Using Beosound 9000 and Beosound 4 in the same system

[CharlieWednesday]

Thanks to Multicare I now have a Beosound 9000 again (thanks Mark!).  I intend to use this as my main audio system instead of my Beosound 4, but I will miss having the DAB radio on the BS4.

This is my current ML-setup:

• Beosound 9000 as A.Master, in A Opt. 0
• Beosystem 3 as V.Master, in V Opt. 2
• Beosound 5 set to slave mode

Is there a way I could add the Beosound 4 into that setup so I could make use of the DAB radio? Even if it has to go into a separate room?

The only thing I’ve tried was to set the BS4 to A Opt.4 to see if it would respond to Link commands, but it didn’t work – it looks like the BS4 doesn’t allow A.Opt. 4.

I’ve checked through the Beolink manual available from this site, and while it is very thorough and gives lots of example setups, all examples it gives only ever have one audio system.  There are no examples where another Beosound is used in a different room, but within the same ML network.

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[Madskp]

I think you might run into some of the same troubles as with your previous setups as many of the limitations are the same.

CharlieWednesday wrote:

it gives only ever have one audio system.  There are no examples where another Beosound is used in a different room, but within the same ML network.

That is because of the general Masterlink linmitation that only allows for one Audiomaster and one Videomaster in the same Masterlink network.

B&O only shows examples that not require workarounds in the Handbooks to ensure a smooth experience.

For some audiosystems there are software updates that allows them to work as link rooms (option 5 or 6). In your case however that does not help much as you wan’t the speakers connected to the BS3.

However if one of your audio systems support the link room mode you could use that in option 5, as the “main” audio system and get the sources from the other system (that would have to be in option 0) by pressing Link+command. You would still have the issue with the speakers connected to the BS3, but that could be solved with a Powerlink switch*, as mentioned in one of your other posts, to share the front speakers between the BS3 and the Audio system. The BS3 would have to be in option 1 then to only receive video commands.

*Those are available from both Oneremote and Almando and maybe others too.

 

A little unsure about when option 4 is availble or not in a system, but you would still have an issue getting the sound into the Main system via. AUX with an other command, so a little fidely to start something.

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