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jhcovert
Contributor I
October 17, 2019
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Echo Wall Clock & Sonos One (2nd Gen)?

  • October 17, 2019
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I know that this has been discussed before, and that due to the One (Gen 1) not having Bluetooth there was no pairing with the Echo Wall Clock, however, given that the new One (Gen 2) has a BLE chip, I’m wondering if there’s a way to connect the two of them. 
 

Has anyone had any success getting this to work? 

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    jhcovertAuthor
    Contributor I
    October 21, 2019

    melvimbe, does this look right?

     

     

    melvimbe
    melvimbe
    October 21, 2019

    That does look correct...assuming you don’t have some other smart devices named Kitchen and Sitting Room.  However I just checked my master bedroom settings (with and echo show and Sonos Beam) and I have but the Show and Beam setup as Echo devices (top category), and the Beam as the preferred speaker.  The mic on the Beam is turned off and I’m almost sure the setup ducks properly.  You might want to give that a try when you can.  The setup might be slightly different since  Sonos Ones/Beams are setup with voice assistant.

    Danny
    jhcovertAuthor
    Contributor I
    October 21, 2019

    melvimbe, in another thread I'm involved in, Ryan, a Sonos Community Manager, specifically states: 

     

    Currently, if a Sonos speaker has the built in Alexa enabled as an assistant, even if the microphone is turned off, it won't duck in volume unless it hears you say "Alexa". Removing the service from the room but having the skill enabled will still allow you to control the system with Alexa, you just will need to use a different microphone enabled device.

     

    So, it sounds as though I need to have the functionality completely removed from the Sonos One’s in order to get ducking to work. The problem is that I’ve set it up exactly as they suggest and still ducking does not work. I’ve tried it with the Sonos One's in the Group and as Preferred Speakers, and out of the group, but still listed as the Preferred Speakers. No change in ducking behavior. Very frustrating. So close to having things exactly as I’d like them. 

     

    https://en.community.sonos.com/amazon-alexa-and-sonos-229102/sonos-one-echo-dot-group-ducking-6830792

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