Default source when turning on power

@CodeeCB: there are two reasons for this feature:
1. the ungplugg thing: you have a ply1 in your living room an want to use it outdoor. so you will have to plug it out move it and plug it in.
I don't want my ply1 beeing outdoor all the time - only for some hours on a nice sunny sunday for example.

2. the smartphone-less usage: i bought a ply1 for my parents which are not used to the smarphone stuff. they just want to listen to
their favorite radio station without the usage of a smartphone. so this "default-sourc" function could be very easily implemented.

3. the temporary lost of a wlan connection: if you have connected one ply1 over wlan and the connection is lost and recoverd (reboot of the
wlan access point) you always have to configure the radio station again. with a "configured default source" their is no more need
for a smartphone.

Their is just a need for configuring a default-source for each room if you want to use ist. if not - just don't configure a default source and the
sonos speaker works like it works nowadays.

Point 2: do you think perhaps you should have just bought them a radio?

@The LHC:
yea i would have - but at my space there are some places where you don't have a good radio signal.

To save power I always unplug my Sonos systems. Why should the components be connected 24 hours, when being used just 2 hours a day?
I urgently need this "play standard source at power on"-feature.

Why should the components be connected 24 hours, when being used just 2 hours a day?

Powering up and down your Sonos gear on a daily basis will shorten their life considerably.

+1
I re-liked this idea as all likes have been deleted through the last sonos community update 😞

For me, the feature "last source after turning power on" is a very important function currently missing in the product. I still do not understand why it was not implemented at this stage since the alarm function does have such permanent memory.
I thought I could define one alarm per minute for all 24 hours (1440 alarms, don't know if the system supports it), all starting to play at each minute with my favorite radio-station -> then, when I turn on my Player, the next alarm (max. one minute after) will activaze and start the radio. Not realistic, but shows that a implementing this missng impprtant functionality seems to be feasible....

Why do you turn the power off? They are designed to stay on.

Do you turn the power off on your tv, cable box, pvr, fridge, freezer, clocks, router, modem, phone, cooker...

Of course, the simplest solution is buy a radio. If a radio does not give you the service you want then the compromises inherent in what you want to do with another product is the price for using that product. A radio is a different product for a different usage. Sonos is a product for a specific usage. A different product does not guarantee identical functionality and requires changes on your part tomuse it as intended rather than how you think it should be used.

Why should the components be connected 24 hours, when being used just 2 hours a day?

Powering up and down your Sonos gear on a daily basis will shorten their life considerably.
Really - do they use cheap components then?!

I use mine in my home office and I may be in there 1 hour a day, 12 hours a a day, or not in there for 5 days so I like to turn stuff off when its not being used no matter how little electricity it uses. As it so happens I have been leaving my Sonos on, although he network switch it connects to is turned off every night. When I come to use it next I have to either use my phone or desktop app to kick it back into life and I normally listen to the same source as when I last left it.

So I too would like to see it remember its last source and track/radio station and just pick up from there when you either:
- Power it up
- If left powered on but disconnected from the internet when you press the play button

Can't be rocket science...