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What Sonos product is best for you? How do you expand your Sonos system? Have a Sonos tip or trick to share? Show off your setup and your products here.

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hlsjrContributor II
asked in Home theater

Simple question: is Deezer Elite available to Sonos users in the USA?

Deezer Music Service

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Airgetlam
6 years ago
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matthieusimContributor I
asked in Home theater

Home Cinema Setup: Can I use a PlayBar and two Play 1's as a Home Cinema setup?

Hi guys, I've got a PlayBar and a Play 1 at home. Currently, only the Playbar is connected to the TV, in the living room. I'm thinking of getting an additional Play 1, and create myself a kind of Home Cinema setup in my Living Room, with the Playbar and both Play 1s. However, this doesn't seem to be a scenario mentioned here: http://www.sonos.com/en-gb/products/wireless-home-cinema. Will it only work if I get an additional sub, or will this work? Thanks!

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6 years ago
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Apollo-0301Contributor I
asked in What to get

Sonos playbar + sun or Sonos playbar + two play ones

Hi! So I will either get a playbar alone or a playbar + sub or a playbar + two play ones. Getting playbar, sub and playones would be too expensive. What would you recommend me to get? Thanks for your advice!

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jgatie
6 years ago
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Chuckles70Contributor I
posted in Home theater

Playbar 5.1 Trueplay Reviews

Hi there, As a nerd for tinkering with my Sonos setup, the 7.0 Trueplay release for the Playbar has been a joy. I have a playbar + SUB + two Play:1s. The playbar rests below the TV on a stand about 4ft away from the corner of my basement. The SUB is behind the TV stand in the corner. The surrounds face each other behind the seating, they rest about 15ft from the TV stand. The basement has carpet, basic couch and two arm chairs, with 8 foot cielings. However, I am wondering: what kind of a difference I should be noticing in the setup when watching movies or playing videogames, after Trueplay? To me, it sounds as if the left and right channels on the Playbar got their volumes increased, creating a more immersive sound stage. The SUB also seems to impact the glass cabinet less, which is about 20 feet away off to the side of my basement corner. These are just my basic observations! I would love to know about other people's before/after reviews of Trueplay on their 5.1 setups.

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6 years ago
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CharlieATLAvid Contributor I
asked in Controllers and Music services

iPhone does not see Sonos on WiFi

For some reason, when I try to open Sonos on my iPhone, I get a screen saying I'm not connected to WiFi. In the iPhone's settings, I show I'm connected to a 5.0 mHz network, which is what I have my iOS devices set to. The Play 3 plays and Speedtest, over WiFi, gives me a 40+ megabit downstream, 12+ up. To further muddy the water, my iPad Air sees and operates Sonos in the same location that the iPhone does not see it on my WiFi network. I had to use my iPad to set up TruePlay since my iPhone couldn't see Sonos. Any thoughts?

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ratty
6 years ago
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AlbhyContributor I
asked in Controllers and Music services

Remove a group

I want to remove a couple of groups. I never use them and sometimes they are on by accident. How do i remove a group? I can't find it anywhere.

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ratty
6 years ago
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20HzContributor I
posted in Controllers and Music services

Software and Product Suggestions

How about adding this option directly to the Sonus Menu?

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6 years ago
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mhutchzEnthusiast I
asked in Controllers and Music services

Teleconference app for Sonos

Is there a teleconference app for Sonos? There are microphones in some Play speakers but not in the Play:1 which instead could use the linked iPhone or Android device microphone, with all sound coming from the Sonos speaker. Could be a whole new business model for Sonos. Is this a good idea? Let me know if you want to use my idea (invention).

