I have two solutions implemented for this in my house.

I have a B&O Master Link Distributor box, and I have B&O Wireless.

You can buy the B&O ML Distributor from your dealer - it is small (8.5cm x 14 cm x 2.5 cm [without cables, plus]), black and made of plastic - it is meant to be hidden away, and requires no power.

The B&O ML Distribuor has the following ML ports:

- Audio

- Video

- Link 1

- Link 2

- Link 3

- Link 4

My ML Distributor box takes my Beosound 4 ML cable and connects it to my Beoport ML and also to my B&O Wireless Trasnmitter by ML ... it could also connect to B&O Active controllers via ML or to a B&O TV via ML when I get one.

My B&O Wireless Transmitter sends signals to 3 B&O Wireless Receivers - each drives my speakers: BL 6000, BL 3, BL4.

Note the B&O Wireless units are switchable between Transmitter and Receiver.

The B&O Wireless unit is approximately the same cost as a B&O Active unit - it has (imho) a lower quality sound (and in my house gets zapped by the microwave) but it gives me flexibility on where I position the speakers and I don't have to worry about where I run my cables.

For my outdoor music I open one of two doors and crank up the volume on the BL 3s or the BL 4s ... or I could pick up the Wireless Receiver and its BL 4s and take them outside (I have an all weather power socket by the BBQ).

Take this Elephant:-

My recently played tracks:-

Don't Jump off the Roof Dad - Tommy Cooper
Combine Harvester - The Wurzels
Ernie - Benny Hill
Grandad - Clive Dunn
Floral Dance - Terry Wogan

And for some classical:-
 
Save your Love - Renne & Renata

🙂

I would certainly not want BeoLabs outside, no matter how dry your climate seems.

B&W makes weatherproof speakers, which are very good indeed. The BeoLink Passive (amplifier) which powers them would sit somewhere indoors, and the link-eye would sit in a weatherproof box out with the speakers...

im so confused right now. whilst appreciating the responses, im not completing understanding them. The BeoLab 3500 is an active speakers and am i therefore right in saying i need to use it in conjuction with a BeoLink Active. If so what is this? Is there no simple connection from the tv or beosound 9000 that will allow me to run a cable between the two.

kokomo wrote:

Take this Elephant:-

My recently played tracks:-

LOL & thanks :)

Why not join http://last.fm

I know of one other B&Oer there

Only "bad" thing is that the signature block is dynamic, that is, it reports the latest not what was playing when I made the post ... where as your post is a true point in time :)

Alex wrote:

I would certainly not want BeoLabs outside, no matter how dry your climate seems.

After 7 years of drought our summers are pretty dry ... hence the recent tragedies

However I was only suggesting it as an ad hoc arrangement for a party where one has a fair degree of certainty ... even in Melbourne :)

I think we all missed the nuance of the 3500 in the mix.  You shouldn't need an Beolink unit to get this speaker to function.  Just a ML cable and a junction box if you want them all to work together.

Scud wrote:

im so confused right now. whilst appreciating the responses, im not completing understanding them. The BeoLab 3500 is an active speakers and am i therefore right in saying i need to use it in conjuction with a BeoLink Active. If so what is this? Is there no simple connection from the tv or beosound 9000 that will allow me to run a cable between the two.

Sorry :)

A case of too much information perhaps.

Take a look at these links and also talk to your dealer -- they should be helping you!

http://www.bang-olufsen.com/beolink-active

http://www.beoworld.org/prod_details.asp?pid=980

http://www.beoworld.org/beotech/ml3.htm

http://www.beocentral.com/products/blactive

http://www.lifestyle-av.co.uk/details.asp?sectionId=4&productId=3632

Of course I have just repeated my original sin ... giving you too much information ... but trust me, understanding B&O leads to many great experiences :)