Spaces & Setups

I realize there are a few posts already about this. I just want to add another extremely disappointed user to the mix. Living in Canada, we don't get Pandora. Sonos is next best as we can use Apple Music. What was a rich experience, is now dumbed down. The connect is essentially a Play 1 without an amplifier and speaker, but more expensive. A connect was sold to make your current system a sonos system. Now my current system can't control it and I am forced to use the app, another step for us! What is annoying is... it worked great, and they took it all away. Not like I bought it and wanted features not available. Sonos decided to make the move to REMOVE features from clients. Disgusted.

I would absolutely love to purchase a set up for my home theater based around the SONOS Playbar.  I have one SONOS play 3 now and love it.  However, the lack of support for a feature/technology that seems to be present on not only my current TV, but many of newer TVs I have looked at recently absolutely baffles me.  For me, this support is a show stopper.  I am looking to purchase my new home theater equipment by the end of 2015.  Ideally any new functionality would also include support for 7.1 surround sound using additional Play 1 or Play 3's.  Hopefully this support can be added by then, or I'll be looking to implement another solution for my home theater, and later whole home audio set up.  I really hope SONOS is paying attention, I have seen numerous posts on here from other customers and dealers with very scant and shallow replies from SONOS.  It really makes me hesitant to purchase SONOS products when I get the feeling that the company seems content to not be

I was able to do it before, but now I get an error message

Thanks Sonos for creating the API so we can have some fun with it! I refinished an antique radio cabinet I found. Added a little bit of electronics and a tablet. Wrote some software and now it's controlling a bunch of Sonos speakers in a small Inn. More pics (not great but you get the idea): https://1drv.ms/f/s!Avh-XKvxVYXSjc9HmZT6rqhiGxCglg Cheers! Pat Shaw

It often happens to me to come back home and willing to send to SONOS the song I'm currently listening on my iPhone through Apple Music. For the moment, the only solution I know is to open the SONOS app and search for that particular song. Would it be great to have the possibility to send to SONOS the song currently playing on iPhone Music app? I'm not talking here about AirPlay 2 support (which I know is coming), but rather a way for the SONOS app to be aware of the song currently playing in the iPhone music app, in order to propose a shortcut to quickly play it on the SONOS system.

Like Will and Lyra, in Philip Pullman’s His Dark Materials trilogy, I have the power to pass between parallel universes. I have just returned from one that is identical to our own except for one thing. What we call v8 of the Sonos app was v7 there, and vice versa. Here is a post I read on the Sonos forum. “SONOS WHAT WERE YOU THINKING ABOUT!!?? I HATE the new app. Where has our lovely light, bright app gone? The new one is so dark and depressing. Every time I open it I feel like committing suicide. As to the new Favourites structure, well there isn’t any. It was logical to have the different types separated out as they were in My Sonos. Now my Favourite playlists are jumbled in with radio stations and songs etc etc. WTF? Who goes looking for a playlist then decides to put on a radio station? You have created chaos out of order. But the worst crime of all is the scrapping of the Navigation bar. Whether I wanted to select a room, browse my sources, search for music,

Does it make any sense to put a Playbase beneath a TV of an open faced cabinet the width of the Playbase? A Playbar is not an option due to cabinet design. Would the sound quality be severely hampered?

I know it's a pipe dream but if you took the new Amazon Echo and used it to control Sonos, that would be unbelievable awesome.

I am able to play back podcasts from either my computer or from the device itself using sonos software. But I would like to be able to play them at x1.5 or x2.0 speed so that I can get through them faster. Is there anyway to do with Sonos software? I have Sonos on my Windows7 device and on iPad and iPod Touch and iPad mini. Right now, I have one sonos speaker and one connect:amp input from a receiver attached to speakers.

Came back to check on the announcements thread about the new app and it has been deleted. My last post was very critical but spot on. And still no response on anything except "we're working on it". No "Sorry for making the app so blinding white that some people cannot use it". I expect I'll be banned for expressing my frustration and opinions. I am seriously unhappy with Sonos and their customer service right now. Steve

I have Sonos Play:5's in my living room, foyer, kitchen, master bathroom, master bedroom, exercise room, and upstairs. I have a Connect:amp that feeds the speakers on my patio. In my office, I have 2 Play:3's and a sub. I wish Sonos would allow a way to set base volumes on certain rooms. For instance, if I put the Play:5's at the same volume, everything sounds the same. However, if I use the master volume to adjust all speakers (including my office) when playing as a group, the office speakers are always overpowering because of the sub. I've adjusted the sub, but I would like to adjust everything because even the Play:3's seem loud in my office (because of the smaller room). Sonos should allow users to set volume controls (like -3 for my office) so one volume can be set in group/party mode and all speakers sound about the same as far as volume goes. I'm about to install a Playbar and some Play:1's and I can only imagine the Playbar and Sub will be louder than the others

I just installed the skill set called MySpeaker and it works pretty well controlling my Sonos System. Anyone else using it ?

Have you considered being able to link phone audio to the sonos speakers to be used for conference calls. Idea similar to connecting to Bluetooth in car etc. A quick software patch would be able to take care of this pretty quickly. Note: I'm not talking about the line in option. Just simple software solution. Thanks.

