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Sam Mateosian
Contributor I
October 1, 2012

Allow controllers to pair with multiple home systems

  • October 1, 2012
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I love the sonos connect so much that I got one at home, at work, for my brother, for my father and for my father in law. My only complaint is that my controller is locked to one system at a time. When I move between different houses I should be able to pair the controller on my phone with their systems and have it remember me when I come back - without resetting. I've seen the tip about bringing them all to one place and setting them up together. But that's not always possible or desirable. There is no real security concern because I still have to be allowed on their network and I'd still have to push the buttons on the device. Seems like a relatively simple software problem to allow me to pair with multiple systems and remember all the systems I've paired with.
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    jfontaine
    Lyricist II
    January 9, 2013
    Same issue, multiple houses and annoyed about having to reset te controller. Considering leaving an ipod at secondary house to use as controller but this is cheap solution to a frustrating problem that Sonos should be able to fix easy.
    stratcast
    Contributor I
    February 15, 2013
    I need this. I have a 4 zone system at home and a 3 zone system at my mothers house.
    J
    Lyricist I
    February 16, 2013
    Very good idea and important feature. Please you smart SONOS people, do it. The security question is nearly irrelevant, because I need to have physical access to a SONOS player to connect. And to secure it there could be a setting in the app to deactivate a specific controller.
    greg78x
    Trending Lyricist I
    February 20, 2013
    Completely agree. In my case, I have 4 band mates who were considering each getting a Sonos system for their homes. I tried to demo my Play 5 at our studio and because I had issues with resetting my iPhone 5 remote, they were all turned off by this. This could have been such great business for Sonos. All we wanted was for each of us to control the Sonos at our studio, then have the ability (if they were to buy the system for their home) to switch back to their home netwrok once they get home - without having to reset it.
    Rick_66
    Lyricist II
    February 20, 2013
    I'm also wishing for this feature. I'm switching daily between 2-3 sonos systems, and it gets frustrating, as the units are hidden away. In an ideal world, you should be able automatically control a paired system, based on the wifi network you have joined.
    greg78x
    Trending Lyricist I
    February 21, 2013
    This needs to be more of a priority for Sonos, and I'll tell you why - More and more people are now able to afford Play 3 and Play 5 systems because they are so common on ebay and even more affordable on craigslist. Before you know it, this may turn into a bigger complaint since the demand for multiple set ups may increase. As someone mentioned in a similar posting - this may be a good problem for Sonos.
    Serthos
    Lyricist III
    February 21, 2013
    Re: ...good problem for Sonos... I've been holding off on buying a pair of S3's for work because I don't want to be constantly resetting pairing between work/home Sonos systems. If they implemented this feature I would definitely buy them.
    Serthos
    Lyricist III
    February 21, 2013
    I should add I'm considering buying a Bowers & Wilkins A5 soon instead since I don't see any traction on this feature.
    martinpannier
    Lyricist III
    February 21, 2013
    Dude, that brand looks awesome! Thanks for sharing!
    jfontaine
    Lyricist II
    February 21, 2013
    Believe there is a workaround for this if you are able to move your speakers between locations once....set them all up on the same network first (name them accordingly so you know which box goes to which location) then take them back to you other homes and they should then just be available when your controller is on the network at your other places. Have not tried this yet but may do soon. Remember having read about this on a forum somewhere
    This works very well and I am doing it with my two houses. However, Sonos should be brillant enough to find a real fix. Thanks for this workaround.
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