Contributor I

Keep device groups after power cycle

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Allow device groups to be locked so that they don't split when power is lost to one or more devices and are powered back up.

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Ryan S

Retired Sonos Staff

Thanks for all the feedback guys, we don't have any update for you, but we'll make sure the request has been passed on.

As Stuart said, if you're losing your groups without your players rebooting there's something else going on there. Possibly wireless interference causing players to drop temporarily. If you'd like a hand troubleshooting the issue we're happy to help. It'd be best doing it in a different thread or with our support team directly.

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jibal

Lyricist III

"The speakers are designed to stay powered up all the time and go into a low power mode when no audio is playing. It is you switching the units off that is causing the "problem"."

Utter BS. For years people have reported that Sonos speakers ungroup when they lose the wifi connection. This is BAD DESIGN. And the speakers should return to the group when they are powered off and on again ... power costs money, and telling people that it's a "problem" rather than a real problem is offensively arrogant, technically inept, and shows that the person writing that didn't bother to read the previous comments on this page.

"we don't have any update for you"

After at least three years of customers asking for this BASIC functionality.

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User641978

Lyricist II

Live Miami and power outages are not uncommon. Have 6 units and they all become "ungrouped" every time there's even a flash power off/on. Truly a pain to have to back and reset the device groups and add music to queues. Would be awesome of this could be kept in nonvolatile ram or some other measure to minimize restore time.

Legnum Nick

Prodigy III

Whilst not the most important feature to have, I'd also like this. I have spent the last few weeks working on my house, which has necessitated power being switched off in different parts of the house. In one room the Play:3 has been moved around a few times as furniture gets moved for decorating. It is annoying when the system falls over due to one player losing power (I guess if it is the group "leader" then the rest go into a shocked silence?!) or having to start a controller when one player loses power for 5 seconds.

I'm perfectly aware that I'm causing the "problem" by cycling the power on one player, but it would be nice if the group remained, the playlist remained and a different player could take the lead if required.

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David4788

Contributor I

It's 2016...Why in the world do I need to reassign a radio station to each of my players after a brief power loss. I have thousands invested in these speakers and love them, except for this one silly reason. The Controller is on a UPS, but the speakers can't be. Can you guys PLEASE get this resolved??