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Bob_58
Contributor I
May 13, 2013 8:56 PM UTC

Have the Playbar automatically group back to previous group when TV playback is ended.

The PLAYBAR has the autoplay mode that will remove it from the group when audio from the TV is detected. After you are done watching TV and want to return to listening to music through All Sonos devices, you "must" manually add the PLAYBAR back to the group for audio playback. Why couldn't this be automated? If the TV is not on, the Playbar should be automatically grouped back to the previous group, as it was before you started watching TV. Maybe, a "default" setting that it can return to automatically.
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    r0mUK
    Enthusiast I
    May 7, 2017 6:48 PM UTC
    Come on Sonos! Please we need this feature.

    I (and the wife...) am fed up to re-group everything each time.

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    Xander054
    Lyricist III
    May 7, 2017 6:57 PM UTC
    I'd like this feature too. I wonder whether it's a technical issue regarding what to do when the previous grouping configuration is no longer extant.

    Maybe I dunno I am not a software engineer but a 'keep in this group unless signal is detected from TV' should be fairly straight forward?i mean if they can ungroup when a signal is detected why not regroup when that stops?
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    JohnMat
    Lyricist I
    May 9, 2017 3:50 PM UTC
    Agree with this thread. Please allow the PlayBar to return to the original state when the TV turns off.
    This annoys me EVERY morning!
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    matiase
    Trending Lyricist I
    May 16, 2017 9:19 AM UTC
    regroup will be a good features
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    r0mUK
    Enthusiast I
    May 17, 2017 3:28 PM UTC
    Hi Sonos,

    Any news on that one???? :?
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    Smilja
    Smilja
    May 17, 2017 4:00 PM UTC
    Hi Sonos,

    Any news on that one???? :?

    No – as was stated only 8 days ago.
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    r0mUK
    Enthusiast I
    May 26, 2017 1:05 PM UTC
    Hi Sonos,

    Any news on that one???? :?

    No – as was stated only 8 days ago.


    8 days??? The request is 3 years old!
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    Xander054
    Lyricist III
    May 27, 2017 10:48 AM UTC
    So was thinking about this today and maybe regrouping is not the answer. What if all the speakers stay grouped and when TV switches to auto play everything other than the playbar just mute until music is played again?

    Any reason why this wouldn't work?
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    Dean_25
    Avid Contributor I
    Jun 12, 2017 3:23 AM UTC
    @Xander054, that would defeat the important Sonos feature of every player being sourced independently as desired. I wouldn't want to prevent my guest upstairs from listening to music while I am watching TV. But the system should be enhanced to simply "reverse" the initial capture of the designated remote player by the Connect/Soundbar when the TV source drops.
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    Xander054
    Lyricist III
    Jun 12, 2017 11:12 AM UTC
    Hmm I guess but I think your scenario would be a lot less common and they could just ungroup? I am sure we all experience this issue almost every day it's a real pain.

    But yes maybe this solution won't be the most elegant. I just can't understand why dropping the playbar out of the group and readding when Music is detected hasn't been implemented. There must be a really good reason why It's not possible.
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