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March 24, 2014

Disable Hard Button on Sonos Speakers

  • March 24, 2014
  • 40 replies
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A Sonos user would like to disable the hard buttons on his Sonos devices via the Sonos Controller. 

For exemple when he is having a party home he want to avoid his friend to modify the volume level or pause the music.

What do you think about it?
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    40 replies

    Lyricist I
    March 25, 2014
    Please......
    Trending Lyricist I
    March 27, 2014
    Keep dreaming! (Sorry)
    Lyricist III
    April 3, 2014
    Would also be very handy when you, like me, have a 1-year-old who has discovered these buttons..
    Contributor I
    May 6, 2014
    I second that, my kids keep turning on the music all the time. Would be really handy feature.
    Lyricist III
    September 1, 2014
    +1 Doesn't take a genus to work out the buttons! Both my kids (age 1 & 3) can now use all 3 buttons whenever they feel like 😞
    Lyricist I
    September 11, 2014
    My cat sometimes sits on top of my play:5, starting the music. I don't know how often this happens when I'm not at home or at night. But I totally agree there should be an option to disable the buttons on top. I have never used them anyway 🙂
    Trending Lyricist I
    September 12, 2014
    That would be useful.
    Especially once you've set the volume to a reasonable level.
    I would however like to see the option to distinguish between 'mute'/'pauze' and volume controls, because the hardware pauze is can be useful.
    Maybe limit the 'pauze'/'mute' to the single room instead of all of the linked rooms ?
    Avid Contributor I
    September 17, 2014
    i use every day hard buttons... Either to close the music, or as i am standing in the living room to volume up or down... It takes to many buttons to change the volume through my phone or tablet.. However disabling these might be useful for other users, so it may be useful having this option. When my kids turn 2, then i might find this useful, since my kids might start pressing them...
    Lyricist I
    September 27, 2014
    I need this feature.  Our 2 year old loves that he can blast us out of bed at 6am.  Wife is ready to toss the whole system out.  I have mounted the speaker higher up out of reach but the kid is climber.  It's only a matter of time.
    Lyricist III
    October 6, 2014
    I (and my close neighbours) would also appreciate this as a feature... Child with a disability who just loves to play with the volume buttons... I need to restore peace to the neighbourhood...