I just updated my BM5/BS5 system to version 5.03 and I can now choose PC on my linked bedroom BV5 and connect to the main system BV9/BM5/BS5.

The signal comes via the normal coax connection and the link frequency.

Pressing N.Radio or N.Music only activates audio, no video is started.

No other activation or configuration was needed in my setup.

//Rolf

Hello Rolf

sorry my english, i have a BV5 in the main room and can't activate the pc function. Which SW your BV5 has installed? 

thx Nidi

Nidi

Could you maybe describe your setup more in detail, how is the BM5/BS5 connected, and to what etc.

This software update "only" solves connections and functionality to linkrooms.

//Rolf 

Seems very simple in theory but somehow my system doesn't work.

I tried L-PC and PC in the linkroom but all I can get  is a blinking PC-text on the screen. RADIO and CD are working just fine in the linkroom.

My setup is: BV 7-40 / BM5 / BS5 in the mainroom, BV 10-40 in the linkroom.

The rooms are connected with ML-cable and coaxial cable (areal).

What could be wrong in my setup?

Regards

Hello Rolf

My setup is: BV5 / BM5 / BS 5 in the mainroom, BV Avant in den linkroom. The rooms are connected with ML-cable and coax.

The BM5 is not connected with video cable with the BV5 because the BV5 don't know the PC function. Is it possible to have the PC function on the BV5 with a software Upgrade.

Thx Nidi 

It doesn.t work here either. I have BL7-32 connected with BM5 via DVI, etc and a MX4002 in the Linkroom connected to BL7. I have tested L-PC, AV-PC etc but no response. I guess we now have to have some experts into the thread 😐

brgds Ingvar

Most disappointing update I ever got! Yes, sure, it works with my BV7-40 and BV6-22 and BC6-26 in linkrooms. But it is quite USELESS, if they don`t improve on screen navigation. This is what was announced long ago:

"Next Update:

-Navigation of N.MUSIC/N.RADIO via main room TV -- support for searching through the music collection via the TV screen.
-Continuous playback via N.MUSIC, for example live recordings could be played back as one track instead of being divided up in multiple tracks.
-Quick rewind/fast-forward in tracks via N.MUSIC
-Access to content stored on other units, for example NAS-drives, servers, USB-HDD, etc.
-Video Shifting -- Navigation via Linkroom TV
-Backwards compatibility with older Bang & Olufsen TV's -- support for connecting and using BM5 together with older TV's which do not 'understand' the PC command.
- Support for Asian signs and characters"

So this CAN`T be the update we all are waiting for....(!?)

@Nidi: BV Avant doesn´t "understand" the PC command. I think this is why you can`t access the BM5. And you will have to connect BM5 and your videomaster with a composite cable.

@Ingvar: Same here. MX xxxx won`t understand PC command.

@Acanthus:Is your BM5 connected via composite to your videomaster? And is there anything assigned as PC connected to your BV10?

Stefan

I wonder, I have my BM5 connected to BV7 with HDMI (picture) and S/PDIFF (sound), but in the user guide for BV7 it says that you can not link HDMI signals to link rooms. Does that then mean that I also have to connect the BM5 to my BV7 with Composite cables in order to link the signal?
I have a BV8-32 in the link room.

Yes,

Use a composite cable between BM5 and BV7.

Now my system works like it should.

Here is the announcement from the factory:

Distribution of BeoMaster 5 content to link room televisions

Symptom

When selecting the source PC on link room television, the screen stays black and no content is visible.

Cause

The video signal is not distributed from BeoMaster 5.

Solution

From software 5.03 we offer improved BeoMaster 5 navigation in link rooms as you now can get the same menu on screen as you have on your main room television.

Letting you see and navigate content from your BeoMaster 5 via your Bang & Olufsen link room television allows you to:

Launch

The software has been released in January 2010 and downloaded automatically if BeoSound 5 is connected to the internet.

Retailer involvement

This update requires active involvement from the retailer. An additional cable is needed between the BeoMaster 5 and the main room television for distribution of the CVBS signal in order to enable the link room distribution of data. 

Would a BM5 connected to a BV 7-32 via DVI and a BV6-26 as linkroom tv give the same problem, i.e. must the BM5 and the BV7-32 be connected via composite? I understand that HDMI sources are not linkable but are not sure whether the same applies for DVI?

/Emil