Is there a way to disable a Sonos Roam alarm when on bluetooth mode?

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December 29, 2021
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I have alarms set on my Sonos Roam but am now on vacation and away from my home network and want to disable the alarms so they don’t go off every morning. Is there a way to do this with the Roam in Bluetooth mode?

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Best answer by melvimbe

That’s interesting. I can see why you would not want the alarm while in bluetooth mode, as there is a good chance you’re away from home and there’s no known way to turn it off. On the otherhand, in case of a power outage, network outage, or simply forgot to take Roam off bluetooth mode while at home, you would still want the alarm to go off as normal. Indeed old style clock radios had a battery back for when the power went out.

Might be good idea for Sonos to have a setting for how the alarm should function while in bluetooth mode, so you can at least choose the behavior you want in advance.

ratty

Are the alarms actually still firing? I’d have expected them not to, since in the absence of a network the Roam can’t tell the time.

The Sonos controller app is unable to configure the Roam over Bluetooth.

J

John B

Are the alarms actually still firing? I’d have expected them not to, since in the absence of a network the Roam can’t tell the time.

The Sonos controller app is unable to configure the Roam over Bluetooth.

That is exactly what I would have said and expected, but on a brief test with a Move it did fire, albeit with the chime.

Maybe I did something wrong in the experiment

ratty

Are the alarms actually still firing? I’d have expected them not to, since in the absence of a network the Roam can’t tell the time.

The Sonos controller app is unable to configure the Roam over Bluetooth.

That is exactly what I would have said and expected, but on a brief test with a Move it did fire, albeit with the chime.

Interesting. Presumably a rebooted device would eventually lose track of the time without a network connection.

melvimbeAnswer

That’s interesting. I can see why you would not want the alarm while in bluetooth mode, as there is a good chance you’re away from home and there’s no known way to turn it off. On the otherhand, in case of a power outage, network outage, or simply forgot to take Roam off bluetooth mode while at home, you would still want the alarm to go off as normal. Indeed old style clock radios had a battery back for when the power went out.

Might be good idea for Sonos to have a setting for how the alarm should function while in bluetooth mode, so you can at least choose the behavior you want in advance.

Danny