Spaces & Setups

Hi I know this sounds crazy, but is there any potential for the above? My Sony Bravia and TV subscription was allowing me to watch UHD/HDR content when available. I was able to check this via the Bravia settings. Somehow, the message on tv screen confirming hdr no longer appears, even when watching enabled content. The only thing that’s changed in my set up is hdmi from Bravia (arc) to Sonos.Would appreciate your advice.Thanks

This would likely apply only to the UK … unless you use a vpn to get BBC Sounds on Sonos.  Currently in the USA you can listen to the BBC Radio stations via TuneIn.And not sure that BBC Sounds in the UK on Sonos uses Shoutcast…. but thought i would post it for general informationI heard the announcement today after a news program. the link below is on the BBC website https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/help/questions/recent-changes-to-bbc-sounds/shoutcast-closure The BBC uses several streaming technologies to deliver BBC Sounds. If you are hearing a message informing of this change, you are listening using Shoutcast. The BBC will stop supporting Shoutcast by mid-2023. Why are we making these changes? Shoutcast is an older streaming technology and many connected radio devices in the UK no longer use it. Ending support for Shoutcast will enable us to focus on the two most popular technologies currently used – HLS and DASH. As well as delivering better value, it will allow us to understand more

Sometime in the future, I am contemplating either getting a Sonos One SL to pair with my Sonos One - or a single Sonos Era 100. See question above.

So I have had my Era 300 since about April and intially I took a 3 month trial of Amazon musicWas not impressed in the method of finding and identifying Spatial music which is done through the Sonos app. Now that trial has finished I have taken a 2 month trial on Apple musicUnlike Amazon Music there does not appear to be a way of identifying which albums are in Dolby Atmos.Am I missing something. I really was looking forward to this experience and although I love the sound of the Era 300 I find it difficult to find Dolby Atmost music. Am I? Am I missing something?

Quiero empezar a montar mi ecosistema SONOS para tener mi home cinema, se lo que quiero pero es muy caro todo y lo iré construyendo poco a poco. Ahora es donde viene mi duda, ¿empiezo con un ERA 300 o con la barra de sonido ARC?

Hola amigos! Soy de buenos Aires Argentina y tengo una sonos arc en la cual quisiera saber que es y para que sirve el apartado de "Sonido en altura"

There seems to be no possibility to remove the Sonos Radio music service. To my knowledge, this is the only music service that cannot be removed (or disabled, both would do well) I want to remove the Sonos Radio service, because it gets in the way when searching for a radio station. I do not want to use Sonos Radio, because Sonos Radio does not meet my requirements of an internet radio player, which is: play radio station from my region.  When using Sonos Radio to stream the VRT radio streams (Flemish broadcasting in Belgium), the stream does only start after 15 seconds. And half of the time, it is the wrong stream (playing “de tijdloze” instead of “VRT Radio 1 Classics”.  This i s a known problem to Sonos, according to the VRT website: https://www.vrt.be/nl/aanbod/kijk-en-luister/radio-luisteren/streamingslinks-radio/ (Dutch). But Sonos fails to update their services.  As suggested by that website, I’m now using Radioplayer, which starts the stream in 2 seconds and it plays the correc

Why is Sonos such a piece of * system now. I have owes Sonos speakers for several years.  In the beginning it was an easy simple set-up and the system was reliable!  Every time I plugged in my speakers they were recognized and connected instantaneously.  Last year I purchased two more SL speakers to go along with my S1 speakers.  They worked fine last summer.  Now I cannot connect at all to amy of my speakers.  The app tells me that it can not find product or I need to unplug the speaker or I need to reset my WiFi router.  Hours upon hours spent to reconnect the same speakers I have been using for years?  How could this be - what is so difficult about connecting a speaker to WiFi.  How many damn times do I need to unplug my router in order to get these stupid things to work?Sonos has become just like every other Technology company.  Keep creating more products and keep changing technology in order to earn as much profit as possible!  It is disgusting.  In the beginning they just had a

Hello,I have 4 zoneplayers100. THey work great, but recently one of them stopped responding to API call from third party. In my smarthome (home assistant), the sonos keeps appearing and disappearing and is not controllable.When I try to reach the webpage, I get ERR_CONNECTION_REFUSED.Does anybody have an idea how to solve this? 

