Stan wrote:

I saw this asked on another thread, but never answered:

Does this Beo6 stuff work with the BS5 regardless of whether it is an audio master? 

It would seem kind of strange if this were true... then again, the 3rd party / android / apple apps seem to only work completely when the BS5 set as the audio master.  I'm not ready to get rid of my BS9000 yet, and it prefers to be master.  I would really like this new Beo6 capability.

Stan

Yes. Two-way function works great in my setup. It`s a BS9000 (audiomaster), BV7-40 MKIII (videomaster) and BS5 - set to NO AUDIOMASTER and SERVER OFF. Does also work all over the haouse in all linkrooms - two video links and four audio links.

After upgrading your Beo6 with CT 5.12 you will find two (!) N.MUSIC buttons, a white one and a red one. The red one is the "old" N.MUSIC button with the color favorite lists, presets, etc. The whit white one is the new two way function. I found this a bit confusing, so I renamed the new N.MUSIC button to "SEARCH..." and placed this button to the first page of the "old" N.MUSIC button, which is now white again.

Pressing N.MUSIC will activate the whole system like before, but now there is an additional button called SEARCH...which activates the wifi function.

I think it`s a big improvement to the BS5 like the new CD ripper is. Just insert a CD and about a minute later the CD starts playing (from HDD) while ripping the rest of the CD. This depends on the settings in your BS5.

Enjoy the new wifi function.

Stefan

Thanks for the info on the Beo6... yeah, I'm also leaning toward getting the CD ripper, too.  Glad to hear your positive experience with this.

Stan

Stan wrote:

Does this Beo6 stuff work with the BS5 regardless of whether it is an audio master?

In my setup (same room). BS 3200 as audiomaster, BS5 audiomaster no / music server no. Works well.

What option setting do you have the 3200 in? Do you have TVs connected also?

I have a 5 and a 3000. If I connect both of them to the system it causes some problems. Such as, if I want to switch from a CD in the 3000 to N.Music instead of switching, the 3000 shuts off. Similarly, if I try to switch from N. Music to a CD, both the 5 and the 3000 shut off.

Thanks!

@Razlaw

I presume you'll have the BS5 and BS3000 connected to the BV7-55 and the BL's are connected to the BV7 also.

BS5 setting: AUDIO MASTER - OFF (so you do not have to set an option)

BS3000  option 0

It seems your system is confused about which BS is the audio master! Therefore it switches the way it does.

Bls connected to BV 10 and BV7. Everything connected by Masterlink. 5 and 3000 in same room as BV10.

I thought I had tried all combinations of Audio Master on/off and options including the one you suggested. I must have missed that one. It seems to work.

Thanks!  

Only two issues, which I do not think can be solved, at least not without bringing in other issues, are:

As BV7 is the Master, spinning the wheel on the Beosound 5 itself turns the speakers on in the other room, where the BV7 is, instead of turning speakers on in the room where the BV 10 is.

If the BV 10 is set as Master, then the timer function in the 7 is lost. 

Griebel wrote:

The difference is that you'll have to create a new queue once it has played.

I agree. The Beo6 wi-fi works great; however, there are some features of the BeoSound 5 that are lost. You have to go to the next screen of the Beo6 to find the "hidden" RED N.Music screen to be able to access playlists and MOTS. After living with MOTS for 2 years, I truly miss it when the music stops playing after using the 2-way wifi Beo6 function. It would seem to be a quite easy thing for B&O to integrate the WHITE and RED N.Music screens into one unified screen on the Beo6 to access playlists as well as MOTS.

beojeff wrote:

there are some features of the BeoSound 5 that are lost.

is the glass half empty or half full?

I would comment that you gain a lot. Before this, it was very basic to controll the BS5 with a remote; and for sure MOTS is integrated. Try Album, pick a song in the list and hold the button. A sub menu is displayed which also says............ MOTS!

I can't find major features which are lost!

beojeff wrote:

Griebel wrote:

The difference is that you'll have to create a new queue once it has played.

I agree. The Beo6 wi-fi works great; however, there are some features of the BeoSound 5 that are lost. You have to go to the next screen of the Beo6 to find the "hidden" RED N.Music screen to be able to access playlists and MOTS. After living with MOTS for 2 years, I truly miss it when the music stops playing after using the 2-way wifi Beo6 function. It would seem to be a quite easy thing for B&O to integrate the WHITE and RED N.Music screens into one unified screen on the Beo6 to access playlists as well as MOTS.

You are right. It is quite easy to integrate the white and red N.MUSIC button. I renamed the white N.MUSIC button to SEARCH... and placed it to the first page of the "old" red N.MUSIC button. Now I have the old N.MUSIC button with an additional button called SEARCH...

But I`m sure, if Beo had exactly done this, a lot of users would have complained that you have to press two (!) buttons to access the two-way-function...🙂

See my post above.

Stefan

Razlaw wrote:

What option setting do you have the 3200 in? Do you have TVs connected also?

I have a 5 and a 3000. If I connect both of them to the system it causes some problems. Such as, if I want to switch from a CD in the 3000 to N.Music instead of switching, the 3000 shuts off. Similarly, if I try to switch from N. Music to a CD, both the 5 and the 3000 shut off.

Thanks!

Razlaw, BS 3200 audiomaster, option 0 - BS5 audiomaster off. Both in the same room. Connected via BV7 as master.

The other way round with BS5 as master and BS3200 as slave did not work... it seemed to "double" commands on BS 3200 whenever I used it (skipping from 1 to 3 when fwd CDs).

I am not very well versed in the option programming, but the current setup is very stable