Hi again,Krister, Sorry, I forgot about audio books. You can listen to audio books in multiple ways. If you listen to Audible you can authorize your Audible account on the Sonos system and if your books are downloaded to your PC with the Audible Manager you can play them directly on Sonos.
I prefer to use my iPhone and to just Airplay whatever audio book I am listening to whether it's with Audible or an MP3 audio book with voice Dream Reader. That is one of the reasons why I prefer to use an Airport Express which is hooked up to one of my Sonos players (I explained that in previous posts) to basically Airplay enable my Sonos system. The Airport Express has a 3.5mm stereo output and I hook that into an input on one of my sonos players. I have it set to auto play whenever a signal is received by Sonos from the Airport Express so as soon as I select airplay and select Sonos (I named that Auirport Express "sonos") then I don't even have to touch the Sonos Controller on my iPhone or laptop because the book automatically starts playing in my bedroom. If I want it to play on other players in the house I go into the app and group whichever other players I want the book to play on with the Master Bedroom. Lastly, you could simply have a 3.5mm audio cable with 2 male ends and keep it connected to your Play 5. Then you can plug the other end into your iPhone headset jack and play whatever you want. The only thing is that then of course Voiceover will also come through Sonos and your iphone is tethered to that Play 5 so if you are out on the balcony with your Play 3 and want to stop the book or rewind you would have to go back to where the phone is. Of course that is also the case if your iPhone is on your JBL dock which is connected to the Play 5. The only way you get the freedom to have your iPhone with you and do this is to use an Airport Express and Airplay. I would also wait and see if Sonos is putting out anything new this fall. Often any of their new devices are released in late summer or the fall. Personally I am hoping that this year there will finally be a good quality stereo headphone or maybe a small, portable headset receiver/amplifier which you could clip on your belt and plug in whatever headphones you already have. Take care, Sieghard -----Original Message----- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Krister Ekstrom Sent: Friday, August 01, 2014 1:19 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Questions about Sonos and its features Hello again. I’m thinking of adding a Sonos sound system to my wish list for christmas or something, but before i decide if i should get one or not, i have some more questions. I’m thinking about buying a Sonos Play 5 or two for my living room and a Sonos Play 3 or 1 to have on the balcony and/or generally carrying around and a connect to hook my JBL Onbeat dock out in the kitchen to provided i can do that. Not sure how the connect works but would it be possible to have such a setup? Does the app for Sonos have a sleep timer? How would one go about listening to audio books on the sonos system? Thanks. /Krister -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
