Contributor I

Allow controllers to pair with multiple home systems

Forum|Forum|14 years ago
October 1, 2012
100 replies
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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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Fredrik_3

Lyricist I

I have one system in Spain and one in Sweden so bringing them to one place is not that easy... I really vote for different "profiles".

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Jeffrey_3

Lyricist I

Sonos- You need to realize that this feature request is akin to the early days of wifi and users not wanting to have to re-type SSID & password when then went from one wifi connection to another. If you believe your devices will be pervasive, then it will be encumbent on you to enable a single controller (PC/Phone) to seamlessly move between multiple Sonos networks.

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alexdelen

Lyricist II

+1 their is a quite simple solution for this. one solution: Make it able in the controller to add a Household ID with a request password. One of the connected controller (owner mostly) should then accept the connection or the owner could accept this through the Sonos my account website. another solution: Make it password protected (like a wifi) and let the user chose to broadcast the sonos household ID if he want's to. Let the user also chose to merge playlists or keep their own. This will remove the fact that you have to bring a bridge or a play to any given new location or old location or to a friend who has sonos. We have sonos at the office and at home. many of my collegues like to connect their device to all the systems but they need to reset the controller every time. and so lose all settings between all the controllers. Sonos is great, make it better We all like to share. best regards Alex

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easybeat

Lyricist III

Sonos please add this feature!!

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Steve_73

Lyricist III

A must do!

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Jerome

Contributor I

Getting off this thread. Too much BS about this issue.

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User508448

Enthusiast I

Think this feature has been under consideration for too long!? Vote for this: https://ask.sonos.com/sonos/topics/implement_customers_good_ideas_more_quickly

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Neil_45

Contributor I

The "workaround" for this, is to buy/use/borrow a portable sonos system.. Then, simply set up your office and home using the portable system. Then sync/setup the rest of the controllers/players, etc. THus, your phone, etc will always think it is using the same system and will just find the pairs that you need at home or office, etc..

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User146063

Lyricist I

Apart from being a great home system sort of the whole point with the system is that you so simply can connect to friends' systems and queue songs on parties, at work etc. All this falls to pieces when you have to reset the controller every single time... Please fix this!!!

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Robert_139

Lyricist I

I as well have 3 homes and over 40 pieces of equipment. It would be a wonderful feature to be able to select a system or at the very least not have to reset every device used each time we travel. With 7 users having to reset their individual devices each time it is quite cumbersome.

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