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ivovic
ivovicTrending Lyricist I
asked in Speakers
Auxiliary Source With Stereo Pair

Hi everyone, I'm about to pull the trigger on a pair of Play:5s but I have a question about auxiliary inputs with a stereo pair. Forgive my ignorance, since I'm not an owner yet, but when I set up a stereo pair in the app, is the aux input of one speaker pushed to the paired speaker? I'm asking because what I've read tells me that I need an AirPort Express if I want to actually use the Sonos units with AirPlay, and not via the Sonos app... am I right about that, or wrong about everything? I'd ask in a store, but I don't have a stockist nearby, so I'll be ordering online. Thank you very much for your help.

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ivovic
7 years ago
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New Oxford GuyContributor I
asked in What to get
Sonos possible in 3 closely adjacent buildings?

We enjoy 5 PLAY:1 speakers (and a Bridge) in our multi-story large home, but we'd like to consider a Sonos setup to play "background music" for our small business. Details: 1. The business is in 3 buildings grouped quite close together. The greatest distance between the router and the speakers placed in building farthest away would be 80-100 feet. 2. The building where the router is located is the largest, a single room about the size of a 3-car garage. Probably 4 mono speakers here would be appropriate. 3. The next closest building to the router, where its single speaker would be about 50-60 feet from the router int he largest building, could easily be covered by 1 mono speaker. (This building is about the size a very small 1 car garage.) 4. The farthest building, about 80-100 feet from the router in the largest building, has 2 small rooms, each about the size a good-sized bedroom. Each room could be served by 2 mono speaker--so a total of 2 speakers for this building. 5. So w

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ratty
7 years ago
bynumpi
bynumpiContributor I
asked in Controllers and Music services
How do I share multiple iTunes Libraries on Sonos

my wife wants to be able to access her own iTunes library via our Sonos system. Her music is not currently on my iMac with mine, but we want to keep her library separate. Any ideas?

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7 years ago
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deroContributor II
asked in What to get
Help me: Big ground floor

Hi, our ground floor is very open, about 10 m (32 ft) wide and 13.5 m (44 ft) deep. The main part of the living room is about 5 m (16 ft) deep and 10 m (32 ft) wide (it forms the end of the ground floor). Mostly open space, the kitchen and hallway are adjacent. I now have 2x Play 1 and 1x Sub in test and I am already quite impressed by the sound. I wonder, of course, which is the best combination: - 2x Play 1 + Sub (~ 1100 EUR) - 2x Play 3 (~600 EUR) - 2x + 3 Play Sub (~ 1300 EUR) - 2x Play 5 (2nd) (~ EUR 1000) - 2x Play 5 (2nd) + Sub (~ 1700 EUR) Example: 2x 1 Play with Sub at 1100 EUR 2x Play 5 (2nd) at 1000 EUR is similarly priced option, but what sound is better? There are soooo many options ... Thanks dero

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K
7 years ago
Scrivener
ScrivenerTrending Lyricist I
asked in Home theater
Will Sonos do a Dolby Atmos equivalent

This appears to be a firmware upgrade job to other marques. Can Sonos do that too? http://www.whathifi.com/advice/dolby-atmos-what-it-how-can-you-get-it Onkyo has released two AV receivers: the TX-N1010 and TX-N3030, a network AV controller, two home cinema in a box packages, and two speaker packages. Along with the new products, Onkyo has announced a firmware update for the TX-NR636, TX-NR737 and TX-NR838 AV receivers. The update means that owners won't need to buy a new AV receiver to benefit from Atmos (just the extra speakers). And you won't have to have in-ceiling speakers. Dolby’s hardware partners will also produce side speakers that aim to do a similar job. Watch the video. Read more at http://www.whathifi.com/advice/dolby-atmos-what-it-how-can-you-get-it#H8X237ssDpp1QHw1.99

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Chris
7 years ago
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John_E_76Contributor I
asked in Controllers and Music services
Can't connect Sonos to Yonomi app

Hi all Have just bought one of these Amazon Echo Dots and have heard that it can connect to sonos via the yonomi app. Anyway have connected Dot to yonomi okay, but for some reason when you go on to discovery to find sonos nothing comes up! Am I doing something wrong?? Hoping that it's just something that I'm not doing correctly. Please help!!!!! Thanks in advance

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7 years ago
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John_46Contributor II
asked in Components and Architectural
Sonos stops playing music after several hours

I like to leave my Sonos on all day and when we leave out of town. It always stops playing after several hours. ( we listen to Pandora or tunein radio stations). Anyone know how to fix this?

