Try the Playmaker in A.OPT 0.  I don't think that you want it to respond to IR codes in this setup.

(And as a founder member you should win a prize for such a belated first post! 😁)

Already tried that. No go. Always "plop" and just noise...

(In my old apartment at founding times I had a wonderful Avant/LX link setup that was working without that "modern streaming/iphone" stuff - everthing was working perfectly. But now - modern times - I'm f***ed up) ;-)

In that case I would suspect the RJ45 to A.AUX cable.  Are you sure that it is an output, rather than input?

The dealer said so... "Connect your Playmaker to...". If you have a recommendation what cable to use and where to buy .... I will be thankful ;-).

I already tried to converters... 😭

Finally I want to stream without ATV - using Playmaker - I connected PM directly to the BL and started "A New Error" from "Moderat"... want to enjoy that without re-plugging cables ;-).

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Thank you. I ordered the cable and will have one last try.

Hello everybody,

the 1611 may be defective. Had that problem as well some time ago. Same result. No sound. After replacing with another one, everything was fine again. There's little reported on here about the issue, but the 1611 is quite vulnerable.

Cheers,

Kai