lano wrote:

MARKFS wrote:

When I select a Spotify playlist, the essence keeps on playing that playlist even if I turn my phone off or disconnect it from the internet.

Have you tried using Deezer yet through the app?

Can you select Spotify playlist from within the BeoMusic app?

No, you launch the Spotify app from within Beomusic, press Connect in the Spotify app and use the Spotify app for operation. It`s probably better than using the Beomusic app, but the problem is that you can`t just start Spotify by using the remote - it seems you have to connect through a device first..

If start Spotify and then stop it by useing the wheel. Can i start it again with the wheel and not have to play tennis with apps and devices? Is the multiroom making the essence hard and not easy to use for users with only one b&o device?

Martin wrote:

If start Spotify and then stop it by useing the wheel. Can i start it again with the wheel and not have to play tennis with apps and devices? Is the multiroom making the essence hard and not easy to use for users with only one b&o device?

Yes, you can start it again directly from the product. When you press the "sound" button of the Essence Remote (i.e. the top button of the "wheel"), you get to toggle among the sound sources, with the following order:

1.    TuneIn Internet Radio
2.    Deezer (or DLNA)
3.    Spotify Connect
4.    Line In

If you dont have a source (e.g. Deezer) it is automatically skipped.

So, in your case, starting the BeoSound Essence from stand by will initially play TuneIn (first press). And then with one more press it will play Spotify Connect, where you left it at.

The same logic applies also to the BeoPlay A9 (2nd gen.), but there you are simply "tapping" the product on its back (touch sensor).

Finally, if there is any other already on-going experience in your BeoLink Multiroom system (i.e. a system with more than one product), the first "press" or "tap" will actually join the on-going experience. The subsequent press/taps will toggle the sources as above.

Petros

L1NO wrote:

If u hold the standby button on a remote, or more specific the essence wheel. Does all the network-link equipment in the house turn off? I would like to place a wheel in the hallway and am wondering if it can be a 'shutdown-home' button.

Yes, long pressing the Essence Remote silence button (i.e. the bottom button), will put all your BeoLink Multiroom products to stand-by. Both audio and TV products. The same applies to the BeoPlay A9 (2n gen.), by long pressing the round "power" button.

Petros

MARKFS wrote:

Anyone succeeded in adding favourites to Tunein in the Beomusic app? Doesn`t work here, and it`s really annoying when pressing next on the remote takes my to any random radio channel.

Did you make sure that you have entered your TuneIn credentials ALSO on the product? (you need to enter them both on the BeoMusic App AND your products). Otherwise the product will do prev/next among the "default" radio stations. This sounds like your problem.

Open the BeoSetup App, select your product, then "Your Content" and finally "TuneIn". Make sure you enter your credentials there, and then your should have not problem.

Petros

petrosbeli wrote:

 

Martin wrote:

If start Spotify and then stop it by useing the wheel. Can i start it again with the wheel and not have to play tennis with apps and devices? Is the multiroom making the essence hard and not easy to use for users with only one b&o device?

Yes, you can start it again directly from the product. When you press the "sound" button of the Essence Remote (i.e. the top button of the "wheel"), you get to toggle among the sound sources, with the following order:

1.    TuneIn Internet Radio
2.    Deezer (or DLNA)
3.    Spotify Connect
4.    Line In

If you dont have a source (e.g. Deezer) it is automatically skipped.

So, in your case, starting the BeoSound Essence from stand by will initially play TuneIn (first press). And then with one more press it will play Spotify Connect, where you left it at.

The same logic applies also to the BeoPlay A9 (2nd gen.), but there you are simply "tapping" the product on its back (touch sensor).

Finally, if there is any other already on-going experience in your BeoLink Multiroom system (i.e. a system with more than one product), the first "press" or "tap" will actually join the on-going experience. The subsequent press/taps will toggle the sources as above.

Petros

 

Assuming that the device used to start Spotify Connect (e.g. an iPhone with Spotify app) is still logged in to Spotify and in the same network, right? I consider to keep a device permanently logged in for this purpose.

petrosbeli wrote:

 

MARKFS wrote:

Anyone succeeded in adding favourites to Tunein in the Beomusic app? Doesn`t work here, and it`s really annoying when pressing next on the remote takes my to any random radio channel.

Did you make sure that you have entered your TuneIn credentials ALSO on the product? (you need to enter them both on the BeoMusic App AND your products). Otherwise the product will do prev/next among the "default" radio stations. This sounds like your problem.

Open the BeoSetup App, select your product, then "Your Content" and finally "TuneIn". Make sure you enter your credentials there, and then your should have not problem.

Petros

I guess the double quotes got a little messed up here, it was actually I who asked this question after quoting MARKFS. Anyway:

Thanks! No, I didn`t - at least not before writing the post, but I`ve tried a lot of things today including logging in via the Setup app, so now I`m not sure about the causality here, but here is how the situation is right now:

I still can`t add or see favourites aka. followed stations in the Beomusic app, but after logging in via the Setup app and also downloading the Tunein app and adding favourites from there, I can now switch between my favourite stations by using the bluetooth remote - which is what I need. I can even change the order of the stations in the Tunein app and get the same cykle on the bluetooth remote. Perfect for me, but if I wanted to use the Beomusic app to add or choose favorite stations, I would still have a problem.

HC wrote:

 

Assuming that the device used to start Spotify Connect (e.g. an iPhone with Spotify app) is still logged in to Spotify and in the same network, right? I consider to keep a device permanently logged in for this purpose.

 

No, actually you dont need the iPhone to be still on the same network. You need to use the iPhone at least once with the Essence/A9, over Spotify Connect. After that, the product would link to your Spotify account automatically (i.e. directly to the Spotify cloud). Thus, even if you switch-off the phone, or you take it outside the home network, the Essence/A9 can still start the Spotiy stream directly from the cloud...

Petros

I am using A9Mk2 with Essence wheel.

Fantastic thing is, as updated by Petros, I can actually choose with which source A9 "wakes up". Also, great to know long press on "down" puts unit into sleep.

But why is it, unlike any other brand I've ever bought, that so many things are undocumented? What if I was not part of this forum? How was I supposed to learn I can actually start A9 in Deezer play "mode" and not only and neccessarily in TuneIn play? 

Btw, I have also successfully put A9 to sleep by long pressing Essence "wheelie" down button. <3 Just love it.

petrosbeli wrote:

HC wrote:

Assuming that the device used to start Spotify Connect (e.g. an iPhone with Spotify app) is still logged in to Spotify and in the same network, right? I consider to keep a device permanently logged in for this purpose.

No, actually you dont need the iPhone to be still on the same network. You need to use the iPhone at least once with the Essence/A9, over Spotify Connect. After that, the product would link to your Spotify account automatically (i.e. directly to the Spotify cloud). Thus, even if you switch-off the phone, or you take it outside the home network, the Essence/A9 can still start the Spotiy stream directly from the cloud...

Petros

Right, that sounds really promising - then I probably just had some random problem that led me to believe that it did`t work without the Spotify device on the same network. This all sounds really good, thanks!