kenet7 wrote:

The problem with the Essence is that it can only flash green on the back, and I have been resetting it many many times, and nothing happens.

Can it really be real, that the only thing I can do is to throw it in the garbage ?

Is it possible to buy the wifi part as a replacement, and chance it my self ?

Is there maybe a non-beo-brand, with a smart and CHEAP device (with trigger) to connect directly to my Beolab 2 ? 

I hope someone can help me.... I really need music in my life ! (-:

I have owned playmaker and essence I. Essence  became stable for me when I put much of my home products on 5 ghz and changed 2.4 to a not crowded channel for Essence. Cannot hurt to give it a go. If not, your cause of essence wifi quality will be more confirmed. 

Thanks for the reply.

My problem is that the Essence cannot be setup to work.... It can only flash green :-(

If it works with ethernet, why don't you go with  a Powerline ethernet adapters ?

kenet7 wrote:

Thanks for the reply.

My problem is that the Essence cannot be setup to work.... It can only flash green :-(

What did you actually (and exactly) do set it up?

If it works wired, it must be set up already - what works, everything?

You wrote in your first post about the 2 Playmakers and the 2 Essences:

‘All of them suddenly the wifi stops working, I can only get it to work wired (LAN).’

I really can’t imagine, that the wifi module in all 4 units should fail.

I’d look for the problem in your wifi/wifi settings.

Please use one or more of the suggestions, that the other posters gave.....if you can’t find the cause in your wireless networking.

MM

When I turn on the Essence, and it is connected to the beolab speakers only, then it can only flash green... It has to be solid white to work.

When it is flashing green, if I put a ethernet cable in it, then after a short time it is solid white and works.

But my problem is that I live in a concrete apartment, so the only option I have is with wifi.

When I tested it as described above, I have taken a beolab speaker and the Essence out in the small technique-room in the front of the apartment, and connected it directly to the router, and then it works.

So the the wifi part in the Essence, maybe is burned of ?

When I turn on the Essence, and it is connected to the beolab speakers only, then it can only flash green... It has to be solid white to work.

When it is flashing green, if I put a ethernet cable in it, then after a short time it is solid white and works.

But my problem is that I live in a concrete apartment, so the only option I have is with wifi.

When I tested it as described above, I have taken a beolab speaker and the Essence out in the small technique-room in the front of the apartment, and connected it directly to the router, and then it works.

So the the wifi part in the Essence, maybe is burned of ?

It could be a great idea to get it to work again, I will look into it.

It is just weird, that it just stops working, and only can flash green, and the B&o app cannot set it up.

Thanks (-:

Kenneth

I know that it means its ready to be set up, but the app says wait up to 2 minutes for the Essence to go from white to orange, and that never happens.

My Essence is Generation 1.

I can not update the Essence, because it won't connect via the app.

Without a ethernet cable from the router to the Essence, it can only flash green... If I put the cable in, then after a short time it is solid white, and then I can play music.

So it only works cabled, not with wifi ?

Kenneth

Maybe there is something wrong with their new app ?

The old version, was just like the manual, and that worked.