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Troubleshooting Sonos on WiFi

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Can't Add New Sonos Device

This article is intended to get you unstuck if you are having problems adding a Sonos device to your existing system.  Firstly, this is with...
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Factory Reset: What you need to know

Sometimes, we just wish we could start over. Though if you’re considering factory resetting your Sonos devices, there are a few things you s...
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shannong57Trending Lyricist I
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Play 5 won't show up in app

I recently added a Beam 2 to my system and ever since my Play 5 disappeared from my system.  My system consistes of S2 App1 - Beam (Gen 2)2 - Play:11 - Sonos 1 w/Alexa1 - Play 5 (Gen1) Following is what I’ve tried so far:Factory reset the Play 5 and go through the setup process again on wireless Factory reset the Play 5 and go through the setup process again hard wired Reset Wireless AP’s, Switch, Firewall, Modem Powered down ALL Sonos devices; Then factory reset the Play 5 and go through the setup process again hard wired. Powered down ALL Sonos devices except Beam which is hard wired; Then factory reset the Play 5 and go through the setup process again hard wired. Powered down ALL Wireless devices including ALL Sonos; Flushed ALL DHCP leases and rebooted the Wireless AP’s, then Factory reset the Play 5 and go through the setup process again hard wired.  This one took me about 90 min. :-(None of this has resulted in the Play 5 showing up in the app.  I’ve confirmed the Play 5 is defia

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AfromATLContributor I
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SONOS Play 5 Gen 2 won’t finish wifi connection (Eero)

After a Eero Pro firmware update my machine won’t connect. I’ve tried everything including full reset, and hardwire set up - it won’t find and connect my WiFi network. The setup reaches the very last step (connect to my network) and errors out and says no connection is possible. This is driving me NUTS

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MickjContributor I
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open gen 1 play 5

I have dropped a play 5 and it is rattling. I have removed the front grille and the 8 screws but it won’t come apart. How do I get it apart? Thanks

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paceman82Contributor I
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play 1 connects then disconnects

Surround sound speakers, both play 1s, one of which does not stay connected. Same distance from beam. Left side goes in and out of connection. What gives? Wear and tear of product? Tried everything, talked to customer service, diagnostic reports. Nothing worth noting. Sonos app displays “?” for LS. Any suggestions/ guidance? Ty

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Just SomeoneContributor I
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Unable to use Sonos S2 with a Play 3

Dear community members I’m new to this forum, please excuse me if I posted this in the wrong place. I’m using a Play 3 system on a Windows desktop. My question is: Is a Play 3 system compatible with the S2 Controller?If you need any additional information, let me know and I’ll try to provide it. Thank you in advance for your help. Yours Sincerely

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Just SomeoneContributor I
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Can a Sonos Play 3 with a S1 controller play FLAC and album-files?

Dear community members I’m new to this forum, please excuse me if I posted this in the wrong place. I’m using a Play 3  on a Windows desktop with a S1 Controller. My question is: .Can a Sonos Play 3 with a S1 controller play FLAC and album-files? If you need any additional information, let me know and I’ll try to provide it. Yours sincerely

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Can a "New" Play 1 Slow Down Overall Performance for All Speakers in a Home?

A few months ago, I was able to purchase a (new to me) Play 1 for rather cheap off of Craigslist. I paired it with an existing Play 1 in my kitchen and thought all was well. After a few weeks of use, I've noticed that trying to play music across my entire house (Spotify and Plex audio only) is now rather slow to initially connect and I have sporadic dropouts of individual speakers. Even if I reduce the playback to a few rooms, I still notice individual speaker drops but to a slightly lesser degree I have multiple Sonos devices in 4 rooms in the house and a Sonos Boost as well. The Boost is on a LAN connection while all other device are on Wi-Fi. In all other rooms I have newer Sonos devices (Beam, Sub, Sonos Ones, etc.). Is it possible that the Play 1s are now too underpowered to be part of "whole house" playback and may be impeding overall performance?A few supporting notes / topics:I am on a mesh network but given that this configuration has been working without issues for many month

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how do i know if my 2016 play 1 is gen 1 or 2

How do I know if my 2016 sonos play 1 is gen 1 or gen 2

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Ken_Griffiths
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viqueContributor I
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play 5 gen:1 lost connection

Hello, my wifi setup of two Play 1 and one Play5 gen:1 has been working fine until recently. My Play 5 is not detected anymore. I've read a lot about similar issues and unseccessfully tried to troubleshoot (restart, ethernet connections). Note that I'm stil using the S1 app because I am limited by my devices (none of them support S2). Therefore I cannot add a new Sonos element from scratch.If anyone faced similar issue or has any thoughts, I'd be grateful. Thanks!

