David PluggedIn
15-09-2006, 8:52 AM
For music lovers: Plug-and-play access to millions of songs You don't need a personal digital music collection to enjoy Sonos. Now you can plug-and-play millions of songs by subscribing to select music services and then access all that music from the palm of your hand. And because Sonos now connects directly to these music services over the Internet, you can do it all without a PC. Sonos ships with millions of songs built-in. To get you started, Sonos v2.0 includes a free 30-day trial to Rhapsody®, the #1 rated digital music service, allowing you to instantly enjoy music—no sign up, credit card or PC required. Available in the U.S. only. More things you can do with Sonos and Rhapsody
Turn off your PC. Rhapsody is easier to use than ever before because you don't need to download and install an application or use your PC. Just pick up your Controller and you've got millions of songs at your fingertips!
Enjoy Rhapsody with a Mac. Since you don't need to use the Rhapsody jukebox application software anymore, Mac users can now join in the fun.
Browse the Rhapsody Music Guide with your Sonos Controller and access their huge catalog of music. Browse by:
Genre and Sub-Genre
Charts
Key Artists and Albums (editorial recommendations from Rhapsody)
New Releases
Playlists
Radio
And more!
Discover new music with Rhapsody's Artist Radio. Just pick your favorite artist and get a custom station that plays music from that artist as well as similar artists. Then best of all, if you discover a new artist you like, instantly add their album to your library.
Get expert music recommendations. Rhapsody's team of music experts has hand-picked the most influential artists and albums from every single genre, making it easier than ever to enjoy the best music Rhapsody offers.
Listen to the latest new music. As soon as a new song is released, it's immediately in your hands...and in your house. Just browse New Releases and hear what's new. For Internet radio lovers: More stations, more countries
More stations: Sonos has expanded the Internet radio guide to include more than 300 stations, including new stations from France, Spain and Italy.
More categories: Sonos now features country-specific categories in the Internet radio station guide, so international customers can easily find radio stations broadcast in their native countries. For everyone: New alarm clock features
Alarm: Wake up to your favorite music or Internet radio station in one room or all over the house. You can set up to 32 alarms and enjoy volume ramping for a gentler wake-up experience.
Snooze: Once an alarm goes off, hitting the snooze button on the Controller stops the music and causes the alarm to sound a few minutes later.
Clock: The Sonos Controller displays the date and time that can be set automatically and accurately via the Internet.
Sleep timer: Fall asleep while listening to music and Sonos will go to sleep, too.
Scheduler: Set your music to play for a specific time and duration, such as the 5:00 news or a 30-minute treadmill workout. For French, Italian and Spanish speakers: More language support
French, Italian and Spanish languages are now supported in the UI of the Sonos Controller and Sonos Desktop Controller.
Easily browse and listen to your favorite stations from France, Italy and Spain. The Internet radio guide now features country-specific categories with new French, Italian and Spanish stations. Plus, these new features and enhancements:
The maximum library and queue size has expanded to 50,000 tracks.
Automatic updates to your music library can be scheduled on a daily basis—ideal for getting daily Audible content or favorite podcasts.
Support for the iTunes compilation setting with Album, Artist and Contributing Artist tags makes it easier to browse through your music library.
Unsupported WMDRM tracks will not appear in your library.
Support for album artist tag.
Selecting single items with the scroll wheel is more precise.
When adding a track to the Queue while in shuffle mode, the track will be inserted at a random position instead of playing next.
Gapless MP3 playback (of files encoded with Lame)
Gapless Ogg Vorbis playback
In our opinion what was already the best multi room audio solution has just got even better!
Turn off your PC. Rhapsody is easier to use than ever before because you don't need to download and install an application or use your PC. Just pick up your Controller and you've got millions of songs at your fingertips!
Enjoy Rhapsody with a Mac. Since you don't need to use the Rhapsody jukebox application software anymore, Mac users can now join in the fun.
Browse the Rhapsody Music Guide with your Sonos Controller and access their huge catalog of music. Browse by:
Genre and Sub-Genre
Charts
Key Artists and Albums (editorial recommendations from Rhapsody)
New Releases
Playlists
Radio
And more!
Discover new music with Rhapsody's Artist Radio. Just pick your favorite artist and get a custom station that plays music from that artist as well as similar artists. Then best of all, if you discover a new artist you like, instantly add their album to your library.
Get expert music recommendations. Rhapsody's team of music experts has hand-picked the most influential artists and albums from every single genre, making it easier than ever to enjoy the best music Rhapsody offers.
Listen to the latest new music. As soon as a new song is released, it's immediately in your hands...and in your house. Just browse New Releases and hear what's new. For Internet radio lovers: More stations, more countries
More stations: Sonos has expanded the Internet radio guide to include more than 300 stations, including new stations from France, Spain and Italy.
More categories: Sonos now features country-specific categories in the Internet radio station guide, so international customers can easily find radio stations broadcast in their native countries. For everyone: New alarm clock features
Alarm: Wake up to your favorite music or Internet radio station in one room or all over the house. You can set up to 32 alarms and enjoy volume ramping for a gentler wake-up experience.
Snooze: Once an alarm goes off, hitting the snooze button on the Controller stops the music and causes the alarm to sound a few minutes later.
Clock: The Sonos Controller displays the date and time that can be set automatically and accurately via the Internet.
Sleep timer: Fall asleep while listening to music and Sonos will go to sleep, too.
Scheduler: Set your music to play for a specific time and duration, such as the 5:00 news or a 30-minute treadmill workout. For French, Italian and Spanish speakers: More language support
French, Italian and Spanish languages are now supported in the UI of the Sonos Controller and Sonos Desktop Controller.
Easily browse and listen to your favorite stations from France, Italy and Spain. The Internet radio guide now features country-specific categories with new French, Italian and Spanish stations. Plus, these new features and enhancements:
The maximum library and queue size has expanded to 50,000 tracks.
Automatic updates to your music library can be scheduled on a daily basis—ideal for getting daily Audible content or favorite podcasts.
Support for the iTunes compilation setting with Album, Artist and Contributing Artist tags makes it easier to browse through your music library.
Unsupported WMDRM tracks will not appear in your library.
Support for album artist tag.
Selecting single items with the scroll wheel is more precise.
When adding a track to the Queue while in shuffle mode, the track will be inserted at a random position instead of playing next.
Gapless MP3 playback (of files encoded with Lame)
Gapless Ogg Vorbis playback
In our opinion what was already the best multi room audio solution has just got even better!