(8/1/23) So I took an offer -for Sonos subscribers- for a 3 month trial of TuneIn Premium. Just by going to services and adding the new Sonos API for TuneIn. There are currently two Tunein API’s I am obviously referring to the one titled “Tunein (New)”.One thing I like about the new Tune API for Sonos is the log in access that has all my favorites (and family favorites) by folder -yes we do listen to a lot of international and niche radio, alt, indie, etc.The bad part (and pain point) as I let Tunein know via Twitter (or X) DM, is that none of the BBC radio stations were working on their Sonos API, including my daily favorite BBC6 “6 Music”. When I was re-adding my Sonos favorites through the Tunein (New) API I made the (so regretful) error of removing BBC6 (the one with the old Tunein API) and guess what? BBC 6 now does not work on old or new Tunein APIs! ...only via airplay (or chromecast) which to me defeats the point, deplete’s phone battery and add little steps plus possible inter

Big Sonos fanboy me, got loads of them all over the house.  Bought a Roam for outside and in the bathroom.  Utter UTTER S***E in every single way you can think of.  S***e on/off/Bluetooth button and s***e indicator lights and s***e sound and S***E connecting issues.  Utter UTTER S***E!  Had it well over a year and hate the f*****g thing with a passion.  Did I mention it’s utter s***e because that’s what it is. Moderator Note: Modified in accordance with the Community Code of Conduct.

Hi, I'm looking for a soundbar that will allow me to listen to it via bluetooth headphones, does such a thing exist? (I don't want to play music through the soundbar,  I want to listen to the TV via bluetooth headphones)) 

Would it make sense to have the Sonos app and necessary hardware licensed for TVs?  I am not talking about entry level TVs but higher mid to high end product lines for the manufacturers.  I envision a Sonos system where the consumer doesn’t want a soundbar or surround system but does wan’t to have better sound from their display source.  Maybe keep the Sonos OneSL as an entry level speaker.  I could see someone wanting to here the content from what is on the TV out doors where they have a Sonos amp with Sonance or other speaker set up and not have the sound playing through the soundbar in a room without any listeners.  I know the port does this job, but I am looking at way to minimize the hardware foot print in the home.  

I thought I was done purchasing more Sonos speakers. But I know have  42” smart tv that showed up inside my garage where I have a paired Sonos Play1 for listening to music when I’m hanging out in my garage. I’ll bring in my Move to play along with my Play1’s. The tv was my sons old tv as he upgraded to a 48” OLED. I’m using a Fire stick to watch on the new/old tv. Sound is terrible so I thought about a sound bar to enhance the sound a bit. I thought about my old Vizio sound bar, but if I were to buy the cheaper Ray I could also play it with my Play1’s and Move when I’m watch TV in the garage. Any thoughts? Is this a waste of time and money as the tv is only in the garage? How does the Ray sound? How would it sound in the garage? 

Hi, I would like to get Sonos system (I don’t have any yet). For the living room:I’d like to keep my KEL LS50 W1 and my subB&W DB4S.I’ll use this system for music listing and watching TV.I understand so far:Sonos amp: Ok for the sub but I need passive speakerSonos Port: Ok for the speaker, not the Amp, not the TV (lag)I’d like to Add 2 Era 300 has a rear speaker.Not a big fan of esthetic of a bar in this room (arc)  For the dinning roomI’d like to connect a beam gen 2 to the second TVIs gen 2 a big difference w Gen 1?Add 1 or 2 speaker in the open kitchen (Witch one?) If the community can help me specially for the living room !  

Hi I’ve got the new Sonos arc and it’s connected to my Samsung Q90R tv via the arc HDMI, my TV viewing is with Sky Q 2tb box. I’m getting lip sync issues being slightly out, I have adjusted the audio settings to zero on my sky box TV and Sonos app but still no joy. I had the playbar before with no problems any help pleased.  

Hi - I’m looking to upgrade my old Zoneplayers and would like to run a turntable and possibly a CD player too.Thinking about 2 x Era 300 running in stereo with the turntable connected to one and CD player the other. Would this work, and any other thoughts on the setup? Appreciate any advice on this! Thanks 

Lots of threads out there Re airplay not working due to password prompt.  Just bought a new Move for $500bucks expecting to AirPlay to it and can’t?!?!?!no solution out there that works… and before everyone chimes in about disabling airplay passwords that has already been validated.  Sonos do you have a solution? Please don’t point to all the previously posted articles on disabling passwords… tried everything publicly available to no resolution.  please advise. Thx. 

Hello,I’d like to raise an issue that I’ve encountered on iOS 16.6. Indeed, the music used to cut off after a random time (circa 15 min). After rolling back my phone on iOS 16.5, I can (finally) play music with no interruption. My current set up is a beam (gen 2), 2x play 1 and 1 sub mini.Last detail: As a “workaround”, removing the sub mini from my Sonos set up enabled the system to work again on 16.6…

