Simonbeo wrote:

I'd rather buy one that's been in the storeroom at the B&O shop than a returned one that's been kicked around a warehouse and then by some delivery character. It might cost more but you get a proper receipt and a chance to chat with the sales guy. It cost a bit more but it's probably worth it.

watch this space, you might even hear my 😡

Mark wrote:

Simonbeo wrote:

I'd rather buy one that's been in the storeroom at the B&O shop than a returned one that's been kicked around a warehouse and then by some delivery character. It might cost more but you get a proper receipt and a chance to chat with the sales guy. It cost a bit more but it's probably worth it.

 

watch this space, you might even hear my 😡

 

Yours will be fine I'm sure Mark, but if it is, don't brag!

( i've also done to support the dealer so they are still there when I want that BS 35. )

my A3 arrived and as mentioned I was intrigued at the "open-box" description, especially when priced at £49.99 including postage and packing.

it arrived in both outer brown B&O box and inner original Play box, the box had been opened at some time as there was creasing around the flap and a few chunks of polystyrene were missing from the internal protective packing, but every thing was neatly wrapped and on examination I cannot tell if this has ever been used before, no marks, chips scratches or finger prints.

rather impressed with its sound as I had bought over the years a few sound bars for my iPad to take when on holiday and this knocks them out of the water.

Over here in the US by law if it's refurbished it has to say it's refurbished in the description, open box means open box, maybe sold and returned but working fine, or opened, used as display and then reboxed, etc. As for refurb, I've had excellent luck with refurbished goods as any infant mortality has already happened to it...unless it's something with a design defect such as the Beosound 3s top plate I'd have no qualms about refurb.

I still enjoy my A3, too bad B&O didn't alter the design to handle the new connector, but maybe they weren't selling well.

Now that these are showing up in the remaindered channel for ~US$100 or lower, I rather suspect more of us will use them to breath new life into older iPads.  Certainly quite a change from the original price!

Elephant's original thread,

Right, so first problem discovered: BeoSetup 3.8.5 won't launch on iOS 5.1.1, the last version of the OS that works on the original iPad.

Since BeoSetup 3.8.5 dates to September 2015, I'm guessing it's a case of that app being too new, and having dropped support for iOS 5.  

So, the question now is -- did anyone happen to save a version of BeoSetup circa 2012 or 2013, when the A3 was new?

Yeah, the first gen iPad can't run the later OS, but the iPad 2 and 3 can and still have the 30 pin connector.  I'm thinking of getting a used 3rd gen one as the interface for Spotify on the old OS is limited in functionality compared with the current one as well as the Beosetup issue. 

Update: tried with a 3rd-generation iPad, running iOS 9.  Good news: BeoSetup app launches, and knows its connected to an A3. Bad news: Firmware update (mine is still on 1.0.0.0) fails to contact the server.  My guess is they have taken down the firmware file for this device.  

Anyone happen to know if the app caches the firmware anywhere?  If so, there's a remote chance we could recover it. If not, looks like there is no way to flash to the latest version.

Could someone with an A3 verify that they get the same error message?

My A3 is on version 1.0.4.0 and just says "your product is updated with the latest software"

The version you refer to is on the setup app? I haven't loaded any software and the A3 does all I want .

am I missing some functionality from the A3 this way.

( Please excuse the dumb question )