Chris wrote:

Weebyx wrote:

It is just a pitty that none of the new Play products cannot be controlled by Beo4. I need the M5 to wake me up in the morning, but I would like to just reach out in a dark room, and adjust or power off the M5 with the Beo4 in a dark room with closed eyes.

It sucks that I need to get my phone and look at it with sleepy eyes, to adjust the volume or power off :)

/Weebyx

I fully understand you. We paired a 'Essence wheelie remote' with the M5 in January at the dealers shop. And that was a very interesting factor especially for me, I wanted to place a second M5 at a not reachable place in the bathroom.

The M5 I bought now was a present for my daughters birthday, and is placed next to my daughters bed, but she has such a powerless hand in wake-up... 😠

In the latest SW update the pair function of this remote was suddenly removed, but perhaps they will return it in another SW update. Looking at the configuration page the remote tab page is now empty...

I presume the Beo4 will never work with the M5, but maybe the Beoremote One BT will one day.

So now it is NOT possible to pair an essence remote any longer ?

Christ.... they really am not into making user friendly stuff anymore. I will still buy the Moment, and probably also an M5, I need to get started with the new stuff, but it is a pity that all the old customers who has been loyal to the brand, and loves the "no looking" control with Beo4, are not supported anymore.

Really don't see why not, other than they cut costs and SW/HW design.

/Jacob

I have just purchased the M5 and the essence remote, but is not able to BT connect the remote with M%.

The M5 works fine, is connected to the WiFi and I am able to connect to its BT with an iPhone - same with the Essence remote, but I am nogt able to connet the Essence Remote with the M5 - does anyone have any instructions??

What I have done is to make sure noone is connected to the Essence Remote and I have set the M5 to BT connect to anyone (i have also tried manual) and then I press on the top of the remote and waits until the small green light flashes, releases my finger and waits for the pair'ing - which never happens????

2m wrote:

I have just purchased the M5 and the essence remote, but is not able to BT connect the remote with M%.

The M5 works fine, is connected to the WiFi and I am able to connect to its BT with an iPhone - same with the Essence remote, but I am nogt able to connet the Essence Remote with the M5 - does anyone have any instructions??

What I have done is to make sure noone is connected to the Essence Remote and I have set the M5 to BT connect to anyone (i have also tried manual) and then I press on the top of the remote and waits until the small green light flashes, releases my finger and waits for the pair'ing - which never happens????

Welcome to the forum 2m...

Have you read the above threads before posting? As said the possibility to pair an Essence remote is disappeared in the latest SW update for the M5.

Let's hope B&O add this function again in the next update.

Yes, thanks for your quick response, I noticed as soon as I had posted. I am now going back to the beo shop and request them to approach beo and have an answer to what they intend to do - if not this capability is coming back in the next release very soon, I will claim my expenses and return the goods as this was clearly promised to work by beo...

2m wrote:

Yes, thanks for your quick response, I noticed as soon as I had posted. I am now going back to the beo shop and request them to approach beo and have an answer to what they intend to do - if not this capability is coming back in the next release very soon, I will claim my expenses and return the goods as this was clearly promised to work by beo...

I would not directly point to B&O that they promised it would work, there is no mention of pairing the Essence remote in the manual, faqs, etc. Conclusion: its a nice add-on to have and I found it by coincidence, maybe your shop did also in an earlier SW version.

Rather point to your shop who has no knowledge or was thoroughly informed that it was gone at the date they sold you this system combination. They would better have a test before selling it as a speaker with remote capabilities.

Do not react too quickly. Pairing is now greyed out in the M5 menu but not completely disappeared, so I'm pretty sure it will return in a next update.

Nice toy but with issues:

1 - Does not preserve the Sources In Local List after a restart or a network loss which impacts usage (tap, double tap)

2 - Does not stop red blinking when network is back ( I shut down my WiFi overnight).

3 - Too much bass, can't wait tone adjustment.

EDIT: The Local List choices are lost even without a restart or any other noticeable event, I think I'll return the kit for now, waiting for a mature and tested software

mbolo01 wrote:

Today's M5 (and A6, Essence and other) update should fix my issues according to BeoCare. I'll update you tomorrow.

 

I am very happy with my M5, a bit bassy. There is basic EQ settings in the Beosetup app. Haven't played with them yet.
I had a major concern:
When i tapedp the M5 from standby i would expect it to start again from last soruce. Eg. Tunein. The same behaviour like i get from my A6. But it doens't. When i tap it it goes into bluetooth which i haven't ever used with the M5 and i couldn't find a way to change that.
Deep in the beosetup app under sources > sources i found the ability to prioritize and enable / disable sources.
I put Tunein on top and now it behaves as expected.
When i wake up in the morning i tap it and it starts playing my favourite radiostation through Tunein which is #1 on the priority list.

Latest update fixed my issues, one tap goes now to my first Local List entry and the led stops flashing red when network is back. All in order

Did it also fix the BT connectivity with the Essence remote?

also, what about the bass?