annoying, but whatever.However, riddle me this - my Music folder shows up at work, yet, at home, I am “unable to add (913)”.Same laptop, same app.  Just different locations and different “systems”.

Hi,Advice from anyone positioning Era100’s as surrounds in the corner of the room please. Room is 188 x 124 inches, on one of the longer walls there is a 64 inch tv mounted on the wall in the exact centre with a Sonos Arc on a unit underneath (again in the exact centre).On the opposite wall is the couch (positioned against the wall) which is off centre due to a door, the left seat of the couch (which is the main listening position) is directly opposite the centre of the tv / Arc. I’ve got duel subs and enjoy the sound, but would like to add surrounds. For aesthetic reasons I’d prefer the Era 100’s over the 300’s, and to wall mount them in the corners of the same wall as the couch just above head height. I’ve been looking at the Flexson Wall Mount which enable me to fit into a corner, plus has a small degree of horizontal swivel so I can turn towards the listening position  I appreciate this will have an impact on the sound quality, but has anyone any experience of this positioning - is

Both of my moves willl not charge. Any suggestions 

What is the best way to manage double disks in my Music Library in Sonos?  I set the disk number to 1 and 2 in “Tag & Rename”, but this seems to be ignored by Sonos. I then set the track numbers to 101, 102, ...201, 202… but that did not work either in Sonos.  It seems that I have to include double CDs as two separate CDs, which is not ideal.  

I need to do some troubleshooting of a family member’s Sonos system I set up. This second system is in a different location. Can I change the iPhone Sonos app login to log in to this system (I have the username and password since I originally set up that system) without interfering with my own home system? 

I have no way of adjusting the volume on a stereo pair of Play 3’s. They are not grouped. It says Stereo Pair Recent HistoryI just changed broadband providers however my router was connected to a mesh network that provided its own network (wifi and LAN) to Sonos and the Wifi was turned off on the router as it is now. When the broadband changed two days ago I had no issues, initially, with Sonos. However, the next morning I noticed that the Arc Ultra was not working and I had to power it off and on for it to re-add. That fixed the issue Then last night I was playing some music late at night and I tend to play it on all devices and i could hear the bedroom stereo pair really loudly Before the router change I had taken the two 3’s off the system as surronds to my Arc (not Ultra) and set them up as a stereo pair. That worked okay. So back to last night. I went to lower the volume on the stereo pair and there was no volume control.They just played very loud. As I type this, and check my fac

My config is a Sonos5 and Sonos One with a Technics SL23 (just completely rebuilt and certified) and a phono preamp.  The output from the 5 is very low and there is no audio from the One.  The room is configured correctly as using Pandora works just fine with music well balanced between the speakers.any help is appreciated 

Hello,I'm recently bought a pair of Era 100 and I added these as a surround speakers for my Ray with a Sub mini but I don't have the stands for the speakers but in a weeks I'm going moving to another house and there I can pit the speakers on the wall but while I want to use the surround speakers in front at the same height of the soundbar and using the reflections of the lateral walls can listen like there are closely back or minimum more spaciality, my room is almost a square it's 3.75m high and 3.95m wide (12.3ft x 13ft) and my soundbar is like in 20cm in front the wall so is remaining only 3.55m and my spot of listening is 1.5m of the soundbar, can any give me some solutions or tips for this, and configurations in the app? PD: Sorry if my English isn't the best I'm Mexican and I don't speak English natively :)

I have been trying to setup my SONOS ONE SL with Alexa skills (yes I know it doesn’t have a microphone) but both my echo dot 1 and echo dot latest gen have mics so I can give commands from them. Problem is I have disabled and deleted the skill and try to re-enable but whatever I do it doesn’t work and Alexa doesn’t seem to be able to find the device although the Sonos app is working normally. 

Often when connected to my sonos era 100 via Bluetooth and trying to play media, the media app will say it is playing but the speaker makes no sound. Sometimes turning the speaker off and on again will fix the issue. The speaker is not muted, and the phone and speaker are connected to the same wifi network. I can get the speaker to play a chime in the sonos app, so I don't believe it is a connection issue. This happens often enough that it's a real hassle. Anyone had this problem and successfully fixed it?

Hi, allCan I use two Era 100s as front left and right speakers together with a Beam, Sub Mini and two Play 1, to enrich the front soundstage in a 5.1 setup?Thanks.

Hi all, I currently have a NJ house with following:Family Room : Arc, Sub Mini, 2- One SL for surroundKitchen  :  One (w/voice Control)MBR : BeamOffice: Play: 1addl: Move and Roam And a Chicago Apt with:Kitchen : In-Ceiling Speakers connected to Sonos Amp #1Living Rm :  In-Ceiling Speaker connected to Sonos Amp #2 We are moving to Chicago Apt and I need to make sure I everything that moves can be set up there and working right. My Sonos App works flawlessly now as when I’m in NJ it works fine:  When I connect to Chicago Wifi it works the two Amps fine.what is the correct process to disconnect sonos devices here in NJ, have them moved, and then set them up and connect them in Chicago? Thanks in advance, GT

i have downstairs rooms running on S2.  5 bedrooms all have Play 5s running on S1 system. It used to work ok. But when I open the S1 app all it does is find the S2 system and tell me to switch to the S2 app. It happens on all my devices. I used to have many more Sonos devices, including in other properties. I’ve sold them all since the Sonos S2 introduction fiasco. 

Is it true that using your headphones with the arc ultrasound bar you cannot simultaneously listen through the sound bar?