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DavidMulligan
Avid Contributor I
September 13, 2012

Please add an option to adjust the fade-in and fade-out time for alarms and sleep

  • September 13, 2012
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Please allow for the volume slowly increase for alarms and decrease it for sleep mode. The feature I envision would be an option for alarms and sleep which takes a fade-in or fade-out time. A default time of 5 minutes is reasonable. When enabled the alarm will start at just above 0 volume and gradually increase to the volume configured for the alarm over the configured fade-in time. Likewise, once the sleep timer reaches the fade-out time remaining the volume will gradually decrease to zero over the configured fade-out time.
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    pechart
    Lyricist I
    January 2, 2014
    +1 here! Would be really nice and I could put the money for a good alarm clock aside for a half Play:1 😉
      CoolRich59
      Lyricist I
      March 18, 2014
      Add me to the list.  I have been searching unsuccessfully for quality sounding alarm with a "progressive" volume increase.  If Sonos could incorporate this feature, that alone would be reason enough for me to get another Sonos component and place it in my bedroom as my "clock radio".  Thank you!
        camillo777
        Headliner I
        September 29, 2014
        Yes,
        15 seconds is a little bit short; custom fadein and fadeout time would be really nice to have.
        Camillo
          camillo777
          Headliner I
          December 18, 2014
          I noticed that the fade out and fade in step is fixed. This means that if your volume is low (like 5%) the fadeout will kill the music and not fade gracefully. I am a developer and the algorithm of a correct fading should take care of this. Steps should be calculated dynamically. Let's say the fade time is 15 seconds, Sonos should take current volume and divide by 15 seconds to find the correct value of volume percentage to remove every second to go to zero. Today I use Sonos to sleep and a graceful fade out will improve my sleep. Then talking about features 15 seconds is too fast, I need to be able to set to something like 15 minutes. Make it configurable please. Also sleep time should be configurable: I want to have the possibility to set 1 minute, 10 minutes, 20 minutes... Thank you
            Winston_1
            Lyricist II
            April 27, 2015
            The current fade in/out is so abrupt that if. I did not read about15 seconds here I would have thought it was less than 5 seconds. Would be great to have longer options
              Tinototem
              Lyricist I
              July 9, 2015
              I just bought a sonos system and i love beeing able to set an alarm on it. But to my i am missing the ability to customize the fade-in. I want to adjust start volume, target value and duration to meet that volume.

              I cant understand how this feature have been missing for so long seeing this post created over 3 years ago. Is this a lost cause? i hope not.
                camillo777
                Headliner I
                July 9, 2015
                At minimum volume level in a silent environment the sleep fade out just cut abruptly the music. We need more graceful steps!
                  camillo777
                  Headliner I
                  October 1, 2015
                  Hi
                  Any news?
                  Years are passing by...
                    MrG
                    Lyricist I
                    October 6, 2015
                    Come on Sonos! 3 years to add user configurable fade in/out timer?
                      timothyb
                      Contributor I
                      November 1, 2015
                      Unbelievable that this simple feature, probably less than a day of coding, is still not here on "the first name in wireless home audio".
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