Method and apparatus for adjusting volume levels in a multi-zone system

A non-transitory computer readable storage medium including a set of instructions for execution by a processor, the set of instructions, when implemented, implement a controller configured to:

• provide a user interface for a player group, wherein the player group includes a plurality of players in a local area network, and wherein each player is an independent playback device configured to playback a multimedia output from a multimedia source;
• accept via the user interface an input to facilitate formation of the player group, wherein the input to facilitate formation of the player group indicates that at least two of the plurality of players in the local area network are to be included in the player group;
• for each of the plurality of players within the player group, accept via the user interface an input to adjust a volume associated with the player, wherein the input to adjust the volume associated with the player causes the corresponding independent playback device to adjust its volume;
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• accept via the user interface an input to adjust a volume associated with the player group, wherein the input to adjust the volume associated with the group causes the corresponding independent playback devices in the player group to adjust their volumes.

A method comprising:

• displaying a user interface for a player group, wherein the player group includes a plurality of players in a local area network, and wherein each player is an independent playback device configured to playback a multimedia output from a multimedia source;
• receiving via the user interface an input to facilitate formation of the player group, wherein the input to facilitate formation of the player group indicates that at least two of the plurality of players in the local area network are to be included in the player group;
• receiving via the user interface an input to adjust a volume associated with one of the players within the player group, and responsively instructing the corresponding independent playback device within the player group to adjust its volume;
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• receiving via the user interface an input to adjust a volume associated with the player group, and responsively instructing the corresponding independent playback devices in the player group to adjust their volumes.