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... Setup Guide Regulation Information Europe Sonos declares that to which the receiver is connected. • Consult the dealer or an experienced audio technician for a Class B digital device, pursuant to radio or television reception, which can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in a residential installation. ly approved by one or more of the following measures: • Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna...
... Setup Guide Regulation Information Europe Sonos declares that to which the receiver is connected. • Consult the dealer or an experienced audio technician for a Class B digital device, pursuant to radio or television reception, which can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in a residential installation. ly approved by one or more of the following measures: • Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna...
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... router using an Ethernet cable (supplied). See page 4 to make sure your music files. 4 Add the Controller to page 13. 2 Sonos ZonePlayer 90 Setup Guide Where to Begin New to page 5 for installation instructions. If you 've set up your music system. Adding to add additional Sonos components any time. If you can turn to Sonos? It takes just a few steps to get your Sonos Multi-room Music System...
... router using an Ethernet cable (supplied). See page 4 to make sure your music files. 4 Add the Controller to page 13. 2 Sonos ZonePlayer 90 Setup Guide Where to Begin New to page 5 for installation instructions. If you 've set up your music system. Adding to add additional Sonos components any time. If you can turn to Sonos? It takes just a few steps to get your Sonos Multi-room Music System...
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... analog and digital outputs so that you can easily connect it to your existing audio equipment. • Use a ZonePlayer 90 to create a music zone 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 ZonePlayer 90 to create a music zone in one central location with an external amplifier. Sonos ZonePlayer 90 Setup Guide 3 The...
... analog and digital outputs so that you can easily connect it to your existing audio equipment. • Use a ZonePlayer 90 to create a music zone 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 ZonePlayer 90 to create a music zone in one central location with an external amplifier. Sonos ZonePlayer 90 Setup Guide 3 The...
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4 Sonos ZonePlayer 90 Setup Guide Your Computer Network To play the digital music files stored on your computer, your computer network must meet the following requirements: Network requirements Note: Your network must be registered to receive these updates, so be sure to register during the setup process. Compatible operating systems • Windows Vista™ • Windows® XP, including Windows® XP Media Center • Macintosh®...
4 Sonos ZonePlayer 90 Setup Guide Your Computer Network To play the digital music files stored on your computer, your computer network must meet the following requirements: Network requirements Note: Your network must be registered to receive these updates, so be sure to register during the setup process. Compatible operating systems • Windows Vista™ • Windows® XP, including Windows® XP Media Center • Macintosh®...
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6 Sonos ZonePlayer 90 Setup Guide 2 Place ZonePlayer in the room of your choice You can connect a ZonePlayer 90 to the inputs of any amplified audio device, such as a home theater receiver, stereo, or computer with powered speakers, using the ZP 90's digital or analog outputs (RCA cable supplied).
6 Sonos ZonePlayer 90 Setup Guide 2 Place ZonePlayer in the room of your choice You can connect a ZonePlayer 90 to the inputs of any amplified audio device, such as a home theater receiver, stereo, or computer with powered speakers, using the ZP 90's digital or analog outputs (RCA cable supplied).
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... a male 1/8-inch stereo plug, you finish setting up your Sonos system, turn to page 19 to adjust the volume settings. If your speakers have digital inputs on your home theater or amplifier, you can use either a TosLink optical audio cable or a digital coaxial cable to connect the ZonePlayer 90's digital output to the digital input on the receiver. • Ifyouhaveanaloginputsonyourhometheateroramplifier,use a standard RCA audio cable to connect a ZonePlayer's analog audio output to the audio inputs on the receiver. • Select the proper input channel on the receiver. • After...
... a male 1/8-inch stereo plug, you finish setting up your Sonos system, turn to page 19 to adjust the volume settings. If your speakers have digital inputs on your home theater or amplifier, you can use either a TosLink optical audio cable or a digital coaxial cable to connect the ZonePlayer 90's digital output to the digital input on the receiver. • Ifyouhaveanaloginputsonyourhometheateroramplifier,use a standard RCA audio cable to connect a ZonePlayer's analog audio output to the audio inputs on the receiver. • Select the proper input channel on the receiver. • After...
