The Sonos CR200 Controller gives you instant, wireless access to all your musics and all your rooms at the touch of a finger. The full-color VGA display, ultra-responsive touch screen and dedicated buttons make it a joy to use. And it’s 100% dedicated to multi-room music control — pick it up or touch the screen and it’s ready to go.

With the CR200 Controller in hand, you can quickly find and play music from your personal music library, Internet radio and the most popular online music services. Browse through albums and stations with a flick of the finger or search for your favorites by typing on the on-screen keyboard. Then simply touch to play. You can play the same song in every room or different songs in different rooms with ease.

SonosNet ensures that every CR200 Controller works wirelessly, all over the house, so you don’t have to run back and forth to your computer. Instead, you can choose exactly whot to play and where to play it from anywhere — sitting on the couch or cooking in the kitchen.

Controllers aren’t tied to a specific ZonePlayer, so you can use any Controller to control the music — and the volume — in all of your rooms. And there’s practically no limit to how many Controllers you can have — one for every room, floor or music lover in your house. The Sonos CR200 also includes a Charging Cradle so it’s always powered up and easy to find.

Sonos recently released its new $349 Sonos Controller 200 (CR200) and Christopher Breen had the opportunity to review it. Given the release of this new controller it seemed an appropriate time to take a video gander at the Sonos system.

The CR200 works in tandem with both of the Sonos ZonePlayers — the ZonePlayer ZP120 or ZonePlayer ZP90 — to control digital music throughout your home. In fact, you can use up to 32 controllers for each ZonePlayer. With multiple controller functionality, Sonos brings digital music control to every room and floor in your house.

Browse your digital music collection by artist, album, genre, track, name, composer, or even playlist. The CR200 also empowers you to queue the right tunes for the right moment — with this controller you can build, edit, and save playlists right from the palm of your hand. Of course, what you may want to hear might differ from your spouse working upstairs.

Sonos has covered all the angles so you can have multiple music queues. Use any Controller to build a separate queue of music to play in each zone or a group of zones throughout your house. If you desire, you can pipe classical music into the kitchen while there’s a rock opera blasting on the back porch — Sonos gives you the tools to make music happen where you want to hear it.

Sonos CR200 Controller Specs

• High-resolution, 3.5-inch LCD color screen provides easy viewing, day or night
• Best-in-class wireless technology for multi-room music
• Instant access to endless music
• Browse your collection, build playlists, queue tracks, and more from the palm of your hand
• New features and music services with automatic updates