Wireless multi-room digital music
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Built-in wireless capability
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ZonePlayers can go anywhere and connect wirelessly when a wired Ethernet connection is not available. ZonePlayers and Controllers will establish their own secure wireless mesh network. NOTE: To get started, you must connect either a ZonePlayer or ZoneBridge™ to your home network using a standard Ethernet cable. |
| SonosNet |
A secure AES encrypted, peer-to-peer wireless mesh network that streams music wirelessly to other ZonePlayers, avoiding sources of wireless interference while ensuring synchronous music playback. |
Multi-zone synchronous playback
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Plays the same song simultaneously in up to 32 different zones without echoes or delays. |
Multi-stream playback
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Plays different songs simultaneously in up to 32 different zones. |
Home theater integration
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Designed to connect to an external amplifier
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The ZP90 seamlessly integrates your home theater and other audio devices into your Sonos multi-room digital music system. |
Superior audio quality with digital output
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Analog and digital output
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Enjoy your music anywhere by connecting to your home theater receiver or amplifier with analog, optical and coaxial digital audio outputs. We also provide fixed or variable audio output volume control. |
Analog input with digital encoding
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Music from an external audio source (such as a CD player, radio or MP3 player) can be connected to a ZP80 and played by all ZonePlayers in the system. |
Tone and volume controls adjustable for each zone
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Optimize sound performance for each zone using zone-specific bass, treble, balance, and loudness controls. Adjust volume by zone or group of zones. |
Radiant cooling
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Operates silently - all you hear is the music. |
Ease of set-up and use
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| Automatic set up |
Automatic wired or wireless set up. Initialize new ZonePlayers with the press of a single button. |
| Expandable system design |
Allows you to expand your digital music system room by room. |
| Multi-language support |
Sonos System Software supports English, French, German, Italian, and Spanish. |
| Compact size |
So small, it fits almost anywhere. |
| Front-panel volume controls |
Provides quick access to volume and mute controls when you don't have a Controller in hand. |
Support for multiple music sources
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| Plug-and-play access to millions of songs |
Sonos plays music from your personal digital music collection, plus select online music and radio services, or all of the above. |
| Multiple music sources |
Sonos accesses music stored on up to 16 PCs, Macs or NAS (Network Attached Storage) devices on your home network, plus online music and radio services and even CD or MP3 players connected to a ZonePlayer. |
| Playback of popular audio file types |
Support for compressed MP3, WMA (including purchased Windows Media downloads), AAC (MPEG4), Ogg Vorbis, Audible (format 4), Apple Lossless, Flac (lossless) music files, as well as uncompressed WAV and AIFF files.
Native support for 44.1kHz sample rates. Additional support for 48kHz, 32kHz, 24kHz, 22kHz, 16kHz, 11kHz, and 8kHz sample rates.
Apple "Fairplay" and WMA Lossless formats not currently supported. |
| Playback of Internet radio |
Plays Internet radio stations using streaming MP3 and WMA format. ZonePlayer comes with over 300 pre-programmed radio stations and it's simple to add more via the Sonos Desktop Controller. |
| Analog audio input with digital encoding |
Music from an external audio source (such as a CD player, radio or MP3 player) connected to a ZP80 can be played by all other ZonePlayers in the system. |
| Music services supported |
Napster, Rhapsody 3.0+, Best Buy Digital Music Store, and downloads from: Audible.com, eMusic, Napster, Yahoo! Music Unlimited, and Zune Marketplace. |
| Album art supported |
JPEG, PNG, BMP, GIF |
| Playlists Supported |
Rhapsody, iTunes, WinAmp, Windows Media Player, and MusicMatch
(.m3u, .pls, .wpl) |
| Automatic software updates |
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| Automatic access to new features and music services |
Once the Sonos system has been registered, Sonos will automatically notify you when software updates are available. Simply press one button to update your system. |
Other features
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| Search |
Quickly find the music you want to hear by searching for the artist, album or track within your personal music collection or music service. |
| Alarm with clock, snooze, sleep timer and scheduler features |
Set the alarm and wake up to your favorite music or Internet radio station in one room or all over the house. Fall asleep to soothing music with the sleep timer.
Use the scheduler to play music at a specific time for a set duration—great for that 30-minute workout. |
| Automatic library indexing |
Schedule your library to automatically update on a daily basis—ideal for updated podcasts and Audible content. |
| Network bridging |
The ZP80 has 2 Ethernet ports that can be used to connect other devices to the home network through SonosNet. |