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Sonos Five stopped working

  • January 11, 2025
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Mike_Wright_411
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Hello Everyone

I have a Sonos Five, which is exactly two years old tomorrow.  It has suddenly stopped working.  I have performed factory reset (including with and without ethernet connection to router), the app recognises it and adds it to the S2 app and my system.  It even performs Trueplay.  However, when I try to play music or a radio station through it, I am getting “unable to connect.  Try again later”.   

Please does anyone have any advice or tips on anything else to try please?  Thanks for any suggestions.

Mike  

Best answer by Stanley_4

Check the software versions and make sure it is on the same ones the rest of your system are, under Settings About.

If not force an update check and then update it.

 

The Factory Resets are often counter-productive as they erase information Sonos could see in a diagnostic and rarely provide more than a short term masking of the underlying problem.

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Pools-3015
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What service were you trying to use?

Have you tried another service to see if the same thing happens,

have you tried re booting your router/network?

If you have other speakers, do they have the same issue? If they do, it’s your network,. If they don’t, I suggest calling Sonos support.


Stanley_4
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  • January 11, 2025

Check the software versions and make sure it is on the same ones the rest of your system are, under Settings About.

If not force an update check and then update it.

 

The Factory Resets are often counter-productive as they erase information Sonos could see in a diagnostic and rarely provide more than a short term masking of the underlying problem.


Mike_Wright_411
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Thank you Stanley

i appreciate your reply.  I can’t see the way to Settings, then about.  Forgive my lack of technical nous.  Please can you guide me?

thank you again

Mike


Mike_Wright_411
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Dear Stanley

I have managed to resolve it via system update, thank you for your help and genius 🙏

Kind regards

Mike


Stanley_4
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Mike_Wright_411 wrote:

Thank you Stanley

i appreciate your reply.  I can’t see the way to Settings, then about.  Forgive my lack of technical nous.  Please can you guide me?

thank you again

Mike

I’ll put this here for the next person that can’t find it in the new and improved(?) App.  :-)

Tap the little Gear icon in the top-right of the Controller App’s screen.

That gets you to System Settings.

Tap the Manage label, then About Your System.

Scroll down past the App info to Sonos System Information.

The version number you are looking for is something like 82.3-6?????

 

Glad you are back working!

 


Mike_Wright_411
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Thank you Stanley

you’r e a good man 👍

kind regards 

Mike


Mike_Wright_411
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Pools-3015 wrote:

What service were you trying to use?

Have you tried another service to see if the same thing happens,

have you tried re booting your router/network?

If you have other speakers, do they have the same issue? If they do, it’s your network,. If they don’t, I suggest calling Sonos support.

Thanks Pools

I appreciate your help.

I’ve managed to resolve it with Stanley’s help.  I tried all you suggested but it was a forced system update which worked and brought all of my speakers into line.

It’s all working perfectly now.  Thanks again

Mike

 


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