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einarso
Trending Lyricist I
Nov 19, 2012 10:30 PM UTC

Sonos as Intercom / PA system

Surprised I can not find this idea in here. My house is not exactly small, and I am now running 7 Sonos players. When running the Sonos app on iPhone, it would be great to be able to select a sone (or a sone group), press a button and talk via my phone to that sone. I can not imagine it being a technically complex solution. I would be really excited about being able to use Sonos in this way, and so would quite a few others! (see discussion forum): http://forums.sonos.com/showthread.php?t=8672 Is this something that can be considered? If this could be a part of Sonos long term solutions, I would wait for it. Else I would need to start think alternative solutions.
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    Scott M Decker
    Sep 19, 2013 2:30 PM UTC
    This reply was created from a merged topic originally titled iOS Microphone as Line-In to Achieve Whole House PA. I'd like to use my iOS device (iPhone) microphone as a line-in to the Sonos system.

    This would enable me to group all six of our zones to form a whole house PA system over which I could yell at my wife to make me a sandwich 😉
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      Chris
      Chris
      Lead Maestro
      Sep 19, 2013 2:40 PM UTC
      There is a new iphone app called sonos voice that actually does what we are asking here. It's a little buggy.
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        marky_mark896
        Lyricist III
        Sep 19, 2013 4:52 PM UTC
        That sonos voice app is very promising! It works on our system fine. It does have a bit of echo, and it hangs sometimes when you hit stop, but it works. Now if sonos comes out with a dedicated doorbell module that you wire in place of the old doorbell unit that overrides all speakers to play a doorbell chime that would be awesome. Also, incorporate the sonos voice app into the real sonos app and put it in the PC app as well. Could also build pager button/microphone units that people could mount in rooms. Another sonos product to sell that I would buy one for each room. Life would be all sunshine and flowers...lol. Thanks for the progress! Mark
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        User731282
        Lyricist I
        Sep 21, 2013 2:51 AM UTC
        I would really love to see this app. I would be happy to pay for it I would certainly buy more units to put all over the house for paging purposes alone. do any of SONOS competators do it yet- ??
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        User166589
        Trending Lyricist I
        Sep 21, 2013 11:04 AM UTC
        iPhone or Android too
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        Chris
        Chris
        Lead Maestro
        Sep 21, 2013 12:49 PM UTC
        It is a current app - I have only checked on the iTunes app store. I haven't looked to see if an android version.
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        User166589
        Trending Lyricist I
        Sep 25, 2013 8:35 PM UTC
        To be clear - there isn't any android app that I can see, and I'm an Android user. In addition, I would rather it was a feature of the Sonos app, not a third party app - as the support and quality ought to be better.
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        marky_mark896
        Lyricist III
        Sep 26, 2013 3:12 PM UTC
        I agree, but it shows it can be done. Sonos needs to buy the rights for it, use it in their controller app, build dedicated pager button/microphone units to mount in each room that will use the same technology and build a similar doorbell unit to be mounted in place of the old chime unit so your normal doorbell button can send a signal to the sonos system. All using .wav files, temporarily pause or stop the current playing song, play the .wav file from the intercom or doorbell unit, and switch back to the current playing song. Come on Sonos, do it.
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        User748746
        Lyricist I
        Sep 28, 2013 8:38 PM UTC
        Get a Panasonic TDA50 phone system. It has room-to-room intercom and a all page
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        marky_mark896
        Lyricist III
        Sep 28, 2013 8:45 PM UTC
        Get a Panasonic TDA50 phone system. It has room-to-room intercom and a all page
        If I wanted a separate system, I would. I want the music to pause when the intercom is in use or doorbell is rung. I don't want a separate phone system. Thanks for your comment though...
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