Sonos(R) Tunes Up Wireless Multi-Room Music System With Expanded European Language Support and Musical Alarm

Sonos(R) Tunes Up Wireless Multi-Room Music System With Expanded European Language Support and Musical Alarm

SANTA BARBARA, California and HILVERSUM, Netherlands, September 14/PRNewswire/ --

- One-Button Software Update Includes Extensive European Internet Radio
Support

Sonos, Inc., the leading developer of wireless multi-room music systems
for the digital home, today released Sonos System Software 2.0, a software
feature update that provides Sonos customers with more features and content
to improve their multi-room music experience. Sonos 2.0 includes musical
alarm functionality, improved multi-national Internet radio, additional
languages, and other feature enhancements.

The one-button software update turns every Sonos zone into a musical
alarm -- providing clock, snooze, sleep timer, and scheduling capabilities
that allow users to wake up, fall asleep or work out to their favorite music
or Internet radio station -- anywhere in the home.

Given the popularity of Internet radio around the globe, Sonos 2.0
incorporates country-specific categories for listing Internet radio stations,
including UK, France, Germany, Netherlands, Italy, Spain and more -- to make
finding international stations easier than ever. Sonos also expanded its
Internet radio guide to include instant access to more than 300 stations and
the ability to easily add more.

Sonos 2.0 provides additional language support for music lovers
worldwide. In addition to English and German, the Sonos(R) Controller now
provides an out-of-the-box French, Italian and Spanish language experience.

"The award-winning Sonos Digital Music System just keeps getting better,"
said John MacFarlane, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Sonos, Inc. "Our
software approach to multi-room digital music allows us to incorporate the
latest industry features and user-requests into the product, always providing
Sonos users with an unmatched experience."

Other new features of Sonos System Software 2.0 include the following:

- Automatic indexing of your music library, allowing you to schedule
updates on a daily basis -- ideal for enjoying daily Audible.com(R)
content or podcasts.
- Improved scroll-wheel performance for selecting single items from
ever larger lists of music.
- The maximum library and queue size has been expanded to 50,000 tracks.
- Support for the album artist tag; plus, the Apple(R) iTunes compilation
setting, making it easier to browse through your music library.
- Gapless MP3 playback (of files encoded with Lame).
- Gapless Ogg Vorbis playback.

For more information about the features of Sonos Software 2.0, please
visit: http://www.sonos.com/support/software_updates/.

The Sonos Digital Music System is the first and only wireless multi-room
music system with a full-color Controller that lets consumers enjoy digital
music all over the house. To learn more about Sonos, to place an order or to
locate an authorized Sonos dealer, please visit www.sonos.com.

About Sonos, Inc.

Sonos(R) is the leading developer of wireless multi-room music systems
for the digital home. By partnering with audio services like Rhapsody(R),
eMusic(R), RadioIO(SM), Audible.com(R), and more, Sonos gives music lovers
instant plug-and-play access to millions of songs and books that can be
enjoyed all over the house. The award-winning Sonos(R) Digital Music System
is available at more than 500 retailers and custom integrators in North
America, including Tweeter, Magnolia Home Theater at Best Buy, Magnolia Audio
Video, Amazon.com, and Crutchfield, or direct from Sonos at www.sonos.com.
Sonos is also sold in more than 40 countries around the world. Sonos is a
privately-held company, headquartered in Santa Barbara, CA with offices in
Cambridge, MA and Hilversum, Netherlands. To find out more about the company
or the Sonos Digital Music System, please visit: www.sonos.com.

Web site: http://www.sonos.com

Source: Sonos, Inc.

Media, Thomas Meyer of Sonos, Inc., +1-714-389-4639, or cell, +1-949-212-6201, Thomas.meyer@sonos.com

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