Hey all, Right now I have a beam gen 2, sub gen 3 and two Sonos ones in the home theater setup. I've got to balance my desires for good audio with my wife's desire for room aesthetics, so stands and wall mounts are not an option. Our couch is against the wall and that isn't something that can change.I'm considering getting new Era 300s to replace my Sonos One surrounds. Because our couch is pushed right up against the wall, so currently I have the surrounds sitting on matching shelves that are on either side of the couch, pointing at the listener on the couch. I've used airplay to try make up for the fact the speakers are not behind the listener.On top of the shelves for the 300s is where I would put them. There would be the clearance above the speaker required with a straight line to the ceiling, and they would be clear on either side of pointing straight away from the wallIf I got era 300s, which way would be best to position them? If I point them at the listener, the side firing dri

Hi all, first I’m so glad I found this forum, it’s helped me learn some basics. I’m buying a new house and plan to design out a Ubiquiti Unifi network - so I’m prepared/ready to run ethernet to the ceiling or wall of many rooms just for access points already.  With that, I am not sure if Sonos makes the most sense or something else (and what else, I have no idea!).  However, I believe my wifi network would be capable of handling the Sonos load - though if I’m already running ethernet I may prefer to hardwire sonos speakers anyway…  (by the way I assume there are no POE sonos speakers?) I require at least “good” quality with good bass, I don’t need the most insane speaker quality ever, and don’t really care about high fidelity or lossless playback although I’d take it (I understand sonos doesn’t accommodate, that’s fine).  Most of all ease of use for my wife is important =). We are spotify users 99% of the time, and home theater. With that said, I expect speakers in these locations:Kitc

Not sure how unusual a use case this is, but we have  two sonos arc, one in our media room with the projector and one in the main living room under the TV, next to the garden. We use them separately for watching movies locally to the room.When we are watching movies on the TV we want dolby atmos sound output only from the arc mounted under the TV.  When we want to entertain guests at a party, we instead want to use the arc for playing our Spotify playlists, while also having it somehow paired with outdoor speakers that play the same music outdoors in sync with the arc indoors.What product would make sense to do this, and, can the sonos accommodate this somewhat quirky use case? We would prefer to not buy an amp and passive speakers, but rather plug one or two wireless sonos speakers of some kind into the power outlet outdoors that already exist under the patio cover, and keep them permanently there.  Rain and sun would not reach them.We only want it to play whatever the arc plays when

Hi Guys, could you share with me your opinions please. :)I am new to Sonos system and never own any Sonos product before.With the main aim of watching Atmos movies, I have recently tested two similar setups in the shop, with only difference being soundbar itself. Arc+ Sub Mini + 2xEra300 as surround. Beam Gen 2 + Sub Mini + 2xEra300 as surround. I found Atmos movie was most amazing to me when two Era300s are involved, it's really spacious. However, I have also noticed that 2xEra300 would somehow "in a good way outshine but not overwhelm" the soundbar completely, both Arc and Beam Gen2, during my testing session.I understand that a typical HT system is kind of a front focused setup, with a-much-more-powerful soundbar in front of you, and "two-relatively-weaker/smaller" surround speaker at the back, eg Samsung Q990, Bose 900 and JBL bar etc. But Era300s as surround seems completely overthrown this principle, making Front/RL/RR equally weighted. In fact, I couldn't tell the difference b

Hello Everyone,The following is what I have in mind and I’m not sure if these are possible. Set Up 1: (2.2)Sound Source: PCType of Media: YouTube Videos or Streaming Movies or Streaming MusicFront: Pair of Five or Pair of Era 300Sub: Dual Sub (Gen 3) Set Up 2: (2.2)Sound Source: Android MobileType of Media: Streaming MusicFront: Pair of Five or Pair of Era 300Sub: Dual Sub (Gen 3) Set Up 3: (5.2)Sound Source: TV + NVidia ShieldType of Media: YouTube Videos or Streaming Movies or Streaming MusicFront Surround: Pair of Five or Pair of Era 300 (Not interested in Sound Bar)Front Center: One Five or One Era 300 (Not interested in Sound Bar)Rear Surround: Pair of Five or Pair of Era 300Sub: Dual Sub (Gen 3) In the above which setup is possible? Do I need additional equipment? Thanks in advance!

As a loyal Sonos consumer, beta tester and unofficial sales rep over the last 15 years, I have maintained that SonosNet had been, until now, one of the top reasons I recommend the brand. In a world full of poor ISP routers, mesh networks, and increased messy wifi poloution, having a dedicated music network has proven time and time gain to be an incredible, reliable and unique consumer rewarding technology. With the introduction of the Eras I got excited to rotate in some new upgrades. First in the door was a couple Era 300s. First step was to start some side by side comparisons. Play ones in the bathrooms first.  In bathroom #1 the first era wouldn’t stay available in the app, so on to era 300 #2 in bathroom #1, same issue. It was strange as the One has worked no problem in there for years. I took the usual trouble shooting step and nothing helped. On the bathroom #2 which also has had and One in it for years without issues. Same problem Era 300s won’t stay available in app and then go