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Contributor I
September 5, 2012

Room Grouping designations part of an alarm...?

  • September 5, 2012
  • 21 replies
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I'd like to see room groups part of the alarm setting process so my morning alarm plays my favorite radio station in the assigned rooms. In the evening I'll change room assignment and if I forget to set it back the next morning's alarm will not be how I like it. Thanks, I love my Sonos!
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    Contributor III
    January 23, 2013
    +1 on this request, I posted a similar request on the forums a long time back. We use the alarm on a Play 5 in our bedroom to wake up to a radio station for an hour. About 15 mins after waking up my other half goes for a shower in our en-suite. I have installed a ceiling speaker in there connected to a ZP 100. But have given up to remember to zone group this to our bedroom Play 5 every night before going to bed. It would also be good to have variable timings on the linked 2nd zone as we don't spend the same full hour in the en-suite. I tried setting the en-suite zone with its own separate alarm but that was horrible as it plays out of synch with the Play 5 in the bedroom next door.
    Contributor I
    April 3, 2013
    I +1'd this also. I'd like all of my Sonos boxes to come on in the morning with my local NPR station. Unfortunately that currently means remembering to re-group them before I go to bed! I've usually watched something on the TV later in the evening and generally separate the Playbar from any grouping when I do that.
    Lyricist III
    May 15, 2013
    This would be an excellent addition to the alarm system and can ensure zones go off as intended despite any changes that may have been made during the day (kids for example) and not put back.
    Lyricist II
    May 29, 2013
    big +1 on this. Seems like such a logical feature to include in the alarms settings and given Sonos have designed such an intuitive and logical user experience, I'm surprised this isn't already included. Sonos, is this a technical limitation or is it just that it's not considered an important addition for the user?
    Glen_P
    Contributor III
    May 30, 2013
    Agreed, this seems the proper function to begin with
    Lyricist I
    December 2, 2013
    I program my Sonos to welcome me home from work with music.

    This doesnt work well at the moment for 2 reason.

    1 - I dont want to have to remember to re-group them the night before, thus I come home and they're all playing different music and sounds horrid.

    2 - I have to set 3 alarms, one for each device, and it clutters up the list of alarms making them all difficult to manage.

    Massive plus 1 for this!
    Contributor I
    November 24, 2014
    Just got a message from Sonos support on Twitter to +1 this to promote this suggestion. I would like to set up my everyday wake up alarm for multiple rooms once and for all, not on a daily basis. Hope you consider this issue witch I guess is a small task to fix but a big advantage for us.
    Lyricist I
    January 21, 2015
    This feature is a must have from my perspective, I run the unsupported sonosweb app on my server which provides this functionality, and when it works it is genius. Unfortunately the app is not supported, suffers from memory leaks and is finicky to set up. An integrated solution would be much appreciated!
    Lyricist I
    May 15, 2015
    This is the feature i miss the most in the Sonos application. It can not be that hard to develop. Thanks!
    Denis_2Author
    Contributor I
    May 15, 2015
    It must be more difficult than we think... it really is a "no-brainer" to implement.