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I know that the soundbar’s main purpose is “speaker” for TV. Still, I feel that in 2022 it would be normal for a device that can connect to LANs (both wired and wirelessly) to be able to work in more diverse situations than a simple TV - Beam connection.I also feel that  implementing  more features or allowing for more connections would be simple (and not costly) tasks - adding a new port and even updating softwareI’ll start with what I have (in terms of devices setup), what I want to achieve and what I can’t do (or don’t know how to do it). I have a PC connected (via a RTX 3080) to two monitors and one LG C1 TV (via HDMI). The LG TV is connected to Sonos Beam via the eArc port. I’ve also connected the Sonos Beam to my home network using the Ethernet port (so there’s a wired connection here).When I work, I do it on my monitors (work on one and listen/view YT on the other monitor). I keep my TV off.When I am playing some games, I do turn the TV on (as I play on the TV) and the sound get

Hi,I have a PC connected to a videoprojector, and I want to link it remotely to a Ray soundbar. Can I use a Sonos Port connected to the PC, which will then link up with the soundbar ?Thanx !

Hi there. We privately sold our Sonos Bridge and Play 1 speaker yesterday but have not unlinked these products from our account. Can anyone help with any instruction on how best to go about fixing this oor will we have to ask the buyer to return so we can reconnect to our WiFi system?

Hi,I changed Wi-Fi router (and therefore username/password), and cannot connect to my Sonos+Ikea SYMFONISK system anymore.More precisely, the app fails in finding the Sonos system.I followed the dedicated instructions:https://support.sonos.com/s/article/1061?language=en_US The screen says:“Assurez-vous que tous vos produits sont allumés. Cette opération devrait durer entre 1 et 2 minutes”with a “Trouver le système” (find system) button But after pressing the “Trouver le système” (find system) button, the screen says:“Recherche de votre système en cours…” (currently looking for your system)…and after just a few seconds, it goes back to the initial screen (“Assurez-vous que tous vos produits sont allumés. Cette opération devrait durer entre 1 et 2 minutes”) with the same “Trouver le système” (find system) button.And so on and so forth. Note that by plugging the Sonos SYMFONISK system into the router using an Ethernet cable, everything works fine. I tried rebooting, disabling/enabling Wi-

Hi,I have what appears to be the same problem as a number of other people in that using TuneIn stations as alarm doesn't work reliably.I have three identical Play:1 speakers that are used as alarm clocks, "tuned" to the same (very reliable) radio station. One works perfectly, one falls through to the alarm chime about once every other week and one does it about every other day. When that happens I can always stop the chime and manually start the radio station right away without problems.Playing music is otherwise always rock solid on all three speakers, whether it's the same radio station as the one used for alarms, other radio stations, Spotify or my local music library. I never experience problems starting music manually and I can also reliably use a playlist as alarm music - only TuneIn causes problems.The three speakers are set for different alarm times and the problem seems to be independent of the alarm time. The speaker that often fails is usually the only device creating any si

There was a problem connecting your beam to IMZEE. !can’t get past this message when setting up beam in new location with new router & different account , after following all the steps 

i want to be able to use a wireless microphone with my Sonos AMPwhat kind of setup do i need please? any recommendations

I successfully used an Ethernet cabled Sonos Playbar, two Play 3s, two Play 1s, one PortWith a Virgin Media Hub4, smart TV Sony. The Playbar and Play 3s were joined as theatre set-up and the Play 1s are in separate, smaller rooms, as is the Port with a record deck. All played without problems using the Sonos app of course.T original Hub4 developed a fault and was  replaced with new Hub4. Now only one Play 1 and the Play 3s will ‘attach’ to the wifi and  function.It has not been possible to attach the Port, Playbar or one of the Play 1s to the system at all.I have spent a lot of time  trying  all suggestions I can find on the  Sonos official site, Sonos community and in general on the  the internet, including a factory reset of all speakers, to try and link the system back up with my wifi.I understand Sonos is trying to work round ‘issues’ with the Hub4. Any suggestions as to how I can get my Sonos equipment up and running again, it is just a few very expensive bricks at the moment. Is

So I am using the S1 app (v11.5) on my Android (v12) and normally when I’m playing any music from my NAS the Sonos controls will show in both the notification bar and on the lock screen. However, when I switch my music source to Spotify, it immediately disappears from the notification area and also doesn’t show on the lock screen. The only way I can see what is playing or jump to the next song is to re-open the application every time.Likewise, the moment I tap “End Session” to switch back to the playlist, the controls immediately pop back up in the notification area.

