Beomedia 5 questions

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What can I do with a beomedia 5, I'm lucky enough to be getting one but I have an older system overture, lab 4000 and a few passive kits, what would people recommend is it worth pursuing putting into the system 

You’ll be able to use it for n.music and n.radio. 

kai wrote:

beomedia 5

This device does not exist. Did you mean BeoMedia 1 or BeoMaster 5?
Griebel wrote:

This device does not exist. Did you mean BeoMedia 1 or BeoMaster 5?

Could be a Beosound 5?

Location: Sweden

My B&O Icons:

Beovision-11.png Beovision-11.png
Beosound-Emerge.png Beosound-Emerge.png
Beoremote-One.png Beoremote-One.png
Beoplay-M5.png Beoplay-M5.png
Beoplay-M3.png Beoplay-M3.png
Beoplay-Earset.png Beoplay-Earset.png
Beoplay-Beosound1.png Beoplay-Beosound1.png
Beoplay-A1.png Beoplay-A1.png

If it is indeed a solitary BeoMaster 5 then it is very useful in 2 ways;

1. to replace a defunct unit to make a beosound 5 function again.

2. On its own as a step to reach a cupboard.

Connected to any other electrical device, on its own, it makes a chocolate teapot look like a nobel prize winner for technology.

Its the one that came with the beosound 5, I know it has the same functions as the beomedia, and yes I will admit it was not the greatest device, it I could get a beosound 5 head unit it would make a lot more sense but I think they are to expendibe. Maybe the suggestion of using as step is not a bad thing lol, maybe see if I can sell it to someone that has a fault head unit :)

Its the one that came with the beosound 5, I know it has the same functions as the beomedia, and yes I will admit it was not the greatest device, it I could get a beosound 5 head unit it would make a lot more sense but I think they are to expendibe. Maybe the suggestion of using as step is not a bad thing lol, maybe see if I can sell it to someone that has a fault head unit :)

It works the same as a beomedia 1 in this format - just plug the bottom dvi cable into the tv (or beosystem) and configure it using the setup menus. 

 

As mentioned, you can use it for n.music and n.radio - the music could be on the disk or on a Fileserve over dlna 

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