Going out on a limb here having never seen a bl12, but sounds like an energy saving idea ?

Yes, probably but there doesn't seem to be a way of turning it off or disabling it. Annoying! ;-)

c.

I am now beginning to consider this 'feature' a 'major flaw' in the Beolit's operational behaviour. I am not sure how this product is supposed to work. If I am in my kitchen where one of the Beolit 12's is placed and I want to listen to music from my iPhone via Airplay, first I have to turn the Beolit 12 on, then I have to wait for it to join the network before it appears in the Airplay list on the phone and I am able to choose it as a source. Way too much messing around. If you have mor ethan one of these things and have to go through that procedure when you move from room to room - what is the sense in that?

I can't believe that is normal operation... is it?

Chris

I was also dissapointed with this "feature". I can understand that on battery, the Beolit needs to go into a power save mode after 15min. But the same thing happens when connected to the mains! My dealer said that he had written B&O and that this might come as a software update. It takes my Beolit 2 minutes to be up and running and it tests my patience at times when I want to listen to music.

Agreed. This kind of 'poor user experience' is exactly why I believe Apple are beginning to corner this market - they are very good at making sure the 'user experience' is as seamless as possible. The product may be great, but if my experience of using it is 'nigglesome' I quickly tire.

I too can understand a device in battery mode auto turning itself off after a set period of time, but on mains and in the scenario I am using these devices it is not appropriate. The device should allow the user to choose whether the unit switches itself off and after what period of time.

c.

Hi!

Go to an Apple store and try it with e.g. Bose Soundlink... Same behaviour...

I see the use of always having it "on", but that would be only ferasible with main cord in. The unit to connect to has to show up in the list on the iPhone before selecting...

This comes more to Airplay and how it's designed to work. Some of it comes back to basic computing/programming philosofical problems.

/Lars

LarsH wrote:

Hi!

Go to an Apple store and try it with e.g. Bose Soundlink... Same behaviour...

I see the use of always having it "on", but that would be only ferasible with main cord in. The unit to connect to has to show up in the list on the iPhone before selecting...

This comes more to Airplay and how it's designed to work. Some of it comes back to basic computing/programming philosofical problems.

/Lars

Yeah Lars is absolutely right here.

That being said it is kind of a nuisance with the BeoLit connected to the mains and fortunately B&O knows that.  Wait and see 🙂

I accept the point that this is related to how Airplay works but it is reasonable to expect that a device in order to show up on a wireless network needs to be powered and 'on'. The only reason that the Beolit 12 drops off the wireless network is because it powers down by itself even when connected via mains.

I will be very surprised if B&O don't revise the operation of the Beolit 12 via a software update, as this is clearly an oversight.

Chris

Could this be because of a legislative standby power requirement similar to the main speaker range?