Hi, what are the name of the apps? So far I have not been able to find them in the app store.
-----Original Message----- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Neil Barnfather Sent: Friday, March 18, 2016 11:46 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Sonos Instructions Sieghard, There are two unofficial apps in the App Store to do jus that, and, you never know when that may become an official feature supported natively, ;) Neil Barnfather MBE www.NeilBarnfather.com Business Consultant & Disability Advocate Visit my web-site to learn more about my range of services covering a selection of business consultancy functions to a complete series of disability advocacy roles. All delivered personally by one of the UK’s most successful disabled entrepreneurs and established, recognised disabled spokesperson. > On 18 Mar 2016, at 15:50, Sieghard Weitzel <siegh...@live.ca> wrote: > > An idea regarding your last statement: You can even pause all presently > playing units, great to shout that dinner is ready etc." > Wouldn't it be awesome if there was a microphone button inside the Sonos app > and you could use it to speak through one, several or all Sonos players, sort > of like a public address system? Since at least with the iPhone you can play > music stored on your phone it should be able to do this. I wonder if anybody > has ever suggested it to Sonos. > > Regards, > Sieghard > > -----Original Message----- > From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of > Neil Barnfather > Sent: Friday, March 18, 2016 1:55 AM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: Sonos Instructions > > Denise, > > I would just echo Sieghard’s words here, the iPhone App, is purely a method > of control, hence it being called Sonos Controller. This is true for the > Sonos Mac/PC applications, and, those of Android etc. At my home we have a > single Sonos environment, consisting of 9 Sonos rooms, but, we have three > iPad’s, 6 iPHone’s and 1 Android device all configured to control it. > > As Sieghard says, the only time you cannot press play then power off your > device is when you are streaming music from that device itself, but, if you > choose to stream music from; radio, a network attached storage NAS unit, > PC/Mac on your network, or, any of the many online streaming platforms, once > you’ve pressed play you’re done. > > In terms of instructions, to be honest, its very plug and play, unpack your > Play 5, put the power cord in, link it to your router or a network socket > connected to the internet. Or, if you have bought a Sonos Bridge / Boost, > that needs to be connected to the internet, and, the Play 5 can be anywhere > with just its power cord. > > Now power up all of your Sonos units, and, launch the App on your iPhone. The > App will talk you through the rest, literally, Voice Over friendly, and, > tells you exactly what to do, what to press, when etc. The new play 5 has a > flush connect button on the rear of it, this you have to press when prompted. > > Once you’re all setup and running, just add whatever music streaming service > you have accounts for, note that you do need the premium accounts with all of > them that I have tried, and, configure any NAS etc, and, happy playing. > > I echo again Sieghard’s words; the interface across all of the controllers > that you setup are instantly updated as you press play, skip, change source > etc, I can be in a room with one of my kids, they can be using the unit with > me, as they put music into the queue for the unit to play, I can see > instantly what they have placed in there, even delete it or skip it if it is > not to my taste! > > Likewise, if they are playing their music to loud upstairs, I can stop it, > turn it down etc. > > You can even pause all presently playing units, great to shout that dinner is > ready etc. > > Neil Barnfather MBE > www.NeilBarnfather.com > Business Consultant & Disability Advocate > > Visit my web-site to learn more about my range of services covering a > selection of business consultancy functions to a complete series of > disability advocacy roles. All delivered personally by one of the UK’s most > successful disabled entrepreneurs and established, recognised disabled > spokesperson. > > > > >> On 18 Mar 2016, at 06:27, Denise avant <denise.av...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Hello everyone, >> I am expecting a Sonos play 5 any day now. I would like to know if there are >> any accessible instructions available to learn how to work the features? >> I do have some basic questions. >> Can you connect the Sonos to multiple devices, like an IPhone, Mac and >> iPad simultaneously? >> How does the app work when you want to answer a call, and still listen to >> music or a podcast? >> thanks. >> >> -- >> The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. >> >> If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if >> you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or >> moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. >> >> Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor and your owner is Cara Quinn - >> you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com >> >> The archives for this list can be searched at: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "VIPhone" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. >> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/viphone. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor and your owner is Cara Quinn - > you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/viphone. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor and your owner is Cara Quinn - > you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/viphone. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. 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