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Moving speakers from room to room

  • December 25, 2013
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Hi! We are so stoked to find the Sonos under the Christmas tree! After we've done the set up, can we move a speaker from room to room? We have a Play 3 which will stay where it is, but we're wondering if we can move the Play 1's at will.
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    Chris
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    • Chris
    • Lead Maestro
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    • December 25, 2013
    You can unplug the speaker and plug it in anywhere you want.  As long as it is in range of another Sonos unit (remember each one is a repeater) it will work great.  Sonos being they are all repeaters normally has a much greater range than your home wifi.
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    Chris
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    • Chris
    • Lead Maestro
    • 17598 replies
    • December 25, 2013
    You can also change the name of the speaker any time you want under Manage . . Settings

    When you plug back in a Sonos speaker it takes about 15-20 seconds to boot up (white light blinking)
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    • H_4
    • Contributor I
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    • September 6, 2014
    I've done this after unplugging and replugging my Play:1 (same room, different location), but my Sonos app isn't recognizing the speaker (i.e. can't change the volume - no sound currently coming out). I even went into settings on my phone to re-register the 1 to no avail. I can control the play/pause of the Playbar through the buttons on my Play:1, but there's still no music coming out of Play:1 and I can no longer get the controls for Play:1 to show up in my app. I finally got it to work after going back into the settings and grouping the speakers together. But OY such a pain. Do I have to go through this whole process when I unplug and plug back in the Play:1? Is there anything I can do to make sure that the speakers continue functioning on the same default as before? 
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    • User199897
    • Lyricist I
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    • April 12, 2015
    I've done this after unplugging and replugging my Play:1 (same room, different location), but my Sonos app isn't recognizing the speaker (i.e. can't change the volume - no sound currently coming out). I even went into settings on my phone to re-register the 1 to no avail. I can control the play/pause of the Playbar through the buttons on my Play:1, but there's still no music coming out of Play:1 and I can no longer get the controls for Play:1 to show up in my app. I finally got it to work after going back into the settings and grouping the speakers together. But OY such a pain. Do I have to go through this whole process when I unplug and plug back in the Play:1? Is there anything I can do to make sure that the speakers continue functioning on the same default as before? 
    I'm having the same problem when moving my 1 to another (nearby) room.  It flashes white, goes off, and if I press the play button it flashes orange and goes off.  Help!
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    The solution we found was to go to the top toolbar, use the drop down and group them together again, viola. We didn't have to re--register or anything like that (Wait until the white light stops flashing)
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