http://forums.sonos.com Have a recommendation about our website or a cool feature you would like to see in future Sonos products? en Tue, 07 Sep 2010 08:20:26 GMT vBulletin 60 http://forums.sonos.com/images/misc/rss.jpg http://forums.sonos.com http://forums.sonos.com/showthread.php?t=17901&goto=newpost Mon, 06 Sep 2010 21:03:13 GMT Is there any plans to have Shazam and Sonos working together? It would be nice to be able to have the ID3 tags fill in automatically with a service. Is there any plans to have Shazam and Sonos working together? It would be nice to be able to have the ID3 tags fill in automatically with a service. ]]> Sound Ideas jsieben http://forums.sonos.com/showthread.php?t=17901 http://forums.sonos.com/showthread.php?t=17842&goto=newpost Thu, 02 Sep 2010 08:59:11 GMT Hi,
I did have a check through the Sound Ideas forum but didn't see this idea posted already. If it has then please ignore me and apologies :)

Idea:
How about a small portable headphone amp which appears as a Zone Player? Something with a decent rechargeable battery (and charge doc? could charge from the Controller dock?), fairly small, with just volume, mute/unmute button like the other sonos equipment and maybe a play/pause button.

You would still use the sonos controller (or iphone/touch/andronos app) to control the player. I suppose it is like a mini, portable, ZP120 for headphones.

WDYT?

Thanks,
Mobby ]]> Sound Ideas mobby001 http://forums.sonos.com/showthread.php?t=17842 http://forums.sonos.com/showthread.php?t=17835&goto=newpost Wed, 01 Sep 2010 21:12:29 GMT Please add support for Apple's AirPlay.

AirPlay ]]> Sound Ideas bleze http://forums.sonos.com/showthread.php?t=17835 http://forums.sonos.com/showthread.php?t=17770&goto=newpost Fri, 27 Aug 2010 17:43:30 GMT i would like to use a sonos player in my bathroom. for this situation i don't think it's a good idea to place the zp90 or zp120 player in this room without a steam or water restistant box.
it would be nice to have an external button panel - just like the buttons on the player - simply connected though a wire.

maybe it's useful for someone who want to hide these players in the livingroom too. ]]> Sound Ideas fkeller http://forums.sonos.com/showthread.php?t=17770 http://forums.sonos.com/showthread.php?t=17747&goto=newpost Wed, 25 Aug 2010 16:43:01 GMT Would be cool if controller had a burglary sound function which could turn on loud sound effects on whole Sonos system.

This could be a siren or even a voice coming in over the Siren staying something like;
"A burglary is in progress! Security has been notified and is on the way!"

This could be a scriptable function which be engaged from home automation equipment so that Sonos becomes an active part when an alarm goes off.

I'm hoping something like this could scare off a burglar or even alert neighbors who seem immune to alarms nowadays :)

Fuel for thoughts ]]> Sound Ideas bleze http://forums.sonos.com/showthread.php?t=17747 http://forums.sonos.com/showthread.php?t=17744&goto=newpost Wed, 25 Aug 2010 11:36:11 GMT I have Napster available on my Sonos and I feel a real benefit would be to have better selection options once you have found a track you have searched for. When searching for a track, you sometimes find the track is available on a number of different albums. It would be great if you could then... I have Napster available on my Sonos and I feel a real benefit would be to have better selection options once you have found a track you have searched for.
When searching for a track, you sometimes find the track is available on a number of different albums.
It would be great if you could then select the album from which the track is featured.
I have found when looking for older classics, the album from which the track is featured would contain other material which I would like to listen to but there doesn't seem a short cut to then select the album.
If this was possible, it would really improve the seach facilities when using Napster I feel. ]]> Sound Ideas rdsalcoj http://forums.sonos.com/showthread.php?t=17744 http://forums.sonos.com/showthread.php?t=17736&goto=newpost Tue, 24 Aug 2010 14:14:46 GMT When browsing to 'Album' or 'Composer\Album' for an album title that is not unique (such as "Greatest Hits" or "Symphony No. 9"), the controllers show a merged view of all albums with that title. Instead, it could present the 'Artist' level for the user to select which Greatest Hits or what performance of the symphony he wants to hear.