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Ryan S
7 years ago
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astrobboyAvid Contributor III
asked in Speakers
Positioning of Play:1

I was wondering how directional the sound from the Play:1 is? If I place it on a bookshelf which is against a common wall to my neighbour (in an apartment block), will he get much noise from it if I was to turn the volume up. Obviously I wouldn't have the Play:1 facing the wall, it would be facing the rest of the room, but I am curious. thanks.

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Chris
7 years ago
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BaskyContributor I
asked in Controllers and Music services
Latest Beta APK file

Hi Guys and dolls, I wonder if any of you has the latest apk file as Ive deleted the email by mistake, many thanks

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7 years ago
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Mike_18Contributor II
posted in Controllers and Music services
sort artist albums by year not alphabetical

When you browse your collection and select an artist see albums sorted alphabetically. To me this would be far more logical for these to be sorted by release year (and then alphabetically). Failing making this the default perhaps adding an option of how to sort albums (orhttps://ask.sonos.com/sonos/topics/dynamic_library_views_user_defined_sorting)

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7 years ago
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FletchieBrewContributor I
asked in Components and Architectural
Using a single Play 5 with a Playbar

I have just bought a Play 5 and wanted to add this to add some extra sound to the existing Playbar connected to my television. I have set this up and experimented with grouping and tried to use surround sound with just one speaker. But none of this works well and I end up with a kind of echo effect. If I stream music however using them grouped it sounds great. So I am thinking this is due to the connections being different. The Playbar is connected to the TV by cable. Can anyone offer advice? I could buy a second for surround sound but obviously expensive and a bit OTT for the room size. I struggle to hear the TV as a bit deaf in one ear so the idea was to boost sound near me at the back of the room.

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Chris
7 years ago
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rajivroyContributor I
asked in Components and Architectural
Connecting TV audio out to Connect:AMP

Is there a reason that the audio output from a TV would not work as input into a Component Audio Analog input? Thanks

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7 years ago
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Van-GContributor III
posted in Speakers
UPA-7 Power Amp Trigger w/ Connect

One of my zones uses a Connect and a 2 channels of a Emotiva UPA-7 power amp to drive NHT Absolute Zero speakers and 10d Sub. The other 5 channels of the UPA-7 are driving my HT 5.1 setup and triggered by the Denon 3312-CI. How can I trigger the UPA-7 when using the Connect zone?

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7 years ago
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henContributor I
posted in Speakers
ZP90 + Power Amp

Hello all, I'm designing a whole home audio system for my house which is currently under reconstruction. I'd like to go with Sonos. I think it'll be more cost effective than going with a multi-room audio system that they're marketing nowadays. I also am in desperate need of great sound quality and power. I plan to entertain a lot. Because of pitched ceilings, I'm really leaning towards the SpeakerCraft in-ceiling speakers so I can direct the speaker downwards. Some rooms are larger, others are smaller. I have about 8 zones all with two speakers except one which has four. I plan to use 8 individual connects to control each zone individually and/or multiple zones simultaneously. I want separate amps (not a Connect:AMP) that won't break the bank to give me the power Connect:AMP won't. The SpeakerCraft speakers I'm leaning towards are 8 ohms/125W. I'm stuck when it comes to amplifiers. Some say pre-amp + amp for the Connect, others say not necessarily. I would prefer a multi-input/multi-

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7 years ago
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vectorlogicContributor I
posted in Controllers and Music services
Total Queue/Playlist - Time/Length

I would love to be ableto see the total lenth/time of all songs in a Queue or Playlists.

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7 years ago
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baz2963Contributor III
posted in Speakers
Sonos Sub (Glossy) scratches ....

Hi, Anyone else getting small swirls, long scratches on their sub.. even using the supplied Sonos cloth ?? Quite disappointed with the finish.

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Belly M
7 years ago
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mastoContributor I
asked in Components and Architectural
Mac Mini to Sonos

Just bought a Mac Mini, have it hooked up to my TV by a HDMI cable. Also have an Apple TV hooked up to the same TV through another HDMI input. And lastly, I've hooked up my TV direct to my Sonos Playbar. The Playbar is working great through Apple TV, but when I'm using my Mac Mini - no sound is coming from the Playbar (not from web browsing or stored music & movies from iTunes). Any suggestions?

