Beoplay M5 - stereo pairing- Google Home - question?

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Millemis
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Millemis
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Posted February 28, 2023 at 11:00 GMT
#1641982
For all Google Home experts…….I am not one!

A friend of mine wants to use his 2 M5’s as a stereo pair via Google Home, but says he can’t.

He has 2 M3’s and that works perfectly with these.

What is the problem there?
Has the SW version something to do here?
Could it have something to do with different Chromecast versions running there?

MM

Location: Flensborg————Danmark

Leosgonewild
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Posted March 2, 2023 at 22:24 GMT
#1654246
Are they added to the same room?
Millemis
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Millemis
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Posted March 3, 2023 at 00:16 GMT
#1654247
Thanks Leo for noticing my question.

I will have to ask him about this.
But since he has it working with 2 M3’s, I guess he (theoretically) knows how to set up.

MM

Location: Flensborg————Danmark

Leosgonewild
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Posted March 3, 2023 at 08:01 GMT
#1654249
I still swear a lot every time I am setting up something in google home.

Is chromecast activated on both speakers?

I’d be willing to have a call with him to help him try to solve it.
Millemis
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Millemis
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Posted March 3, 2023 at 09:38 GMT
#1654251
So do I - or rather did!
It is one of the reasons that I hardly use chromecasting (for sound) anymore…..especially not for multirooming.

But he does generally - so I assume that he has CC enabled.
I’ll pass on your offer.

MM

Location: Flensborg————Danmark

DR
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DR
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Posted March 3, 2023 at 09:55 GMT
#1654252
So like the M3 it is only possible to cc music in stereo set up? Still no airplay in stereo?
Millemis
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Millemis
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Posted March 3, 2023 at 14:19 GMT
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@DR
No, that is a pure Google Home/Chromecast feature.

MM

Location: Flensborg————Danmark

MA
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matteventu
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Posted March 3, 2023 at 21:05 GMT
#1654267
While Beoplay M3 supports stereo pairing in Google Home, Beoplay M5 is based on an older platform and does not support such feature (nor any Google Home multiroom features / speaker groups any longer).
Millemis
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Millemis
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Posted March 3, 2023 at 23:08 GMT
#1654268
Well - both are ASE products.
So, it must have something to do with the CC version.
I will ask my friend to look after the version in M5 respectively in M5.
Or do you know more?
What do you mean by does not support ‘any longer’?

MM

Location: Flensborg————Danmark

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matteventu
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Posted March 9, 2023 at 21:31 GMT
#1654425
No, it's two separate things.

 

About stereo pairing: they're both ASE, but different generations. A bit like the new Beosound A9 and Beosound 2 3rd Gen are small upgrades over the older Mozart platform.

 

The ASE platform on which M5 and Beosound 1/2 1st Gen are based, doesn't support stereo pairing in any way.

 

For what concerns multiroom and groups via Google Home, that's indeed related to the older Chromecast firmware version (v1.29) for which Google has removed the ability to play in groups (v1.52 is the minimum required firmware now for using a Chromecast built-in speaker in groups).

 
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