it is both ir and wifi, the wifi part will be for future 2 way communication, such as cover art.

Very disappointed by what????? What feature were you expecting?

you see DRAMA!!!😁

Well, it does not mention that this will be a 2 way remote for the BS5.

I would think this might just be something that talks to the masterlink gateway similar like the Ipod/Ipad can be used to control B&O products.

The design is a matter of taste. I quite like the look of it. But I never use my Beo5 because: it is always out of battery, it doesn't do much more than the my Beo4 except showing a few icons.

But in term of features, I do not see what is missing in this new Beo6. The 2 way communication, which is something that B&O pioneered, then abandonned, is back, using a reliable and future proof technology. I just hope they will make full use of it.

jk1002 wrote:

Well, it does not mention that this will be a 2 way remote for the BS5.

It is not mentioned because the Beomaster 5 needs a software update, until it is released they can't really advertise it. But it will be.

I just realised that if it does 2 way with the MLGW, that is really cool, as status information (room temperature, etc...) could be displayed on the remote's screen.

heard the software update is due end of jan, then they will release the bs5 encore

PhilLondon wrote:

Very disappointed by what????? What feature were you expecting?

Hi Phil,

OK, let me tell you:

First I suspect a software which is easy to use by customers. P.e. my cable provider adds every few months new channels. Shall I go several times a year to my dealer to add these channels and logos to my remote? I am able to configure all telephones in my company, why B&O means I am not able to configure a Beo6? It is ok  if I have to contact my garage if I want to program a new feature to the software of my car, but this is not ok for a remote of my home entertainment!

Second you mentioned that your Beo 5 is always out of battery, I don´t think Beo 6 will be better. My Beo 4 is now 12 years old and I never changed the batteries and I don´t need a charger on the table of my living room.

Third: Try to change the volume without taking the remote in your hand: Possible with Beo4, but not possible with Beo5/6.

Beo4 was THE remote of the 20th century, but Beo6 will NEVER be the remote of the 21th century. This would be an App for the IPhone/IPad/IPod touch, but WITHOUT a Masterlink Gateway for several thousand Euros (I would accept a Masterlink Gateway LIGHT for let me say 300 Euros, only needed for making the App work).

Regards

Räuber

Raeuber wrote:

PhilLondon wrote:

Very disappointed by what????? What feature were you expecting?

 

 

Hi Phil,

OK, let me tell you:

First I suspect a software which is easy to use by customers. P.e. my cable provider adds every few months new channels. Shall I go several times a year to my dealer to add these channels and logos to my remote? I am able to configure all telephones in my company, why B&O means I am not able to configure a Beo6? It is ok  if I have to contact my garage if I want to program a new feature to the software of my car, but this is not ok for a remote of my home entertainment!

Second you mentioned that your Beo 5 is always out of battery, I don´t think Beo 6 will be better. My Beo 4 is now 12 years old and I never changed the batteries and I don´t need a charger on the table of my living room.

Third: Try to change the volume without taking the remote in your hand: Possible with Beo4, but not possible with Beo5/6.

Beo4 was THE remote of the 20th century, but Beo6 will NEVER be the remote of the 21th century. This would be an App for the IPhone/IPad/IPod touch, but WITHOUT a Masterlink Gateway for several thousand Euros (I would accept a Masterlink Gateway LIGHT for let me say 300 Euros, only needed for making the App work).

Regards

Räuber

 

I agree with you on the client friendly updating of the remotes ... but you have to realize the majority of people who buy B&O don't want to bother with this.

Just want to take a second and address your last point here ... the purpose of the ML Gateway isn't to allow for an iPhone interface.  Clearly it seems as if most people have missed that point.  It's not so simple to just make a "light" version meant to work only with the iPhone app.  In fact, the only thing you would be removing is the RS-232 port and lines of software that have already been written for this product in it's current state.  That's not going to make it cost any less.

Also ... not for nothing but everyone needs to really just hold tight.  A bunch of dealers all over this board pretty concisely advertised what was shown at the dealer meeting.  For some reason the app centric attitude B&O was trying to convey seemed to have gone over quite a few people's heads.

In the meantime though, as with the rest of the CUSTOM A/V business, we can do almost anything you want.  It's not always with the products you want, and you just have to be willing to pay for it.  That's part of this part of the business that's never going to change.