Sonos Multi-Room Music System Additional Preferences, Selecting a different wireless channel

5-8 Sonos Multi-Room Music System User Guide

Additional Preferences

Selecting a different wireless channel

The Sonos Multi-Room Music System selects the optimal radio frequency channel during setup. However, if you have other wireless devices using this channel, you may want to switch the Sonos Multi-Room Music System to another channel to avoid conflicts, as conflicts may cause audio drop-outs.

1.From the File menu, select Preferences.

2.Click the Advanced tab.

3.Select another wireless channel from the Wireless Channel drop-down list, and click OK.

It may take several seconds for the switch to take effect. If you have music playing, a short music dropout will occur during the wireless channel change.

Line-in encoding

The audio from line-in sources can be encoded to produce compressed or uncompressed audio. We recommend the following usage guidelines:

•Use Uncompressed if:

•You want optimal performance with home theaters.

•You want to produce the highest quality sound for your multi-zone Sonos system (this selection requires more network bandwidth than compressed audio.)

•Use Compressed if:

•You are connecting more than 4 zones wirelessly.

1.From the File menu, select Preferences.

2.Click the Advanced tab.

3.Select Compressed or Uncompressed from the Line-In Encoding list, and click OK.

When Compressed is selected, you will notice a delay before the music starts to play. When Uncompressed is selected, this delay is significantly reduced.