Spaces & Setups

Hundreds. Maybe thousands of ants in my Sonos One!! I don't (didn't) have an ant problem, saw a few and freaked out to clean it then the worst thing I could have imagined came out. What do I do other than throwing it in the ocean?

Every time i open the Sonos phone app i get reminded that the snooze alerts are off, If I want to turn them on. How can I get rid of this? Thanks

Something great about Sonos is how relevant software is for the system. And saying that, I don't understand the lack of some functionality. Specifically, I'd like to see a Sonos app able to preset groups and volumes for different several situations. When I wake up, I like to group several speakers (6 out of my 11 areas), set certain volume level at each, and start playing some music. It's a long list of steps and I usually decide to forget about it. It's a shame: a house filled with Sonos speakers, quietly ignored. Currently, there are some third party apps that can do that, but I think this should be part of the Sonos controller. Didn't you choose Sonos at first because of its exclusive functions which are just impossible with other systems? Sound is great, but there are better. There are cheaper systems. There are nicer options. Sonos' real strength is functionality.They should care about stretching their leadership in this area as long as possible, improving the system capabilities

Having a company install a tv, Sonos play bar, sub, connect:amp, and 2 in wall speakers in my living room. Had a guy do a walk through today - they are high end and no stranger to Sonos The house is pre wired for all this. My internet router is upstairs in another room. Does this warrant getting a connect AND a connect amp? I could be totally wrong but I feel this is redundant to get both

I purchased the beam and corresponding mounting kit to mount the sound bar underneath my tv, with the plan to have no wires showing. However, I was told you can't just take the power cord and put behind the wall because it's not up to code. The picture shown with the mounting kit shows it without any wires. Does anyone have recommendations on how to wall mount the beam (or any sound bar) just below the tv (few inches) without any wires showing, and still to electrical code?

Hey sonos friends, I'm considering adding a play bar or play base to our home office, but was wondering if anyone heard of any desktop sonos speaker products on the horizon. My wife has a very old set of computer speakers that could use some upgrading. It would be great if it was a sonos system since it can remain always on. I considered a connect amp but I'm not sure the product is designed to work with displays since it has the audio delay. The play bar, and base are intriguing since they are designed for screens but their size don't quite work with the desk. Anyone else use a similar setup?

My girlfriend won't listen to podcasts with me on the Sonos because her mind wanders unless information is being jammed into her brain at hyper speed. I saw an old closed thread on this from like 5 years ago when I googled if increased play speed was possible, I feel like the option is pretty common now with even the iphone default podcast app supporting it so wanted to bring the topic up again. Please chime in if you would also use this feature.

So, I bought a Sonos one in June this year (Yay!), I needed a decent speaker in my living room to enjoy music on the weekends when I unwind from work and for use with my TV which I seem to watch excessively. Excuse my lack of knowledge, but only until after I bought the Sonos One, did I realise Sonos's modular setup and that if I wanted to use my speakers for music AND TV, I'd need to instantly add to my setup. 6 months down the line, and I'm ready to upgrade (or slightly upgrade, after a call to Sonos sales support I feel like I need to be adding another 2 or 3 pieces to my setup). I am going to add a Sonos Beam into the equation. I have scoured the internet for the setup I am considering which is: 1x Sonos One & 1x Sonos Beam, but I can only seem to find; 2x Sonos One and 1x Sonos Beam......I am slightly reluctant to fork out £200 on top of the £400 spent on the beam, to make it a surround sound so I called Sonos support to see, what are my options, and seeing as I found nothin

King Living (formerly King Furniture), an Australian furniture company has a collaboration with Sonos, where some of their reclining lounges have the option to add speaker brackets for sonos One/Play:1 surround/rear speakers, which are attached to the lounge (the power cord is hidden and attached to the couch electronics), and the center console can also house the sub, so it's fully concealed, inside the lounge. My question is: Is this good speaker placement for 5:1 surround? With the surround/rear speakers, I am concerned that because the lounges have 2 recliners, either the left or the right speaker will be very close to the person sitting on either chair, while the other is much further away (the couches vary in width from 2110 to 2670mm). Would it be better to have them on stands, or wall mounted so they are further away from the viewers? This could be tricky in my living room given the shape of it, so the rear speaker brackets on the couch would be a good space saving solut

I’m starting off with Sonos by connecting a Beam to an LG TV and with a view to later on linking in two Play:1 speakers. I’ve then seen that it is possible to connect an external turntable using a connect box. Looking at prices it is possible to get a second hand ZP80 for a lot less than the current ZP90 version. So is there a lot difference between the two models or would the ZP80 suffice? As the turntable would be in the same room as the Beam and Play:1 speakers then I don’t want to look at another speaker such as a Play:5. If the ZP90 is the better alternative then I would look at that but if the cheaper ZP80 works well then that is the preferred option

I am thinking of adding some Sonos speakers for TV and movies (and a bit of music) in the living room. I quite like the new Beam but I am wondering if the sound quality is good enough compared to the Playbar. I would either buy the Beam and add 2x Ones and the Sub. Or I would buy the Playbar and the Sub. Which option would be the best? Will the Beam deliver enough punch or is too tinny (when adding the other speakers)? Our living room is about 4x3 meters where we sit and watch TV and continues in an angle that is about 3x6 meters. What would you choose?

I just looked on the Sonos website and I noticed they have discontinued the play 3 I don’t have or want any just thought it was interesting they have discontinued it

I am a Sono newbie with a Beam and two Ones set up to give surround sound. I have replaced one Beam following a call with Sonos and submitting diagnostics and undertaking a button test. I have set up again with the new Beam and am having the same problem- things work fine for a day or two and then the app gives a message saying it looks like one of your speakers is unplugged- which it is not - lights are on and it is playing TV sound OK - but I can't do do anything on the app. The only way to get the system responding again is to power the Beam off and on again. Frustrating and not something I want to do everyday or so. Is this a common prpbel with the Beam - has any ne else experienced the same and how have they resolved the problem? I have a Sky Q router and have removed Netgear wifi extenders in case this was causing the problem. Sonos is set up in standard mode.