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MikeV
6 years ago
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Joe140.6Contributor I
asked in Home theater

(Playbar with surround & sub) - volume difference between TV and music inputs

I'm brand new to Sonos, and absolutely love the gear so far! I've also spent much of the last 2 days browsing around all of the information on the Sonos web site and in this community forum, which has taught me a ton! I have one small issue that I'm wondering if there is an easy solution for. I have a playbar with a sub and two play-1's for surround. The playbar is connected to an LG 55LA7400 TV via the optical cable. My issue is that the TV volume is lower than the volume when I play music. When I use the Sonos system with TV, I have to bump the volume up 4 or 5 increments... no big deal... but then when I switch back to music it plays considerably louder than I would like, so I have to quickly turn the volume back down 4 or 5 increments, and hope my wife doesn't yell at me. LOL :) Is there any way to "equalize" the volume of the two different inputs in some way? I looked through the audio settings on my LG TV, but I didn't see anything related to changing the output le

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Joe140.6
6 years ago
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nashwanAvid Contributor I
asked in Home theater

Controlling Sonos Playbar Volume with LG 55EF950V (webOS 2.2) remote

I have a LG 55EF950V TV with wand remote (the TV is running webOS 2.2.0-1317). I would like to control the Sonos Playbar's volumne using the TV's "wand" remote (this runs over RF rather than IR). Has anyone managed to do this successfully on webOS 2.2? (I have seen some others post about this before with LG's wand but following others suggestions does not work).

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K
6 years ago
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Richard MorganContributor I
posted in Speakers

Problem: Queue Not in Use

I can't play anything - it says 'Queue not in Use' and I can't add anything to the queue to play it! Can someone help please? Seems to be more and more problems with Sonos... :-(

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6 years ago
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DevoSonosContributor I
asked in Controllers and Music services

Controller says it needs update, but won't

I am adding a play 1 to my system and doing so under settings, add speaker, it then shows that controller needs to be update, select button for update controller, which brings me to the App Store for Sonos app (even though I am running the sonos app (ver 7) on my iPhone (10.1.1), I hit open and it appears to open my sonos app on my phone, then I try to go to settings and add speaker all over again and it goes thru the exact same process (a do loop), help?

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D
6 years ago
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ReineContributor III
asked in Controllers and Music services

Volume control- How do I adjust a really low volume?

Hi, Is there anyway to adjust the volume really low, I want to have my Play:1 on when I go to bed but I can't adjust down the volume low enough through my iPhone 6S Plus.

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K
6 years ago
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ColindesignContributor I
asked in What to get

One big room solutions please

I am a sonos virgin but just built one big room for my kitchen/entertaining space. It measures 21 meters by 9meters. I want to have a sonos system and don't know where to start ? I also want sonos in my other rooms- 2 bathrooms/ lounge/ master bedroom. Do I buy a bunch of play 5's and start from there ? Any help appreciated - thanks in advance. Colin

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6 years ago
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dr.philContributor I
asked in Controllers and Music services

Direct Tidal control?

I see that Spotify now has the possibility to play directly from the app without the need to start the Sonos app. Are there any plans to make this possible in Tidal? If so, when? If not, guess I am switching to Spotify...

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jgatie
6 years ago
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HannoAvid Contributor I
posted in Controllers and Music services

How I built my own CR-200 replacement: A single-purpose Sonos controller device based on Android

Hi, I just wanted to share this little info for others here. Our kids used to run to us parents all the time in order to choose the music or audio books for them in their room. So we figured out they needed their own Sonos controller. For obvious reasons, we didn't want to give them a full smartphone to do this. Here's what we did: - find an outdated Android phone without a SIM card - preferably one that is supported by Cyanogenmod or a similar alternative firmware - install the opengapps nano package (Cyanogenmod explains it in their wiki) to get Google Play - install the Sonos controller app via Google Play - enable immersive mode for the Sonos app in Cyanogenmod's settings - turn off the "double powerbutton tap starts camera" option in Cyanogenmod's settings - install Mobilock Kiosk Lockdown app via Google Play - in Mobilock, you can set the Sonos app to be started automatically - once running, remove any other app except Mobilock and Sonos from the app switcher We had a Nexus 4

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6 years ago
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swsingletonContributor I
asked in Speakers

Change Wifi Network

Is it possible to change the wifi network for the player without connecting to router via ethernet cable?

