The Beomaster 5 stems from a 2008 design release. In computing terms, that is a world of different to where we are now. 

Mine is in a box/loft somewhere going sticky.

There are three issues I think you face which are not simple and I don’t recall exactly the detail of the steps I undertook to achieve them but I’ll offer the best I can:-

1. Using an SSD is possible but at the time only one or two specific drives could be coaxed to work. I never had any real success

2. IIRC, I purchased a 2Tb 3.5inch HDD that was super fast. I cloned the OEM HDD using an Icybox cloner. With a bit of tidying up with the partitions I achieved extra capacity, Near SSD speed and a backup (original in the fire safe)

3. You can network the BM5 to a NAS like any other PC but this slows things down dramatically again. I used the netwo4k to transfer ripped CDs from my PC to the BM5 HDD. With some simple file folder names in explorer (I.e a folder called “Artist Name - Album Name”), I found the BeoSound 5 to be slick and responsive. 

As stated above, that was a lifetime ago. 

Have a look:

/forum/imported-unmapped/beomaster-5-hd-upgrade-to-samsung-evo-ssd

/forum/imported-unmapped/the-beosound-5-beomaster-5-resources-future-proof-maintenance-thread

/forum/imported-unmapped/bm5-hdd-to-ssd-the-easy-way

By far, the easiest way is to connect to the BeoMaster5 using a Windows computer.  This requires no additional cables or software:

1)  Use Windows Explorer to navigate to the "BeoMaster5" (in my Win11 machine, it just shows up as a "Network location" in Windows Explorer when I click on "This PC"

2) Navigate to the folder "Music" and then drag the folder "By Folder" from the BeoMaster5 to your SSD (assuming your SSD is attached to your Windows computer). 

It does can take a while.  I just ran a test on my network, and it took about 2 minutes to copy a WMA encoded album (~290MB). However, if you have a stable network, you can just drag and drop, and it runs by itself.  If you find it fails after some time, you might want to look into a file transfer program like the one 10Percent suggests.

This is assuming you just want to get the music, and don't care about getting a software clone or anything fancy.  If you want to do something fancy, dig into the links provided by TWG.

Hi,

thanks for taking the time to respond to my question. I have hooked up my beomaster 5 with a Ethernet cable to my router and also a laptop to my router.

however using the beoconnect download the computer does not find the Beosound/master. Should I connect the computer directly using the usb connection or is there something I am missing. 

Any suggestion will be appreciated.

cheers Huub 

Windows or Mac?  Also, which version of the OS?

I don't remember Beoconnect working very well, or maybe it was only supported on old-ish versions of Windows. I think this is why most have migrated to working with operating system tools (like Windows explorer).  I could be wrong.  It's been a while since I've transferred files with my BS5.

Also, how would you rate your computer skills?  If I were to say, "Can you ping the BS5 from your laptop?" would you know what this means or how to do it? (no judgement, just trying to help folks tune their responses to your skill level".

Hi, OS is windows 10.

when I go to explorer it will not see my Beomaster files.  My computer skills are at best so so. I know how to turn it on /off and look for files/ folders etc. I have never pinged for finding a device. I was hoping with all hardwire Ethernet connections that my windows 10 explorer would be able to see any connected devices but there might be a driver issues which I also do not really know how to fix. 

all though my very limited skills I am determined to resolve it and any help will be appreciated.

cheers Huub 

Hi,

OS is windows 10. 
My skills are beginner minus. I can look for files using explorer / set up a printer etc. I have no issue being judged😊 on my lack of computer skills.

I do not know how to ping a device using my computer.  

any help is highly appreciated. It is a pity because the Beosound 5 is a cool piece of equipment but B&O dropped the ball by not really supporting the system anymore. 

cheers Huub 

Hi,

i did Google on how to ping and see results below.

Pinging my router :

Bytes 32 time 1ms, TTL=64

Sent 4 / received 4 Lost =0

Pinging my Beomaster/Sound5

Destination host unreachable

Sent 4 / received 4 Lost =0

The results of your ping means that your laptop can talk to your router, but it cannot talk to the BS5.

On the BS5, go into Settings, then Network Info (not exactly sure what it's called, but it something like this), and note the "Hostname" and "IP address".

If the Hostname is something other than the name you tried above, then try pinging the value found in Hostname.

If this works, then you should be able to get your laptop to talk to the BS5 using that hostname instead of "BeoMaster5".

If this doesn't work, the try pinging the IP address - use the ping command just like before, but provide the IP address instead of the Hostname.

If this works, then you should be able to connect to the BS5 similar to my instructions above, but using the IP address instead of the hostname.

If this doesn't work, check the IP address of your laptop, it should be similar to the IP address of the BS5, except for the last digit.  For example, if your laptop's IP address (you can get this by typing "ipconfig" from the command prompt) is 192.1.1.25, the BS5 should be something like 192.1.1.15 - the last number can be pretty much any number except 25 (yes, I'm simplifying).  There are exceptions to this, but if you're not on the same IP domain (the 1st few numbers of the IP address), then the router may not understand how to route messages to the BS5.  This would happen if the BS5 was previously configured with a static IP address on a different network.

If the IP addresses are meaningfully different, then change the IP address of the BS5.  I think you can do this using the service menu.  Ideally, you'd want to configure it for dynamic assignment by the router vs. specifying another static address.

You might also verify that the network cable works by swapping the cables around between the laptop and the BS5.  Can the laptop still ping the router using the BS5 cable?

If none of this works, then do you have a USB mouse (or mouse/keyboard), and does your SSD have a USB connection?  It might be easier to go this path (connect the mouse and SSD to the BS5 and go into the service menu - which allows access to the BS5's underlying windows OS) and copy the files that way vs. troubleshooting network connectivity beyond the above steps.