Hello, I am an existing Sonos user and my current setup is: * Living room = Play:3 * Bedroom = Play:1 * Kitchen = Play:1 I recently purchased a Beam but have not yet opened it and I am considering returning it, the reason for this is that music in my living room is one of my main priorities, and I am concerned that a Beam setup won't be adequate. I ideally want a setup where I get the benefit of a soundbar and good music playback in my living room, ideally from a stereo speaker setup. What would you recommend as the best option for me? I am currently considering: Option 1 - Cost approx £400-450 * Living room = 2 * Play:3 as a stereo pair for music + a £200 sound bar from another manufacturer for TV. * Bedroom = Play:1 * Kitchen = Play:1 Option 2 - Cost approx £520 * Living room = Beam + 2 * Play:1 for surround sound. * Bedroom = Play:3 * Kitchen = Play:One Option 2 - Cost £500 as Playable currently on sale * Living room = Playbase * Bedroom = 2 * P

Hi all, So the new Playbar arrived and yes it does live up to the reputation, however I'm having a real problem disabling the TV's internal speakers it's a Panasonic TX-L55WT50 and I simply can't find any set up option to turn them off. I've even tried plugging a Jack into the headphone socket but nope that didn't work either. I can't simply turn the volume down or mute the telly as obviously the playbar depends on the TV remote control, so as soon as you touch the volume the tv speakers come back. The current work around is to have the tv volume turned down and to control the Playbar volume via iPad but this is far from perfect and flys in the face of the "simple" idea and seamless pairing. It's currently taking the edge off of what should have been a perfect solution, any ideas?

Bonjour, Je souhaite très prochainement acquérir un ensemble d'enceintes Sonos afin d'équipé mon domicile. La seul problématique qui freine pour l'instant mon achat est que je souhaite savoir si la platine vinyle YAMAHA MusicCast VINYL 500 serait compatible avec ce systeme sans le sonos connect. En effet la platine à la possibilité de diffuser en wifi et via le protocole Airplay. Est ce que cette possibilité la rend compatible avec le systeme SONOS ? En vous remerciant beaucoup, Cdt Nikola

I have read that a "permanent group" can be achieved through "Bonding" a group. The article below instructs on what bonding is, but offers no clues on how to achieve.  I cannot find a simple explanation for how to turn on bonding, only posts regarding problems with already bonded devices. https://sonos.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/1966/~/grouping,-pairing,-and-bonding-players

My Sonos only works when it is connected to the router with the ethernet cable. When I disconnect it and move to a different room and I try a wireless connection, I get a message that the Sonos system cannot be found. Any suggestions?

Hi, Is there a possibility to schedule an alarm for grouped speakers? When you schedule an alarm to start playing music a a certain date/time, it's only linked to one Sonos speaker. But I want that alarm to be played on a group of Sonos speakers.

Any music lovers out there that comes from the "old school" with LP´s and CD´s would like to have the possibility of browsing through album covers to find the one album you would like to listen to? Let me illustrate with one example; Lets say you want to create a playlist entitled "Heavy Metal 2017", in which you would add whole albums from that genre and that year. After a while the playlist consist of 100 albums, wouldn´t it then be great to view these 100 albums as 100 album cover thumbnails instead of viewing track by track as a long list of 1000 songs? On the iPad/iPhone version of the controller app you have this option when viewing Sonos favorites, but you only have one Sonos Favorite "folder" and you can only add a very limited number of albums to that folder. For a start it would be great to see the limitation of albums you can add to Sonos favorites removed. But even an even better solution would be to let the user choose how he/she would like to watch their playlists - Eithe

I have two Sonos Ones and a Sonos Beam setup as the sound system for my tv. It has been working perfectly until this morning. All the sudden I cannot increase or decrease the volume from either the app or the speakers themselves. If I play music from them it's fine, but in trying to watch tv through them it won't allow me to control the volume. I have turned my phone off and on, uninstalled and reinstalled the songs app, and restarted the tv and nothing has helped. I'm not sure how to fix this and the wait time on the phone is extremely long. Thank you for any help you can provide!

I am able to add a Song to my Sonos Playlist if I choose that single song from my music library on my Android phone. However, if I choose to shuffle all songs from My Library and then want to add a song to my Sonos Playlist the option is greyed out. Why is this? Is there a workaround for this in my settings?

provide the functionality to login to tunein radio service in order to access saved favourites from other devices. simple.

Is there any way to delay the music to my play 5s or play 1s? I have my Sonos connect connected to a high-end receiver. I also have play ones and play fives in the same Sonos net. Trouble is I really like the sound from from my receiver, and I am unable to use the receiver to its fullest because there's a bad echo or delay from the processing of the receiver. Using fixed on the Sonos, and pure Direct on the receiver helps, but that only gives me two-channel stereo. I lose the subwoofer and the additional speakers. I know this is a problem for many people who have high-end receivers attached to a Connect. Is there any talk of adding a delay to the software?

"we need to get Sonos running on the latest software" No, I really don't. Everytime I download the sonos update it will no longer connect to my controller AT ALL. Reinstalling older versions prompt me to download the BROKEN update again. The update will not detect the sonos system. Sonos now only works from my Android phone and will not work with any computer. If it's working fine, why would you FORCE an update? and not allow me to roll back to the previous version that was working yesterday? Fix your broken buggy mess of a program or I will throw it in the trash and tell all my clients to avoid Sonos like the plague.