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RocoH
Trending Lyricist I
July 16, 2020

How to adjust volume across two pairs of Sonos using one speaker?

  • July 16, 2020
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Hi All,

I have two sonos ones (gen2) paired and now two fives paired in the same room.

Firstly I presumed giving the fives the same room name "kitchen" as the two ones would automatically group them into one set so that anything I did in the room would be applied to all speakers ...i.e adjusting the volume on one speaker would do the same to all 4. Currently it only applies to that single pair.

Within the app I have the two rooms grouped for volume and that all works ok. Within "System" the "Group" option is greyed out also.

Should I be able to use the physical volume button on my sonos one to also effect the five.

Pause/play/skip works across all speakers.

I bet this is an option but need some help please!?

 

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    SilSan
    Lyricist I
    December 30, 2020

    Hi @RocoH, will do, reach out if you need anything else.

    Any news on implementing this feature?

    It makes so much sense! There is really no good reason for it not to be a feature.

    RocoHAuthor
    Trending Lyricist I
    December 30, 2020

    Agree, its such an inconvenience. My wife keeps messing up my room setup my adjusting the volume on my ones which then separates them from the fives ...thinking she is turning down the entire room volume. It is just a natural thing to touch the speaker that is closest to us in the kitchen to adjust the volume but this oversight is annoying.....like I said in original post all other touch commands work for the group so why not this.

    I too would like to hear feedback from the engineers that Kyle A fed this back to please.

      colby1
      Lyricist I
      January 3, 2021

      +1 this seems silly to not be included in a dedicated music ecosystem. From a UX perspective I understand the decision I guess - it adds another layer of functionality to the speaker itself, and they are designed to be as simple and user friendly as possible. But for people who have multiple “rooms” within a large room, like an open floor plan, it’s very frustrating. I think having an option on a group would make sense. So after making a group, a toggle can be switched to allow all speakers in that group to have volume controlled as one whole group. 

        justaskingforbasicfeatures
        Lyricist I
        January 15, 2021

        UNIFIED PHYSICAL VOLUME CONTROL FOR GROUPED SPEAKERS! THIS ABSOLUTELY NEEDS TO BE A FEATURE PLEASE. IT’S MENTAL THAT IT’S NOT. PLEASE CAN THE ENGINEERS STOP EXPECTING PEOPLE TO DO EVERYTHING THROUGH THE CUMBERSOME APP. NOBODY LIKES THE APP. THANK YOU

         

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