The Encore does have WiFi built in.

Wrong post, sorry :(

TripEnglish wrote:

The BeoSound 5 Encore has a USB, Aux in, & headphone out on the outside and an Ethernet, USB, and PowerLink on the inside. 

Hi Trip, I'm not following you completely with 'on the outside' and 'on the inside'? For instance, does this mean "Aux in" as audio input or as audio output? Or where you referring to a second device which will stand in relation to the Encore screen?

By the way, I'm rather excited about the Encore as I'm planning a multi-room expansion and I have not invested in Masterlink yet. Will it be possible to start this project based on Beonet in the course of 2011? Or will complementary product releases demand more time?    

Thanks for your clarification.

Paul

It is my understanding that as the encore is on a computer network it will only play music from networked devices and of course a usb. As it is not on the masterlink network it will not play any ML sorces?

Is that right?

A BeoNet to ML convertor is on the way...

It's clear that the Encore is the first product of a new generation. They have to start somewhere... At first I was also in a "What??? No ML????"... but after some thought it's clear that in order for B&O to survive the Digital Wave... that have to break with the past. But they won't neglect their customer base. 

Pauliander wrote:

TripEnglish wrote:

The BeoSound 5 Encore has a USB, Aux in, & headphone out on the outside and an Ethernet, USB, and PowerLink on the inside. 

Hi Trip, I'm not following you completely with 'on the outside' and 'on the inside'? For instance, does this mean "Aux in" as audio input or as audio output? Or where you referring to a second device which will stand in relation to the Encore screen?

By the way, I'm rather excited about the Encore as I'm planning a multi-room expansion and I have not invested in Masterlink yet. Will it be possible to start this project based on Beonet in the course of 2011? Or will complementary product releases demand more time?    

Thanks for your clarification.

Paul

I took the inside and outside to mean "hidden away" (for the 'nasty' cables etc) and "easy to access" for those ports that you want to ... well, easily access ... so the AUX will be an input that is on the outside so you can easily attach another device (such as a dreaded iPod ?)

R. I. P. MasterLink: a new BeoLink based in home networks is coming... 😕

Elephant is correct in his assessment. The ports for cables that will be more or less permanently attached, like PL and USB for a hard drive, are placed inside the wheel column where the BeoSound 5's cable connections are. For more "on the go" connections like headphones, aux in, and USB there are connections just on under the screen.

Ok, thank you for this. In my hypothetical configuration this would allow the attachment of an external blue ray player for local home cinema use in the living room (which could also play a cd if needed). Next to this, the Encore would give me a rather smart platform to distribute full audio and video around the house. And I'm expecting the beo 6 to be the high quality interface I desire, so ... I'm very interested

Pauliander wrote:

this would allow the attachment of an external blue ray player for local home cinema use in the living room (which could also play a cd if needed)

That seems a bit of a leap of faith !

Are you saying you expect to attach a BlueRay player via the USB port of the Encore ?

And then distribute Audio and Video ?

While exercising link room control ?