Line-In - Sonos Controller for Mac or PC Product Manual

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Controlling the volume from Sonos

Adjust your home theater or other audio device's volume to typical listening volume.

Select Room Settings from the Rooms menu.

Select the Sonos component attached to your home theater, select Settings -> Line-Out, and then select Variable.

Adjust the volume on your Sonos system so you can hear music. This may be at the high end of the volume scale.

If desired, you can readjust the volume on your home theater system so that the volume range for the controller falls

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-

inch stereo mini-plug to dual RCA male connectors) to connect the Sonos component's analog audio output to the com-

puter's audio input.

• If you are connecting to powered speakers: You may need a Y adapter audio cable (one 1/8-inch 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-inch 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-inch Female connector to dual RCA male

connectors).

See http://faq.sonos.com/speakers for more information on connecting to your computer's speakers.

Line-in

You can connect an external audio source like an Apple

component via line-in and stream the audio to any or all Sonos components around your house. So, go ahead:

• Connect an Apple AirPlay device such as AirPort Express

or iPod touch

in any or every room of the home.

• Connect an external audio source like a CD player via line-in and listen to the CDs you haven't had time to rip yet.

• Connect your TV to a Sonos component and listen to the big game on the patio while cooking on the grill.

Note: You can listen to music from the external device in any room, and use the Sonos

Wireless HiFi System to control the volume settings. However you must control the playback

(forward, pause, etc.) from the line-in source.

AirPlay

device, CD player, TV, MP3 player or more to a Sonos

via line-in and play music wirelessly from your iPhone

User Guide

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