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pj123
Contributor I
May 1, 2019

Default Volume Setting Required

  • May 1, 2019
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I would like to see a setting that allows a preset volume level to be selected so when a speaker is turned on it starts at that volume level. It's quite annoying that if a speaker has previously been listened to at a loud volume setting and then turned off - it remains at that level when it is next used. Sonos, please can you consider this?
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      jgatie
      jgatie
      January 9, 2020

      Would the next audio track you play not just continue with the same volume as the previous level? 

       

      You set the volume level in the alarm setup.  After playing the silent track, the alarm would stay at that level. 

        JxRYE
        Lyricist II
        January 9, 2020

        Again, this programming is fairly basic. There should be an easy setting to adjust with your Sonos, to have your home theater system start at a preset volume. You shouldn’t have to run extra programs, use Alexa, or reprogram anything. 

          JussiR
          Lyricist I
          January 29, 2020

          I share this request. In the evening, you finally get the kids to sleep and the house is silent and turn the TV on again, when Beam soundbar blasts everyone awake again... It takes the few critical seconds before Beam reacts to the volume down signal from the remote. I'd assume it shouldn't be to hard to program an optional default volume to which the soundbar returns when TV is powered off. Thank you. 

            RichardBJ
            Lyricist I
            June 17, 2020

            A desperately needed feature, to bring it into line with my 1970s TV. People saying what if this what if that. I have no other devices that take the roof off when I turn then on!!

            An incredibly easy solution is just the volume when you turn on defaults to the volume when you turned off.

            My TV, soundbar, surrounds and subwoofer wake the dead if you turn onvia Alexa. Actually no problem if you activate via the tv itself. 

              jTemplar
              jTemplar
              Collaborator II
              June 17, 2020

              you could set an alarm with a blank mp3 that plays every morning for a few minutes and sets volume to the default level you want.

              How do I do that please? I just looked at ‘Alarms’ in the Sonos app and the only options I see are for Sonos Chime, Sonos Playlists, Imported Playlists, Sonos Radio and Tunein. How do I select a blank mp3?

              jTemplar
              jTemplar
              Collaborator II
              June 17, 2020

              Could this not be set up with an Alexa routine to set volume to a certain level at a preset time each day?

              I’ve looked and can’t see how; perhaps you could advise?

              caesar327
              Prodigy I
              June 18, 2020

              you could set an alarm with a blank mp3 that plays every morning for a few minutes and sets volume to the default level you want.

              How do I do that please? I just looked at ‘Alarms’ in the Sonos app and the only options I see are for Sonos Chime, Sonos Playlists, Imported Playlists, Sonos Radio and Tunein. How do I select a blank mp3?

               

              You need to create your own blank .mp3 and add it to your local music library, and then add to a playlist (follow these alarm instructions for using a playlist with an alarm):

              https://support.sonos.com/s/article/452?language=en_US

              jTemplar
              jTemplar
              Collaborator II
              June 18, 2020

              you could set an alarm with a blank mp3 that plays every morning for a few minutes and sets volume to the default level you want.

              How do I do that please? I just looked at ‘Alarms’ in the Sonos app and the only options I see are for Sonos Chime, Sonos Playlists, Imported Playlists, Sonos Radio and Tunein. How do I select a blank mp3?

               

              You need to create your own blank .mp3 and add it to your local music library, and then add to a playlist (follow these alarm instructions for using a playlist with an alarm):

              https://support.sonos.com/s/article/452?language=en_US

              So to allow a preset volume level to be selected on my Sonos speakers so when a speaker is turned on I would need to:

              1. Setup a NAS or some other computer or server permanently powered-on and able to provide music files?
              2. I would then link that server as a ‘Music Library’ in my Sonos system.
              3. Next I should create my own blank .mp3 somehow.
              4. I need to then create a playlist to which I would add this blank .mp3?
              5. Then I would need to setup a Sonos alarm to run everyday at a set times to play that blank .mp3 from my playlist on my server?
              6. Hopefully then whenever someone started a Sonos speaker of group of speakers they would all be set at the preset volume level.

              Is that correct?

              david82
              david82
              Collaborator II
              June 18, 2020

              or, try a silent track of your choice from a music service you have configured?  apple, amazon, google play all have them available.

              this is a workaround - beggars, choosers and all that. 

                jTemplar
                jTemplar
                Collaborator II
                June 19, 2020

                or, try a silent track of your choice from a music service you have configured?  apple, amazon, google play all have them available.

                this is a workaround - beggars, choosers and all that. 

                Thanks. I found a ‘silent’ playlist on Spotify here but when I try to play any track I get the error message ‘Unable to play the selected item’. I tried using a generic playlist on shuffle from Spotify using the Sonos app but just keep getting the same error. Do I need a paid Spotify subscription to listen via Sonos?

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