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Does the Sonos Five speaker play analog output when music is streamed to it over wifi? (i.e. Victrola wifi turntable, Apple/Youtube Music, etc). Is it converted to analog when it is received by the Five speaker or is it converted at the source?I guess in other words, can analog audio be played over wifi streaming devices?

My Sonos Play 1 was having trouble with Spotify. It wouldn’t play the next song and would be stuck on the previous song. I decided to unplug it and remove it from my Sonos app to re-add it.Now, as I try to re-add it, it won’t work at all. I’ve tried factory resetting it, but even that fails. You’re meant to hold down the volume + sign at the same time as the play/pause button while plugging the device into an outlet. You continue holding until the white light starts blinking orange, and then start blinking green. It NEVER starts to blink green and I’ve held it for well over a minute… The Sonos app identifies that there’s a Sonos Play 1 system in the area, but when I try to connect it, it never “chimes” and therefore can not be found.  I’ve had 2 Play 1 sono devices for about 10 years and tbh, it’s extremely disappointing software and always has problems. 

As if the loud pop wasn’t enough, since I added more speakers to my Sonos system (I’d say that it was after adding the Sub Mini) I’m unable to send music directly via the Music app on iOS.My Sonos equipment is a combination of Arc + 2 Era 300’s + Sub Mini.The system does appear listed below, as you can see (it’s the one called “Comedor”): But I select it, even though it looks as if it was sending sound, nothing would play and after a few minutes the streaming to that speaker set would be cancelled and the sound will start playing on the iPhone instead.Surprisingly enough, if I add another speaker to the selection (even if it’s a Homepod), the sound will be send to the Sonos system. However, if the song is in Dolby Atmos, it will be sent in Stereo format instead (so it basically ignores the Dolby Atmos format. This does only seem to be happening when I only select the Sonos speaker system.I’m not sure if this is due to changes in iOS 17 or to the fact that I added the Sub Mini to my set

Sorry if this has been asked but I currently have two Sonos amps- one for in ceiling wired speakers and another for exterior speakers. id like to buy a set of 300s to connect to the tv for sports - not worried about surround sound.  My question:(1) can I connect the 300’s to my Samsung Frame TV via Bluetooth or WiFi  and (2) connect them to the interior speakers via the amp?

I have a brand new Sonos Arc and Sub Gen 3 and as the title describes, the AirPlay connection drops typically after one song. I use an iPhone 13 Pro Max with AirPlay and Apple Music. The problem occurs on my MacBook as well. After one song, if I’m lucky, two, the connection seemingly drops. I still see that the song is playing but the sound drops off. If I switch back to iPhone audio then back to Sonos system, it reconnects again and will play (and weirdly the volume changes) but then after a song, same thing.I’ve scoured both these forums as well as Apple community forums and troubleshooted just about every suggestion under the sun. Reset my Sonos devices, reset iPhone and Mac, delete and reinstall Sonos app, reset cable/router as well as multiple factory resets on the Sonos products. Set up Sonos as a wired SonosNet system. Turning off private address on iPhone. Even went as far as splitting my Wi-Fi bands into separate 2.4 and 5ghz SSID’s and tested both independently. I’ve spent ov

If there is a Sonos FAQ on this I wasn’t able to find it…I’m going to be setting up Sonos gear in a second home. I’ve seen a number of responses on how to setup Sonos gear in a second location and I’m not sure which route to take.It sounds like I can just use a single Sonos login/account and just add a “second system” or add “new Household” (unsure if those are different terms)Questions:Can / Should I create a WiFi network that has the exact same SSID WiFi Name and Password in the second home or will that confuse the app? When I begin to set up the Sonos gear in the second home do I... just start adding the gear piece by piece? Would it just “gray out” gear that is not physically present and in a different geographic location? or create a “new household”?  (I don’t see this option in the app currently) Or is there a way to “Add a new system” to group the gear together. (I don’t see this option in the app currently) Ideally I would be able to flip back and forth (location to location

Hello community ! I recently bought a BEAM Gen 2 and I’m trying to setup it on my laptop. I already read Using Sonos as PC Speakers and How to set up your Sonos Beam on a Windows 10 PC posts but I still have trouble to succeed…I have plugged an USB to S/PDIF DAC and configured it just like on the first steps of the second post I mentioned earlier. I can’t proceed with the step that demand to define “ Dolby Digital “ as “supported formats” since my Windows version seems to be updated compared with the original post and I can’t reach this advanced setting window. But it works very well when I plug some speakers with a jack cable on the DAC so I guess the minimal setup is ok.But when I plug the BEAM to the DAC via the optical cable, no sound is out.The BEAM works well in WIFI (when I display music on it, from Spotify for instance) and the HDMI cable seems good too since it works well on a PC screen.I’m sure there is not much to do to make it work, but I have hard time to find it out… And

Hey I have an arc, and 2 rear in walls connected to amp for surround for my tv watching setup (let’s call it “tv setup”)in addition to that - I have few one’s spread in my house and kitchen and a five in my balcony. i want be able to watch tv with the arc and in walls, and in addition to play Spotify on the rest of the speakers including the “tv setup” when want to be in “music” mode.how easy is it to switch between the 2 setups ?

My Arc, Sub and 300’s drop music while playing from Spotify. They are connected as surrounds for my TV. Surrounded works with TV. Only family room drops after listening to music for a while. 