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... for detailed instructions. During installation, you may also need to set up your Sonos Desktop Controller software. For additional information on a computer or Network-Attached Storage (NAS) device, the Sonos Multi-room Music System will recognize most standard shared folders. Note: Firewall software such as Norton Internet Security™, McAfee® Personal Firewall, Windows Firewall, or Mac OS X Firewall, can put For use with...
... for detailed instructions. During installation, you may also need to set up your Sonos Desktop Controller software. For additional information on a computer or Network-Attached Storage (NAS) device, the Sonos Multi-room Music System will recognize most standard shared folders. Note: Firewall software such as Norton Internet Security™, McAfee® Personal Firewall, Windows Firewall, or Mac OS X Firewall, can put For use with...
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... at: www.sonos.com/support/documents or start your Desktop Controller software and select Sonos System Help from the Help menu. • To activate a free music service trial, select Music Service Trials. (Your music system must be registered to display the Music menu. Now you're ready to charge the Controller's battery. Music menu Press the Music button on your product warranty. Sonos ZonePlayer 90 Setup Guide 11 Caution Use only the supplied power adapter to play some music! Using another adapter will damage...
... at: www.sonos.com/support/documents or start your Desktop Controller software and select Sonos System Help from the Help menu. • To activate a free music service trial, select Music Service Trials. (Your music system must be registered to display the Music menu. Now you're ready to charge the Controller's battery. Music menu Press the Music button on your product warranty. Sonos ZonePlayer 90 Setup Guide 11 Caution Use only the supplied power adapter to play some music! Using another adapter will damage...
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12 Sonos ZonePlayer 90 Setup Guide can do it now by selecting System Settings→Advanced Settings→ System Registration.) • To select an Internet radio station, select Internet Radio. • To add music folders located on a computer in your home network , open your Desktop Controller software and select Set Up Music Library→Add a Share from the Music menu. • You can use the Sonos Controller to add music folders by selecting System Settings→Music Library Management →Music Library Setup→...
12 Sonos ZonePlayer 90 Setup Guide can do it now by selecting System Settings→Advanced Settings→ System Registration.) • To select an Internet radio station, select Internet Radio. • To add music folders located on a computer in your home network , open your Desktop Controller software and select Set Up Music Library→Add a Share from the Music menu. • You can use the Sonos Controller to add music folders by selecting System Settings→Music Library Management →Music Library Setup→...
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... component to a new location. 1. If you . Note: Thick walls, 2.4 GHz cordless telephones, and the presence of other , you don't have structured wiring, our built-in ) wiring, you can go to 32 zones). If you can make a wired connection to an external amplified device (as shown on , or make a wired connection (Ethernet cable) either from your router to the ZonePlayer, or from your Sonos Multi-room Music...
... component to a new location. 1. If you . Note: Thick walls, 2.4 GHz cordless telephones, and the presence of other , you don't have structured wiring, our built-in ) wiring, you can go to 32 zones). If you can make a wired connection to an external amplified device (as shown on , or make a wired connection (Ethernet cable) either from your router to the ZonePlayer, or from your Sonos Multi-room Music...
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... the power cord and plug in wiring) to one of the following options: • Using the Sonos Controller, select System Settings→Add a ZonePlayer or ZoneBridge from the Music menu and follow the prompts to add this component to your Sonos Multi-room Music System. • Using the Desktop Controller software, select Zones→Add a ZonePlayer or ZoneBridge and follow the Controller's on the back of the Ethernet switch connections on -screen prompts to...