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SBSurfer
7 years ago
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TekbudContributor I
asked in Controllers and Music services
Beta version 7 spotify playing to grouped sonos devices including a line-in speaker set to autoplay

Using the new beta version 7 when I try and play a song to a grouped set of sonos speakers that includes a speaker that has autoplay of line-in turned on, I'm initially able to connect to the speakers only if I choose the non-line-in connected speaker first. Then when I hit play (after seeing "connected") immediately It kicks me back to "Manage devices." If I try to connect to the autoplay speaker first then it won't connect at all. As soon as I remove autoplay from this speaker groups work fine. With the upcoming connectivity options with Amazon Echo and the dot, this will be a bigger issue. Actually, it's already an issue for me as I can't leave autoplay on for a sonos speaker connected to an echo dot for line-in needs and be able to group this speaker for playback of spotify through the spotify app. Hopefully this all makes sense. I submitted a diagnostic but not sure what else to do to provide feedback on this.

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7 years ago
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NexussContributor I
asked in Components and Architectural
Question about internet speed/sonos

Dear Sonos community, 2 days ago I bought a new sound system for my living room. I wanted to get rid of all the wires that came with my old surround sound system so I made the switch to Sonos. I got the Sonos playbar, Sub and 2 Play 1 speakers. The playbar is the only one connected to my router via cable, the other 3 are connected wireless. The night after installing everything I noticed that Netflix had to load during movies and series on my TV (never had this before). Wireless internet feels slower as well. Since it happened just after installing the Sonos system I think that has to be the thing that slows it down. I have allready changed the channel of my wireless internet to channel 1 (read that in another topic) but haven't notived any improvement so far. I would love to keep the system as is and get the old internet speed back (or at least an improvement so Netflix doesn't have to reload the movie every few minutes. My internet connection: 150 Mbit download/s 15

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7 years ago
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SaKe1971Contributor I
asked in Components and Architectural
Play:1 Generation 1 or 2

Hello, I got a pair of Play:1 is there a chance to find out the generation of my Prodiuct. Thanks

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7 years ago
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teedeepeeContributor I
asked in Home theater
Playbar with 2x Play 1's but NO SUB

Thinking of splashing out on a Playbar and adding in my 2 Play 1's to give me surround sound. Questions: 1) If my TV Optical isn't passing through full 5.1, will the above set up still give me a version of surround sound (albeit without the sub)? 2) Could I connect the optical cable directly into my XboxOne instead, and get true Dolby 5.1 (From Netflix, Blu Ray and Games), again, albeit without the Sub? Thanks in advance.

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7 years ago
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feisarContributor I
asked in Components and Architectural
Multiple Home WiFi Connections

Hi, At home, I have a few different networks with associated WiFi SSIDs (e.g. trusted, guest, IoT). I would like the Sonos device to be on my 'IoT' network but I want to be able to control it from devices on my 'trusted' and maybe 'guest' network, which, of course, use a different SSIDs ``. Unfortunately, when I try to control the Sonos from a device connected to a different SSID the Sonos App gives me a message effectively saying 'sorry, different WiFi name, can't do it'. Now, I don't think there is a technical reason for this block, because if (for testing purposes) I placed the App in one network and the Sonos in another then allow the correct ports between them but make sure their connected to the same SSID - it works (I did this test by connecting to my home VPN, which puts the App device in a different network). Anyway, short story, can I just tell the App or Sonos to ignore the fact that the SSID doesn't match because I know it will work anyway? Tried to exp

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ratty
7 years ago
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dbwhite77Contributor I
asked in Components and Architectural
Daisy chaining power?

Has anyone been able to daisy chain two Play1's together as rear speakers? I only have power outlet on one side of the room and I was told by Sonos support that this is possible. However, I can't find a female to female figure 8 power cord to connect the two. Anyone found one of these? Thanks!

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7 years ago
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camillo777Headliner I
asked in Controllers and Music services
Android Controller 6.4.8 any release notes?

Just updated to controller 6.4.8 on Android. Hardware still at 6.4.2. Any release note for this update? Thank you Camillo

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Ryan S
7 years ago
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famicoContributor II
asked in Controllers and Music services
'Secret' Sonos-compatible Android apps

I just found that a random German TV Android app (ARD Mediathek) allows audio streaming to my Sonos. It has a logo that is similar to the Chromecast logo, but it includes not only Chromecast but also 'Sonos Media Renderer'. Clicking on that allows me to stream the sound from the app to my Sonos. This is actually pointless, as I can't stream to my Chromecast at the same time, so I get the picture on my phone and the sound on my Sonos. But there must be other apps where this function is useful. I messaged Sonos about this and they just confirmed 'yes, this is possible' but didn't seem willing to tell me which other apps do this. I suppose it's probably not the most complete Sonos experience so they don't promote it, but it is still pretty cool.

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Gus A
7 years ago
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