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I have 6 connect:amps in a rack. Each amp drives 4 clips speakers. The connect:amps were purchased in 2016. Are these amps made to be powered on all the time? I read some none verified 'chatter' that some people experienced failure after leaving their connect:amps on after two years. I'd like to keep mine powered on all the time, since the rack is in the basement and every time I want to listen to music, I must run down to the basement, turn the rack on and then wait for the app to connect to listen to music. At the same time, replacing 6 amps every several years because of 'burnout failure' is not feasible/realistic. Thank you in advance for all insights and advice.

I just purchased a Sonos Beam and no matter how hard I try to get my TV to play any sound through HDMI 3 which is the ARC port,it just won't.It works perfectly fine through optical in however.My Tv is a 49 inch 2017 model and the set up on the Sonos app keeps failing when it reaches the TV portion.Can somebody help me?Thank you.

For as long as I've had my TV, only hdmi port 1 has appeared to work with anynet+. This is regardless of which devices are connected. I just got the beam and only hdmi port 3 is the ARC channel. Plugging the beam into port 1 allows control of the TV with the Alexa but obviously no sound comes out unless its in port 3, which doesn't allow for anynet+ control. Does anyone know if this is normal or if I can get anynet+ to work on multiple ports? I have tried power cycling and unplugging the TV already. It doesn't seem to matter if nothing else is connected or if they're all connected, it still only works with hdmi port 1.

Sonos Beam seems unable to pair with Panasonic TV - App runs through all the usual setup and everything goes well until it mentions finding the ARC connection. Asks to Enable CEC on TV menu etc. Unable to get any further. Any ideas?

Hi all, first post in the community ? So, I own a pair of Play:5 speakers set up in stereo in my living room, the plan is to eventually add a Sub and a Beam to the room. Ideally I'd like to hear music through the 5s and Sub. Then when watching tv or movies, listen through Beam and Sub. I realise I'll have to keep bonding the Sub to the 5s and Beam everytime I switch, however, will I also need to keep re tuning Trueplay each time I do this? If so, this is a bit of a pain, made even more so by the fact I only own an Android device and had to borrow a friend's Iphone to tune all the speakers I already own. That would probably be enough to put me off if that's the case. Any advice welcome.

The Sonos apps "Search" feature doesn't seem to support free form text. Unless I'm missing something here it's never supported searching for some combination of artist and album/song. Most website Search boxes have supported this basic human interface for many years. For example, try searching for "Narcos soundtrack" or any other intuitive combination of artist and track. Works in google, works in Spotify, works pretty much everywhere except Sonos. Please fix. thanks.

Hiii guys,,,, I am new to the Sonos system and buying speakers in general. I am much more of a music listener then I am movie/tv surround experience. So far I just have two Play:1s and don't want to start getting to far down the road without considering the road to take for building the best music listening setup. So those of you that are true audiophiles, in your opinions, what is the best Sonos setup for the ultimate music listening experience? Thanks _______________________________________________________________________________________________

Hello, I saw the Sonos system and was impressed with it. The question I have is... I have two home theatre receivers..One of them is upstairs hooked up to speakers that are in the living room and kitchen, while the other one is downstairs hooked up to a home theatre. I want to be able to play the same music on both systems at the same time. I can't connect them with any cables since they are in different parts of the house. What Sonos equipment do I need to buy? Is it even possible? Thanks for your time and help.

I disagree with the assessment by Sonos that a headphone jack isn't desirable. Especially for the Play:1, because of where it might be used. I use mine on a bedside table and often cannot play it because family is around. It should have a headphone jack, either that or a Bluetooth connection so Bluetooth headphones could connect. Either one of these would make my Sonos speaker 1000x more useful. This all seems like simple common sense to me. It might not be for the larger speakers, but it is for the Play:1. In this regard I am quite disappointed in the Sonos experience. Sure I can use the headphone jack on my phone or ipad, but there are already too many devices and complications in life, and I don't want to get into explaining why going from one to another to another is just added stress and complication. I think you can figure it out.

Hi, I've just added a Sonos Beam to my Sharp Aquos Tv connected by HDMI ARC. Everything seems to be working soundwise however I can no longer control my TV; all the buttons on my TV have stopped working and the TV remote has also stopped working (except mute and volume). The TV is recognising the remote buttons because the status light flashes when a button is pressed but nothing happens. This means the only way I can switch my TV off is by asking Alexa to do it, and I am unable to change sources. The remote does work to turn the TV on and the remote continues to work for a short while after the TV is turned on. Has anyone else had similar issues?

I just purchased a beam (has not arrived yet). I have a fairly small house with small rooms. Each floor is probably 800 - 800 square feet. I'd like to buy a used play 1 or 3 to save some $$ but is it worth it and what is the earliest gen that would be compatible with the beam. Also, would the 1 be adequate for my size of home or would a 3 or 5 be a better choice for richness of sound.

My reason for buying a multi-room Sonos system was to enjoy my large PC-based music collection throughout the whole house. Removing functionality from the Windows PC controller makes this a lot less enjoyable because now I need to both use my computer and keep a phone or tablet with me all the time. I own 6 Sonos speakers now and was interested in upgrading to newer models, but now I've changed my mind because functionality is being removed for desktop users, rather than improved. Restore and improve desktop functionality or kiss my thousands of dollars' worth of business goodbye forever.

