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DavidMulligan
Avid Contributor I
Sep 13, 2012 3:00 PM UTC

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

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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    Robinsky
    Lyricist II
    Dec 6, 2015 6:37 AM UTC
    Ditto timothyb. When will this feature be added...? Or at least make sleep fade longer than 15 seconds and audible fade at low volumes. It sounds like it just shuts off like @camillo777 said. Come on Sonos!
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      Gary_39
      Lyricist I
      Aug 16, 2016 6:57 PM UTC
      In agreement with all would like a fade in option on the alarm.. Although even 1% volume on the alarm setting is going to wake me with a shock
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        jensma
        Contributor I
        Dec 4, 2016 9:39 AM UTC
        I want this too.
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          Chente
          Lyricist I
          Dec 5, 2016 10:40 PM UTC
          So do I: since the first day I bought my Sonos system... please!! Years are passing by! Is there a problem with adding this so useful feature?
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            Duvelduvel
            Lyricist I
            Aug 20, 2017 9:17 PM UTC
            C'mon, this would be an great improvement in combination with Hue to wake up better!
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              danroliver
              Lyricist I
              Sep 15, 2017 3:32 PM UTC
              Came to the forums to make the same suggestion.

              I see that I am not alone. Please add my voice to the chorus. We need a custom timer, or, at the least, a longer fade in (say over two minutes).
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                goldxstein
                Lyricist II
                Mar 10, 2018 8:46 AM UTC
                This would be a great improvement. Please add this function to the alarm and also to the sleep timer.
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                  mrmom
                  Lyricist III
                  Mar 29, 2018 1:56 AM UTC
                  Add this feature. Option to gradual fade in and fade out on sleep and alarms.
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                    dvmierlo
                    Lyricist III
                    May 2, 2018 3:30 AM UTC
                    Going to sleep with soft music in the background is stops my brain spinning around. Because it is soft in the background, a fade out of 15 sec still sounds like the music is cut off, which wakes me up again.

                    I would like an option to configure the fade out time on the sleep timer.

                    Thank you.
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                      basilthelizard
                      Lyricist II
                      Aug 8, 2018 10:06 AM UTC
                      Hi, we use SONOS at work. Alarms are used to indicate tea-time at the quintessential British countryside environment in which we work. Obviously we want Rage Against the Machine to crank at full volume the very moment tea is poured. As such, we would love to have the option to turn the fade OFF. Really looking forward to this feature implementation. Thank you SONOS.
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