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February 27, 2024
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Recently purchased a sonos 5 gen 2 second hand.

I've tried connecting to my WiFi but the Sonos 5 is not found. I've tried connecting by Etherley not found. I've reset by unplugging and holding the connect button while plugging in after a few seconds the light flashes white and orange then changes to white and green. Still no connection.

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Ken_Griffiths

Spoke to soon 🤔

I was connected via Ethernet. That was working fine Then I disconnected the Cable and tried to use WiFi. Complete disaster

It was telling me to push a button. Shows a picture of a Whitr circle with a Blue button.

I assumed that was the button on the back with the squiggle. I push that nothing happens. I've tried pushing the Play/Pause button that eventually turns to pulsing Amber but I'm supposed to hear a Chime nothing. Is their a Hidden button I haven't found ?

Did you add the WiFi credentials to the speaker before disconnecting it? If not, see this link to switch between wired and wireless modes (or vice versa):

https://support.sonos.com/en-us/article/switch-sonos-between-a-wireless-and-wired-setup

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killie77Author

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Thanks

I'll give that a go.

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killie77Author

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Not had a chance to try until today.

went through the procedure to join the Wi Fi network. Same old story can’t find the unit when it does it has problems. I’ve resorted to using Ethernet which is probably better all round.

last question. I have WD Home Server,

I’ve enabled Show Media Servers and UPnP Servers in the Sonos settings.

They don’t show up in the Browse

Tried with an Android Phone and Apple iPad.

is their a Work around thanks.

Also all the Music on the server is in Flac format

Thanks for any advice

Ken_Griffiths

Not had a chance to try until today.

went through the procedure to join the Wi Fi network. Same old story can’t find the unit when it does it has problems. I’ve resorted to using Ethernet which is probably better all round.

last question. I have WD Home Server,

I’ve enabled Show Media Servers and UPnP Servers in the Sonos settings.

They don’t show up in the Browse

Tried with an Android Phone and Apple iPad.

is their a Work around thanks.

Also all the Music on the server is in Flac format

Thanks for any advice

Maybe try adding your music share as a Sonos library service. See this link…

https://support.sonos.com/en-us/article/use-a-nas-drive-with-sonos

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killie77Author

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Thanks

Managed to add a new folder in Music Server pointed to MYCloud home.

Strange thing when I try to play a song I get a message saying the Flac file isn't supported, couple of seconds later the song starts playing ?

Ken_Griffiths

This link below shows the audio file formats that are currently supported for a Sonos local library share…

https://support.sonos.com/en-us/article/supported-audio-formats-for-sonos-music-library

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killie77Author

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Many Thanks.

I'm now Sorted.

Ken_Griffiths

The .flac codec format on a Sonos S2 local library system can be up to 48kHz/24-bit (sample rate/bit depth). So maybe check that the audio files are within that limitation.

Ken_Griffiths

Many Thanks.

I'm now Sorted.

Ah our post crossed - good to hear you’ve now sorted it.👍

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killie77Author

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Thanks Again

Great Forum. Very helpful people on here.

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