Spaces & Setups

I currently have a play:5 (gen2) stereo pair in the living room (on either side of the TV on the mantle) that i use for music, but i also have a playbase in there (under said TV). I'm wondering if it might be worth adding a sub to the playbase and using the 5s elsewhere in the house. Obviously the sound will be different and the stereo separation would be lacking, so I guess I'm just looking for qualitative opinions. Has anyone tried both of these combinations? Thoughts? Thanks!

Does AirPlay come to all Play:5 speakers, or is it restricted to the newest? After the «facelift» the speaker had sone years ago?

I have the same problem like many others here that Sonos offers the perfect speaker solution for my home theater setup, but I would like the option to have DTS, or possibly Dolby TrueHD / DTS:Neo... Maybe even create a 7.1 setup or have the possibility to add Dolby Atmos or Auro3D in the future with a simple software update and the additional speakers...  But we all know the problem is the optical connection, why not create a Connect2 or a PlayHub (call it whatever), that has one or more HDMI input(s) and one HDMI output, that can use the DTS track (or other HD audio-tracks) and sent it via the network connection to the playbar and surround speakers. This way you could bypass the optical connection which is a bottleneck at the moment (bandwidth wise).  This way customers who want more out of their PlayBar hometheater setup, can buy this new Connect or PlayHub and get everything they need!  Everybody else just use the Playbar the way its originally intended to... 

I must say I'm disappointed to hear that only the 3 newest Sonos devices will actually support AP2 streaming directly. I was under the impression that the upcoming addition of AP2 support to Sonos would simply be a software update. 1. Does AP2 direct streaming actually require unique hardware only found on the latest Sonos units or do I have any other option, other than to buy one of the 3 supported Sonos devices? 2. If I were to, for example, stream youtube audio from my Macbook in the bedroom to a supported Sonos unit elsewhere in the house and then group my stereo paired gen1 P5's in the bedroom, would there be any noticeable audio delay? If so, would the delay be less if I were streaming directly to two gen 2 P5's in the bedroom?

Seems this question has been brought up before, but without the feature being present? Is there no way to setup Sonos to remove tracks from the queue after playing - it's quite annoying finding something you played recently playing again as it's still in the queue / looped around or something.

I have an older Mac OS X Version 10.6.8 laptop. I have downloaded Sonos Desktop Controller onto it from the website but I can't open it, it keeps saying reason is "not recognized".  The Sonos apps work on my ipad and iphone but I can't get Sonos to work on my laptop.  Need Help!

Hi - Currently I have 3 room groups. Kitchen, Bedroom and sitting room. I have one Sonos One speaker but the rest of the set up consists of a Playbar, Sub and 5 Sonos Play:1 boxes. Do you know whether I will need to have a 'newer' device (Sonos one/playbase etc.) attached to each group or does the fact that I have one Sonos:one allow me to keep the groups of older speakers working nicely when the new facility comes along? Thanks, Richard

Can't find how to rename a room in the iPad or iPhone app. Help needed.

Hi all. I upgraded my phone to Android Oreo about a month ago and suddenly it started to use insanely amounts of power, it was really hot to the touch and the battery was drained in hours. After weeks of searching and uninstalling/reinstalling of various apps I've come to the conclusion that this only happens when the official Sonos Controller app (8.4) is installed. I feel kinda naked without that particular app so I'm keen to solve it. I haven't found any traces of anyone else with the same problem. Am I really the only one? Anyone knows what to do about it?

Problems after last UPDATE to 8.5.2 which did FIRMWARE on Speakers with NO WARNING thereby pooching my system for weeks until I managed a work around with LITTLE HELP or advice from Sonos Staff.

Hi There - Great products! I have two suggestions: 1. I have a playbar and play3 in rooms that are close enough that they need to be grouped. I cannot save the group, so I have to create the group every day. Can we please have saved groups? 2. My input devices have drastically different output levels. I would love saved volume levels based on input. For instance, when I have TV selected, it is MUCH quieter than when I listen to XM via your app, blowing me out if I don't have the volume turned down ahead of time. Would be great to save the last volume settings per input. Thank you!