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using upgraded speakers

I upgraded two Series 5 speakers, that were both suitable for Sonos App 2.0. Thinking I now have 4 speakers that can all work on the new operating system. However, the two older series 5 speakers cannot be added to the same network anymore? Tried factory resets (after which they are visible to the app, but warning appears: 'they may not show up in your system, just unplug and plug back in', but never actually show up in my system. Sonos upgrade program states you can continue to use the upgraded speakers, but can they be used in the same network as the new speakers? I have not be able to add them to the system… What am I doing wrong?

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sonos speaker 3 not working

My Sonos is working perfectly with other speakers, but one speaker is not working. It is plugged in and shows when pressing the on off button flashes red. In the system itself it shows I have all speakers working and also it shows music sound is going to that speak.

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Sonos & Google WiFi - It worked now it doesn’t

Please help me restore sanity and a working system oh wise ones!I’ve been using this set up for 3 years and @ratty and @John B double checked my thinking, and set up, which was correct and not complicated.Draytek 2760n router, Google hub, Sonos bridge into hub and various S1 speakers dotted about. It’s worked like a dream until now.All  that’s changed is I’ve switched to VM and have a Hub 4 in modem mode, into the Draytek and Google hub / bridge connected as before. I did have to disconnect everything but it’s all gone back exactly as was.  The Google hub says the bridge is wired, but the Sonos app keeps dropping, and when it does connect it seems to be on WiFi as the ability to change channels is greyed out, indicating SonosNet isn’t in operation. If I cycle the bridge power it seems to reconnect but only temporarily.I don’t know what I’ve done but I’ve broken it somehow and don’t know how to fix it. It’s been a struggle to get the Draytek and VM hub to talk but that’s sorted (albeit

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Airplay stopped working "Unable to connect to "Family Room 2"."

My system has stopped connecting to AirPlay. It worked perfectly for years but then stopped sometime around the end of 2021. I’ve tried various resets and other methods mentioned in this forum but nothing has helped. I can see my Sonos products listed in the airplay options. I’d appreciate any suggestions as to why this is happening and how to correct it.My system:2 Play 5s (airplay compatable) 2 Play 3s (not airplay compatable but grouped with the 5s) One Play 5 is wired to the network, the rest are on wifi I’ve already tried:Rebooting router after waiting 30 seconds Reconfiguring network settings via sonos app Rebooting Sonos products Ensured Sonos products are showing up correctly in the home app

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LarzixContributor I
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Play5 stereo line-in, regular sound drops from one speaker

HelloI've set up my two play:5 gen2 in a stereo pair with line-in to my TV. I've had this setup for several years without issues. I later added a sub for niceness. Since I moved into my new two-story house I've experienced drop outs from the speaker that does not have the line-in cable (Left), at an increasing rate.It's now at the point where the left speaker is more off than on.At one point in time I lost connection to both speakers and wired the speaker with the line-in cable (Right), which got the connection back, but the drop outs kept appearing.In the network matrix I notice that the Right speaker does not contain the left one, but the left one does include the right. I have two more speakers, but I've disconnected these when I tried to identify if they caused an issue. It didn't change anything to power off all other speakers than the stereo group. I'm my network at home is set up by my isp with two mesh "boxes". One on each floor. I've had to wire my speaker to the top one, even

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UnosomContributor I
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sonos play 3 dim white light

Hi i got this sonos play 3 and it is just showing a solid dim white light and i tried everything to get it to work. Holding the mute buttom down while plugging inn the power and many other things but no response from the device. The warranty was gon too so i decided to open it up and see if i could see any visible damage to any of the boards but nothing. Just wondering if anyone else has had this problem got it working again. If so i would love to know how they did it. Thx for reading ☺️

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play 5 gen1 not work lost smbscand file, anyone can help

I have a sonos play 5 gen1, recent days, it does not work. I use a uart connect the board,maybe can solve problems on the way:1、anyone can help me with the smbscand file；2、or tell me where can download the upd file, but I cannot spell the right url looks like http://update-firmware.sonos.com/firmware/Gold/28.1-83251-v5.2-pcyakr-RC4/28.1-83040-1-1.upd?thanks a lot.here are the logs: U-Boot 1.1.1(1-16-4-zp5s-0.5), Build: zp5s-0.5MPC8272 Reset Status: External Soft, External HardMPC8272 Clock Configuration - Bus-to-Core Mult 3x, VCO Div 4, 60x Bus Freq  16-50 , Core Freq  50-150 - dfbrg 1, corecnf 0x10, busdf 3, cpmdf 1, plldf 0, pllmf 3 - vco_out  400000000, scc_clk  100000000, brg_clk   25000000 - cpu_clk  300000000, cpm_clk  200000000, bus_clk  100000000 - pci_clk   33333333CPU:   MPC8272 (HiP7 Rev 14, Mask unknown [immr=0x0d10,k=0x00e1]) at 300 MHzBoard: Sonos ZP5SDRAM:  32 MBIMMR: f0000000DRAM tests running ... doneUsing default environmentIn:    serialOut:   serialErr:   serialNet:

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Play 5 sound quality after update

After I updated my Sonos Play 5 at Xmas the sound quality has significantly deteriorated, in particular the vocals are suppressed. This seems to be a common issue. Can anybody advise me how to resolve this please 

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Multiple speakers show they are playing and volume is up, but no sound.

