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Line-in to Era 100 disconnects between every record

  • November 13, 2025
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Stepvhen
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Question: How do I keep my line-in audio source playing to the entire house while flipping a record instead of having it disconnect from the Sonos group?

 


I recently switched my turntable (AT-LP60XBT) from a Bluetooth connection to a line-in connection. (After adding a couple more speakers around the house the BT connection was starting to fail and drop speakers off, I assume due to the delay.)

(With the line in 3.5 to USB-C)

When I start a record, the music automatically comes out of my era 100 fine. I then go in the app and select the rest of the house, which plays fine. Almost 100% of the time, when the record stops and needs to be flipped, the audio reverts back to only the Era 100 that the line in is plugged into. 
This is complicated by the fact that in the app, the line in is still connected to the entire house (5 speakers) and does not update. So then I force quit the app to reset it, and when first opened, the app seems to come alive and connect to my system fine but does not show any speakers associated with the account for a long long few pauses. Sometimes I force quit the app twice and it finally brings up our system with every speaker spectated again in the app. Then I can select the Era 100 playing the line in source and resend it to the whole house. 
Usually the first song on the record is about coming to a close….

I’ve experimented with waiting by the record player and trying to flip the record as fast as possible to beat the system disconnecting.  It does not seem to make a difference. I’ve also tried turning the autoplay toggle on or off. This honestly does not seem to have any effect. Throughout a day of playing records this whole dance becomes an unbelievably frustrating sequence. 
 

any idea how to keep the Line in audio source connected to a Sonos group between record flips? 

Best answer by craigski

Have you checked Include Grouped Rooms ?

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  • Local Superstar
  • Answer
  • November 13, 2025

Have you checked Include Grouped Rooms ?


Stanley_4
  • Grand Maestro
  • November 13, 2025

Maybe try different auto-play settings?


Corry P
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  • Sonos Staff
  • November 17, 2025

Hi ​@Stepvhen 

Welcome to the Sonos Community!

Sorry to hear about the issues you’ve been having with the speakers ungrouping when you flip the record over.

As ​@Stanley_4 alluded to, I recommend that you disable the Ungroup on Autoplay option in the Era 100’s room settings. Settings icon » [room with Era 100s] » Ungroup on Autoplay » Off.

If an input goes quiet for a while, then restarts, the speaker detects it and goes by it’s own Autoplay settings in deciding what to do - in this case, to ungroup any other speakers.

I hope this helps.


jgatie
  • November 17, 2025

Hi ​@Stepvhen 

Welcome to the Sonos Community!

Sorry to hear about the issues you’ve been having with the speakers ungrouping when you flip the record over.

As ​@Stanley_4 alluded to, I recommend that you disable the Ungroup on Autoplay option in the Era 100’s room settings. Settings icon » [room with Era 100s] » Ungroup on Autoplay » Off.

If an input goes quiet for a while, then restarts, the speaker detects it and goes by it’s own Autoplay settings in deciding what to do - in this case, to ungroup any other speakers.

I hope this helps.

 

Ungroup on Autoplay is for TV sources only.  The OP is using Era 100’s with a turntable, so the setting is Include Grouped Rooms under Sources > Autoplay.


Corry P
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  • Sonos Staff
  • November 17, 2025

Thanks ​@jgatie - I didn’t have anything plugged into Line-In and presumed it was the same option as seen for TV. Thanks for the correction! 


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  • Trending Lyricist I
  • February 8, 2026

I have this same set up and I am REALLY struggling with this. It’s a huge pain. The idea of “rooms” seems to be non-existent in the app and grouping all of the speakers doesn’t do anything. Does anyone know if there is a video walking one through this? I would listen to way more of my vinyl collection of this worked seamlessly. 


Stanley_4
  • Grand Maestro
  • February 8, 2026

I have this same set up and I am REALLY struggling with this. It’s a huge pain. The idea of “rooms” seems to be non-existent in the app and grouping all of the speakers doesn’t do anything. Does anyone know if there is a video walking one through this? I would listen to way more of my vinyl collection of this worked seamlessly. 

Rooms arre non-existent? I have to do a lot of digging in my app to find a page not dominated by Rooms. Where do you need access to a Room that you can't get it?

Grouping should have every Sonos you add to the Group playing what the initial member of the Group is playing. Is that not working for you? Does it work for streaming and TV but not line-in?

Are you selecting the line-in  source on the Sonos your turntable is connected to? Maybe turn off the additional options for the line-in and get the basics working?

There is a how to use the App video somewhere around here, don't have a link to it though. Not sure what you expect to find there, the simple process of touching the group icon on the Room you want to Group to, touching each Room you want to add to the Group, and finally touching Apply really doesn't require a video. 


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  • Trending Lyricist I
  • February 8, 2026

I have this same set up and I am REALLY struggling with this. It’s a huge pain. The idea of “rooms” seems to be non-existent in the app and grouping all of the speakers doesn’t do anything. Does anyone know if there is a video walking one through this? I would listen to way more of my vinyl collection of this worked seamlessly. 

Rooms arre non-existent? I have to do a lot of digging in my app to find a page not dominated by Rooms. Where do you need access to a Room that you can't get it?

Grouping should have every Sonos you add to the Group playing what the initial member of the Group is playing. Is that not working for you? Does it work for streaming and TV but not line-in?

Are you selecting the line-in  source on the Sonos your turntable is connected to? Maybe turn off the additional options for the line-in and get the basics working?

There is a how to use the App video somewhere around here, don't have a link to it though. Not sure what you expect to find there, the simple process of touching the group icon on the Room you want to Group to, touching each Room you want to add to the Group, and finally touching Apply really doesn't require a video. 

Sarcasm aside, this was helpful. The piece I was missing was to select the line in as a source first and then select all speakers. Once I did that, I could flip the record as the orginal poster stated, as well as change records, and it will play through all speakers without a problem. 


106rallye
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  • February 9, 2026

@scottdwinter A room in Sonos is a speaker or a defined set of speakers. The room could have the name of your speaker (I.e. Beam), but you can also choose another name (Living Room) or name it yourself (Lucy’s Room). There’s always a room showing in the overlay on the button of the first page in the app, swiping it up gives you access to other rooms.

So I can understand Stanley’s surprise when you say rooms are “non-existent in the app”.


Stanley_4
  • Grand Maestro
  • February 9, 2026

Wasn't trying to be sarcastic, that was a real question on Rooms.

Same on the help video, for what you are doing it would be minimal, if any, help.