Hi All

Ive had similar problems with beoport after i updated itunes on my mac.

When i updated the operating system to Leopard however the compatibility problems ceased.

I still have some problems with N.RADIO from time to time... but basically beoport works (most of the time now)

Hope this helps...

David Coyne

Sydney, Australia

Well... perhaps I'll need to buy Leopard and try again.. it's not so expensive ;)

I was able to upgrade iTunes to 8.0.2 without a problem so maybe Leopard isn't the issue (see my post above for versions).

I did have to reboot (after the upgrade reboot - I upgraded QuickTime and a security update which both required a reboot.  That is, reboot by system update, then reboot manually), and then restart BM-Link via system preferences to get it responsive again.  After that, it has been working fine for the last 30 minutes.

Stan

Hi Stan,

Many thanks for your input. This problem seems really strange since you get everythin to work... Just to make sure - have you tried to use Beo4 to control Itunes with? When I try to use the skip track or fast forward (i.e. next playlist, artist etc.) buttons BM-link shuts itself down. I can however press N.music to start with and that way get the audio signals from the Mac to the speakers.

I am in a position where I should be able to upgrade my Imac to Leopard (at least I assume so since I have it installed on a Macbook). However, I am not so keen on Leopard yet. Have got kind of used to Tiger and also finds it faster, especially when the computer starts up. The Imac is older than the Macbook so I assume this is due more to the OS itself rather than the hardware. Anyhow, I might try to downgrade Itunes and see if that works.

Have also thought about a second hand BeoMedia 1 but I find them a bit too expensive still. Even with a price reduction of 50 percent they are quite expensive in my opinion.  

Hi,

My friend have two MacBook's. An other he have Leopard and in other Tiger. He made test set-up for BeoPort. He'll get same problem (what I got) with Tiger but in Leopard BeoPort works fine!

Next thing is that I'll order Leopard and keep you updated.

XavierItzmann wrote:

I run iTunes 8.0.2 and BM-Link 1.50.2, runs perfectly, every time.

I've been using BeoPort with iTunes 8, no issues.  Then again, I have two little settings I've discovered that give me an up and running system, always:

 

a. Mac Mini is set to not look for system updates automatically.  I found that the "you have system updates ready to install" system pop up made the Mac unresponsive to BeoPort.

b. Mac Mini is set to shut down automatically at 3:55 am and re-boot at 4:00 am, every day.  It also falls asleep after 15 mins of inactivity and wakes up the second any B&O Master Linked product is turned on around the house.

 

Doesn't it wake up with only the N.RADIO or N.MUSIC commands? That should be ideal.

I plugged my new (and first) Mac (a unibody macbook) into my Beoport on Sunday, downloaded BM-link, took a deep breath ... pressed the buttons and it just worked!

I was blown away !

I then had hours of fun ....

Beogen wrote:

Doesn't it wake up with only the N.RADIO or N.MUSIC commands? That should be ideal.

Ahh, great question!

Results:

Beosound 3200 - does not wake Mac from sleep if CD or RADIO is turned on

Beolab 3500 - does not wake Mac from sleep if CD or RADIO is turned on

Beolab 2000 - wakes Mac from sleep if CD or RADIO is turned on, unless the following case is executed:

                   - Use BS 3200 to turn on RADIO first.  

                    - Turn BS 3200 to STANDBY.  

                    - Turn BL2000 on to RADIO.  Mac does not wake up.

As you can see, behavior is not always the same.  Generally speaking, I can state with confidence that after the Beolab 2000 was installed (last piece to be installed), my system has been a little bit less rock solid than before.

I attribute it to the BL 2000 SW version being 1.0, and wonder what benefits I might draw from version 1.1?

Thank you for the answer!

Today, I just got a Beoport from my dealer to do a test.

The beoport is connected to a MacBook Pro - Leopard and a BS4 and the Mac doesn't wake up with other commands then N.RADIO and N.MUSIC, great but...

I can't get it to sleep, i set the time to 1min but it remains awake except for my screen. Does it still receive commands from the Master Link?

Maybe I have to restart everything, also the ML network, in order to get a clean start.

I don't know why yours does not go to sleep.

1.  Does your Mac go to sleep within 1 minute if not connected to BeoPort?

2.  A Mac which has the screen off but is still awake will continue to accept commands from BeoPort.

Good luck,