Sonos CONNECT User Manual Adding to an existing Sonos system

Once you’ve got your Sonos system set up, you can easily add more Sonos products any time (up to 32). Use the Sonos CONNECT’s audio outputs to connect it to a home theater, computer, powered speakers, or amplifier.

If your house has structured (built-in) wiring, you can make a wired connection to the additional Sonos products. If you don’t have structured wiring, our built-in wireless technology is ideal for you.

1. Attach the power cord and plug in the Sonos CONNECT. The Audio indicator (green) and the Player status indicator (white) will begin to flash.

2. Choose one of the following options:
   Connect to a home theater or amplifier
   

   

   • If you have digital inputs on your home theater or amplifier, you can use either a TOSLINK® optical audio cable or a digital coaxial cable to connect the Sonos CONNECT’s digital output to the digital input on the receiver.

   • If you have analog inputs on your home theater or amplifier, use a standard RCA audio cable to connect the Sonos CONNECT’s analog audio output to the audio inputs on the receiver.

   • Select the proper input channel on the receiver. See Controlling the volume from your home theater or amplifier to adjust volume settings.
     Connect to a computer or powered speakers

   • If you are connecting to your computer: You will need a stereo mini to RCA Y-adapter audio cable (one 1/8-inch stereo miniplug to dual RCA male connectors) to connect the Sonos product’s analog audio output to the computer’s audio input.

   • If you are connecting to powered speakers: You may need a Y-adapter audio cable (one 1/8-inch stereo miniplug to dual RCA male connectors) to connect the computer’s speakers to the audio outputs on the Sonos product. If your speakers have a male 1/8-inch stereo plug, you will need to attach a female-to-female coupler between the speaker plug and the Y-adapter audio cable.

3. If you are making a wireless connection, skip this step and continue on to step 4. If you are making a wired connection, connect a standard Ethernet cable from your router or another Sonos product (or a live network wall plate if you have built-in wiring) to one of the Ethernet switch connections on the back of the new Sonos product.

4. Choose one of the following options:

   • Using the Sonos app on a mobile device: Select Add a Player or SUB from Settings and follow the on-screen prompts to add this product to Sonos.

   • Using the Sonos app on a Mac or PC: Select Add a Player or SUB from the Manage menu and follow the prompts to add the new product to Sonos.

Thick walls, 2.4 GHz cordless telephones, or the presence of other wireless devices can interfere with or block the wireless network signals from Sonos. If you experience difficulty after positioning a Sonos product, try one or more of the following resolutions—relocate the Sonos product; change the wireless channel your music system is operating on; connect a Sonos product to your router if your setup is currently wireless.