marcus_m:

A dealer will conf. your Beo-5..... and why do you want to do this...? If you ask what you want then there is no problemo! Good luck!

I quite agree with Rijnmond. Part of the fun is not only programming something yourself, but having the ability and tools to program it yourself. I've been caught several times having to rely on service staff who abuse their power, and provide the minimum of service so that you'll have to come back and pay again---just like dentists as a matter of fact. 

What many of us would like is the potential to program our own peripherals, even though some of us might not be able to technically. Anyone seen the Life of Brian?  

Mike 

Yes, that's the point. I rearrange my system from time to time, and don't want to go to the dealer (a trip of 2hours, by the way) every time. So my position is very clear on this: without having the ability to program it myself I won't buy it - even if I really like the Beo5!

Marcus 

I have deliberately stayed out of this discussion so far but I can't bite my tongue any longer.

The guys who are desparate for the configuration software just want to play with it. You can come up with all the excuses like reorganising your system from time to time and multiple trips to dealer etc etc but they are all "bullshit". Be honest, you just want to fiddle with it. Whatever turns you on but at least be honest with yourself and everybody else!❓

If you have a multiroom, linked system then just think about it for a minute. You are in the study, where's the Beo5? You are in the lounge, where's the Beo5. Chances are that it will never be in the room with you unless you carry it around with you in your pocket!😡

I've got a remote in just about every room in the house that has a system. Office, lounge, sunroom, kitchen, bedroom. I'm never more than a couple of metres from a remote. Much more satisfactory than searching for the Beo5.🙂

Me, I certainly will not be rushing out to buy one.

From another thread in the same vein:

Sorry to be a killjoy but I have to do this.

'Beoworld will not be party to the dissemination of software that is designed only for use by dealers. We feel that B&O have limited its use for reasons that are clear and to prevent damage to customers' equipment. Until such a time that the software is authorised, we would hope that no member will use the forums on Beoworld to illegally distribute this software and will remove links posted on this forum.'

The software that is available is designed for use by the dealers and is probably not without bugs. If you do use it and something goes wrong, you will get no support from B&O so be it on your own heads! I have little doubt that a customer version will appear at some point or B&O will be happy with the stability and allow its release.

It seems strange that we are happy to rely on B&O to do the correct thing with our products but not trust their judgement about software. My experience of computers and software is that these are the most likely thing to cause problems, particularly when used by those not trained to work them!

wtlc2zpx:

Also, being geeky, I think half of the fun with this remote is the configuration bit.

Lets talk about what we can do without the software. on page 16 of the manual there is a short description of how to enter the setup, but not much about how much or little control you have?

Also according to the spec the remote supports RC5 and NEC protocols, but not the feq to carry it? Beo5 only supports 455 KHz and 2080 KHz and RC5 and NEC is typically in the 30-40 range.