Beosound 8, what do/ have you done with yours?

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kallasr
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kallasr
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Posted April 10, 2016 at 19:43 GMT
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Sorry, I was not answering your question but the original one...

Ralf

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Posted April 10, 2016 at 21:40 GMT
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kallasr wrote:
Sorry, I was not answering your question but the original one...

Ralf

Ok - and you were right to!

I was probably too caught up in my own 'problem' ;-(

It would be great though, if anyone has an answer to that/my question

MM

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ONG_SOON_HUA (archived2)
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Posted April 11, 2016 at 14:27 GMT
#2007010

I have been searching for a 30 pins bluetooth receiver for my BS 8 for quite some time but without much success. Below are replies I got from the varoous tech. support teams ; 

Reply from WaveJamr

Unfortunately the WaveJamr and similar dongles are not compatible with the BeoSound 8's 30pin connnector - the dock expects a data presence that the dongle does not provide (but attached iDevices do). 

Reply from Aluratek

It would depend on the dock that is installed on the stereo. If the dock does not require an active data pin, it should be fine. If the dock requires and active data pin, you probably won't be able to use any audio adapter with it.

 

 

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Posted April 11, 2016 at 21:18 GMT
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Thanks - so it seems, that we won't be able to use one of these small 30 pin connectors ;-(

Using a small BT-dongle with the line-in connection is easy, but rather unhandy because it needs a power supply of some kind.

Answer to the OP:

I use mine with an old iPod Touch, that is online

MM

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mickhoog (archived2)
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Posted April 11, 2016 at 23:32 GMT
#2007012
The brand of the 30 pin Bluetooth adapter I tried was i-wave
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hadraktas
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Posted April 12, 2016 at 06:58 GMT
#2007013
Kind of a different matter, but thought its best to ask here than start a new thread.

I have a BeoPlay A8, and I was wandering if there is a way to add it to a Multiroom setup. Is it possible with an Essence? Is it even worth it?
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Posted April 12, 2016 at 10:43 GMT
#2007014

@hadr

I did not try that (yet!), but I don't see why not!

You would - to avoid a double volume control - have to run the Essence box as a fixed line-out into the A8, and control the volume there. This would sort of criple the 'wheely' a bit

You will have to use the BeoMusic app as the main interface - which you would anyway in a multiroom setup.

It is more or less the same, that I do with my Essence (box), which is connected to my old (ML) AudioMaster.

MM

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Posted April 12, 2016 at 10:45 GMT
#2007015

Aussie Michael wrote:
The brand of the 30 pin Bluetooth adapter I tried was i-wave

And how did it work out?

MM

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mickhoog (archived2)
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Posted April 12, 2016 at 10:51 GMT
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Millemissen wrote:

And how did it work out?

MM

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It what rubbish
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Posted April 12, 2016 at 10:53 GMT
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Millemissen wrote:

@hadr

I did not try that (yet!), but I don't see why not!

You would - to avoid a double volume control - have to run the Essence box as a fixed line-out into the A8, and control the volume there. This would sort of criple the 'wheely' a bit

You will have to use the BeoMusic app as the main interface - which you would anyway in a multiroom setup.

It is more or less the same, that I do with my Essence (box), which is connected to my old (ML) AudioMaster.

MM

There is a tv - and there is a BV.

Thank you MM! Might try it out. I'm torn because I like the A8 but it's probably not worth the cost of an Essence just for ML 🙁
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