We use Sonos for all our home audio needs (some behind amps) and love them. Most of the functionality works great for us as is, except one thing. When our TV’s is turned on the Playbase/Sub attached to it, are removed from our “whole house” groups in Sonos. Sonos does this automatically to allow them play TV sound on the devices (as it should).
My issue WAS that Sonos does NOT put those units back into the group when the TV is turned off. The units are centrally located in the home, and sorely missed when not in the “whole house” group. That often meant going to the iPad and putting them back into the group manually (I know right!).
That’s where this little NR sequence comes in. Yes it is fairly basic, but effective. If you have these devices, and face this minor inconvenience here’s a solutions.
Summary - When the Harmony Hub is turned on, it reads the current volume for that ‘Zone’ and stores it in a global variable. Then when the hub is turned off, it gets that stored variable, restores the original volume, and moves the units back into the group. This is helpful since we often listen to TV (movies) louder than we do when using the devices in the “whole house” Sonos group. This extra step restores the balance between zones.
Sequence
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