i bought them in early december i think. im gona give my dealer a call and see if he has the latest sw 1.70. :)

cheers

 paul

We received ours in December.

Handset

Version: 1.40

Nov 19, 2009

Base 

Version 1.40

Nov 19, 2009

The handset is usable with intermittent difficulty.  The speakerphone is not truly usable.

brought mine in December, nothing but problems, sent them back to dealer last week, got a full refund, my 8year old beocom 6000 are built to last. these cheap chezch beocom 5's are a big disapointment,  compatibility issues with different base units, bad speaker volume. software issues,  im sorry but a telephone that costs £250 before you can even make a call, should not hit the shops until fully tested. 

Yeah i dont get it myself, how can something be released without even testing it?!

The worse bit is that its the easiest thing to tested because it should only be compatible with the standard phone line and standard B&O equipment.

They just need to test their phones, which are only 5, 2 of which not cordless. Its not like they have to make it compatible with other 3rd party products.

They must spent hours testing the phones in the torture chambers and repacking them!

What a train wreck! 😡

My quote from another BC5 thread...

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Frankly, I was hoping for a 6000 Mk3 that added the speakerphone capability right in the handset, so... say as I walk to another location, I could set the phone down, hit speaker, and continue the conversation. In fact, I am surprised they did not take this route, as this is supposedly the last phone from B&o ever??? I can't believe they would have gone to all this trouble + development of a new beoline base (that is not even completely compatible w/ your legacy BC's?), when they simply could have added a "SPK" button to the 6000! Imagine if the $ and resources had been spent on... oh I don't know... the BS5 or the new BV7???

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burantek wrote:

What a train wreck! 😡

Your experience? Or just based on experiences of other members who unfortunately got a pre-improved version?

The older handsets are compatible with the new base but you don't have the full benefits.

Beobuddy wrote:

Or just based on experiences of other members who unfortunately got a pre-improved version?

Exactly. Keyword: pre-improved!

The point is: Why release something that isn't fit for its purpose and needs to be updated to even function?

This is not the B&o that I (we) grew up with... THAT is the "train wreck".

IMHO, of course. 😁

Beocom6000 Mk1 handsets are NOT compatible with Beoline2. The PSTN base is the only one deemed to be compatible with both Beocom6000/1 and Beocom5. The PSTN base is discontinued, though second-hand ones appear occasionally.

Accoording to the pdf, the mkI should be the first registered handset to the beoline2 base. And then register the BC5. If a BC 5 is registered before the mkI's, then you should unregister the BC 5 first and start with the mkI first.

In this setup the beoline 2 should go in a backwardscompatibility mode.

That's what the diagram tells me.  

The chart I saw shows that the Mark I is not compatible with Beoline2. Moreover, having been assured that the chart was wrong, I was sold a BeoLine2. The chart is right - it does not work - and the Beoline2 went back. Beocom6000 Mark II are OK with Beoline2, but not Mark I.

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