Sonos Silence Solved
23/09/09 08:04
Got a call from a puzzled Sonos owner. He had a system installed throughout his (large, country) house a few months ago as part of a major renovation. Worked fine, even keeping the builders amused as they did various renovations to the house.
When the project was over and all the furniture moved back into the house, half the Sonos system stopped working. Obviously the network had failed to reach through the new fixtures and fittings. To address this a network repeater was installed. While this improved computer network access through the house it did nothing for the Sonos silence. I was asked why?
Easy - Sonos runs on its own network and won't piggyback on a traditional home network. Solution - install a new zone player midway to boost the signal, or relocate an existing player closer its neighbour; or buy one of the new small zone units. That will do the trick.
When the project was over and all the furniture moved back into the house, half the Sonos system stopped working. Obviously the network had failed to reach through the new fixtures and fittings. To address this a network repeater was installed. While this improved computer network access through the house it did nothing for the Sonos silence. I was asked why?
Easy - Sonos runs on its own network and won't piggyback on a traditional home network. Solution - install a new zone player midway to boost the signal, or relocate an existing player closer its neighbour; or buy one of the new small zone units. That will do the trick.
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