Sonos Multi-Room Music System - Manual (Page 48)

Managing Zones
What Are Zones?
A zone is just another word for a room in your house—Sonos lets you enjoy music in
up to 32 rooms, inside or out. We call them zones because you can group rooms
together to play the same song in different rooms, or you can play a different song in
every room. This means you can link the kitchen and the patio together while
barbecuing, link all the rooms in the house together for a party, or leave all the rooms
unlinked and let the kids can enjoy rap in their rooms while you listen to jazz in your
office.
Zones can be managed from either the Desktop Controller software or the handheld
Sonos Controller. Use the Zones menu to:
• Select a zone to play some music in
• See the music that’s currently playing in every room
• Link zones together to form a zone group
• Drop a zone from a zone group
Music will continue to play while you browse. The current zone is highlighted on your
screen, and the music selections you make will play in that zone.
Zone Groups
A zone can be grouped together with any other zone(s) to form a zone group. This will
cause all the zones in the zone group to play the same music in synchrony. You can link
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