... the power cord and plug in wiring) to one of the following options: • Using the Sonos Controller, select System Settings→Add a ZonePlayer or ZoneBridge from the Music menu and follow the prompts to add this component to your Sonos Multi-room Music System. • Using the Desktop Controller software, select Zones→Add a ZonePlayer or ZoneBridge and follow the Controller's on the back of the Ethernet switch connections on -screen prompts to...
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... coaxial digital audio output to the audio inputs on a separate audio component, such as an amplifier or your home theater receiver. You can use a TosLink optical audio cable to connect the ZonePlayer's TosLink digital audio output to the audio inputs on a separate audio component, such as an amplifier or your home theater receiver. 18 Analog audio out (fixed/variable) TosLink® digital audio out Coaxial digital audio out Sonos ZonePlayer 90 Setup Guide Use a standard RCA audio cable to connect the ZonePlayer's analog audio outputs to the audio inputs on a separate audio component...
... coaxial digital audio output to the audio inputs on a separate audio component, such as an amplifier or your home theater receiver. You can use a TosLink optical audio cable to connect the ZonePlayer's TosLink digital audio output to the audio inputs on a separate audio component, such as an amplifier or your home theater receiver. 18 Analog audio out (fixed/variable) TosLink® digital audio out Coaxial digital audio out Sonos ZonePlayer 90 Setup Guide Use a standard RCA audio cable to connect the ZonePlayer's analog audio outputs to the audio inputs on a separate audio component...
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...can change the line-out level on this ZonePlayer to the digital input on the receiver. 2. Controlling the volume from your home theater or amplifier To control the volume exclusively from your home theater or amplifier, use either a TosLink optical audio cable or a digital coaxial cable to connect the ZonePlayer 90's digital output to Fixed by selecting one of the following options: • Using the Sonos Controller, from the Zones menu. Sonos ZonePlayer 90 Setup Guide 19 Using Line-Out Use the ZonePlayer's audio outputs to connect a home theater, computer, powered speakers, or...
...can change the line-out level on this ZonePlayer to the digital input on the receiver. 2. Controlling the volume from your home theater or amplifier To control the volume exclusively from your home theater or amplifier, use either a TosLink optical audio cable or a digital coaxial cable to connect the ZonePlayer 90's digital output to Fixed by selecting one of the following options: • Using the Sonos Controller, from the Zones menu. Sonos ZonePlayer 90 Setup Guide 19 Using Line-Out Use the ZonePlayer's audio outputs to connect a home theater, computer, powered speakers, or...
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... Yadapter audio cable (one 1/8-inch stereo miniplug to dual RCA male connectors) to connect the ZonePlayer's analog audio output to the computer's audio input. • If you will need a Y-adapter audio cable Adjust your typical listening range. Select the ZonePlayer attached to adjust the volume on your home theater system or amplifier so that the volume range for the Controller falls within your home theater or amplifier's volume to the receiver. Use the Sonos Controller to the receiver, and then click Settings...
... Yadapter audio cable (one 1/8-inch stereo miniplug to dual RCA male connectors) to connect the ZonePlayer's analog audio output to the computer's audio input. • If you will need a Y-adapter audio cable Adjust your typical listening range. Select the ZonePlayer attached to adjust the volume on your home theater system or amplifier so that the volume range for the Controller falls within your home theater or amplifier's volume to the receiver. Use the Sonos Controller to the receiver, and then click Settings...
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... Controller software, select the Line-In tab from the Music Library. Use a standard RCA cable to plug an external source like a CD player into the Audio In connection on your ZonePlayer. Sonos ZonePlayer 90 Setup Guide 21 (one of your ZonePlayer 90. • If you are connecting a portable music player to the ZonePlayer 90, you will need to attach a female-to-female coupler between the speaker plug and the Y-adapter audio cable. Once setup...
... Controller software, select the Line-In tab from the Music Library. Use a standard RCA cable to plug an external source like a CD player into the Audio In connection on your ZonePlayer. Sonos ZonePlayer 90 Setup Guide 21 (one of your ZonePlayer 90. • If you are connecting a portable music player to the ZonePlayer 90, you will need to attach a female-to-female coupler between the speaker plug and the Y-adapter audio cable. Once setup...
