Very strange.

Next step: Try another audiomaster. Maybe your dealer can give you a BS4, BC2 or another BS9000 with sw 3.4 for some tests. The audiomaster must be able to handle N.MUSIC. If this will give the same result I would integrate a videomaster to the system, because the BM5 is an audiosource (N.MUSIC, N.RADIO) and a video source (PC - PHOTO, WEB). Maybe your BM5 is "missing" the videomaster (?)....just an idea, because afaik you are the first one with a BS5 without a BV7/9/4 and with a (second) audiomaster.

In any case the first thing I would do is to delete Xanadu from the HD..................

Stefan

Okay. I'm now convinced that the BeoSound 5 has something seriously against Olivia Newton-John. Mine has refused to play anything after "Please Mister, Please." I'm now naming my BeoSound 5 "HAL" after the movie "2001."

However, MOTS had absolutely no problem creating a playlist after Agnetha Faltskog. Maybe it's a scandinavian thing. Perhaps HAL is just smarter than I am.

beojeff wrote:

Okay. I'm now convinced that the BeoSound 5 has something seriously against Olivia Newton-John. Mine has refused to play anything after "Please Mister, Please."

I personally would see that as a feature 😎

Liberal,

Did you ever get this sorted out? 

I'm considering a similar setup and am curious how this is supposed to work...

Stan

Hi Stan,

Not really, it seems that in the development, the very thought that a customer would wish to use the BeoSound 5 simply as a delightful music server, master-linked to an existing Beosound audio system, without a Beovision in the set up,  completely escaped the minds of the B&O product development team. 

I did contact my dealer who suggested that I e-mail him an extensive list with all my questions regarding integration, this was the sent to B&O,  and the reply from a technical advisor forwarded on to me a few weeks later. 

Most of my questions regarding operation were simply responded to as 'this is correct', however my question regarding direct operation from the Beosound 5 to select N. Music on my Beosound 9000 without using the Beo 4 remote prompted a more elaborate answer:

"This is correct - BeoMaster 5 In this environment is a slave - There is an

intention to change this operation in a later SW update. At the moment

there is no switching of the master system to the external source so the CD

for example will continue to play."

Please don't get the wrong impression, I do love my Beosound 5, and having had some time to play with it think that compared to most music servers it is a treat to use, and looks fabulous wall mounted adjacent to my Beosound 9000. I just wish that all those tactile, hands on wheels and levers were able to 'kick start' the rest of my system into operation without having to use the remote.

Hopefully as in the response from B&O a future software update will provide more integration for mere mortals like myself who have no desire to own a television beyond a 16 inch portable that pulled out from a cupboard for Newsnight and the Queens Speech!

It would be nice however to have some definite confirmation from B&O as to what is in the pipeline for future software updates and when........

Best wishes,

Paul

Paul,

Thanks for your detailed response.  I just ordered a BS5 today.  I'm glad to hear they are at least considering this as potentially a future update - although I'm not going to hold my breath - it would seem like it would also require a SW update for the BS9000.

Stan

Stan,

I am sure that you enjoy your Beosound 5.

I have noticed that several minor updates, such as the BM/BS application, and BM OS have already been automatically updated during the past couple of weeks, although these updates haven't made any significant change to the operation, it does prove that B&O are moving in the right direction. 

I am sure that, as the Beosound 5 is such an important contribution to the B&O product portfolio, and marks thier first real attempt at an impressive soultion to integrating thier portfolio into the digital media age, they will not abandon the possibility of developing it further, in favour of another 'out of the loop' product such as a B&O hand blender!

Regards

Paul