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Harmony experience with Sonos

It'south compatible with all Harmony products*
* IR remotes are only able to command Sonos ARC, Beam, PLAYBAR, and PLAYBASE

Setup

Add Sonos to your Harmony setup

Mobile Desktop

Launch the Harmony app and connect to your Harmony Hub.
Select Carte du jour, then Harmony Setup > Add together/Edit Devices & Activities > Devices.

Harmony app

Select SCAN FOR WI‑FI DEVICES and Harmony volition search for any connected Sonos devices on your home Wi‑Fi network.
- Harmony will automatically add all Sonos speakers that are on your Wi-Fi network.
- Yous may add as many speakers equally you like. It volition only count equally one device against your device limit.
Once added, Harmony will prompt y'all to create an Activity. Select Yep and follow the prompts.
- Harmony will automatically group your speakers when the Activity starts.

Launch the Harmony app and sign into your account.
Select your Harmony remote, followed by DEVICES > Add together DEVICE.
Enter manufacturer Sonos and model number for the device you're adding.
Finally, select the sync icon in the upper right corner of the settings menu, followed by SYNC NOW.

Control

Launch your Mind to Sonos Action and select the Favorites icon to view all your saved Sonos stations. It's that simple.

Grouping and ungrouping Sonos speakers

Group or Ungroup Sonos products easily. Start any Listen to Sonos type action, while in the Action, swipe left until you country on the SPEAKERS page and tap the rooms you want to add or remove from the group.

Customize

Create unique Sonos Activities

Harmony allows yous to import your Sonos favorite stations and outset playing them automatically when you showtime your Listen to Sonos music Activeness. You can create unique Activities such as a "Good Morn" that turns on your lights, opens your blinds, starts the java maker and begins playing a specific Sonos station such equally the news channel. Y'all can also create a more generic Listen to Sonos Activity that simply lists your favorite stations allowing you to selection i based on your mood.

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Select MENU, then Harmony Setup > Add/Edit Devices & Activities > ACTIVITIES.
A list of your current Activities will exist listed, select Add together Activeness.
Select the Listen to Music Activity type and select Adjacent.
- To create a new Sonos Activity, select Add Action. You may accept multiple Activities that launch unlike stations.
- To edit the starting station for an existing Sonos Activeness, first select that Activity, then click STARTING CHANNEL.
Harmony will inquire you if you'd like to select a Sonos station to play when this Action first launches.
- Skipping this step volition brainstorm playing the final radio station, but as the Sonos app does.
- Selection a specific station will always starting time that playlist. You tin can cull a news stream for a Good Morning Activeness, or a trip the light fantastic mix for your TGIF Action. Create every bit many equally you'd similar.
Once done, recollect to sync your remote after making whatever changes.

Setup

Adding Sonos to your Harmony setup

Launch the Harmony Express app and tap Edit Setup.
Adjacent, tap + to perform a Wi‑Fi scan, and select your device.
- If your device isn't found, ensure it's on the same Wi-Fi network as Harmony Express.
- If you still have issues, reboot your device and router and then effort again.
Tap Go along and follow the on-screen prompts.

Add Device to Harmony Express

Control

Voice

You can employ your voice to send commands such as plough on, turn off, and more. Tap What to say in the Harmony Limited app to run across sample commands for your device. Launching apps using your voice is not supported for this device.

For more than data on how to utilise your vox with Harmony Express, see: Voice commands on Harmony Express

Remote

Although Harmony has already mapped default commands to your remote buttons, you lot accept the ability to assign custom commands to them. For more information, see: Customizing physical buttons on your remote

Supported apps

Amazon

Direction Pad Navigation will navigate the Amazon app.

Media Keys such as Play, Pause, Stop, FastForward and Rewind commands piece of work.

Netflix

Direction Pad Navigation will navigate the Netflix app.

Media Keys such as Play, Pause, Stop, FastForward and Rewind commands work. Netflix allows you to motion a frame frontward or backward using the direction left and right arrows.

Hulu

Direction Pad Navigation volition navigate the Hulu app.

Media Keys such as Play, Pause, Stop, FastForward and Rewind commands work. Hulu allows y'all to skip 10 seconds forward or back using the direction left and right arrows.

YouTube

Direction Pad Navigation will navigate the YouTube app.

Media Keys such as Play, Pause, End, FastForward and Rewind commands work. YouTube allows you to navigate between videos using the Management Right and Left commands.

Browser

Management Pad Navigation volition navigate the Browser app.

Media Keys are not used inside the Browser app.

Other apps

The behavior of other apps may vary depending on the app's design.

