Sonos CONNECT Line-In

Product Guide

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 component (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 component.

Choose one of the following options:

• Using a handheld Sonos controller: Select Add a Sonos Component from the Settings menu and follow the on-screen

prompts to add this component to your Sonos system.

• Using the Sonos Controller for Mac or PC: Select Manage -> Add a Sonos Component and follow the prompts to add

this component to your Sonos system.

For additional information on connecting audio devices, please go to our Web site at http://faq.sonos.com/cables.

Line-In

You can easily stream an external source such as a CD player or portable music player through Sonos using the audio-in

connections on your Sonos component. The device will be automatically detected as soon as you plug it in.

• Use a standard RCA cable to plug an external source like a CD player into the analog Audio In connections on the back

of your SONOS CONNECT.

• If you are connecting a portable music player to the SONOS CONNECT, you will need a 1/8 inch mini-stereo to RCA audio

cable instead. Plug the mini-stereo end into the portable device and the RCA end into the Audio In connection on the

Sonos component.

Using a handheld Sonos controller:

• To play music from this line-in source, select Line-In from the Music menu, select the source, and select Play Now.

• To change the name of this device, select Room Settings from the Settings menu. Select the Sonos component this

source is connected to, and then touch Line-In Source Name. Select a new name from the list, or type a unique name.

• To change the line-in level, select Room Settings from the Settings menu. Select the Sonos component this source is

connected to, and then touch Line-In Source Level. Select a new level.

Using the Sonos Controller for Mac or PC:

• To play music from this source select Line-In from the MUSIC pane, click next to the music source, and select Play

Now.

• To change the settings for this device:

• Select Manage -> Settings (PC) or Sonos -> Preferences -> Room Settings (Mac).

• Select the Sonos component your Airport Express is connected to from the Room Settings for drop-down list.

•Click the Line-In tab and update the settings.

A default (typical) line-in level is automatically assigned when you select a source name, but if the volume sounds too low,

you can select a higher line level for this device. (You may experience sound distortion at higher volume levels if you set the

level too high.)

When you have line-in music sources attached to a Sonos component, line-in encoding determines how Sonos will encode

the data coming in from these sources. Your Sonos system defaults to automatic in order to provide the optimal playback