Then this how it ends so far…

I specify I'm using a Beolink 5000.

BS9000 in A.Opt1 (IR control enabled).
Playmaker in A.Opt4 (needs "Link" button prefix).

Pros:
Full IR control on the 9000 allowing to control CD and select sources like radio (I've discover the very fancy RDS display with song names, etc…), but also and most important, "Phono" that allows me to open the path to the BG4002 and enjoying the "Phono" display…

Allows me to get rid of the external source selector I used to use to switch the line in from the Playmaker between BG and BS.

The "+link" gymnastic to control the PM needs a little training but doesn't seems like intolerable: I don't change volume every second, and when you add "+link", the device seems to remenber it for a few time so volume control often do not even require that sequence.

Full standby works with a long press, whatever the whatever.

Cons:
Sometimes I need to read again this post to understand how all this really works.
(Edit to add cons) Sometimes the Beolink 5000 loose the one way setting and, messing with the limits, its annoying.

(Cable management in progress)

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Good morning everyone,
I have a question about the Matador setup.
I finally have a bs9000, and I would also like to use it for streaming and TV, since it is beautiful when turned on, I thought about a playmaker connected with a Soundsheavenly Rj45 to aux in cable, in which I connect the TV with the rca line inputs. I have two questions:
1. when I turn on the TV and the signal arrives at the PM, does it automatically turn on the bs 9000?
2. and when the streaming music transmitted from the iPhone arrives at the PM does it turn on the bs9000?

thank you for the help you will give me
Michele

Hi,

Playmaker will turn on Powerlink connected speakers but that's all.

If the BS9000 is in standby, it will not wake up from an incoming signal.

About the auto-sense of the Playmaker when driving Beolabs, just know it can be a little bit temperamental.

Hope this helps.