I’ve enjoyed the Sonance (White) outdoor speakers for a couple of years using the Sonos amp and never had any issues until recently speaker sounds like it’s crackling, they are mounted to the side of the house and protected in shade the entire time. There’s no need to turn it up loud because our entire house is filled with Sonos. Because it is a Sonos speaker I contacted them directly and we did a complete diagnostic, changed wires etc. then I was told there’s nothing Sonos can do so I have to contact Sonance, The maker of the outdoor Sonos speakers! It’s been awhile now and no reply. I really don’t understand why it would sound like this. I’ve never turned it up all the way. I am very much into sound quality and even tone. Someone please help. Thanks 

I just purchased a Move for my outdoor living area and noticed it required S2 Controller. My Home theatre system currently has a SUB (Gen2), Playbar, and 2 x Sonos One SL. I am using an Bridge and i have a old Connect that I am not using in my new home.  Sonos is offering me trade in credits on the Bridge, Connect and the Playbar (even though the Playbar will still be supported on the S2)2 questions. First, Bridge to Boost upgrade? Yes or no?  I have read the articles about connecting directly to my WiFi versus using the Bridge and creating a Sono separate network.Second, They had recommended that i upgrade the Playbar and are offering the credit, if i upgrade what would be the upgrade?  they have 3 sound bars (Ray - Beam and Arc) my thinking is the Arc would be my upgrade for a home theatre system i have using the Sub and the 2 One SL’s?

I find the Sonos support site most frustrating!!  It seems that every topic is discussed for every Sonos product!  What happened to the old concept of a user nmanual for each product?A simple question - can I control my Amp using Alexa?  I have spent a great deal of time trying to work through “Set up an Amazon Alexa device to control Sonos”, but without any success!!Any ideas?

My Sonos has been playing random songs on and off recently. No alarms set.  diagnostic no 1913213614

Hi everyone. I am trying to setup my Symfonisk using the Sonos app. When setting up the app ask me to go to the IOS accessory settings to connect my Symfonisk with my wifi. While I click on the black button I get a window saying ‘searching information about your network’ ‘looking for my network name’. Suddenly I get a list of all the networks in my building, but mine is not on the list. Wich I find very strange because every other device that needs wifi can find my network, even my iPhone which I am using to setup the symfonisk. Does anyone have a solution?

Please help!!I have tried everything to fix my system, including having my AV tech come out and still issues.I currently have 2x beams 2x amps ,a port, a five and a move. We recently had a Linksys AX5300 (Mesh six) router installed sonos worked right for 30 mins then started skipping during music then each room fell out of system during a Sonos update which created a nightmare of being stuck in update on 1 amp and 1 beam which pretty much locked the system.I spend hours on the phone trouble shooting have hard wired the Five to the hub router and finally got all rooms back updated and on the system. (Created SonosNet with help of Sonos Support) after rebooting and resetting everything several times. Alexa worked for 5 mins after getting off the phone. I called back and the support person said the could only see the Five and the Move even though I could see all rooms. Now I can still see my rooms but music will not play I have uninstalled and reinstalled. When I try to select a song from

Hi everyone.  I’m experiencing a random crackle from my outdoor speakers.  I can’t distinguish a patter for when this happens.  I can turn it up to almost max volume and it sounds fine.  It seems to happen after listening to music for an hour or so.  And when it happens, I can typically pause the music for a minute or so, and turn the music back on and it sounds fine.The other articles and forums have mentioned audio interference before.  To remedy this, I hardwired the AMP to my router.  But random crackle still happens.  I wired the speakers using 14 gauge wire.  And the speakers are less than 50 feet from the AMP.  I do have a google nest camera between the two outdoor speakers.  I’m also wondering if the crackle could be due to the speaker wires running too close to electrical currents.  As I’ve routed the speaker wires pretty close to the outlet that my TV and the AMP are plugged into.  Any tips, ideas, or suggestions would be appreciated!Thank you!

