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tomindenver
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December 28, 2018
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Kids Echo Dot and Ducking

  • December 28, 2018
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I've seen various posts that try to piece together how to get rid of the "ducking" feature. We have 5 rooms setup with SONOS. We were an early adopter to SONOS and none of ours have the Alexa App built in. For XMAS we got our daughter the Kids Echo Dot. It is in her room that does not have a SONOS speaker. How do we disable ducking on our SONOS rooms? Our music "ducks" no less than 10 times an hour.

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    Best answer by jgatie
    Go to the Alexa app. Choose the icon on the right (house with sliders). Create a group for each Echo you have, name it appropriately. Choose the appropriate Echo as the Alexa device. Add the Sonos speaker(s) you wish to be the default for that Echo. Also, scroll down and add the Sonos speaker(s) as the Preferred Speaker(s). Save the group.

    Now when you tell the Alexa to play music, you (A) Do not need to specify the room and (B) Only the assigned Sonos will duck the volume.

    However, not having a Sonos speaker in the room with the Echo begs the question: Why have the Sonos skill enabled at all if there is no Sonos speaker for the Echo to control?

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    jgatie
    jgatie
    December 28, 2018
    Glad to help.
    Ken_Griffiths
    Ken_Griffiths
    December 28, 2018
    jgatie - we just tried what you suggested and it worked. Thanks all!Thats great to hear, as it simplifies things going forward. Can I also suggest though, you go onto read about the new grouping features (when you have time), as you may find they can benefit your Sonos setup in a variety of ways. They are well worth getting to grips with.
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