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#119227 24-May-2013 21:11
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Recently our 17-year old stereo died and we decided to replace it with some Sonos gear which I plan to run off my iPad. Bought two Play 3 speakers and a Bridge from JB HiFi today. Setting them up is meant to be a very simple, ten-minute, few buttons-push exercise.

It has proved to be anything but that. I have spent four hours fiddling with this stuff and I can get the Bridge to connect quickly and easily but the speakers just will not connect. I have tried all sorts of things, have googled extensively and had absolutely no joy. Lots of people seem to have had the same issues but I did not find a solution. Very frustrating. I have emailed Sonos support in the US but it's dark over there so will see if I get a reply later.

I was quite excited about getting this gear because it's supposed to be brilliant. I heard the Play 3's in a store and they were great (for a non-audiophile). But this has just become a PITA and I don't really want to take it all back to JB but I may have to do that.

Would welcome any comments or advice.

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  #825109 25-May-2013 07:08
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Many thanks to the three of you who replied. I had tried pretty much all of the things that were suggested. I saw the NZ support number after I had posted above and was going to ring them on Monday.

However I have got it sorted. When trying to set up last night I read somewhere that if you're having problems, try turning off gear that might be interfering with the signal that Sonos uses, eg cordless phones. I had turned our house phone off but that didn't help.

Lying in bed overnight I thought about the Ellies TX/RX AV extender system we use to get Sky from the upstairs TV room to the kitchen downstairs. Once I turned that off, everything went according to plan and it was pretty much as quick and simple as I had originally expected it to be.

Not sure what the audiophiles say but I think Sonos is a great system. I think the sound is good and the app is great for playing straight off the iPad or off my Android phone. I think it's better than the 17-year old Bose Acoustimass system it replaced - and I know audiophiles don't like them. Fairly pricy though.

EDIT: The only thing is I'm not sure what will happen when I turn the Ellies gear back on. The Ellies has dip switches for changing channel and I see the Sonos has a choice of three wireless channels so hopefully they can play nice together.




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