I am running into this limitation of the browsing menu while gradually turning my collection into FLAC. There is no way to structure the classical material with the controller's current menu (other than mutilating the Album tag to contain both Album and Artist which is a nasty workaround at best). See http://forums.sonos.com/showthread.php?p=108858 ]]> Sound Ideas auke http://forums.sonos.com/showthread.php?t=17736 http://forums.sonos.com/showthread.php?t=17735&goto=newpost Tue, 24 Aug 2010 12:49:33 GMT Since microsoft has standardized the upcoming Windows Phone 7 release in the same fasion as Apple I really hope to see an app for those phones. has to be at least as good as the one for iPhon, iPod. Since microsoft has standardized the upcoming Windows Phone 7 release in the same fasion as Apple I really hope to see an app for those phones. has to be at least as good as the one for iPhon, iPod. ]]> Sound Ideas mediaguy http://forums.sonos.com/showthread.php?t=17735 http://forums.sonos.com/showthread.php?t=17732&goto=newpost Tue, 24 Aug 2010 08:19:13 GMT The problem is that there is no client-side caching of track metadata in the event that Last.fm's servers are unresponsive or one's Internet connection has temporarily gone on walkabout.

This means that one can easily lose sizeable chunks of listening data, because no state is maintained by the ZP. This happens to me quite frequently, as it appears that Last.fm experiences heavy traffic during the European evening.

Would it be possible to implement a small client-side cache in which to keep scrobbler data until it can be successfully uploaded? I actually haven't come across any other scrobbler implementations that don't implement this. ]]> Sound Ideas ianmacd http://forums.sonos.com/showthread.php?t=17732 http://forums.sonos.com/showthread.php?t=17712&goto=newpost Mon, 23 Aug 2010 09:11:36 GMT wondered if anyone else had this problem when they first imported some playlists over from itunes? after setting up my first music library in the sonos desktop controller i imported my existing itunes library but at the same time it imported lots of Windows Playlists (WPL). i cannot delete them;... wondered if anyone else had this problem when they first imported some playlists over from itunes? after setting up my first music library in the sonos desktop controller i imported my existing itunes library but at the same time it imported lots of Windows Playlists (WPL). i cannot delete them; i've tried locating the file on my computer to delete them directly but they don't exist. examples like "music rated at 5 stars.wpl". anyone any idea how to delete them? ta. ]]> Sound Ideas guymapley http://forums.sonos.com/showthread.php?t=17712 http://forums.sonos.com/showthread.php?t=17689&goto=newpost Sun, 22 Aug 2010 08:41:30 GMT At the moment I'm experimenting with having the sleep timer on 1 hour so that the screen is mostly on whilst listening. I'm not sure what the battery life will be like though.

What I'd like is to be able to set the screen to come back on for each new track that plays so that I don't have to move the screen and wait for it to catch up with the track list etc. This would automatically switch the screen on when it changes to the next track.

This could be an extra option to the existing sleep settings. ]]> Sound Ideas JohnG http://forums.sonos.com/showthread.php?t=17689 http://forums.sonos.com/showthread.php?t=17688&goto=newpost Sun, 22 Aug 2010 01:36:00 GMT I would kill for a Sonos device like the Boston Acoustics Duo-i Plus. The sound and size makes it a perfect bedside alarm clock (needs the clock display of course).

Please, please consider making one of these. I would buy it in a heartbeat! Heck if you put a ipod dock on it too -- I'm sure it would sell like hot cakes for anyone who has already invested in Sonos products and would be a great way to get a new base of customers that have not bought in to Sonos! ]]> Sound Ideas VinnyL http://forums.sonos.com/showthread.php?t=17688 http://forums.sonos.com/showthread.php?t=17659&goto=newpost Thu, 19 Aug 2010 18:54:59 GMT Would be cool to be able to route your Sound from PC out though the Sonos system. I might be scared that the delay will be too large for video to be in sync (if video is used also), so might not be possible Would be cool to be able to route your Sound from PC out though the Sonos system.
I might be scared that the delay will be too large for video to be in sync (if video is used also), so might not be possible ]]> Sound Ideas bleze http://forums.sonos.com/showthread.php?t=17659 http://forums.sonos.com/showthread.php?t=17657&goto=newpost Thu, 19 Aug 2010 18:27:21 GMT I find it needs too many clicks to change group configurations. I suggest; 1. A small delete button beside the zones in the group for easy unlinking of that zone. 2. Drag a zone or group into a zone or group to group them together I find it needs too many clicks to change group configurations.

I suggest;

1. A small delete button beside the zones in the group for easy unlinking of that zone.

2. Drag a zone or group into a zone or group to group them together ]]> Sound Ideas bleze http://forums.sonos.com/showthread.php?t=17657 http://forums.sonos.com/showthread.php?t=17630&goto=newpost Tue, 17 Aug 2010 18:30:41 GMT Last suggestion today, I promise.

How about using the mic in the iphone to allow for room\speaker calibration per some of the high end AV amps? - it would be nice to say stand approx in the centre of the room or y far from the speakers & press the calibrate button. This should then be able to set the EQ, loudness and volume so all zones are set equivelently. Thus when you group zones together & slide the volume up & down you dont have to faff around trimming each of the individual volumes.

cheers! ]]> Sound Ideas fade2grey http://forums.sonos.com/showthread.php?t=17630