User Guide
5-4
Clock and Alarms
This section discusses how to use the clock and alarms features on your Sonos Controller for Mac or PC.
Setting date and time
1.
From the
Zones
menu, select
Clocks and Alarms
.
2.
Click the
Date and Time
button.
3.
Choose one of the following options:
• Select your time zone, desired time format, and date format, and then click
OK
.
• Select the Select the date and time from the Internet radio button, and then click
OK
.
• Select the Set the date and time manually radio button. Make your selections from the displayed fields, and then click
OK
.
Adding an alarm
1.
From the
Zones
menu, select
Clocks and Alarms
.
2.
Click
New
.
3.
Choose the desired settings for this alarm, including the alarm time, the zone you would like the alarm to play in, the
music source you’d like to play from, the frequency of the alarm, and the volume and duration settings.
• If you check
Include linked zones
, the alarm will play in the zones that are linked together at the time the alarm goes
off. It does not play in the zones that were linked when the alarm was originally added to the Sonos system.
• If you check
Shuffle music
, the play mode for the selected alarm music will be set to shuffle.
Editing an alarm
1.
From the
Zones
pane, click to highlight the zone you want to change the alarm setting for.
2.
From the
Zones
menu, select
Clocks and Alarms
.
3.
Select the alarm you wish to change, and click
Edit
.
4.
Make the desired changes, and click
OK
.
• If you check
Include Linked Zones
, the alarm will play in the zones that are linked together when the alarm goes off.
It does not play in the zones that were linked when the alarm was originally added to the Sonos system.
Note:
If the music you’ve selected is not available (such as an Internet radio station that has
dropped off), your alarm will play the Sonos chime instead.To stop the chime, you can press
Pause
.
