Transport, volume routing, audio format
Control Sonos and your TV in one app, with volume that follows the room
Sonos is usually the reason a living room needs two apps, one for the picture and one for the sound. MediaPond puts supported speakers in the same room as the television and the streamer, so the volume buttons and the pause button do the obvious thing without you switching apps.
Volume that follows what is running
The hard part of Sonos in a media room is not control, it is aim. If the soundbar is carrying the film’s audio then the room’s volume buttons should move the soundbar rather than the television panel, which is muted anyway.
MediaPond can route a room’s volume to the Sonos speakers that are currently playing, resolved live rather than pinned to one device in a settings screen, and per-device rows are still there when you want to set a single speaker by hand. Volume routing is a Premium feature.
What the speakers are being fed
When a Sonos setup is taking audio from the television, MediaPond shows the format arriving at the speakers, whether that is stereo, surround or Dolby Atmos. It is the quickest way to catch the evening where something in the chain quietly dropped to two channels.
That readout comes from the speakers themselves over your local network, so it reflects what they report receiving rather than what the source claims to be sending.
Honest about power
Sonos speakers have no power state to control, so there is no off. MediaPond does not pretend otherwise: turning a room off pauses what the speakers are playing instead of showing you a power button that does nothing.
Transport, volume, mute and what is playing all sit in the room dock next to the television controls, which is rather the point.
At a glance
What Sonos speakers supports
- Play, pause and transport control from the room dock
- Volume and mute per speaker, or routed to the room’s active speakers (Premium)
- The incoming television audio format the speakers report, including Dolby Atmos
- Now Playing state alongside the room’s television and streamer
- Sonos placed in rooms with the screens it is actually attached to
Support covers the Sonos models and firmware families MediaPond currently works with, under typical home network conditions. Manufacturers can change, restrict or discontinue the interfaces these features rely on, so what a particular unit accepts can change over time.
Can MediaPond turn Sonos speakers off?
Sonos speakers have no power state, so nothing can. Turning the room off pauses playback instead, which is the closest honest equivalent.
Will the volume buttons control the soundbar or the TV?
Whichever is carrying the sound. With room volume routing on, MediaPond aims the room’s volume at the Sonos speakers it sees playing, which is a Premium feature.
Does it replace the Sonos app?
For the media room it covers most of the daily use, since transport, volume and what is playing sit next to the television controls. Anything Sonos-specific still belongs in the Sonos app.
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