Controlling The Volume From Home Theater; Controlling The Volume From Sonos; Connecting To A Computer Or Powered Speakers - Sonos CONNECT:AMP Product Manual

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Controlling the volume from home theater

Choose one of the following:
1.
• Using the Sonos Controller for PC, select Manage -> Settings.
• Using the Sonos Controller for Mac, select Sonos -> Preferences -> Room Settings.
Select the Sonos component attached to your home theater from the Room Settings for drop-down list.
2.
On the Basic tab, choose Fixed from the Line-Out Level drop-down list.
3.
Note: When the Line-Out Level on your Sonos component is Fixed, you cannot adjust the
volume or the equalization settings using your Sonos controller.

Controlling the volume from Sonos

Adjust your home theater or other audio device's volume to typical listening volume.
1.
Choose one of the following:
2.
• Using the Sonos Controller for PC, select Manage -> Settings.
• Using the Sonos Controller for Mac, select Sonos -> Preferences -> Room Settings.
Select the Sonos component attached to your home theater from the Room Settings for drop-down list.
3.
On the Basic tab, select Variable from the Line-Out Level drop-down list.
4.
Adjust the volume on your Sonos system so you can hear music. This may be at the high end of the volume scale.
5.
If desired, you can readjust the volume on your home theater system so that the volume range for the controller falls
6.
within your typical listening range.

Connecting to a computer or powered speakers

• If you are connecting to your computer: Amplified PC speakers usually have a 1/8" (3.5mm) stereo plug, so they can
plug directly into a sound card on your computer. You will need a stereo mini-to-RCA Y adapter audio cable (one 1/8"
stereo mini-plug to dual RCA male connectors) to connect the Sonos component'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" stereo mini-plug to dual
RCA male connectors) to connect the computer's speakers to the audio outputs on the Sonos component. If your
speakers have a male 1/8" stereo plug, you can attach a female-to-female coupler between the speaker plug and the
Y adapter audio cable, or you can use a Y-adapter audio cable (one 1/8" female connector to dual RCA male connectors).
See http://faq.sonos.com/speakers for more information on connecting to your computer's speakers.
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