How to Set an Alarm or Sleep Timer on Sonos
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Introduction
Before You Begin:
You must have the Sonos Controller app installed
1 Set Alarms for Your Speakers
Set alarms to play across the entirety of your Sonos devices. Without adjusting settings, alarms may play for up to two hours.
Setting an Alarm Using a Smart Phone or Tablet
- Open the Sonos Controller App.
- From the Sonos menu, select Alarms.
- Tap on New Alarm.
- Tap on each option to set your alarm preferences. Set the Time, select the speaker to play the alarm from Room, choose the Music to play during the alarm, set the Frequency of the alarm and the sound Volume of the alarm.
- Under Music, you can select the default Sonos Chime, your favorite music or radio station.
- If you go into Advanced you can set the Duration of the alarm and you can enable the Include Grouped Rooms option to play the alarm on multiple speakers. When you set the music to other then radio, you get a third option which allows to Shuffle Music.
- Once you're done setting your alarm preferences tap on Save and your new alarm will be scheduled. You can add multiple alarms and enable or disable the ones you want to go off at the set time. Tap Done when everything is set the way you want.
- When your alarm goes off, it'll appear on the lockscreen of your iOS or Android device.
- Tapping the alert will bring up a menu allowing you to snooze, dismiss, or stop getting alerts all together.
Setting an Alarm Using a Computer
- On a computer you have to click on Alarms at the bottom right corner of the Sonos Controller app.
- Click on the Add button or the button with the plus sign "+".
- Click on each option to set your alarm preferences. You'll first need to turn the alarm on then set the Time, select the speaker to play the alarm from Room, choose the Music to play during the alarm, set the Frequency of the alarm and the sound Volume of the alarm. On a computer you can also choose the duration from here. Click OK when done.
2 Tell Your Speakers When to Go to Sleep
Setting a sleep timer will tell your Sonos app to turn off the playback when it reaches a set time such as 15 minutes.
- Tap on the Now Playing bar at the bottom of the screen, from anywhere within the Sonos app.
- On the Now Playing screen, tap on the three dots.
- Tap on Sleep Timer at the bottom of the menu. To the right it will show whether the timer is off or how much time is left until the Sonos system is put to sleep.
- Select after how much time the Sonos system should go to sleep.
On a computer you just have to click on the Sleep Timer button at the bottom right corner of the Sonos Controller app.
- You will get a confirmation message in the middle of the screen
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YesNoBefore You Begin:
You must have the Sonos Controller app installed
Set alarms to play across the entirety of your Sonos devices. Without adjusting settings, alarms may play for up to two hours.
Setting an Alarm Using a Smart Phone or Tablet
- Open the Sonos Controller App.
- From the Sonos menu, select Alarms.
- Tap on New Alarm.
- Tap on each option to set your alarm preferences. Set the Time, select the speaker to play the alarm from Room, choose the Music to play during the alarm, set the Frequency of the alarm and the sound Volume of the alarm.
- Under Music, you can select the default Sonos Chime, your favorite music or radio station.
- If you go into Advanced you can set the Duration of the alarm and you can enable the Include Grouped Rooms option to play the alarm on multiple speakers. When you set the music to other then radio, you get a third option which allows to Shuffle Music.
- Once you're done setting your alarm preferences tap on Save and your new alarm will be scheduled. You can add multiple alarms and enable or disable the ones you want to go off at the set time. Tap Done when everything is set the way you want.
- When your alarm goes off, it'll appear on the lockscreen of your iOS or Android device.
- Tapping the alert will bring up a menu allowing you to snooze, dismiss, or stop getting alerts all together.
Setting an Alarm Using a Computer
- On a computer you have to click on Alarms at the bottom right corner of the Sonos Controller app.
- Click on the Add button or the button with the plus sign "+".
- Click on each option to set your alarm preferences. You'll first need to turn the alarm on then set the Time, select the speaker to play the alarm from Room, choose the Music to play during the alarm, set the Frequency of the alarm and the sound Volume of the alarm. On a computer you can also choose the duration from here. Click OK when done.
Setting a sleep timer will tell your Sonos app to turn off the playback when it reaches a set time such as 15 minutes.
- Tap on the Now Playing bar at the bottom of the screen, from anywhere within the Sonos app.
- On the Now Playing screen, tap on the three dots.
- Tap on Sleep Timer at the bottom of the menu. To the right it will show whether the timer is off or how much time is left until the Sonos system is put to sleep.
- Select after how much time the Sonos system should go to sleep.
On a computer you just have to click on the Sleep Timer button at the bottom right corner of the Sonos Controller app. - You will get a confirmation message in the middle of the screen