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Trending Lyricist II
December 4, 2021

Please add digital tuner to Sonos Port

I would buy the port if it had a digital HD tuner built in and could whole stream content to other devices on the sonos echo system. 

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Airgetlam
December 4, 2021

What exactly do you mean by a digital tuner? It already runs the Sonos software, which includes access to hundreds, if not thousands, of digital streams, as well as functioning as a digitizer for the analog input. Which then sends that signal to any Sonos device in the system. What’s missing from this?

Bruce
Lead Maestro
December 4, 2021

The Port is a music and audio streaming device, not a digital TV tuner. I wouldn’t expect that to ever change.

"Receive with simplicity everything that happens to you." - Rashi
ratty
December 4, 2021

the sonos echo system. 

What’s that then? Sonos is Sonos. Echo is Amazon. 

106rallye
December 4, 2021

What’s the use of having an HD (DAB+??) tuner in a Port that has several music services at it’s disposal?

Trending Lyricist II
December 6, 2021

@Airgetlam digital fm tuner, or better know as hd radio.  And sonos injects random commercials while listening to TuneIn or iheart radio..  and when internet is out (freezeagetion) I could still listen to local stations.  And bit rate is rather low streaming…

December 6, 2021

@Airgetlam digital fm tuner, or better know as hd radio.

I don't use radio often, but I suspect that every FM station of note is accessible via the Sonos app using Tune In. Or Sonos Radio. In that sense the Sonos app is a digital FM tuner.

Airgetlam
December 6, 2021

Sonos provides a subscription based HD radio service as well. 

Bruce
December 6, 2021

There is no chance of this happening.  Add OTA radio to Sonos?  That makes neither commercial or technological sense.  It would complicate the app, add very little useful functionality, and add significantly to cost.  The resulting increase in sales of the Port would be, in my estimation, one unit. (Actually sales would fall, assuming a price increase.)

The sound quality of DAB radio is also questionable, as it depends on local reception quality.

No, no, no.

December 6, 2021

Further thought. Are there any digital radios with a line out connection? If so that could be used with the Port line in.

A headphone socket would be another possibility but I don't know what the sound quality would be like.

December 6, 2021

In this day and age are there still any FM stations that don't stream as well, with a URL that Sonos can connect to via the controller app?