I have 4 speakers in separate rooms.  All four show that they are playing, but there is no sound.The speakers are all checked as playing and volume is on/turned up, no sound.   No sound bars or extra added units.   They are all play 1 speakers.  

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No sound from line-in on Sonos 5

Could some from Sonos Support please tell what the solution was to the problem mentioned here? I have exactly the same problem and the only solution is to pull the plug on the Sonos 5 and restart it. There has to be a better way. 

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James L.
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ellamarkeContributor I
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Using multiple systems on one wifi

I live in rented accomodation with housemates. I recently purchased a Sonos Roam and tried to set it up before realising that one of my housemates has their own system on the wifi already, which blocks me from setting up my own system. He is currently away so I can’t access his speaker.  I don’t want my housemate to have to share their account details with me for obvious reasons, so is there another solution here? How have other people living with housemates dealt with this?

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WobindAvid Contributor I
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Tuning and Bass with Sonos One and Five

Good Afternoon,I have a fairly good turntable going into a Sonos Five which is paired with another for stereo. Mounted on the wall above each five is a Sonos One, again is stereo. When I listen to the turntable I run it through all 4 speakers so I have a Five & One for the left channel and exactly the same positioning for the right.I recently ‘tuned’ the stereo fives as per the recommendation of the App and now I have lost all my bottom end. I have done this a few times with the same result. If I temporarily turn off the tuning in the app my bass response comes back in, and yet drops when I flick it back.Just wondering if anyone has any experience, ideas or thoughts that may guide me. I have considered a sub on the floor in the middle so I can position myself in the room to get the best I can out of the stereo fives, ones and a sub - again - if anyone has any thoughts on my comments I would value it.Thanks everyone - Robin

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mathaTrending Lyricist I
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Sonos not working - error 1002 when playing spotify, error 1101 when updating

Hey all,for a couple of weeks now I am having intermittent issues with my Sonos system (two Play:1s in stereo).Problem:The connection to my Sonos system on the Sonos app (S2) itself is working fine on all my devices. From within Spotify I cannot connect to my Sonos system. When trying to play a TuneIn radio station I get the message: unable to play radio station. When trying to play something from within the Sonos app through Spotify I get a 1002 error code. When trying to update my sonos system I get a 1101 error code. I am not able to submit diagnostic information to Sonos.What I tried so far:The issues are intermittent so sometimes the problem suddenly disappears for no apparent reason and I can use my system again, without understanding what changed. Unplugging both my Sonos speakers from their power, waiting >10 seconds and plugging it back in does not solve the problem. Unplugging my modem/router from power, waiting >10 seconds and plugging it back in does not solve the pro

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ctn sønderborgContributor I
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One Sonos Play:1 unit can no longer play anything

I have a system with two Sonos Play:1 units and one Sonos Connect:Amp.Today i cannot play any music services on one of the play:1 units, but it works on the other units,I used to have a sonos playbar installed too, but it was disconnected a month ago, and I would not think that this has anything to do with this issue because it worked until today.I have made a power cycle on all three units and it makes no difference.I can access the play unit from a web browse and have taken a screen copy of the matrix on the unit with problems (badeværelse) and from one of the other units, so why will it  no longer stream anything on this single unit ? 

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whomaContributor I
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sonos play 5 gen1 clicking noise

Hi there, My Sonos play 5 gen 1 is making a strange clicking noise after a while the power cord is plugged in. I already opened it up and changed the caps in line which I marked on the picture. I also changed the MOSFET m054 which was blown. Unfortunately the clicking sound came back after a while.I would really appreciate any help from this forum.  

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DjburnsContributor I
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play 5 gen 1 on S1 app

I only own play 5 gen 1 speakers but now I can’t use them on the S1 app as it keeps asking for S2 to be downloaded and you can’t skip past it. Does this mean that all my speakers are now scrap? If this is the case this is the last I buy any of yourequipment it you treat customers this way. I have red all the articles about a split system but if you can’t close the update screen it’s pointless just like my £1000’s worth of equipment I now have.

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