The BL3500 can be controlled by the BLGW, but it must have software vision 3.3 or later to forward LIGHT/CONTROL commands to the BLGW. I believe that you also must key in the correct button sequence on the BL3500 to activate LIGHT/CONTROL forwarding. A few years ago, my dealer told me that the part was no longer available to update my (2) BL3500 speakers. I found that I preferred installing Lutron RadioRa2 keypads anyway. It's challenging to remember what you've mapped to the Essence wall remote in LIGHT mode. I DO, however, use an Essence wall remote in IR mode to send RADIO and CD commands to the BL3500 to play music from my BeoSound Moment through the BL3500.

To check the software version fo the BL3500, with the BL3500 in standby press on your remote MENU, then 0, then 0 then PLAY.

Sadly, if the BL3500 is not software version 3.3, it needs a PCB replacement, which my dealer has told me is no longer available.

beojeff wrote:

I DO, however, use an Essence wall remote in IR mode to send RADIO and CD commands to the BL3500 to play music from my BeoSound Moment through the BL3500.

There's a table on the beointegration site that shows how essence remote buttons are mapped according to different modes. For audio IR purposes, you just have the following:

short press play = RADIO

long press play = CD

left and right arrow buttons advance to the next/previous track or radio station.

You can't, however, remap the buttons. This is a bit unfortunate because you usually briefly hear the RADIO source until the Essence remote detects the long-press to trigger CD. Don't get me started on my rant about how annoying it is that the RADIO/Tune-in source on B&O is soooo much louder than the other sources!

The volume wheel can be used to control the BL3500 volume. Since it's just battery-powered, I have the Essence remote on the wall such that I can reach outside of the shower to adjust the volume and move through tracks.

The table on the beointegration site will show you how to change the mode of the Essence remote. You can find it under "technical inspiration" in the knowledge base section.

hi kiran,

here you can find the ir-code mapping of the essence remote in light mode.

Kiran wrote:

So my understanding of the essence remote is the keys cannot be mapped to what you want them to be?

 

 

In Beo4 IR mode, I can only trigger radio, CD, next, previous and volume...

That is correct. You also have standby with a short press and standby all with a long press.

If you're fortunate enough to have version 3.3 of the BL3500 to be able to transmit LIGHT/CONTROL commands to the BLGW, however, you can map the keys to trigger any macros with the Essence remote in LIGHT mode.