Yes, Thanks Keith for the photo's...Its good too see faces too the names of so many B&O'ers I read on this forum & of course too see the B&O land  marks in Struer! Enjoy Everybody & Safe trips back home too each and everyone!

"Keith, don't stop posting"

I am number 15 Ron McMorran (langleyav)

This has been the trip of a lifetime, many thanks to all at B&O especially Jette Nygaard, and also to Lee Marriot for organising this truly memorable visit!!

Today, the group started by meeting Tue Mantoni (CEO) where he gave a short presentation and answered many questions raised by members.

The reduced size group picture of the group including me was taken by Lise Birkkjær Nielsen and a full size version is available for download link

A presentation was also made by Tue to one of our members who's B&O dealer had sent over a cover. More on this later with a photo.

Keith Saunders wrote:

the group including me was taken by Lise Birkkjær Nielsen

finally we have Keith in the frame !

thanks Keith for taking all the other pictures - great job done well

After meeting with Tue Mantoni we headed over to Factory 4 (Product Assembly) and for the rest of the morning no photos could or were taken, so I can only give a written update until our after lunch session at Struer Museum.

So, in the product assembly we saw all the current video products being assembled including the BeoPlay V1 32 & 40 inch and we were shown the testing which each product goes through before it leaves the factory.

To remind you of key points of the product spec are:-

DESIGNER Anders Hermansen 
DIMENSIONS (W x H x D)/WEIGHT 76.6 x 56.8 x 5.5 cm  30.2" x 22.4" x 2.2"  for 32 inch unit
COLOUR(S) Cabinet: Black, white  Front cloth: Dark grey, green, red, silver, yellow    
POWER CONSUMPTION 79W/Standby: 0.4W 

CHASSIS uses the new Video Engine 1.0 
THEFT PROTECTION FEATURE PIN code 
PICTURE FORMATS Format 1: Auto, Format 2: Auto Wide, Format 3: Source Format 
HDMI INPUT FORMATS 480i, 480p, 576i, 576p, 720p, 1080i, 1080p, 640x480, 800x600, 1024x768 
DIGITAL SURROUND SOUND MODULE Standard built-in 
SOUND INPUT FORMATS PCM, multichannel PCM 
DIGITAL SOUND DECODING CAPABILITIES Dolby Digital 5.1 DTS 2.0 
    
SCREEN TYPE  32" 16:9 TFT LCD 
BACKLIGHT TYPE Edge-type LED 
RESOLUTION 1920 x 1080 pixels (full HD) 
REFRESH RATE 100Hz/120Hz 

LUMINANCE OF WHITE (CENTRE OF SCREEN) Typical 400 cd/m2 
CONTRAST RATIO (CENTRE OF SCREEN) Typical 4000:1 
RESPONSE TIME (GREY TO GREY) Typical 8 msec 
PICTURE OPTIMISATION VisionClear 
ROOM ADAPTATION Automatic picture control 
COLOUR CALIBRATION 10-point display calibration 
CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT Adaptive contrast algorithm

MOTION PICTURE IMPROVEMENT Adaptive film judder compensation
ANALOGUE TUNER, VIDEO TYPE/FORMAT According to type and setup: B/G/L/L'/I/D/K/M, FREQUENCY RANGE 45-863 MHz 
ANALOGUE STEREO DECODING CAPABILITIES A2 + Nicam 
AERIAL INPUT CONNECTION(S) 1 x F-connector for analogue and T2
1 x F-connector for S2 (optional)
DIGITAL TUNER T2/C/S2   Optional 
VIDEO TYPE / FORMAT DVB-T/T2, DVB-C, MPEG2/4 HD


Active antenna supply 5V@50mA
1 x F-connector DVB-S2 (optional)
  COFDM (ORTOGONAL FREQ. DIVISION MODLATION) SPECTRUM 2K & 8K, hierarchical and non-hierarchical
  MODULATION DVB-T2:
QPSK, 16QAM, 64QAM
DVB-C:
QPSK, 16QAM, 64QAM, 256QAM
DVB-S2:
8PSK, QPSK
  CODE RATE DVB-T2: 1/2, 2/3, 3/4, 5/6, 7/8, 3/5, 4/5
  GUARD INTERVAL DVB-T2: 1/32, 1/16, 1/8, 1/4, 1/128, 19/256, 19/128
  SYMBOL RATE DVB-T2: 2-45 msymb/sec
DVB-C: 4-7 msymb/sec
DVB-S2: 1-45 msymb/sec
  ODU CONTROL  DiSEqC level 1.1 (digital satellite equipment control)
DC for switching between H/V polarizations:
13.5 V +/- 5% max 450 mA
18.5 V +/- 5% max 450 mA
Tone Control for low or high band selection:
22 KHz/0.65 Vpp +/- 0.25 V duty cycle 50%+/- 10%
Cable length compensation selectable +1 V LNB supply boost
  COMMON INTERFACE AND SMART CARD SLOTS Common interface according to EN50221
CI and CI+
2 x PCMCIA (common interface only)
All CA systems available as common interface are supported
CA power supply: Max 5V/500mA
SOUND     
  LOUDSPEAKER  Integrated stereo speaker
(centre speaker if surround sound setup)
  POWER PER AMPLIFIER 2 x 32 W
  EFFECTIVE FREQUENCY RANGE 85 Hz to 20.000 Hz
  CABINET PRINCIPLE Closed box
  MIDRANGE 50 mm/2" full range type
  CABINET VOLUME 2 x 0.15 litre
  BASS EQUALISER Adaptive Bass Linearization (ABL) 
PERIPHERAL UNIT CONTROLLER Integrated Peripheral Unit Controller (PUC) for controlling a set-top box
Controlling 4 units 
SPLIT SCREEN Picture and Picture
SPEAKER MODES 9 User-configurable Speaker Groups
9 Editable Sound Modes 
 WLAN IEEE 802.11 a/n/b/g, 2.4 GHz, 5 GHz

Jan Boisen (Technical Project Manager) and Grethe Krabbe (Production Worker) split us into two groups for the tour around the assembly plant. The first thing which was pointed out to us was that everyone in the plant knew we were coming because there was a TV screen at the main entry door announcing the fact.

As we when round we noted that some production workers had connected to the Beoworld web site to apparently find out more about us. We know this because the web site had been left on one of the screens. I think we were all very impressed with their new assembly area which was very automated.

Subsequently, we all walked over to Factory 2 (Systems Integration) and were given a presentation by Jens Harder (Project Manager) and Brian Bjorn Hansen (Senior R&D Manager) in a room which we apparently should never have been brought into. Most of the products in the room were covered and we were told by Jens that he would have to shot us if we tried to have a look!!!

They have created an "Ideas Manual" which Jens has agreed to send to me to be made public on Beoworld

We then met with Jorgen Daucke (Concept Developer) who showed us many product ideas and concepts some of which made it to a finished product, but most stayed as ideas.

One of our members got a really big surprise from his dealer in the UK. A presentation was made to him and I am going to leave it to him to fill you all in of the background.

Thanks a lot Keith! 

Exactly the number I like most. Number one is me ;-) 

I am nr. 20 Thanks Keith for uploading and posting everything, and yes I am still flabbergasted that you manage to do that on your mini mini computer / phone.

Keep te pictures coming I will post a few after the weekend myself.

In the picture outside the old farm, I'm nr 11.