Wow Ulrike, this is wonderful - thanks!

So I actually like how Balance sounds, well I was only able to "listen" it in YouTube videos of Mikipedia and Henrik but still sounds like it might replace my BL17s potentially. But I feel I need to wait first what Beoremote Halo brings and see will it be perhaps a convenient "streamer panel" for the Balance (and other products potentially). Because I will for sure not buy a product that has to be controlled by a mobile app exclusively and has no remote control option.

Hi Steve,

Hope you are well.  I bought a Balance and wanted to use it with my 4K 40” Samsung TV as a speaker for that as well as to play music to it.  I already have an optical audio cable from my old speaker system (which has the D shaped ends but also has connectors/adapters that would allow it to go into a 3.5mm port such as on the balance), is this all I need?

Also, I have set up the balance using the B&O app and the Google Home app but the microphone isn’t working it seems and Google Home app isn’t recognising it as an Assistant enabled speaker, I have raised this with B&O and am eagerly awaiting their feedback as I’m keen to get it working.

Interestingly the Beosound 1 we have has coloured dots on the speakers icon in Google Home app which I think indicates the Assistant features, but the Balance doesn’t appear to be the same.

Kind regards,

Suneet Julka

Just to be curious, what you thinking about the bass in it? And how much better you think it is against beosound 1?

and overall are you satisfied with it

That’s the first thing I checked.  Also, I know it’s not off as the mic icon on the top is white.

Are you sure you have the Google Assistant version?

Just like BS1 and BS2, the BS Balance is available with and without the Google Assistant. Availability is market dependent, if you order on the bangolufsen.com both versions are available. 

suneetjulka wrote:

Hi Steve,

Hope you are well.  I bought a Balance and wanted to use it with my 4K 40” Samsung TV as a speaker for that as well as to play music to it.  I already have an optical audio cable from my old speaker system (which has the D shaped ends but also has connectors/adapters that would allow it to go into a 3.5mm port such as on the balance), is this all I need?

Also, I have set up the balance using the B&O app and the Google Home app but the microphone isn’t working it seems and Google Home app isn’t recognising it as an Assistant enabled speaker, I have raised this with B&O and am eagerly awaiting their feedback as I’m keen to get it working.

Interestingly the Beosound 1 we have has coloured dots on the speakers icon in Google Home app which I think indicates the Assistant features, but the Balance doesn’t appear to be the same.

Kind regards,

Suneet Julka

Hi Suneet,

Thanks for your enquiry (and for your email, which I replied to this morning!).  Yes, the optical cable with the 3.5mm mini-Toslink adapter should be all you need to connect the TV.  I am awaiting confirmation from B&O as to whether the optical input of the Balance is enabled in all countries from the launch date, but as far as I am aware this should generally be enabled and ready to use.

Kind regards, Steve.

suneetjulka wrote:

 I have set up the balance using the B&O app and the Google Home app but the microphone isn’t working it seems and Google Home app isn’t recognising it as an Assistant enabled speaker, I have raised this with B&O and am eagerly awaiting their feedback as I’m keen to get it working.

Interestingly the Beosound 1 we have has coloured dots on the speakers icon in Google Home app which I think indicates the Assistant features, but the Balance doesn’t appear to be the same.

Hi Suneet Julka,

I'd take a look at the invoice and see what exactly it says:

For me it is Beosound Balance GVA

GVA = Google Voice Assistant.

Without GVA there will be no voice assistant.

You wrote:

《Interestingly the Beosound 1 we have has coloured dots on the speakers icon in Google Home app which I think indicates the Assistant features, but the Balance doesn’t appear to be the same.》

Can you make sure that the Balance is on the same network?

The coloured dots don't indicate assistant features, here are my devices, only the Balance has assistant features, the others have none.

suneetjulka wrote:

Hi Steve,

Hope you are well. I bought a Balance and wanted to use it with my 4K 40” Samsung TV as a speaker for that as well as to play music to it. I already have an optical audio cable from my old speaker system (which has the D shaped ends but also has connectors/adapters that would allow it to go into a 3.5mm port such as on the balance), is this all I need?

Also, I have set up the balance using the B&O app and the Google Home app but the microphone isn’t working it seems and Google Home app isn’t recognising it as an Assistant enabled speaker, I have raised this with B&O and am eagerly awaiting their feedback as I’m keen to get it working.

Interestingly the Beosound 1 we have has coloured dots on the speakers icon in Google Home app which I think indicates the Assistant features, but the Balance doesn’t appear to be the same.

Kind regards,

Suneet Julka

Steve at Sounds Heavenly wrote:

andybandy wrote:

@steve at sounds heavenly

have you try the optical connection to a 3 part tv? 

are we sure we dont have delay or lipsync here? Since you say in the video you can use the balance as a tv speaker. 

Hi andybandy,

I haven't had a chance to try this myself yet, but B&O's design team have told me this will be possible.  I hope to be able to confirm the latency via the optical input in the coming weeks.

Kind regards, Steve.

Have tried it now with optical toslink/toslink mini jack.

Works flawlessly with no latency/delay.