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Gavin1958
Contributor I
June 21, 2023
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stereo or mono

My two Sonos Era100 speakers are at opposite ends of my lounge/dining room and have automatically defaulted to be a stereo pair but I understand I can make them mono. How do I do this? Thanks

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GuitarSuperstarAnswer
Lead Maestro
June 21, 2023

Separate the speakers as a stereo pair by following the instructions in this article:

https://support.sonos.com/en-us/article/separate-a-stereo-pair
 

Then group them in the Sonos app and they will each play as individual stereo speakers rather than a stereo pair.

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GuitarSuperstarAnswer
Lead Maestro
June 21, 2023

Separate the speakers as a stereo pair by following the instructions in this article:

https://support.sonos.com/en-us/article/separate-a-stereo-pair
 

Then group them in the Sonos app and they will each play as individual stereo speakers rather than a stereo pair.

"Receive with simplicity everything that happens to you." - Rashi
Gavin1958Author
Contributor I
June 22, 2023

Thanks for that. It’s a part solution but I cannot find a way to “Group” the speakers. 
The two Era100’s now show as separate speakers in the app. They have the same name and when I play Apple Music they show as two individual speakers with the same name. I can click on both of them to make them play in sync so archived the goal, almost. Any thought as to what I missed?

nik9669a
Senior Virtuoso
June 22, 2023

They should have different names, such as Lounge and Diner. It’s easy to rename them: Settings/System/roomname/Room and then type anything you want. Then you can group them. You’ll see one volume control for the group (increasing/decreasing both speakers’ volumes by the same amount) but tap on it and individual controls come up so you can increase the level at one speaker only. 

    Gavin1958Author
    Contributor I
    June 22, 2023

    Thanks I’ll try that. 

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