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About Sonos Room Groups
Observe the following points about media groups and Sonos device groups:

Group Creation

l All compatible endpoint devices that may be grouped (such as a Sonos PLAYBAR) are
grouped immediately at the device level.

o When compatible endpoints and sources are available in the same room, only source
devices show as available.
o A Sonos endpoint (PLAYBAR) may be added to a device group in the Sonos app, but
it is ignored by the Crestron Home media system.
l All compatible endpoint devices have their sources displayed as one. For example, all Sonos
speakers are displayed as one source named "Sonos."
l Source devices that are added as individual sources and later grouped are displayed alone.
For example, a Sonos CONNECT device added as an individual source is displayed alone
with the name set for it in the Sonos app.
l Media group names do not always match the device group names set in the Sonos app.
Device-Grouped Source Routes

l All compatible Sonos devices that may be grouped and that are required to complete the
routes to all rooms in the group are added to the appropriate device group.
o If a speaker's "Sonos" source is routed, but a room only allows routing from a Sonos
CONNECT, the CONNECT is added to the Sonos group so that it plays audio in sync
with the routed Sonos speakers.
o If an individual Sonos CONNECT is routed, it is always added to the group of Sonos
speakers (if any exist).
o If an individual Sonos CONNECT is routed, but other rooms only allow routing from
other Sonos CONNECT devices, those CONNECT devices are grouped together.

l All Source devices that may be grouped but are no longer routed anywhere are removed
from the device group.

Non-Device-Grouped Source Routes

l All source devices that may be grouped are removed from the group.
l Group power off shares this behavior.

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