Beosound 8 still alive!

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Steph
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Posted November 11, 2020 at 18:17 GMT
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Hello BeoWorlders,

A small story and may be a question :

My Bs5/Bm5 suddenly had a problem today, so I took out my beosound 8 with an old iPhone 4 full of good music and... It's alive!

I didn't remember that fabulous sound, full of bass with superb trebles.

I'm using the tiny remote or the Beo4 while surfing the internet from my laptop :-))

Do i need a new wireless speaker like Beosound Balance, Beosound 1, M5,... when the Beosound is working so fine?

And i can connect a bluetooth music reciever or a 2nd hand apple airport express to stream my iPhone 8 music.

However, i have to admit i love these new speakers.

 

Rolf2
Rolf2
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501 posts
Posted November 11, 2020 at 21:57 GMT
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mickhoog (archived2)
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3812 posts
Posted November 12, 2020 at 02:15 GMT
#2147323

you can also plug it in to your PC too via USB and it shows up and is usable as PC speakers 

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MarcosAlvarenga (archived2)
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37 posts
Posted December 7, 2020 at 13:49 GMT
#2147324

Can it be done via USB? I thought it would be only by RCA input, just like the AirPort Express.

I bought one last saturday, and want to know everything before it arrives. 

What about playing radio from Internet usine Ethernet cable?

Thanks in advance. 

trackbeo
trackbeo
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899 posts
Posted December 7, 2020 at 17:29 GMT
#2147325

The manual says the Mini-USB input works.  Priority of input sources means docking an iDevice overrides the USB input, and either overrides the RCA input.  To know everything before it arrives (well, to know *something* at least -- it's a B&O manual, after all...) download the User Guide:

https://support.bang-olufsen.com/hc/en-us/articles/360041835711-Beosound-8

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MarcosAlvarenga (archived2)
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Posted December 7, 2020 at 17:46 GMT
#2147326

Thanks a lot. 

I didn't know the USB could be used as an audio input. 

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