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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
    Jul 8, 2017 7:46 AM UTC
    Hi Sonos,

    Has this feature been added on the DEV roadmap?

    Cheers

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      r0mUK
      Enthusiast I
      Nov 1, 2017 2:25 PM UTC
      Hi Sonos,

      Maybe rather than DOWNGRADING the UEX on the latest version of the apps and make it COMPLETELY non-user friendly, you should have introduced this top notch feature :)

      ....

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      DannyE
      Contributor I
      Nov 30, 2017 2:07 PM UTC
      Just adding a hearty "Me Too" to this thread. I recently added a Playbar and Sub to my collection of (10) Sonos devices and am very disappointed by the lack of integration in this regard. I want to always operate my speakers in "Party mode" with the Playbar as "primary". For some reason the transition from TV mode to music mode seems to often (but not always) "break up" the grouping and I end up with different audio sources playing in different rooms. it is very disappointing to see that this thread is several years old and the basic problem still has not been addressed. Sonos,you've already got my money so all I can do is ask that you please address this problem as soon as possible. Thanks.
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      Cooper_1
      Lyricist II
      Dec 2, 2017 12:36 AM UTC
      I want this too! I can't believe I had to find out the hard way that this feature isn't already present. My spouse was already not thrilled with what I spent on our new Playbase - once she learns that she has to re-group the Playbase every time (and, it seems manually adjust its volume, because it always is too loud after regrouping!) she is going to be perhaps so unhappy that we'll have to return the Playbase. Please Sonos, help us out!
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      BonanzaNLD
      Lyricist II
      May 26, 2018 1:05 PM UTC
      Still not fixed. Come on Sonos, seems like a nobrainer to fix this very annoying issue
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      ajscotty
      Lyricist II
      Jul 16, 2018 8:26 PM UTC
      Hi All,
      I agree - please can we have this functionality.
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      kjgouldstone
      Contributor I
      Jul 19, 2018 9:25 AM UTC
      Just found that the Beam also does not return to it's original group after being used by the TV for sound. That's a pain
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      marco79cgn
      marco79cgn
      Lyricist III
      Jul 22, 2018 7:14 PM UTC
      It would be great if this would work out of the box, that's true. Sonos should definetly integrate this functionality after all those years.

      Until then I have at least a little "workaround" to solve this issue. It's a feature that I wasn't aware of even years after using Sonos.

      Assuming you already have a group or at least a single player playing some music: you can simply add other players into that group by just pressing the hardware play button for about 2-3 seconds! The player will then join the already playing group automatically. This also works with a Playbar setup, no matter whether you do it on the playbar itself or on the rear speakers.
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        martinzugec
        Lyricist III
        Aug 11, 2018 2:15 PM UTC
        +1 here... I'm not 100% happy with Sonos behavior when switching between music and TV mode, especially with multiple speakers. It would be great if I could select "Always group for music" and also implement following suggestion:
        https://en.community.sonos.com/home-theater-228993/autoplay-then-ungroup-then-mute-of-stop-other-group-6763724/index1.html#post16258218
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        r0mUK
        Enthusiast I
        Jan 4, 2019 10:22 AM UTC
        Hello Sonos,

        it would be great to have this one added onto 2019 roadmap ....

        Thnaks in advance!
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