A lot of posts here ask about a way of playing from computer/phone to Sonos, or using it as PA. One solution, is using "SWYH" from computer, which is working - but has 2 seconds latency. I found an Android application, that can send with 0.2s latency. Download "AirAudio". By default it has the regular 2 seconds latency. Go to "Settings", "SONOS", "Audio format" -> WAV. Now you can change the "Audio delay". With trial and error, I reduced it to 0.2s and it's working great. In other environments it might be slightly other value. Now, the questions is - how do they do it? And can we repeat that success in a computer program?

I have a Sonos Controller CR200 unable to connect to a Sonos component.... the exact error message I get is "The controller was unable to connect to a Sonos component. Please try again. (1) ".. I already ran the Diagnostic report, confirmation number is: 7091539.... please help!

I just bought a Playbar and have set it up with two Play1s (no sub). I've connected it to the TV and have it up and running. When I play something from Spotify the sound would blow you out of the room however when you play from the TV the sound isn't as good at all. In fact I'd go as far as to say that the volume from the TV is probably louder.  I've a Samsung H6400. 

Ok so I took the plunge into the sonas world and bought playbar and 2 play 1 ....then I discovered this forum and all the dts issues I have a 4k 55 inch which I suspect doesn't allow pass through... I use a nvidia shield for my Amazon, netflix, kodi streaming, also have an Xbox but only got all my sonos set up yesterday so haven't watched any blue rays I am hoping to upgrade to the LG B7 oled which I think allows pass through Would anyone be so kind as to explain in lay man terms, how do I check if I'm getting 5.1 through my setup or merely stero If my tv has pass through do I hook up my nvidia shield and xbox one directly to tv with hdmi and optical out to my sonos I have read countless threads on this but my brain cannot understand as this is all so new to me Hdmi switches?? Many many thanks for any input

FWIW, I have attempted to produce a basic user guide to the version 8 app. It is at the link below, as attaching documents seems to be impossible on the forum. I offer it, poor as it may be, in a spirit of helpfulness. There have been valid criticisms of aspects of v8, and there have been some totally unjustified ones. I find the app easy to use so maybe I can convey something of use. Or maybe not. I don't want to debate the merits of the app on this thread. Nor do I want to hear that an app should be magically, intuitively used without the need for a word of guidance or any familiarisation. Please save that for other threads and treat this as an effort to help, whether it succeeds or not. The guide is completely unofficial and you use it at your own risk! I am happy to receive constructive suggestions for improvement or corrections. https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5LY6yD3BW7adkstOHVDVzZUMUE/view?usp=sharing

This new update today - 8.0 (October 5, 2017) was updated on both my iphone and iTouch iPod without my consent. Two questions: 1) Does anyone know how I can revert to the previous version to 8.0, and 2) How do I set Sonos to let me decide whether I want a new update? I brought up Sonos this morning with the newly installed software and had no choice as it was already done.

I hooked my Playbar to my Sharp Aquos tv with the optical cable. Directly to each other. I have my Comcast cable box connected to my tv with an HDMI cable. I shut off my TV speakers. No sound! I can play music with no issue, just not TV. I then tested my Playbar on my Vista TV with the same setup. It immediately played the sound of the TV. Please help! I have the total Home Theater setup and I want to use it. Thank you in advance for your help!!

Hi, I just wanted to provide some feedback about the new app. Honestly, I really do not like it. I find it confusing, and non-intuitive. The old app was by far easier to use. I specifically don't like the Songs Favorites, or lack of it. When I go to "my sonos", it only shows me some random favorites. Not all my favorites. I don't see any way to control this. When I click edit, it tells me to drag my stations in the order I want, but it doesn't show me any stations. Just very unclear and doesn't seem to work right. Also, the way that the room selection at the bottom in red shows, is not clear. I used to be able to select the room(s) in a much easier way. Lastly, there should be an option for Alexa NOT to mute Sonos for every Alexa request.

Let me start by stating that I'm a 10 plus year Sonos user and I've been on the beta program in the past. I think I have an above average understanding of how this equipment works. That said, I have a ZP100 in my office with a turntable connected to it. Yes the turntable has a preamp built-in and yes it's connected to the inputs on the ZP100 but I cannot get the turntable to play through the ZP100. I followed the instructions on the site and run into issues where it says to "click on the line-in settings on the Room Settings menu". My issue is that no line-in menu shows up under room settings. Here's what mine shows... I've tried resetting the unit and that did not work. Every other function of the ZP100 works perfectly except for this one. I also tried on my ZP80 and both Play:1's and have the same result. I've got several hours invested so far and I'm out of ideas. Anyone have any pointers?

This latest version is the worst in a series of updates moving the app away from what made it so fantastic; simplicity and stability! Everything just worked and I felt in total control. Now things seem to happen (or don't happen) unintentionally (kind of like the Spotify App, which I have previously used as a comparison to show how good the Sonos app was). If you decide to stay on this development track, please help me downgrade to any of the previous versions, or I will start looking for something else.

My husband has cancer. As a result he can't hear the TV. We like to watch together. Is there anyway he can listen to the tv using headphones while I listen through the Sonos surround sound? :? Otherwise we need to turn the volume way up and it hurts my ears!

Since the update to 8.0, when TV autoplay is set to on, I am unable to add my playbar to a group playing music, it keeps defaulting to TV sound. This is after I have selected the option to play the selected music source and clicked Done. This didn't happen before the update. I have to disable TV autoplay to add it to a music playing group. Can anyone help or is this just a glitch requiring a further update?