Contributor I

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Use ROAM or MOVE as Bridge from Bluetooth Turntable

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I am considering buying a Bluetooth turntable in order to revisit some dusty old vinyl. I am particularly interested in the Project T1 BT.

I do not want to connect any additional cabling into the turntable.

I only currently have Wi-Fi SONOS speakers in my system and was hoping that I could buy either a MOVE or ROAM bluetooth speaker to connect to the turntable and additionally use as a ‘bridge’ to enable playing of the vinyl on my other wi-fi only SONOS speakers. Can anyone confirm if this is possible to mix output via both bluetooth and non bluetooth SONOS speakers?

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airforceteacherAnswer

Headliner I

Roam will absolutely do this - I was listening to Youtube videos on my iPad, via Bluetooth to the Roam, bridged to Play:1 speakers within an hour of getting the Roam. According to other posters on this board, the Move cannot do this due to a different antenna.

airforceteacherAnswer

Headliner I

Roam will absolutely do this - I was listening to Youtube videos on my iPad, via Bluetooth to the Roam, bridged to Play:1 speakers within an hour of getting the Roam. According to other posters on this board, the Move cannot do this due to a different antenna.

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Cheese1947Author

Contributor I

Thanks…..I think I keep seeing what appear to be different responses to this. I wouldn’t really use the ‘portable’ element of the ROAM and would only really use it for this ‘bridging’ purpose within range of my home wi-fi….so good to hear that it should work.

airforceteacher

Headliner I

It’s the primary reason I bought the Roam - I already have the Move.

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Record Buff

Lyricist I

Has anybody actually gotten this to work? I have Roam connected by Bluetooth to my turntable and have other Sonos grouped with the Roam, but when playing my turntable it only plays through Roam and does not recognize groups. Any help figuring this out would be much appreciated (if it is truly possible)

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GuitarSuperstar

Lead Maestro

Has anybody actually gotten this to work? I have Roam connected by Bluetooth to my turntable and have other Sonos grouped with the Roam, but when playing my turntable it only plays through Roam and does not recognize groups. Any help figuring this out would be much appreciated (if it is truly possible)

Yes, it works. Follow these steps:

https://support.sonos.com/s/article/5048?language=en_US

"Receive with simplicity everything that happens to you." - Rashi

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Cheese1947Author

Contributor I

I can connect Roam to a Bluetooth turntable and then group to other (non Bluetooth) Sonos speakers via Airplay - but I often encounter lots of sound dropouts when doing this (usually on the non Bluetooth speaker).

Has anyone else else had / solved this problem?

Ken_Griffiths

I can connect Roam to a Bluetooth turntable and then group to other (non Bluetooth) Sonos speakers via Airplay - but I often encounter lots of sound dropouts when doing this (usually on the non Bluetooth speaker).

Has anyone else else had / solved this problem?

I don’t understand where Airplay comes into this? You should be playing the TT to Roam using Bluetooth, then open the S2 Sonos App (whilst connected to your WiFi) to see the Roam playing in the Rooms ‘System’ tab and then just group the Roam with your other Sonos Rooms to also play the TT audio (in sync) on those other rooms. Airplay has no role in the process.

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Cheese1947Author

Contributor I

That is what I am doing - using the group function….I thought it (happened via Airplay…..obviously not).

When doing so I get drop out on the non Bluetooth speaker (Sonos One or Five).

I don’t get drop out when Roam is not in the group.

Ken_Griffiths

That is what I am doing - using the group function….I thought it (happened via Airplay…..obviously not).

When doing so I get drop out on the non Bluetooth speaker (Sonos One or Five).

I don’t get drop out when Roam is not in the group.

The Roam has to be in the group as it is the device receiving the Bluetooth audio? … it’s possibly the Bluetooth signal then between the TT and the Roam put them within three feet of each other - also try this …

Try a different 2.4Ghz WiFi channel on your router as a Bluetooth signal uses that band. I suggest trying fixed non-overlapping channel 1, 6 or 11 and set the channel width to 20MHz.

If using a SonosNet signal also set that to a completely different channel than the one you set for the router and see if that solves your drop-out issues.

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Erasers

Lyricist III

That is what I am doing - using the group function….I thought it (happened via Airplay…..obviously not).

When doing so I get drop out on the non Bluetooth speaker (Sonos One or Five).

I don’t get drop out when Roam is not in the group.

The Roam has to be in the group as it is the device receiving the Bluetooth audio? … it’s possibly the Bluetooth signal then between the TT and the Roam put them within three feet of each other - also try this …

Try a different 2.4Ghz WiFi channel on your router as a Bluetooth signal uses that band. I suggest trying fixed non-overlapping channel 1, 6 or 11 and set the channel width to 20MHz.

If using a SonosNet signal also set that to a completely different channel than the one you set for the router and see if that solves your drop-out issues.

Hi Ken,

I have the exact same skipping problem as cheese1947 (without the airplay confusion) when using my Roam to bridge from my Bluetooth turntable to the wifi speaker room. I've tried setting all my Sonos speakers to reserved DCHP IP addresses, as well as setting my 2.4GHz channel to 1,6 and 11. None of it changed anything. The roam plays the music smoothly, but all the other speakers skip intermittently every 10-20 seconds. Any other ideas?

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