The converter is the bridge between a MasterLink product/the ML master and the NL devices in your network.

That means, that the link products (e.g. your 3500) will follow your ML master as one unit.

Each NL product however, will appears as a device.

With the right settings (mapping of the sources etc) you will be able to hear/use the sources from the Essence on your Masterlinked products, yes (e.g. Netradio/TuneIn on the BV10.
And - if you have an Audiomaster with a cd-player - you could listen to the sound from it through your Essence.

I am not sure what you mean with ‘solution 7’ - maybe you could point me more directly to it (or post a screenshot) or even make a drawing of your actual setup and a describtion of your wishes.

There are plenty of users here, who can give you exact advice....if you have patience.

As for the ‘max of the ML units (junction box’), this has no influence on the converter, since it sees your ML-setup as one device.

The max of ML-linked product is determined from the ML-standart - I don’t remenber how many products there can be in the ML chain.....but it’s pretty many.

MM

You’ll only see the NL/ML converter in the app.

If you want to control the ML-products via an app (including selection of the NL-sources for them), get a BLGW. Going rate seems to be 500/600 Euro atm, if you can find one that is.

Each ML-master must have its own converter, if you want to reach it directly on NL (and via the app).

With one converter you can activate the mapped sources with the Beo4 remote according to the settings done in the interface of the setup on the master and the ML-linked products.

Like in the example - with the there integrated BS Moment - you can integrate your Essence mk2 for easy access, if you want to.

Please notice the small icons in the drawing showing a remote respectively a smartphone....these indicate what you can use as control unit.

By the way, the converter itself can be used with connected speaker....kind of like the BeoLink Active kit. And you can connect an ir-eye there - for controlling it within the app/Beo4. It is possible to connect an external device there too (e.g. a turntable, cd-player.....).

P.S. As far as I have understood it, you have no second BV/Videomaster like in this example.

Yours is a relatively simple setup!

Page 57 is the important page for setting up the converter!!!

MM

1990 is right - a MLGW would give you more/other options.

However, you must ask yourself for the benefit of controlling a BV with an app vs with the remote.

Personally I don’t like fiddling with an app on a smartdevice, if the Beo4 is right at hand and can do the job.

Each to his own, however.

MM

You actually CAN control ML devices in a link room using the BLGW and Beo4 or BeoRemote One without using an app. You use LIGHT or CONTROL + [number] buttons on the remote to trigger any macro created in the BLGW. The BeoRemote One is nice because you can do this with just one press (instead of pressing LIGHT/CONTROL plus a numeric button) and rename those commands on the BeoRemote One.