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artshotwell
Avid Contributor I
June 23, 2025

Why does my Sonos speaker turn on a bright light when it turns off?

I recently started using my Sonos speaker to play music as I go to bed… setting the Sonos timer to shut down after an hour or two. Why does the speaker turn on a bright light from the speaker when it turns off? It has been waking me up...or did until put a kleenex box on top of the speaker. But, my question is Why did Sonos program the speaker to do that? It’s really annoying.

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    Mr. T
    Mr. T
    June 23, 2025

    You could also experiment with Alarms instead within Sonos app.

    The audio will just cut out when the set duration ends, but you may not be as susceptible to that compare to the status light.

    I used to use Alarms and the audio suddenly stopping didn’t disturb my sleep.

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      artshotwellAuthor
      Avid Contributor I
      June 23, 2025

      I’ll look for Alarms in the Sonos App. Thanks, 

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        artshotwellAuthor
        Avid Contributor I
        June 25, 2025

        You could also experiment with Alarms instead within Sonos app.

        The audio will just cut out when the set duration ends, but you may not be as susceptible to that compare to the status light.

        I used to use Alarms and the audio suddenly stopping didn’t disturb my sleep.

        I don’t see that as working for me.

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        Mr. T
        Mr. T
        June 25, 2025

        You could also experiment with Alarms instead within Sonos app.

        The audio will just cut out when the set duration ends, but you may not be as susceptible to that compare to the status light.

        I used to use Alarms and the audio suddenly stopping didn’t disturb my sleep.

        I don’t see that as working for me.

        Fair enough, at least you know where to find your Kleenex box.

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        artshotwellAuthor
        Avid Contributor I
        June 25, 2025

        ok… I’ll try it tonight

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        Mr. T
        Mr. T
        June 25, 2025

        ok… I’ll try it tonight

        Sorry, I thought you had already tried it and it wasn’t a satisfactory workaround for you.

        If you go to sleep at different times or want to listen to different playlists, then alarms aren’t going to really work, unless you set multiple alarms, but if you have a fairly regular routine, then it may work for you.

        At the end of the day, your initial post is still valid, why does the Status Light LED have to light up when the Sleep Timer ends.

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