In the planning for my game room I knew I wanted a wall-mounted CD jukebox (which doesn’t come with its own speakers). We have Sonos in the game room and throughout the house so adding Sonos to the jukebox seemed like the way to go.
I wanted to share an overview here in case someone else wants to do the same. I couldn’t find any info online, so maybe this will help someone in the future.
My juke is a Rowe CD100 wallphono. Storm model but this should likely work for any of the Rowes of this era.
- Before I mounted the unit I removed the amp (no longer needed since the juke itself wouldn’t be driving any speakers) and the bill collector for the DBA. This freed up critical space.
- In the space where the amp was, I mounted a backboard behind the cabinet. I used the screw holes for the amp. I left open space on the bottom corner to feed in the power cord (more on that below).
- I mounted a Sonos Port to the backboard. This is an unfortunately over priced device that lets you take any audio input and make it a source for your Sonos system. I plugged the RCA outs from the volume leveler into the Port.
- I use Kasa smart plugs throughout the game room so Alexa can turn on any game. The Port and the Juke both need power so I went Kasa smart plug -> extension cord -> “Y” extension cord splitter -> Sonos Port & Juke. The cables are zip tied in the space where the bill collector was. This way, when the smart plug is turned on the juke & Sonos Port turn on together.
- And that’s it from the hardware side. On the software side, the Sonos app has an excellent setting for the Sonos Port where you can make it that whenever the Port gets audio in, it starts playing on one or more Sonos devices. That way, when someone picks a song, it automatically turns on the Sonos speakers in the game room and starts playing.
A lot of trial and error along the way but I’m quite happy with the result!
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