Just bought a Sonos Ray soundbar. Despite the assurances of the John Lewis salesman that everything would work with my new Sony TV - I can’t get the remote control to work.  My TV remote isn’t IR and the Sonos has no HDMI input - so am I stuck with no remote control facility?  It would be clumsy but do Sonos make a simple remote control? Not convenient to have to log into my phone and app just to change volume level!

Edit: problem solved! It was a nearby device!! 

My Sony Bravia TV has been using it for more than a year and using the Sonos beam speaker and just happen to stop and switch automatic to TV speaker.  Any help is appreciated.

Hi all,I’m using two Sonos One’s as surround speakers in combination with the Sonos Beam. I’ve had no issues before, but this week i heard some strange noise from those surround speakers. Espacially the talking sounds like echo/cracking. I’ve tried resetting both surround speakers which helped, but only for a few days..i’ve send data to Sonos: 576926472.thanks in advance.  

Have a new Sub Mini paired with a new Beam. Have old sub paired with old sound bar. Neither sub will pair with system. 2x long chat sessions with SONOS support. Have tried everything. Factory resets. Rebooting WiFi. Converting router to bridge mode. Hard wiring subs into Eero node while resetting and trying to pair. All I get when doing a factory reset is an alternating green and blue flashing LED. Never just green. System sees them and asks if I want to add. When I try, same error message every time, did not detect a button press. Please HELP. 

I purchased a home recently and I'm trying to understand the existing setup and how I can integrate a turntable. There's a receiver that connects to multiple sets of speakers throughout the house and then there are 5 Sonos Ports, one for each zone. If I connect a turntable to the input on one of the ports, will that allow me to play it across any zones like I can with the app? Or will I only get output to the zone controlled by the port I connect to? Also, do I need an additional preamp or anything? I'm a total idiot when it comes to this stuff. Thank you!

Hello. I’m sending this to see if I can get into connect with someone who can assist me in setting up my beam 1 to work on a surround system with two play 1’s. I’ve had it connected together before, but I just recently moved and for some reason the only one I can get to stay connected to the wifi is the beam 1. I’ve tried downgrading to S1 and multiple factory resets. I don’t know if this issue is a regular thing or if something might be wrong with one of the play 1’s, but any help is appreciated 

Multiple issues w Napster on Sonos app, mainly:“No connection” error fairly often and without cause  “Favorites” list is filled with scores of nonsensical titles and artists (see screenshot). I have no idea how they got there. Even if I wanted to “unheart” a specific track it’s impossible since no such artist/song exists and obviously tapping it leads nowhere. Scrolling to bottom of a long list such as artist tracks, albums, etc, it spontaneously scrolls by itself again to very top. There is NO method I can find to fully clear the Favorites, My Songs, Albums, etc lists which by now are too long t manage.What I have done, all not solving these issues:Deleted then reinstalled NapsterDeleted data and cache of Sonos appTried Napster both signed in or out to my Sonos accountLogged to Napster web page but data there isn’t synced to the Sonos app, so no luck Now, if Sonos is incapable, unwilling, or indifferent to fix a simple music app, then why offer Napster service in the first place and f

Hi,i have a house with multiple Sonos speakers on two different floors.  in the tv-room upstairs I have a Beam and two One, which creates a surround system for that room where I have a Samsung TV connected to them. The situation is, as soon as a switch on the tv to watch something on it, it takes the tv sound and sends it to all speakers in the whole house, and interrupts anyone else listening to any music etc in any other room.  I can then manually choose to unselect all the other speakers in the house from the tv-noise, but I’d rather have it so that when I switch the tv on, the sound, by default, is only sent to the speakers in the tv-room, and not the whole house. does that make sense? regards /Jonas   

I have changed my wireless provider. I cannot get my old gen 1 play5 to work. I have the same network in the app and on my phone, but it will only work if I revert to the old network on my phone. That network is not present in the app.

I’ve been using an Era 100 for 6 months and love it. Recently bought a One SL to use in a different room on the same system. Don’t want to pair them, just have the Era in one room and the One SL in another. It seems impossible to do this. Is there any way to do it?

This issue started earlier this year and seems to happen sporadically while playing games on the PS5. While playing games, my Sonos Arc will start making a choppy, helicopter like noise that’ll last for a minute or two, and then stop. This only happens while using my PS5, but didn’t occur when I first bought the soundbar. It’ll happen at random as well. I’ve changed the HDMI cables and are using new ones, unplugged and then plugged them back in, but the problem continues. Has anyone else had this issue? And any idea on what the problem could be and how to resolve it?

I have a 100 which was working OK, Just bought an Era 100 which set up easily, but when I tried to add my 100 in another room it could not find it.I’ve probably done it the wrong way round and should have added my new speaker to the existing set up.

Hello…So I see alot of people having problems with sonos arc playing stereo pcm instead of atmos..I watched Batman yesterday with atmos displayed on app and now its saying stereo pcm on app. I haven’t changed any settings or done anything different so I know its set up correctly as far as tv settings..please help as just purchased arc for this ability. Thank you for any help you can provide.

When looking at my Wi-Fi network devices, I never see my Sonos subwoofer. Does it connect to the arc via  a sonos WiFi network?

Hello, new to community.  I recently replaced/upgraded my xfinity WiFi router (XB7 dual band) and a new name and password.  When I attempt to connect my Playbar/sub to the WiFi network, the new network name comes up, but when I enter the password it says unable to connect.  Have tried power off/on reboot of playbar and router to no avail.  Appreciate Kate any help.