Play:1 - Still useable for wifi and Airplay?

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I used to use Sonos frequently (daily, for many years), but over the past 4 years or so, have been more and more frustrated and have gone through long periods without directly using the system because when I’d start to use it, I’d have to fix things first. That happened today with a Play:1.

I have several Play:1 devices in my system, which spans 2 buildings, each building with a different wifi network. Today I just wanted to play what was on my iPhone through my Play:1 while taking a break on my porch. But this Play:1 didn’t show up on my Airplay list. Some of my other Sonos devices did, including some One SL devices.

I tend to prefer to use ethernet for devices that don’t move around and the Play:1 was on ethernet, but that’s part of the same LAN my wifi covers. So I tried to enable wifi and the new app showed that wifi wasn’t working. I tried to update the network name and password, but there was no way, on the phone app, to update that information.

I went to my Mac and ran my Sonos app on it. It needed updating. Oh, wait - I remember this. I updated it and the same thing happened that happened repeatedly in the past: It had an error, couldn’t update, opened the old version of the program, then made me update it. Yeah, been through that loop, so I deleted it and downloaded the latest from Sonos, installed it, and had to update it again - this time it worked.

But in the Mac app and phone app, there’s no way to edit or update the wifi information for my Play:1. (Which I know I’ve bought in the past 4 years or so, back when I updated my Sonos network to replace older components. I also have removed my Play:3 components, which I had to find out, on my own, were no longer useable with Sonos.)

Does the Play:1 not work with wifi anymore? Can I use it with Airplay?

Honestly, I’m finding Sonos to be more and more work and less and less easy to use.

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The Play:1 still works on WiFi. Make sure you download today’s app update. It should allow you to update the WiFi credentials.

Also, the Play:1 isn’t compatible with AirPlay. Read more about AirPlay compatibility here:

https://support.sonos.com/en-us/article/stream-airplay-audio-to-sonos?

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Airgetlam

In my mind (and remember, opinion is merely that), the mount of ‘effort’ put into a surround signal just isn’t enough to demand a larger speaker. I watch a mix of racing, American sports, and movies, as well as some standard television (although not much). I’ve never felt that any ‘surround’ signal was necessarily not being supported by my PLAY:1s. I’m also cheap, so spending more money to install a larger speaker for that use grates my penny-pinching soul. And even though I do have my surrounds set up as ‘full’ speakers for music playback, I feel like the Arc and sub can carry most of the effort, and the stereo from the PLAY:1s is sufficient in that ‘room’. I even have pairs of PLAY:1s set up in other rooms, and don’t feel that I’m lacking. For serious listening, I’m not going to use my Arc and surrounds, anyway, that’s where I put my money in to a pair of PLAY:5 gen 2s.

Your mileage may vary, of course. Your ears, your music, your pocketbook are certainly different than mine.

Bruce

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