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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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      MoodyM
      Avid Contributor I
      July 19, 2015
      I'm the proud new owner of 2 x Sonos Play:1 units, but I can't believe this feature isn't built-in as standard...
        ausername
        Lyricist I
        September 4, 2015
        We just invested in 4 connects and a couple of boosts to the company - and the second day in we have a big mess with the playlists - everyone on the network just connected and decided to play their songs everywhere. When are you going to implement a feature for this? Please...
          Treefrog44
          Lyricist II
          September 10, 2015
          how is this 3 year old idea not getting addressed??? I was sold on Sonos as a mature superior software product yet this is as basic as it gets?? Some sort of master admin control, user profiles granting zones and privilege control levels. Also where is the user profile for content control, multiple accounts for the same service, etc... Sonos seems to be ignoring the most basic features??
            KingPin
            Enthusiast II
            September 16, 2015
            I just can't believe this is not adressed, I've been rooting for this for years, it must be 3 days of programming, tops.

            The least they could do is explain WHY this is not adressed.
              redrock_no
              Lyricist II
              September 26, 2015
              My house is filled with Sonos products, and as you all are saying, zone access restriction is a MUST feature - so please Sonos programmers - add this feature as soon as possible. Thanks 🙂
                Chris
                Chris
                Lead Maestro
                September 26, 2015
                I do not foresee this at the top of their priority list. From comments we normally see from Sonos they don't like adding user definable restrictions. I think we would see permanent grouping of zones before we see any type of zone/feature restriction ability. Not that I'm against it - frankly I have many times said one of the features I would like to most see is a party mode (particularly restricted features). But I just don't foresee it anytime soon. It just goes against a lot of their minimalistic design philosophy they have stated (miniaml check boxes, user definable options). Hopefully at some point that philosophy changes.
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                yesjess
                Lyricist III
                October 3, 2015
                Absolutely! I use sonos in my restaurant/cafe, and we also allow customers to use our wifi network. Short of installing a whole second wireless setup, it basically means that anyone who notices we use sonos can change the music, volume, queue etc at will. Fortunately very few have cottoned on to this, and the most we've had is some regulars adding fairly appropriate tracks here and there, but it's only a matter of time before some pleasant pre-dinner cocktails are interrupted by top volume death metal...
                Chris
                Chris
                Lead Maestro
                October 3, 2015
                I would definitely setup a guest wifi network. Most new routers include
                Respect the Queue (2)Move (3)Beam (1) Era100 (2)ARC (1)SonosOne (1)Playbar (4)Play5 (4)Play1 (3)Play3 (1)Port (2)Connect (1) Roam (2) Ace (1)Connect:Amp (4)Sonos Amp (1)Sub + (9) Echo + Smartthings; (2)Play)
                KevShield
                Contributor I
                December 2, 2015
                I'm 100% agreed restriction should be an option
                pjthatcher12
                Lyricist I
                January 15, 2016
                DOES ANYONE KNOW IF THIS EVER HAPPENED ???
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