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Control all grouped Sonos using TV remote control (via Playbar)

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I already own a Playbar and recently purchased a Play 1. One thing I find invaluable is being able to control the Playbar using the TV remote, even if playing music. It is very intuitive and easy to use.

What I've noticed however is that now when grouped with the play 1 the TV remote volume control only manages the Playbar vs. the whole group volume.

Is there a way to add an option to have the TV remote control either only the Playbar or the whole group volume once grouped?

Would help to extend the handy and intuitive control the bring the volume up and down across the rooms.

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jgatie

Classic reply from another troll/under cover employee with 22893 replies lol.

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Nope, not an employee. You're still paranoid, though.

And still a nitwit.

But please, buy the Samsung. Then we won't have to see your yearly temper tantrum in here.

ratty

Use a different remote. There are a number which act on the Sonos group volume.

Do some research. You could even simply read this thread ...

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burovdan

Contributor I

Please help.

I added to group ARC + stereo AMP. But I can't change voice in group from my TV remote control. Add this function: control voice of all group or lock voice all of all group. PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!

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Montiff4

Lyricist I

"ok clever cloggs, so add a single checkbox REMOTE CONTROLS GROUP ON/OFF. Literally a half day job."

This sounds like a great compromise. Any Sonos folks that can chime in?

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Patrick_55

Lyricist I

I'm really disappointed there's no way to control grouped speakers with the remote OR even better to get the surround speakers to play stereo when there is no 5.1 sound available.

Actually quite ridiculous... because it would so obviously improve the experience massively with little effort on part of Sonos. So sad.

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ArcSoundGuy

Lyricist I

Thanks everyone for this great thread and thanks Sonos for making such great speakers!

I wanted to contribute back and let everyone know that I was using Logitech Harmony for two years to control Sonos group volume but Logitech Harmony had downsides.

Instead I found a way to just use my AppleTV remote and HDMI CEC to control the group volume.

I’ve posted the code to GitHub in case it helps anyone else:
https://github.com/arcsoundguy/sonos-group-volume-with-tv-remote

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perki666

Lyricist I

Thanks everyone for this great thread and thanks Sonos for making such great speakers!

I wanted to contribute back and let everyone know that I was using Logitech Harmony for two years to control Sonos group volume but Logitech Harmony had downsides.

Instead I found a way to just use my AppleTV remote and HDMI CEC to control the group volume.

I’ve posted the code to GitHub in case it helps anyone else:
https://github.com/arcsoundguy/sonos-group-volume-with-tv-remote

Thanks for this!

I found this thread while looking for a way to control group volume with the TV remote. Tried your solution ArcSoundGuy which worked great but I wanted something slightly different and since I know Node.js better I found it easier to just build a similar thing on my own. The only functional difference between the projects is that the application I built doesn’t automatically group the speakers, it only updates the volume for speakers that are manually grouped. I wanted the option to use the speakers independently as well.

I also posted the code to GitHub in case it helps anyone else:

https://github.com/ErikAlfredsson/sonos-sync-group-volume

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