Updated 4 jan 2011

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IngvarW (archived)
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Posted January 4, 2011 at 02:27 GMT
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Hello. I updated my BM5/BS5 this morning. The update process seemed to work properly. In the short information I could read just after the update it mostly spoked about new enhanced navigation with more levels, more pictures of cover art and that the exclude function now is easier to navigate and to handle.

Unfortunantely I had to go to work so I did not have time to check it out more than a few seconds. First NO cover art were displayed! Perhaps that was connected to one progress percent figure in the Favorites menu where it was printed 0%. I hope the system is making some convert to also have 160*160 pictures for the BEO6. I really do not hope that all my inscanned Cover Art in high resolution will disappear. Well that has to be checked out later this evening when I`m home again.

At the first glimse I also thought that the resolution of the text and the menu was bigger, but that could just have been the early morning making tricks.

I would be glad to hear other experiences of the update!

Here from me later,

Ingvar in Stockholm

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beojeff
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Posted January 4, 2011 at 07:43 GMT
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I, too, made the update. Similarly, all of my cover art is now gone and is replaced with a B&O logo cover. I'm hoping this is just temporary while the BS5 is processing cover art for Beo6 compatibility. 

I do like the improved menu structure.

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Posted January 4, 2011 at 07:46 GMT
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I forgot to mention that the infotext also describes possibilites to use other librarys of music on you own network than the BM5. Brgds Ingvar

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Posted January 4, 2011 at 08:26 GMT
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I believe the description of the update also mentioned the ability to have multiple cover art images.

On the B&O website, under the BeoSound 5 FAQ, there is more info on the 6th page regarding new features, including info about the music server selection. It seems that only one music server can be selected at a time. Also, in the settings the BeoMaster 5 can be made to act as a wifi music server for other devices.

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beojeff
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Posted January 4, 2011 at 08:33 GMT
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Under the BS5 FAQ, B&O talks about lossless formats. At least they are providing a reason for the lack of Apple Lossless support:

Which lossless formats are supported by my BeoSound 5?
Bang & Olufsen supports Windows Media Audio Lossless (WMA Lossless) and Free Lossless Audio Codec (FLAC).

However, we are not able to support Apple Lossless Audio Codec (ALAC) since it is a format owned and protected by Apple Inc.

If you have music in the ALAC format you can convert it to the FLAC format using programs available on the internet. Consult your local Bang & Olufsen retailer to get information about which programs to use.

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beojeff
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Posted January 4, 2011 at 08:44 GMT
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The info about using the BM5 as a music server indicates that you could have additional BS5/BM5 and BeoSound 5 Encore units linked throughout the home.

This update seems to make the BS5 sound very much like the BS5 Encore. Unless one uses the BM5 as a music server, it sounds like the need of the BM5 for the BS5 is to provide the connections that the BS5 Encore would have.

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Posted January 4, 2011 at 08:49 GMT
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beojeff wrote:

I believe the description of the update also mentioned the ability to have multiple cover art images.

On the B&O website, under the BeoSound 5 FAQ, there is more info on the 6th page regarding new features, including info about the music server selection. It seems that only one music server can be selected at a time. Also, in the settings the BeoMaster 5 can be made to act as a wifi music server for other devices.

As I was posting, it seems that B&O kept updating the FAQ, rearranging the items that were on page 6 throughout all the pages of the FAQ.

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beojeff
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Posted January 4, 2011 at 08:52 GMT
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beojeff wrote:

I, too, made the update. Similarly, all of my cover art is now gone and is replaced with a B&O logo cover. I'm hoping this is just temporary while the BS5 is processing cover art for Beo6 compatibility. 

I do like the improved menu structure.

The cover art has returned. It still has the high resolution cover art.

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IngvarW (archived)
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Posted January 4, 2011 at 08:57 GMT
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I also assumed it made some preparations for future WIFI connection to BEO6. Shall be interesting to come home and test the enhanced navigation and perhaps I will this time understand and get the exclude functionality to work 😁

Brgds Ingvar

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beojeff
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Posted January 4, 2011 at 09:28 GMT
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IngvarW wrote:

I also assumed it made some preparations for future WIFI connection to BEO6. Shall be interesting to come home and test the enhanced navigation and perhaps I will this time understand and get the exclude functionality to work 😁

Brgds Ingvar

I'm now curious if the wifi features will require a dedicated wifi adapter on the BM5. I currently have the BM5 connected via ethernet to an Airport Extreme in the living room serving as a wifi access point connecting several devices to my wireless network. I have a second Airport Extreme in the den serving as the wireless base station.

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