Need independent control of speakers in a group

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March 14, 2025
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I have a group of Sonos speakers and within the last two weeks the controls on any speaker will control all the speakers in the group. THey used to be independent of each other. For eample, we have two reception desks in the same group. If one speakers physical controls are changed (temporarily lowered volume or muting completely for a meetingt, etc.) every speaker in the group has the same change. The possible solution I’ve seen is to give every speaker a iOS device so someone can change the settings in the Sono app. Not very friendly for business use. Is there any way to set the controls so each speaker's controls are independent?

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Best answer by 106rallye

I don’t understand. Tap on the speaker speaker button on the button of your screen and you see all speakers. You should be able to change the volume on the grouped speakers independently.

106rallyeAnswer

I don’t understand. Tap on the speaker speaker button on the button of your screen and you see all speakers. You should be able to change the volume on the grouped speakers independently.

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CHF SupportAuthor

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106rallye --

My problem is not with the software control of the speaker, but rather the physical control on each Sonos Speaker. If I have a multiple speakers in a group and a user change the volume using the physical volume control on their Sonos speaker, it changes the level for every speaker in the group. This is fine if the speakers are all in the same room, but if they are separated by long distances, it becomes problematic. If a user changes the increases the volume for their room (say, to accommodate a noisy group of people), the volume on every speaker in the group increases -- making the volume inordinately loud somewhere else. I’ve resorted to putting signs on each speaker telling users not to change the volume with the physical volume control.

To me and my application, it makes more sense that the local user of the speaker should be able to change the local speaker volume without going into software to do it. That way I don’t need to have a PC or Table next to every Sonos speaker in the. building.

Having one physical volume control may make sense if all the speakers are in the same room, but if one speaker is in a reception area and one is in a dining room, the sound level needs of each area will be divergent at times.

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nik9669a

Senior Virtuoso

That’s odd. I just checked my system and it works the other way: a button volume change for a speaker in a group only changes that speaker’s volume: the rest of the speakers maintain their volume unless I press their volume buttons.

106rallye

The only thing I can think of is that the speakers are not in a group but in a zone, see

As it says there: “A zone is a configuration where multiple speakers play together for easier control in the Sonos app. Zones can be created, edited, and removed easily in the Sonos app. Zones offer a semi-permanent*configuration of a number of speakers, controlled as if it were a single speaker, similar to a stereo pair”.

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