The Beoport doesnt do much without an audio master I believe.

What Beolabs do you have? Just connect them straight to the airport, you can control the volume of the Airport express from within Itunes ....

It may be a bit sensitive to adjust depending on the power of the speakers ...

If they have no line in connection, I would just built an adapter cable and supply the speaker with the 5V control power that keeps them switched on.

So what are your labs?

Cheers

JK

Beoport requires a computer.

Stan

hi JK,

I have 2 times Beolab 6000 .. I do not see how I can connect them directly to the airport express ..?

Cheers,

jesper

the beolab 6000 manual can be downloaded from here

Sorry if this a stupid question or if the answer is somewhere in the forum and I just can't find it.

We are using Masterlink to connect the speakers in our house to the iMac and iTunes. We have an extra pair of 4000s. If I want to use them in another room, can I connect them to an Airport Express as described above?  If so, how do I control the volume of them?  Does the remote on the iTouch do that?  Could I also use an Airport Express to connected a Beosound 1 to iTunes using the auxiliary in of the Beosound 1?

Thanks!

You can definitely hook the BS1 to an AE.  I used to do that... you just need a mini-jack to DIN cable (or I'm using mini-jack -> RCA -> DIN ), and remember how to turn on AUX (I usually hit the A.TAPE button on the beo4).

I eventually moved to a wired approach because the music would drop when my wife talked on the phone (a lot).

Stan

Razlaw wrote:

We have an extra pair of 4000s. If I want to use them in another room, can I connect them to an Airport Express as described above?

From the BL 4000 manual:

Connection to non-Bang & Olufsen systems

Use a special adapter with an ordinary phono/RCA plug in one end, and a DIN­plug in the other (‘Cable for line signal’ – optional accessory, available from your Bang & Olufsen retailer).

Set the switch to LINE.

Razlaw wrote:

If so, how do I control the volume of them?  Does the remote on the iTouch do that?

I am not sure ... I know there is a setting in iTunes but I have not experimented with it

My own setup is iTunes to Airport to BeoLabs.  

The part coming from the BeoLabs is "Cable - External Line" which is a DIN to RCA male as mentioned above.  It is a B&O product and the part # is 6270856.  You'll need one for each speaker.  From there, you will need an RCA female to mini stereo adaptor. 

Here's the tricky part.  Don't plug the mini stereo directly into the Airport otherwise you'll blow your speakers (per my own experience).  The Airport puts out a very strong signal.  You will then need a headset in-line volume control to attenuate.  (Its a volume control that goes from a sports earset into an ipod for example.) 

The in-line volume control goes between the adaptor and the Airport.  Adjust the volume control to about halfway.  The volume control then goes into the Airport.

I have iTunes on a Mac.  The Mac "sees" the Airport and asks you whether you would stream music thru Airtunes (the answer is yes).  You can then control the volume remotely from iTunes.  

It works splendidly for me.  I have three sets of B&O speakers each with an Airport.  I can run 1 room, 2 rooms, or all three thru iTunes.

Oh, and if you have the BL8000, you wont need the B&O din to RCA.  You'll just need a set of RCAs - male at both ends.

Hope this helps, and sorry if there were any redundancies to the posts of others.

So there is no way to control the volume from the room the speakers are in.....i.e. by an iTouch?  the volume can only be controlled from the iMac?