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6 years ago
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User313053Contributor I
asked in Controllers and Music services

Error log: "Not enough Sonos player memory to complete index" - Why?

I just finished purchasing and setting up my Sonos amps and bridge (well, my installer did it, actually) and I am trying to load the music from my ReadyNasNV+ into the Sonos desktop software. My NAS has approximately 90,000 FLAC files, all properly tagged and in redbook resolution. Sonos is very slow to load, and ultimately only a few of my folders showed up in the library. I received the following error message in the log: Wednesday, June 26, 2013 - 11:11 AM Eastern Time Not enough Sonos player memory to complete index of '//NAS-01-3A-DA/media/Music'. A partial index has been stored. After some further reading on this site I noted that there is apparently a limit of 40,000 songs. Sonos claims it can handle large music libraries, so why is the limit only 40,000? Granted, most people don't have 1.6 TB of FLAC files, but I had absolutely no problem streaming all of them using my old Squeezebox system. I am incredibly disappointed and frustrated with Sonos. Why on earth is there

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ratty
6 years ago
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ScaredyCatContributor I
posted in Speakers

Keep device groups after power cycle

Allow device groups to be locked so that they don't split when power is lost to one or more devices and are powered back up.

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DezM
6 years ago
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tgranvoldContributor I
posted in Controllers and Music services

Sonos automatically starts playing.

When I'm not using the Sonos, i.e. it is not playing music from any source, the Sonos will start playing the sound from the computer, Mac Mini, whenever I start playing a YouTube video or start a song in iTunes. When this happens I have not done anything to start up Sonos! This seems to happen anytime there is a period of silence and then the sound starts. It is a problem as there are times that I just want the sound local to the computer and not go over Sonos.

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Ryan S
6 years ago
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Federico CContributor I
asked in Speakers

Is there any downside at all to hardwiring multiple Sonos devices?

As part of a recent reno I ran Ethernet cable to many rooms in the house, and hence I have the opportunity to hardwire some of my Sonos units. Is there any downside to this? Or is it always a plus?

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jgatie
6 years ago
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KendogContributor I
asked in Home theater

Multiple Sonos Subwoofers

Is it possible to connect more than one Sonos Subwoofer to a single Sonos surround system?

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K
6 years ago
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Help me pleeeeseContributor I
asked in Speakers

Grouping

Why do my speakers in group when not in use needing me to re group each time I turn them back on ?

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DezM
6 years ago
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DamsweetContributor I
asked in What to get

Beginning Sonos user

Hi all...I've just purchased a Play 5 for my hubby for Christmas and want him to LOVE it. He has a LOT of cd's and a 5 disc CD changer which I'm sure he would like to to use at least until he gets used to the fact that with all the options and availability to get all the music he'll ever need via the apps. But he's an "old dog" who learns new tricks slowly. Doesn't even own a cell phone so I'm looking to also purchase a small laptop with keyboard ;) Ideally what I would like to do is be able to hook up his cd player, and an Echo Dot. I would love for him to have headphones but if I understand the way they work, is the sound you get through headphones is only as good as the headphones are, so I'm willing to sacrifice my sanity and hearing so he's able to listen to quality sound at window shaking levels. At this point, I'm thinking I need to start with the Play 5, the Boost to be sure of the best Wi-Fi connection possible, and a Connect to bring it all together. He also has wir

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K
6 years ago
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ComplexworldContributor I
asked in Home theater

Only one HDMI returns sound via Playbar

Hi, I installed my Playbar today and as it turns out only HDMI 2 returns sound via the playbar. All other devices (not on HDMI 2 don't. If I switch a device to HDMI 2 that device works. Is someone also experiencing the same problem or maybe has a suggestion or fix? Thanks!

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Stuart_W
6 years ago
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