Sonos Recycle Mode

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Sonos recycle mode.

I sympathise with the folks that fell victim to sonos ill fated recycling program but to say one was forced to take advantage when it was completely their choice is hyperbolic nonsense. However to get the discount you had to put your old products in recycle mode a setting that would permanently make them unable to connect to a network or work with other sonos gear. It s also possible that these are legacy connects that won t be updatable after may. Sonos suggests that after bricking the device in recycle mode users drop it off at a recycling facility or give it to sonos to do the same.

I was forced to put my device into recycle mode in order to upgrade after i was told that my play 5 would no longer be supported. In recycle mode all data is erased and the device is permanently deactivated so you can safely and. Once logged in go to my account and navigate to trade up to view eligible products. Recycle mode is a state your device enters 21 days after recycling confirmation in the sonos app.

Sonos is doing away with recycle mode a controversial part of the company s trade up program that rendered old devices inoperable in exchange for a 30 percent discount on a newer sonos product. The trade up program is the simple sustainable way to upgrade your sonos system. Your sonos products must be plugged in and connected to your system in order to be eligible. Probably not in recycle mode but it might be possible that recycle mode was started on these which creates a 90 day count or some period.

Sonos recycle mode is slammed for turning usable smart speakers into plastic bricks by an e waste disposal expert who claims reuse is always better sonos users can get a discount on new.