I use Apple Music through my Sonos and used it successfully in the past. What has started happening recently is that I select apple music, then get asked to re-authorise the account, which I do and get a message stating setup is complete, when I click on done, the Sonos message states it is unable to browse music, so I click back to the main menu to select Apple music again and repeat the same process with the same result. My phone that I have the app installed on is a Samsung S20 with the Version 14.12 of the Sonos app installed. I have deleted apple music several times from Sonos and re-installed as suggested by Sonos online support team and I use apple music fine on my phone with my Samsung buds but I can’t seem to get Sonos to recognise the apple music account any longer. Has anyone else had this issue recently and does anyone have a solution?

I am using Roon with my main Hi Fi system and was thinking of buying a Play 5 for the dining room and wondered if it is possible to stream to the Play 5 from Roon ?

Alexa will open BBC Sounds on request and ask me which station I would like. It will announce the requested station but nothing happens just SILENCE  Works through the App so no issue with adding BBC Sounds as a service or linking the account. Thi issue also becam a problem in the same way in the latter days of BBC radio through TuneIn. 

My sub has been connected to my beam for well over a year and out of the blue last night it started making a loud static / white noise sound. I unplugged and restarted it and now the sound has stopped, but can’t get any audio through.  I disconnected and reconnected the sub via the app. Reset the sub to factory settings, rebooted my router and tried connecting via a Ethernet cable, but nothing seems to work.  I’m out of ideas… diagnostic number 213818091 thanks!

Hi teamI recently bought a Beam Gen 2 but have noticed that when watching Disney+ content via the app on my TV that content does not play the audio as Dolby 5.1 even though the show or movie says it supports in in the details tab. Standard broadcast TV and Prime plays in 5.1 but not Disney+.Has anyone else encounter this or know how to rectify it?

I’ve got an outdoor space that we recently expanded. Right now I’ve got two speakers (NHT O2-ARC’s if it helps) running in Dual Mono Mode but with the new space three speakers would fit better. I could fit 4, but it really feels like overkill.  Will running three speakers long-term from the Sonos Amp cause any problems with uneven volume from the speakers, longevity concerns for the Amp itself due to uneven load across the channels, or anything else I might not be thinking off? Thanks everyone!!

I purchased this abought 6 or 7 years ago because of the sound.  I totally regret it because of the frequent Wi-Fi drops and problems reconnecting.  But it always eventually reconnected after screwing with it 30  or 40 minutes. So the other night when I was sleeping, I play white noise over it, it disconnected and will not reconnect with all the usual tricks.  I did connect it to a LAN line and it then connected, but as soon I as I disconnected it to put it back in my bedroom on Wi-Fi, it again would not connect.  I read on here about updates that were not supported by the Play:1, what do I do?   I’m about to smash this thing.   

This only happens with Spotify.  Apple Music or Pandora have no issues.  When I stream the same playlist over phone or computer via Spotify there are no issues.  On the Sonos system at work when I stream Spotify playlist they also skip at work just like with my home Sonos system.  There is something with your Sonos/Spotify integration that is triggering this skipping condition or more susceptible to triggering a skip with Spotify

Hi all,I can’t seem to get my Ray via the app to recognise my Hitachi TV remote so that I can adjust the volume (the remote still only adjusts TV speaker volume). When setting up (volume up x3) the Ray flashes, but the app says it can’t detect a remote and I can’t find a set up/ help guide to fix the issue.I’d appreciate any ideas! I’m using the hitachi TV alongside an Apple TV. Thank you so much.