I'm quite sure your dealer could provide the software update on a USB stick. I was offered this from my local store ;)

I meant offered this as an option.

Hi Guys,

Thanks for all your help, the BeoSound 5 is in the living room which is covered so danger of seawater there apart from people with wet hands. It is connected to a BeoCenter 2 as well with 2 pairs of BeoLab 3's and looks/sounds great but it is just a bit impractical for what they want to do. It was fitted at the boat manufacturers and was when the BS5 first came out so I know the software is very old.

I am going out to Mallorca where the boat is kept in October and have been asked to find a better solution, whether it be a way to transfer the music in an easier way, add a CD ripper or give a phono input into the USB and just give them an iPod connection which would seem like a real shame to have to do.

I like the idea of using a smartphone as a hotspot, so is there a specific wireless USB adapter I need to get? I can't take a keyboard or mouse with me to get into the windows menus as I am only going for the weekend so just taking the one hand luggae bag (good old Ryanair!)

Thanks again!

The Beomaster 5 is just an XP-based PC. There should be no reason that a local Mifi-enabled (3G dongle) would not work.

Place the BM5 in Maintenance mode (XP Windows front) and use the BS5 as a monitor. The only other issue is working out how you would use a dongle, USB keyboard and mouse all together. (USB expanders, combined mouse /keyboard etc).

Once your 3G is up and running, leave in the background and return to B&O mode. You should be able to a) download, b) recieve radio depending on your connection speed. Once updated, simply unplug the dongle.