@ moxxwy

No it dosen't but you can control volume on the iphone..

@ moxxwy again :-)

I don't see the usb adapter as a problem.. My Beomaster is well hidden behind books.. Only the BS5 shows.

Cheers

Hi all,

the usb adapter is a lousy solution, first because of the low-quality DAC in the airport express. Second point is that no covers will be shown  and no track can be selected on Beosound 5. The Beosound 5 sends only the music signal to the attached beovision or speakers. You will get the same effect if you connect the airport express directly to a beovision or beosound and remote via IPhone/IPad/IPod touch.

A solution could be if you could connect the airport express to Beosound 5 using the optical digital output of the airport express. But there is no optical digital input at the Beosound 5. You would need a "digital-to-usb-converter" to do the job, but I don´t know such a converter.

So I think there is no way to connect an airport express to Beosound 5 (Encore) and using the internal DAC of the Beosound 5 and also be able to select the tracks with the wheel of Beosound 5. That´s the reason why B&O should add airplay to Beosound 5 (Encore)!

At the moment the Beosound 5 (Encore) is nothing else than an expensive remote for a NAS, Beomaster 5, hard disk or usb stick with an integrated DAC. With analogue music signals connected by LINE IN of the Beosound 5 Encore it is only a "pass-through-unit".

Regards

Räuber 

docskb wrote:

I don't see the usb adapter as a problem.. My Beomaster is well hidden behind books.. Only the BS5 shows.

But that defeats the object of buying cool lifestyle products when we have to hide cabling, USB conversion switches etc. Why should I have to do that? The whole point of the Encore - for me - is that it reduces cabling and does everything through WiFi. In addition to the Airport Express and cable, I have to then hide a USB switch box, too. Nice!

I've seen that USB switch box and it isn't small! It's like a small power pack. I couldn't easily hide that box as my Beosound 4 is freestanding.

Raeuber wrote:

...the usb adapter is a lousy solution, first because of the low-quality DAC in the airport express. Second point is that no covers will be shown

Correct. Another point for not supporting AirPlay is that, by connecting to the AirPort Express, you simply get A.AUX on the Encore! No usabilty, no album covers, nothing.