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Andrew_2
Contributor I
September 1, 2012

Restrict access to certain zones

  • September 1, 2012
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There should be a way to restrict access to certain zones or allow control of certain zones from a specific controller. This is very important when you have children or have guests staying to stop inadvertent or deliberate changing of zone settings.
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      WBTV Music
      Contributor I
      December 11, 2014
      We have two systems in different offices in our work spaces and the VPs speakers should not be controlled by the same people who are controlling the house music in the main reception area. Is there no way for two different people in the same physical location to be on separate planes so their music doesn't get crossed?
      Jörg Briese
      Contributor I
      January 2, 2015
      This reply was created from a merged topic originally titled Diffrent User Profiles inside one System?. ok i'll try it in english...
      why is it impossible to personalizise my sonos. what i mean is, that diffrent users in my house can . only use maybe their play1 but not mine in the living room. in the moment each use can control each sonos system. i hope you understand my bad english
      Morris Tabush
      Contributor I
      January 2, 2015
      This reply was created from a merged topic originally titled Secure my sonos on the LAN. I have Sonos in my office as do a few other people who work at the company, and we're all on the same LAN. How can i prevent other people from controlling my speaker (accidentally or on purpose)? A simple password on the device would be nice so no other iphones on the LAN can talk to it.
      Dave
      Dave
      Headliner II
      January 2, 2015
      So this would be a Super User like my idea here: https://ask.sonos.com/sonos/topics/super-user-administrator Please merge if appropriate. When can we expect this to be implemented as thread 2yrs old?
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      Larvey87
      Contributor I
      January 20, 2015
      You can actually also merge it with this one: https://ask.sonos.com/sonos/topics/hide_zones_on_any_type_of_controllers_and_unhide_using_a_password It's intended to achieve the same result.
      This would be a great idea with user privileges.  I just want it so controllers in individual rooms can only control that room.  Then someone with full admin can group and control all zones together for a party.
      wild
      Lyricist III
      January 28, 2015
      This is an old request with a huge number of upvotes.  Sonos says they are listening but are they really?  This is the one feature holding me back from installing Sonos throughout the house.

      For example, I wouldn't want little Johnny to accidentally blast his heavy metal in mommy and daddy's room in the middle of the night or vice versa to have mommy and daddy accidentally put on some Barry Manilow in little Johnny's room when they are about to get it on. 
      Richard_29
      Lyricist I
      March 11, 2015
      This feature would be such a great addition!
      User188745
      Lyricist I
      March 20, 2015
      definitely a must for my. why is this feature still not implemented?
      upstatemike
      March 20, 2015
      A long standing request that deserves to be moved to the top of the list.
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      User171185
      Lyricist I
      April 2, 2015
      I never thought about this before, but a few days ago this missing feature turned out as a really annoying problem for me. All the more I'm surprised that this request is existing for so long and Sonos hasn't reacted yet. As my router does not allow to set up a guest network, all my friends have the key to my network. At my last party they realized that they just have to download the Sonos App to connect to my system. You can imagine what happened. No song was played completely and the music mix was horrible, so the atmosphere at the party. So I really beg you to work on this. As a first step it would be enough to restrict the access to a single room or the whole system to the owner by password. Thank you in advance - and sorry for my english.
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