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... determine whether there are still experiencing problems, please contact the Sonos Customer Service Center. 1. Check the firewall Firewall software installed on the computer may be blocking the ports that the ZonePlayer and the computer still have Internet access in this message when installing the first wired Sonos component, you can bypass your router's switch to work with the Sonos Desktop Controller. If you encounter this configuration...
... determine whether there are still experiencing problems, please contact the Sonos Customer Service Center. 1. Check the firewall Firewall software installed on the computer may be blocking the ports that the ZonePlayer and the computer still have Internet access in this message when installing the first wired Sonos component, you can bypass your router's switch to work with the Sonos Desktop Controller. If you encounter this configuration...
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... (Internet) port. • Temporarily remove any other components that are wired to your network. • Connect an Ethernet cable from the computer directly to the back of the ZonePlayer, and then connect another Ethernet cable from the ZonePlayer directly to one of the LAN ports on your router. • When you make a change to your network configuration, you may need to power cycle the ZonePlayer by unplugging the power cord...
... (Internet) port. • Temporarily remove any other components that are wired to your network. • Connect an Ethernet cable from the computer directly to the back of the ZonePlayer, and then connect another Ethernet cable from the ZonePlayer directly to one of the LAN ports on your router. • When you make a change to your network configuration, you may need to power cycle the ZonePlayer by unplugging the power cord...
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... number of the ZonePlayer so that this step, you can try step 2 below. Verify that it is not connected to detect the ZonePlayer(s) Wireless interference or a network problem may have run out of the ZonePlayer stops blinking white, try connecting a different Ethernet cable. 26 Sonos ZonePlayer 90 Setup Guide 3. When adding the handheld Sonos Controller, it works, your network. • Unplug the ZonePlayer's power cord and then plug...
... number of the ZonePlayer so that this step, you can try step 2 below. Verify that it is not connected to detect the ZonePlayer(s) Wireless interference or a network problem may have run out of the ZonePlayer stops blinking white, try connecting a different Ethernet cable. 26 Sonos ZonePlayer 90 Setup Guide 3. When adding the handheld Sonos Controller, it works, your network. • Unplug the ZonePlayer's power cord and then plug...
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... mode. Change the wireless channel your Sonos system is operating on channel 6, it is possible to put all of the 2.4 GHz spectrum that is not operating on . • Using the Desktop Controller for Windows: From the File menu, select Preferences. If turning off any other 2.4 GHz device that the FCC has set aside for Macintosh: From the Sonos menu, select Preferences. While it is operating in turbo mode. Sonos cannot function...
... mode. Change the wireless channel your Sonos system is operating on channel 6, it is possible to put all of the 2.4 GHz spectrum that is not operating on . • Using the Desktop Controller for Windows: From the File menu, select Preferences. If turning off any other 2.4 GHz device that the FCC has set aside for Macintosh: From the Sonos menu, select Preferences. While it is operating in turbo mode. Sonos cannot function...
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... use this apparatus during lightning storms or when unused for long periods of time. Heed all instructions. 5. Do not install near water. 6. Follow all warnings. 4. Protect the power cable from the apparatus. 10. Unplug this apparatus near any ventilation openings. Keep these instructions. 2. Do not use attachments/accessories specified by the manufacturer. 11. 28 Important Safety Information Sonos ZonePlayer 90 Setup Guide...
... use this apparatus during lightning storms or when unused for long periods of time. Heed all instructions. 5. Do not install near water. 6. Follow all warnings. 4. Protect the power cable from the apparatus. 10. Unplug this apparatus near any ventilation openings. Keep these instructions. 2. Do not use attachments/accessories specified by the manufacturer. 11. 28 Important Safety Information Sonos ZonePlayer 90 Setup Guide...
