SONOS CONNECT Product Guide

SONOS THE WIRELESS HIFISYSTEM

SONOS CONNECT

Product Guide

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SONOS CONNECT

The SONOS CONNECT (formerly ZonePlayer 90) is designed to be used with an external amplifier. It contains both analog and digital outputs so you can easily connect it to your existing audio equipment.

• Use a CONNECT to listen to music in a room where you already have an amplifier, such as your home theater system or the stereo system in your family room.

• Use a CONNECT to listen to music in your home office where you already have a computer or a pair of powered speakers.

• Use a CONNECT if you have a distributed audio system that is driven from an amplifier in one central location with speaker wires home-run to this central location.

New to Sonos?

It takes just a few steps to get your Sonos system up and running—simply follow the setup instructions packaged with your CONNECT. Once you've got it set up, you can add additional Sonos components any time.

Adding to an existing Sonos system?

Sonos can be easily expanded room by room. If you are adding this CONNECT to an existing Sonos system, you can turn directly to "Adding to an Existing Sonos System" on page 5.

SONOS

Your Home Network

To access Internet music services, Internet radio, and any digital music stored on your computer or Network-Attached Storage (NAS) device, your home network must meet the following requirements:

Network requirements

Important: Your network must have a high-speed Internet connection, as Sonos is designed to provide you with online software updates. Your Sonos system must be registered to receive these updates, so be sure to register during the setup process. We do not share your e-mail address with other companies.

• High-speed DSL/Cable modem, or fiber-to-the-home broadband connection for proper playback of Internet-based music services. (If your Internet service provider only offers Satellite Internet access, you may experience playback issues due to fluctuating download rates.)

• If your modem is not a modem/router combination and you want to take advantage of Sonos' automatic online updates, or stream music from an Internet-based music service, you must install a router in your home network. If you do not have a router, purchase and install one before proceeding.

• If you are going to use a Sonos controller application on an Android™ smartphone, iPhone®, iPod Touch®, iPad® or other tablet, you may need a wireless router in your home network. Please visit our Web site at http://faq.sonos.com/apps for more information.

• Connect at least one Sonos component to your home network router using an Ethernet cable, and then you can add other Sonos components wirelessly.

• For best results, you should connect the computer or NAS drive that contains your personal music library collection to your home network router using an Ethernet cable.

Compatible operating systems

• Windows XP SP3 and higher

• Macintosh OS X 10.6 and higher

• Compatible with iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad. iPhone and iPod touch require iOS 4.0 or later. iPad requires iOS 5.0 or later.

• Android: 2.1 and higher, certain features may require higher versions of Android

Note: Please visit our Web site at http://faq.sonos.com/specs for the latest system requirements, including supported operating system versions.

Sonos Controllers

You can use any Sonos controller with the SONOS CONNECT, including:

• Sonos Controller for Android—Touch the Play Store or Market button on your Android device to download the free Sonos application from Google Play.

• Sonos Controller for iPhone or the Sonos Controller for iPad—Touch the App Store button on your iPhone, iPod

touch or iPad to download the free Sonos application, or you can