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Volume limit feature

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September 5, 2012
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Add the ability to set a PIN protected volume limit per zone.

Volume Limit

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Best answer by Ryan S

Hi everyone, starting today with Sonos 9.2 there's the ability to use the mobile controller for Android or iOS to set a maximum volume for each of your Sonos players. This setting is protected by your Sonos user account, so you'll need to log into the system to set it up. The whole volume bar will still go from 0-100, but 100% will now reflect what your volume limit is set to. This has the added benefit of being able to get more granular control of players at low volume, as the volume steps will scale up or down with the max volume.

Feel free to play around with it and see what you think.

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Ove K

Lyricist II

This is an excellent idea. I have deliberately not purchased Sonos for my childrens rooms because of the lack of this feature.

Sadly, it seems like Sonos is totally ignoring it's own forums...

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Freddy_3

Trending Lyricist I

I would use this feature. I inquired about this a while back and was assured the Play5 could handle 100% volume without damaging the speaker.

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SC_1

Lyricist II

This is an excellent idea. I have deliberately not purchased Sonos for my childrens rooms because of the lack of this feature.

Sadly, it seems like Sonos is totally ignoring it's own forums...

I'm not buying any more until SONOS implements this feature. I talked up their gear to installers I know as well...they all commented on this being a show stopper for many clients. This seems like a no brainer to me.

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JohnCAndrews

Trending Lyricist I

I am a builder and have installed these in a few homes, the issue is when the client comes back to me and asks how they can stop there children from having a volume war, basically changing music and ramping up the volume in each others rooms, also clients asking similar question but maybe having young babies which which are sleeping. definetly need to have some sort of password protection on 2 levels volume/playlist with a main controller that can allow or disallow access. I have to let clients know this is an issue and some have opted not to have as many as they would have like and more often than not for me to supply a system they can actually control 😞 . I have discussed this with Sonos and they agree this is a good idea and they can see the issues. Definetly been under consideration too long.

In the few installations where it is the only source and we used a connect connected to a power amp instead of a connect amp hooked directly to speakers, the volume limit imposed by the trims on the power amp made the system incredibly user friendly. I can't believe this easy to implement code change hasn't been applied to your otherwise great product.

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Allan_3

Lyricist I

I am a builder and have installed these in a few homes, the issue is when the client comes back to me and asks how they can stop there children from having a volume war, basically changing music and ramping up the volume in each others rooms, also clients asking similar question but maybe having young babies which which are sleeping. definetly need to have some sort of password protection on 2 levels volume/playlist with a main controller that can allow or disallow access. I have to let clients know this is an issue and some have opted not to have as many as they would have like and more often than not for me to supply a system they can actually control 😞 . I have discussed this with Sonos and they agree this is a good idea and they can see the issues. Definetly been under consideration too long.

Limiter makes sense...my dog jumped up on the bed and I had my hand on the volume control....went right to the top for a brief moment. Speakers could have been damaged so a limit function would be nice but don't necessarily need it protected. I would just add it in advanced options....

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Dan Smith

Lyricist I

So many critics of parenting skills have never been parents - are you a parent, Tomas?

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ianpilgrim

Lyricist II

I have to say this is a really important (missing) feature for me too. Sonos, please address this. It even looks like one of the easier to implement feature requests to me!

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KentNet

Lyricist III

I am a builder and have installed these in a few homes, the issue is when the client comes back to me and asks how they can stop there children from having a volume war, basically changing music and ramping up the volume in each others rooms, also clients asking similar question but maybe having young babies which which are sleeping. definetly need to have some sort of password protection on 2 levels volume/playlist with a main controller that can allow or disallow access. I have to let clients know this is an issue and some have opted not to have as many as they would have like and more often than not for me to supply a system they can actually control 😞 . I have discussed this with Sonos and they agree this is a good idea and they can see the issues. Definetly been under consideration too long.

Tomas, that is a very narrow minded reply. I have an autistic daughter that loves music, so we purchased selection of Sonos products for around the home. She can operate all zones at all volumes all the time. If she wakes she will grab the iPad and play music full volume, sometimes in all zones! If we could set a maximum volume level and restrict zones it would be a great help. As at the moment we have to unplug every zones power supply every evening.

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KentNet

Lyricist III

Sonos, at this time I have to admit your ignorance to this thread is shocking. A relatively simple code update could solve this, I would expect better from a premium priced supplier. The product is great, sounds great but sadly support and updates are letting it down.

Come on, ALL the replies here are current customers. This is your chance to keep us before we seek another system!

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User821061

Lyricist III

I am a builder and have installed these in a few homes, the issue is when the client comes back to me and asks how they can stop there children from having a volume war, basically changing music and ramping up the volume in each others rooms, also clients asking similar question but maybe having young babies which which are sleeping. definetly need to have some sort of password protection on 2 levels volume/playlist with a main controller that can allow or disallow access. I have to let clients know this is an issue and some have opted not to have as many as they would have like and more often than not for me to supply a system they can actually control 😞 . I have discussed this with Sonos and they agree this is a good idea and they can see the issues. Definetly been under consideration too long.

Do you also tell your TV manufacturer that they need to prevent your daughter from turning the volume up to much? Do you insist that the manufacturer of crayons prevent her from drawing on the walls? Do you ask the book sellers to stop selling scary books?

Maybe I'm narrow minded. But you're the one who purchased something apparently unsuitable for your circumstances and now expects the manufacturer to adapt it to your situation.

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