Patent ID: 11922955
Assignee: SONOS, INC.
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G  H

Claim 5:
6. The first playback device of claim 1, wherein operating in the second mode comprises operating the first playback device in a bonded zone with the second and third playback devices, the operations further comprising:
detecting that the second playback devices is no longer bonded with the first playback device; and
after detecting that the second playback device is no longer bonded with the first playback device, transitioning the first playback device from the second operating mode to a third operating mode, wherein in the third operating mode, the first playback device outputs right channel audio based on the right input channel, outputs center channel audio based on the center input channel, and transmits, via the network interface, the left input channel to the third playback device.