BeoLab 90 with BeoSystem 3

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politician
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Posted March 7, 2018 at 15:25 GMT
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My TV is a BeoVision 4-103 driven by a BeoSystem 3; my front speakers are BeoLab 90s and my rears are BeoLab 5s (which may be upgraded to BeoLab 50s at some point).

My issue is that the BeoSystem 3 won't recognise BeoLab 90s (or indeed 50s), so I've had to assign all four external speakers as BeoLab 5s. This means that the BS3 doesn't recognise the BL90s' 100-millisecond latency, so when I watch films or listen to music in surround sound I get an echo effect between the centre, front and rear speakers. I can correct this by switching the BL90s to low latency, but it seems a pity not to enjoy them to their fullest effect.

A BeoSystem 4 would solve the echo problem, but create other issues, as I believe it cannot control my TV's stand or ACM. Is there a way around this?

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politician
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Posted March 7, 2018 at 17:30 GMT
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Thanks Steve! I've added ten metres to them in the BeoSystem 3, which slightly reduces the problem, but doesn't eliminate it. Would adding distance in the BL90 app itself help or is there another workaround?

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politician
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Posted March 7, 2018 at 17:30 GMT
#2102850

Thanks Steve! I've added ten metres to them in the BeoSystem 3, which slightly reduces the problem, but doesn't eliminate it. Would adding distance in the BL90 app itself help or is there another workaround?

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Duels (archived2)
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Posted March 7, 2018 at 17:50 GMT
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politician wrote:

Thanks Steve! I've added ten metres to them in the BeoSystem 3, which slightly reduces the problem, but doesn't eliminate it. Would adding distance in the BL90 app itself help or is there another workaround?

Perhaps it would be easiest to get BL90s as rears. 😕
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BEOVOX141 (archived2)
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Posted March 7, 2018 at 17:57 GMT
#2102852

Hi 

I believe this issue has been described by B&O (Geoff perhaps?).

The BL90 will have to go low latency if you want to "lip sync" 😉

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seethroughyou
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Posted March 7, 2018 at 18:10 GMT
#2102853
You will lose audio quality on low latency sadly.
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geoffmartin
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Posted March 7, 2018 at 19:14 GMT
#2102854

Hi Politician,

A partial answer to your question is here:

PLEASE READ before sending me a Personal Message.

If you have questions about or problems with B&O equipment, these should be directed through your dealer and/or B&O's Customer Service department.

I cannot be a "short circuit", bypassing these communication channels.

Thanks
-geoff
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politician
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Posted March 7, 2018 at 20:07 GMT
#2102855

Thanks Geoff! I don't suppose there's any possibility of B&O doing a final software update for the BeoSystem 3 that recognises the new speakers? Some of us aren't in a position to use the BeoSystem 4 with our TVs of choice.

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BEOVOX141 (archived2)
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Posted March 7, 2018 at 22:56 GMT
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Forgive me, I need a bit of clarification...

I came across this in Geoffs blog:

"In addition, the BeoVision Eclipse can “tell” the BeoLab 50 and 90 to change latency settings on-the-fly to optimise the configuration to ensure lip sync."

Does that mean the Eclipse cant do the lip sync against the BL90 @ high latency?

What about the Bsys 4, same trick or a different approach altogether?

 

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DanteM
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Posted March 8, 2018 at 00:47 GMT
#2102857

Another good reason for a BeoSystem 5!

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