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PLAY:3 IMMERSIVE Hifi SOUND PLAY:3 IMMERSIVE HiFi SOUND. SERIOUS ROOM-FILLING POWER. PLAY:3 BENEFITS SONOS WIRELESS HiFi SONOS HiFi SOUND SYSTEM BENEFITS Three custom-designed integrated speakers powered by three dedicated digital amplifiers (two mid-range and one tweeter) HiFi SOUND AND ROCK-SOLID WIRELESS provide crystal-clear, high-quality sound. Experience your favorite music from the only wireless music system that combines warm, full-bodied HiFi sound with the most powerful VERSATILE FOR ANY ROOM OR SPACE solutions for delivering rock-solid wireless performance in any home. Position the PLAY:3 vertically or horizontally and the internal sensor will modify the speaker’s output to ensure clean, balanced, room-filling STREAM ALL THE MUSIC ON EARTH sound. Dimensions: (H) 5 in, (W) 10.5 in, (D) 6 in. A single app lets you play your entire music library, stream all of your favorite Music Services and tune in to more than 100,000 Internet Radio stations and podcasts. Play the same song in every room, in STEREO PAIR FOR BIGGER SOUND perfect sync—or play different music in every room—from any source. Turn two PLAY:3s into separate left and right channel speakers for big stereo sound in one room. SIMPLE TO SET-UP, CONTROL, AND EXPAND Control your favorite music sources and listening experience with a free app for iOS, Android, Mac or PC. And since it is a modular system, you can easily add music to more rooms with a simple button press. PLAY:3 SPECS AUDIO NETWORKING* AMPLIFIER Three Class-D digital amplifiers WIRELESS CONNECTIVITY Works on your home WiFi network with any 802.11b/g, 2.4GHz broadcast capable router. Also works on SPEAKERS Three driver speaker system – two 3 inch mid-range drivers and SonosNet, a secure AES encrypted, peer-to-peer wireless mesh one tweeter. Each driver of the product is individually powered by a dedicated network. amplifier. ETHERNET PORT One 10/100Mbps Ethernet port BASS RADIATOR One rear firing bass radiator with a 60 sq. cm surface area. STEREO PAIR SETTING Allows you to group two PLAY:3s in the same room with GENERAL one PLAY:3 serving as the left channel and the other as the right channel. POWER SUPPLY AC 120/240V, 50-60Hz, auto-switchable MUSIC TOP-PANEL BUTTONS Volume and Play/Pause AUDIO FORMATS SUPPORTED Support for compressed MP3, iTunes Plus, WMA TOP-PANEL LIGHTS Indicate status (including purchased Windows Media downloads), AAC (MPEG4), AAC+, Ogg Vorbis, Audible (format 4), Apple Lossless, Flac (lossless) music files, as well DIMENSIONS (H x D x W) 5.2 x 10.5 x 6.3 in. (132 x 268 x 160 mm) as uncompressed WAV and AIFF files. Native support for 44.1kHz sample rates. THREADED MOUNT 1/4 inch (6.75mm) / 20-thread Additional support for 48kHz, 32kHz, 24kHz, 22kHz, 16kHz, 11kHz, and 8kHz sample rates. Note: Apple “Fairplay”, WMA DRM and WMA Lossless formats not WEIGHT 5.7 lb (2.6 kg) currently supported. Previously purchased Apple “Fairplay” DRM-protected songs may be upgraded. OPERATING TEMPERATURE 32°F to 104°F (0°C to 40°C) MUSIC SERVICES SUPPORTED Sonos works seamlessly with 7 STORAGE TEMPERATURE 4°F to 158°F (-20°C to 70°C) Digital, 8Tracks, Amazon Cloud Player, Bandcamp, Batanga, Beats Music™, PRODUCT FINISH White with light metallic grille; black with Blinkbox®, CalmRadio, Concert Vault, Dar.fm, Daytrotter, Deezer, Duoban, graphite grille Duomi, Google™ Play Music, Hearts of Space, Hotelradio.fm™, Hype Machine, iHeartRADIO, JB Hi-Fi NOW, JUKE, Live365, MLB.com® Gameday, Murfie, Napster®, MULTI-LANGUAGE SUPPORT Sonos System Software supports Pandora®, Qobuz, QQ, Radionomy, RadioPup, Rdio®, Rhapsody®, Rusc, Shuffler. Danish, Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Norwegian, fm, Simfy, SiriusXM™, Slacker® Radio, Songl, Songza, SoundCloud®, Spotify®, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Swedish and Brazilian Portuguese. Stitcher SmartRadio™, TDC Play, TuneIn, WiMP, and YouMusic. Service availability PACKAGE CONTENTS SONOS PLAY:3, power cord, flat Ethernet cable, varies by region. Sonos QuickStart Guide OPERATING SYSTEMS (FOR STORED FILES) Windows® XP SP3 and higher; Mac *Internet connection required for access to Internet radio stations, online music services and OS X v10.6.8 and higher; NAS (Network Attached Storage) devices supporting software updates (DSL, cable modem or LAN-based high-speed Internet connection required.) Internet functionality may require payment of separate fee to a service provider; local and/or CIFS. long distance telephone charges may apply. ALBUM ART SUPPORTED JPEG, PNG, BMP, GIF Note: All specifications subject to change without notice PLAYLISTS SUPPORTED iTunes®, WinAmp®, Windows Media Player®, and MusicMatch™ (.m3u, .pls, .wpl) PLAYBACK MODES Crossfade, shuffle, repeat © 2004-2014 Sonos Inc. All rights reserved. Sonos and all other Sonos product names and slogans are trademarks or registered trademarks of Sonos, Inc. Sonos Reg. U.S. Pat. & Tm. Off. All other products and services may be trademarks or service marks of their respective owners..
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