I'm looking to integrate.. Hopefully wireless headphones with Sonos.. I'm leaning towards Beats.. Any success with setup and or those headphones or any other headphones ? Thank you Matt

OK, seriously now. I love my Sonos System. I have it literally (almost) everywhere. 3 Playbars, 3 Subs, 2 Play 5's, 3 Play 3's, and about a dozen Play 1's - and a couple of Alexa pucks besides. I am a Sonos Beta tester and refer Sonos to anyone who will listen (pun intended). #BrandLoyalty, #SonosRocks I have a large covered Florida lanai, pool, outdoor kitchen, TV, fire pit - the whole deal. Well, half the deal anyway because I am still dragging a Play 5 outside and plugging it in every time I go out there. #AnnoyedAF. You keep introducing new stuff - Play 1's with Alexa built in, Play 1's with new colors, now a turn-table. But what gives on an outdoor speaker? I will guarantee you that there are more people who want an outdoor speaker than there are people who still have vinyl albums in their garage/basement/attic/anywhere. AND - PLEASE - before you start responding - Please don't tell me to connect a Sonos amp to some other company's inferior "almost as goo

Hello everyone, newbie here so be kind please. I want to buy a Playbar to extend my current Sonos setup but have a question about adjusting the volume on the Playbar without using the TV remote. The reason being is that I would only ever use the Playbar for movie sound when using my projector not a TV. I am planning on connecting my Amazon Fire TV directly to the Playbar via its optical output. The older version of the Fire TV that I have has a separate optical output as well as the HDMI output. The HDMI goes into a switch to distribute to either my standard TV or to the projector. Can I program a standard IR universal remote to just control the Playbar volume? Also, I plan on setting up a surround sound group by linking 2 x Play:3s to the Playbar; when setup like this I am presuming an IR universal remote would control the whole group? I would be really grateful for any advice. Many, many thanks!

I'm trying to reconnect Sonos with my iTunes library. It seems to see all of my iTunes music, but it can't seem to find any of my playlists (under Imported Playlists) How can I fix this?

Hi, When I swipe down on my notification bar the Sonos controls are missing. Sonos is currently running, and this was here in the past. Any advice? Cheers Cathal.

I'm hoping someone from Sonos can chime in here, as there's not a lot of concrete information in the blog post. I have a Playbar 5.1 system and am willing to buy a Sonos ONE to add Airplay 2. The blog post mentions When you group one of these Airplay-enabled speakers with older Sonos devices, you can bring AirPlay capabilities to your entire Sonos system. and the image on the airplay page shown the Playbar. But I'm confused and concerned on exactly what this statement means. I would like it to mean: "When you have one Airplay 2 speaker in your Sonos ecosystem, Airplay 2 will work on all of your Sonos speakers." But to me the statement really seams to say "When you group an Airplay 2 speaker with older speakers, Airplay 2 will work with that group." I fear that the latter is how this is being implemented, which would mean that, for example, if you have older Sonos speakers in 3 rooms, you would need 3 Sonos ONEs to add Airplay 2 to every room. Which would suck. And in partic

Since airplay2 allows streaming to multiple speakers, will it be possible to stream music to both a homepod and a airplay2 compatible sonos to allow simultaneous playback across both platforms? I like the idea of having siri on demand, but havent taken the plundge because sonos will sound better even though the homepod has a respectable sound....i'd be in to be able to put homepod in my office, have that sonos to move elsewhere, and not lose the ability to play to my office and the rest of rhe house at the same time.

I would like to be able to use more than one TV or Tivo or other remote to control volume of Sonos. Kind of a pain if you're holding your tivo remote and navigating with it, but you have to get your tv remote or iphone app just to decrease or increase or mute the volume. Seems like a simple thing, my last soundbar allowed me to use at least two different remotes to change it's volume and it was a much less expensive soundbar than the Sonos.

I want to create stereo with left and right channels. How do I choose between (2) Play 1s or (2) Play 3s? My room is 15 x 20 with and adjoining open kitchen connected to the room.

Otherwise my playbar 5.1 setup is mute. -Matt

I'd like to see room groups part of the alarm setting process so my morning alarm plays my favorite radio station in the assigned rooms. In the evening I'll change room assignment and if I forget to set it back the next morning's alarm will not be how I like it. Thanks, I love my Sonos!

At present, I have two options: 1. Select a single track to play. 2. Select all tracks to play, starting with the first. What I want to be able to do is find a point in a playlist, eg. halfway through / from 3 months ago / the bit where I added loads of Laura Mvula tracks / whatever, and play from that point. This is normal in most playback systems but, unless I'm very much mistaken, not possible in Sonos. Am I being thick, or can we have an update please? Thanks, Manda

Just heard about this https://sonos-welcome.com/gb/en/pages/cashback/home Has anyone received a code for this ? How do I get one ?

Bought a Sonos Play 1 today, awesome except that when playing Spotify through the Sonos app it only plays a little bit of the song then stops.  If I play a song through my iPhone or put a radio station on it plays without a problem.  Spotify songs only play a small portion then stops....?