controlling beosound 5 with beo 6

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Stoobie
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Posted December 31, 2023 at 18:08 GMT
#1661318
Don't give up just yet. When you are in the windows VM does the Beo6 show up in the Device Manager as connected? Open the VM, turn the Beo6 off by holding the centre button, connect up the charger to the USB, open the Cinfig tool and put the Beo6 on. See what happens.

Go to "Control Panel" then click on "System" then scrolldown to "Device Manager".

It is likely that you will see a USB device which says "Unknown Device" with a yellow ! next to it.

If, so then right click on it and left click on "Update Driver"

Browse for the driver at:-

C:\Bang & Olufsen\Beo5 Configuration Tool\Beo5Driver\Beo5Usb.inf

(this might be Beo6 on your system)

That might install the correct driver.

Failing this you might consider looking in the free ads for an old Windows laptop to use.

Stoobie
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Stuart50_1
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Posted December 31, 2023 at 19:14 GMT
#1661319
Hi all

so why does my beo6 work on link room but does not work on the lounge settings where the Beosound 5 is ?
the link setting works fine ?
not sure why the lounge setting does not work , do you have to option the beo6 ?
if so how

any pointers please
Stoobie
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Posted December 31, 2023 at 19:22 GMT
Edited December 31, 2023 at 19:23 GMT
#1661320
Stuart50_1,

You might want to ask the moderators to move your question to a new thread.

It is not a good idea to ask for help on "new" topics in a thread, it can confuse things. It will also help to know your setup and if it worked correctly before.

Stoobie

 
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boarcastle
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Posted January 2, 2024 at 11:21 GMT
#1661352
I finally made the connection !!! ?

I emulated an x86 Windows 11 with UTM on my Mac M1 (you were right, it’s painfully slow), but that made it work. Now the configuration tool does recognize the beo 6.

Now I only have to learn how to program it to control my Beosound 5. ?

 

P.S.: happy new year to all !

 
Stoobie
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Posted January 2, 2024 at 18:01 GMT
#1661369
Brilliant news Boarcastle.

Can you let us know your set up. What is connected and what speakers you have connected. It will assist if you need any help programming youe Beo6.

Just remember not to leave the Be06 connected on the USB to the computer for too long as it seems to drain the battery really quickly. And don't forget to put the Beo6 back to "custom" if you changed it to "default"

Happy New Year programming :)

Stoobie
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boarcastle
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Posted January 2, 2024 at 18:17 GMT
Edited January 2, 2024 at 18:18 GMT
#1661371
I am afraid I messed it up. ?

I have a very simple setup. Just Beosound/Beomaster 5 and Beolab 8000 speakers connected.
I tried to program a configuration but when I downloaded it to the remote something apparently went wrong and now the display on my remote says nothing but: invalid configuration!

Also the tool doesn’t recognize it anymore  ☹️

 

 
Stoobie
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Posted January 2, 2024 at 18:27 GMT
#1661373
This is a known problem and can be sorted but needs patience and not so easy on a Virtual Machine. but should be do able.

I will find the thread :)

Stoobie
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Stoobie
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Posted January 2, 2024 at 18:40 GMT
Edited January 6, 2024 at 13:54 GMT
#1661374
Kieth Saunders who knows Beo5 and Beo6 says :-

Generally speaking if you get the "No Valid Configuration" message you need to perform a hard reset by pressing and holding the centre button on the Beo6 for 30 seconds. Screen should turn of) When you release your finger place it on the base connected to the charger (not the USB) as a full reset also makes the battery empty.

When the battery is fully charged, try again.

Good luck!

 
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boarcastle
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Posted January 2, 2024 at 18:45 GMT
#1661375
Will give it a try. Thank you for your support Stoobie!
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Posted January 2, 2024 at 19:03 GMT
#1661376
Dear Boarcastle,

I found the attached file in my archive that I downloaded for a long time ago from the old forum. Hope it can be for some help when you start programming your Beo6.

 

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