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2-12 User Guide Controlling the volume from Sonos 1. Adjust your home theater or other audio device's volume to typical listening volume. 2. Select ZonePlayer Settings from the Zones menu. 3. Select the Sonos component attached to your home theater, select Settings -> Line-Out, and then select Variable. 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 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 1/8inch 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-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® AirPlay® device, CD player, TV, MP3 player or more to a Sonos 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® via line-in and play music wirelessly from your iPhone®, iPad™ 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 zone, 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.

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User Guide
2-12
Controlling the volume from Sonos
1.
Adjust your home theater or other audio device's volume to typical listening volume.
2.
Select
ZonePlayer Settings
from the
Zones
menu.
3.
Select the Sonos component attached to your home theater, select
Settings -> Line-Out
, and then select
Variable
.
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
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
for more information on connecting to your computer’s speakers.
Line-in
You can connect an external audio source like an Apple
®
AirPlay
®
device, CD player, TV, MP3 player or more to a Sonos
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
®
via line-in and play music wirelessly from your iPhone
®
, iPad™
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 zone, 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.