Unable to get Dolby in Sky Q connected to my Samsung via HDMI Arc. No problems in Normal mode but defeats the object . Looking on the TV menu, Dolby is greyed out and only RF mode available. Any ideas? Next is to try the optical cable/adapter but will I lose the tv remote capability for volume etc?

It seems there is no solution to user that have only linux pc at home. Is it possible that the company make this version of the software? The idea of running on wine is really none confortable.

Currently I have 2 speakers (8 ohm) plugged into one AMP. I have them just as bare wires into the spring loaded clips. I'd like to use banana plugs but it's impossible to fit 2 banana plugs into these clips. Can I wire 2 speakers into one banana plug and then plug that into the AMP? https://www.monoprice.com/product?p_id=9436#

I've searched for related setup scenarios on this forum - connecting to existing in-ceiling speakers - and I found this article below, but am finally giving in and posting my own setup question. I'm not really an audio guy and can use the help. I'm trying to figure out whether I need a Connect, a Connect:Amp, or the new Amp. My wife wants an easier way to play music in the whole house. We never use the Kenwood receiver anymore (leaving it on generated a lot of heat and wasted electricity, and we'd have to go manually turn it on). We pretty much only use streaming music these days - Pandora mostly, and use an Echo Dot to control it. This is the similar article I found: https://en.community.sonos.com/components-228996/ceiling-speakers-need-suggestions-on-best-set-up-6803568 Our current setup: Old Kenwood receiver Zone A goes to Family room, 2 sets of in-ceiling/wall speakers for front and surround sound. We actually never use it anymore. Zone B goes to this speaker select

Have been reading threads about switches but nothing quite fit the bill with my needs. So, here goes: TV and Playbar mounted on wall with power (x2), single HDMI 4K (2.2)lead, Ethernet (x2) and optical going into wall about four feet and coming out near plug sockets. The reason I tell you this is because I do not want a load of wires trailing across wall. I have HDMI 2.2 lead and optical connected to Sky Q with HDMI going to TV and optical going to Playbar. TV optical is only 2.0 output so did not want that connecting to Playbar. I have recently bought an Amazon Fire Stick 4K however, since there is only 1 2.2 HDMI input into TV, I have to keep unplugging Sky Q to plug in Fire stick. Also, the Fire stick sound only comes out of TV speakers which sound rubbish compared to Playbar with Play 1s as surround. As well as that, the fire stick needs power (USB from TV not powerful enough apparently so wires have to run across wall via extension plug.) I have looked into other threads which

We use an Amazon Fire Stick to watch TV. If I want to stream from the TV using a Beam, do I need to use an Alexa-enabled Sonos speaker? We passed on getting an Amazon Echo out of privacy concerns with Alexa (don't want anything in the house that is listening to all our conversations). And is it different if we use a Roku instead of a Fire Stick?

Whenever I looked at (Mac) dock, I see the Sonos App icon and I was very disappointed by it. It seems weird? And unrelated? I guess my overall the problem would just be: the icon is bad. It needs changes. I'm not that much of a graphic designer, but the thing needs to change. It seems sort of out-of-date. Does anyone have the same opinion as I am? And by the way. I know this is a picky thing to do, but I still need to point it out regardless.

There is no change in volume with night mode. Is there something I need to do to see if it’s working or not? I have toggled between normal and night mode with no audible difference.

Is there any plans for a new PlayBar 2.0 any time soon???? I have a large room and Sonos Beam won’t cut it 😉

It looks like with the arrival of Airplay 2, one of my favorite features, control volume from lock screen is now gone. I have tons of Sonos equipment and not in a rush to get Airplay 2 stuff. Can we get a widget in iOS that allows us to control volume without having to unlock the phone and control volume?

Using AEON-45200 Universal Cantilever Mount, with AEON-90200 Sound Bar Bracket to attach Sonos Playbar.  AEON instructions (yes I admit to reading instructions) state to attach sound bar to bracket with screws provided by sound bar manufacturer. There were no screws with PlayBar and it appears that the PlayBar backs not designed for screws. ++ Do I need to purchase the Playbar Wall Mount Kit tp attach PlayBar to Aeon sound bar bracket ? ++ Thanks Joe

I would love to replace my Onkyo av receiver and my Sonos connect with the new amp. However it only has outputs for 2 speakers and a sub. It would have been amazing if it had front left and right and rear left and right outputs to streamline my setup. Edit: input to output (thanks @pwt) d’oh

Hi, my playbar is just 3 years old, been working fine the whole time and after recently moving house, I have setup the same equipment as before, OLED55TV, apple TV, router, cable TV box - everything in the same setup and now I am getting a high pitched noise from the playbar, It still plays music OK, but you can hear the high pitched noise behind the TV or music sound. It is very annoying - like tinnitus!! I have seen many posts on this community and seems it is a known problem. I have done a factory reset as instructed on the other many posts about this topic and the sound goes away and then comes back during the setup.