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Discuss Sonos Era, Sonos One, One SL, Play:1, Play:3, Play:5, Sonos Five, and IKEA Symfonisk. Talk about your Sonos Speaker experiences here.

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Tips for new Sonos owners

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Grouping & Sonos: Best Practices

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karl.r.robinsonContributor I

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Sonos from Australia to USA

Hi there, wondering if anyone has tried their Australian-purchased Play 1 and Play 3 in the USA. Moving there in a month and wondering if it will still work okay? I have seen a couple of posts about going from UK to USA, but none about Australia to USA. I am presuming the voltage is universal and I will just need to get a socket adapter for the power source? Can I just buy new wires? It looks like they are pretty hard-wired into the speakers so not easily swapped out?

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8 years ago

frankfrisciaContributor I

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Using multiple sonos speakers at same time

Can different music be played on different sonos speakers in different rooms at the same time?

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8 years ago

SmashawContributor I

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Wireless Speakers Power cord

Do the wireless speakers still have a power cord or another form of power? Thanks

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8 years ago

Martin_118Contributor I

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Surround sound and music

I have the Playbar and 2xPlay:1 set up as surround sound, this works great for tv but when playing music I would like the Play:1s to revert to standalone or stereo, but it appears the only way to do this would be to ungroup them. It would be good to see a software driven update to this issue to make switching between modes simpler. Just wondering how many others would like to see this implemented. Thanks

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8 years ago

User910891Contributor I

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Line in volume

Hi folks. New to Sonos but enjoying it so far. Easy set up but have one question regarding my Play 5. The volume controls on the Play 5 work as expected with my iPhone, iPad, and other music services. However, I'm using the line in cable from my Sony Bravia to get better sound out of our TV. There's a tremendous discrepancy between volume levels when I run the line in vs my other audio sources. I have to really crank the iPhone or TV remote volume controls in order to have even moderate sound levels from the TV. Any ideas on potential setting issues in either the Sonos app or my Sony Bravia sound preferences? Thanks!

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8 years ago

trsnaderContributor I

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Shut down/turn off

Is there a way to shut down the Sonos when finished using or does it just stay on all the time?

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8 years ago

SonosucksContributor I

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Why can't it be simpler?

What happened to good old fashioned Bluetooth? Wtf is with the play 1 not connecting to my laptop? I should have investigated better. Sound is good, but the speaker should just connect to all our devices, it's BS man, total BS

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8 years ago

McFly309Contributor I

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Play 1, iPhone creating wireless network, no router

Evening all, Just wondering if this would be possible.... Away in the caravan, with no wifi. Could I create a wireless network using my iPhone, connect the Play 1 to that network, then stream from my iPhone/iPad to that network? There's no such thing as a stupid question, just a stupid person, so go easy on me. Thanks in advance for any help.

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8 years ago

anil sahooTrending Lyricist I

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moving speakers from one room to another

this is is my problem:- I have one play1 in Room - "Bed room". I have one play1 in Room- "hallway". I have two play1s (L+R) in stereo mode and a SUB in Room- "living room" questions: 1. How do i remove the play1 from "hallway" and add it to the room "living room"??? 2. How do i delete or remove "hallway" from the controller app? I tried to reset the play1 in hallway. after reset when i tried to set up this play1 as new player, the controller app didnt ask me which room i want to add. it automatically added to the room "hallway". I dont want to group different rooms. I want to move play1 from one room to another.

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8 years ago

User200947Contributor I

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Forced volume limit

I have purchaced 10 sonos 3 to a bar/cafe. I need a program to force the volume limit .It's forced by the cityhall. Otherwise I can't use my speakers and will have to buy a new system

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8 years ago

mjohnsenContributor I

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Sonos Connect and Harman Kardon Onyx 3

Hi, I just got a Harman Kardon Onyx studio 3, as a christmas present from work. I currently own a Sonos play 5, sub and play 1. My question; is it possible to connect the Harman Kardon to my sonos setup using a sonos connect? I would think the Harman Kardon has a built in amp. Or should I use a connect AMP? The Harman Kardon has only a aux input, so I`m also wondering about if I can connect it using the digital output on the connect? Thanks for all answers!

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8 years ago

paterkarrasContributor I

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SONOS components from different countries

Hi everyone, I just purchased a couple of SONOS PLAY 1 in Spain (which is where I live). I am planning to complete befroe end of the year my SONOS System with one more SONOS PLAY 3 and a SONOS: CONNECT, to be bought from UK, where they are certainly cheaper. My questions are: 1) Would these components bought abroad (UK) work properly in Spain? 2) Would any adaptation be needed (power cord, power adaptor, I guess...)? 3) Would be there any incompatibility issue between components bought in different countries as UK/Mainland Europe? Thank you to anyone who could help me decide!!! Best wishes to all the community! 😳

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8 years ago

fehaContributor I

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Using sonos speakers in 2 different locations

I use sonos at work but want to bring them home for parties. I first connected at home and both play 1 I own worked fine. Then I connected to work and they worked fine. But when I bring them back home only one connects. If I reset it the other one connects but I can't get both to connect. Wireless is the same. Please help. I've tried over an hour with repetition, connecting via ethernet, shutting everything down and restarting it. Nothing works!

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8 years ago

Mia Watkins PrewittContributor I

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I can't seem to connect spotify to my sonos player even though I am a premium customer

Sonos & Spotify

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8 years ago

MusicMuetstContributor I

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Does Sonos comes with a answer for the RAUMFELD STEREO L

I like my sonos products, but sometimes when I go to a audio shop and lissen to speakers of manufactures like Dali ore Elac I hear that good floor standing speakers with good high mid and low units really sound great (and better than my play 5- old type) and sub of sonos). I saw an other company making great stuff and I see a speaker I miss in the sonos line....floor standing speakers. The Raumfeld stereo L is an example. Are there plans that there will be a Sonos 7 floor standing speaker in the future?

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8 years ago

smoberlyContributor I

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Sonos on an Office Network

I work in an office with one server and several switches plus a wi-fi that goes throughout the building. It seems that I can't setup Sonos on our office Wi-Fi as it requires a username/password configuration in order to logon. I don't think we have a router either. How do I set up Sonos? Can I just plug a Boost into a spare port in a switch? I don't know much about servers so please explain in layman's terms. Thanks for all your help/

anniemContributor I

I want to use play 1 with existing Soundbar. set up suggests I need a left and right, so 2. I may also sometimes put it in another room for music. Can I use one play 1 with sound bar AND can I change location and set up of play 1 within my home. Thanks in advance.

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8 years ago

Richard MorganContributor I

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Problem: Queue Not in Use

I can't play anything - it says 'Queue not in Use' and I can't add anything to the queue to play it! Can someone help please? Seems to be more and more problems with Sonos... 😞

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8 years ago

swsingletonContributor I

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Change Wifi Network

Is it possible to change the wifi network for the player without connecting to router via ethernet cable?

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