Supported model numbers

The Harmony Squad has validated this experience on the following Sonos players:

Sonos Amp

Sonos ARC
Sonos Axle

Sonos CONNECT
Sonos CONNECT:AMP
Sonos MOVE
Sonos PLAY:ane
Sonos PLAY:3
Sonos PLAY:5

Sonos PLAYBAR
Sonos PLAYBASE

Sonos Port
Sonos ZP90
Sonos ZP120
Sonos SUB may be included equally role of a system and will work with the speaker information technology has been joined with; still Harmony cannot control it directly.
Sonos BOOST or BRIDGE (BR100) may exist used to connect your wireless speaker arrangement; however in that location are no functions for Harmony to control.

*If you own any of the below models and desire to control your Sonos arrangement with your Harmony remote y'all volition demand to run all the speakers on the Sonos S1 system.

Zone Players
CR200
Connect (Gen 1)
Connect:Amp (Gen 1)
Play:5 (Gen 1)

Limitations with separate S1 and S2 Sonos systems

Harmony is compatible with SONOS running the S2 system, Sonos systems that remain on the S1 software will continue to piece of work with Harmony Remotes.
Harmony is non compatible with SONOS configurations that operate on both the S1 and S2 systems.

FAQs

How do I add together new Sonos speakers to my Harmony remote

Select Carte du jour, and so Harmony Setup > Add together/Edit Devices & Activities > Devices > Sonos.
On the SPEAKERS list page tap the refresh push button.
Harmony will perform a browse on your network and remove any Sonos Speakers that take been removed from the Sonos app.

How exercise I remove Sonos speakers to my Harmony remote

Select MENU, then Harmony Setup > Add/Edit Devices & Activities > Devices > Sonos.
On the SPEAKERS listing page tap the refresh button.
Harmony will perform a scan on your network and remove whatsoever Sonos Speakers that have been removed from the Sonos app.

How do I update Sonos speakers that take been paired or unpaired

Select Carte du jour, and so Harmony Setup > Add/Edit Devices & Activities > Devices > Sonos.
On the SPEAKERS list folio tap the refresh button.
Harmony will perform a scan on your network and remove whatsoever Sonos Speakers that take paired or unpaired from the Sonos app.

What if I accept more than 1 Sonos player?

Harmony will scan your dwelling network and allow you lot to add together all of your Sonos players or PLAYBARs. Sonos supports upwardly to 32 components. You lot may create unlike Activities to control each one individually, or group them from the Sonos app and control them together using Harmony.

How do I sync my Sonos favorites with Harmony?

Harmony volition automatically sync your Sonos favorites the first time the Favorites screen is viewed from within the Harmony app or Harmony Ultimate remote. If changes are made within the Sonos app, select the "Refresh Favorites" button in Harmony App to sync those changes. If using the Harmony Ultimate remote, select Card from within the Favorites screen, select Edit, printing the (+) symbol, select Rescan and then Cancel to go out out of the card. Information technology is non possible to create or edit Sonos favorites from within Harmony.

I can't control Sonos Axle with Harmony

Sonos Axle connects to your Boob tube's HDMI-ARC port. Most TVs accept two to four HDMI ports, 1 of which is labelled ARC, which stands for Audio Return Aqueduct. The HDMI-ARC port syncs audio and film. If you lot're unsure if your TV has an HDMI-ARC port, consult your Telly specs with the manufacturer. If your Television is older than five years, or otherwise doesn't have an HDMI ARC port, you can use the included optical audio adapter to connect Sonos Beam to the optical port on your Telly.

Please note that Amazon Alexa Goggle box vox commands will not work when connected via optical adapter.

I'm having problem using Sonos Beam with Alexa and Harmony

For compatible TVs, Sonos Beam introduces commands such as "Turn on the Idiot box" and "Turn off the TV". When Sonos Beam is connected to your Boob tube's HDMI-ARC input and your TV'due south CEC features are turned on, Alexa may prioritize Sonos voice commands over Harmony, which will foreclose your Activities from launching.

To resolve this, you may edit the device proper name of your TV inside the Alexa app to anything but Goggle box or its current default name. To exercise and so, launch the Alexa app and navigate to Carte > Smart Home > Devices, from there you volition be able to edit your TV's name.

Harmony is unable to find my Sonos players

Ensure your Sonos are powered on and connected to your home network.
Harmony Hub must be continued to the aforementioned Wi‑Fi network as your Sonos players.
From Harmony setup, add together a player such every bit manufacturer: Sonos and model number: PLAY:1 to begin discovery of your continued devices.

Integration details

Harmony Express remotes Hub‑based remotes

Harmony Infrared remotes

All commands, including play, pause and interacting with Sonos favorites are controlled using a network connection from the Harmony Hub to Sonos. Please ensure Sonos is connected to the same home network as your Harmony hub.

With the exception of Sonos Axle, PLAYBAR, and PLAYBASE, Sonos devices practise non accept infrared (IR) commands, and only Harmony hub‑based products are able to control them.

With the exception of Sonos Axle, PLAYBAR, and PLAYBASE, Sonos devices do non accept infrared (IR) commands, and only Harmony hub‑based products are able to control them.

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