I broke the BS2

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Nonalphanumeric
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Posted October 9, 2007 at 11:21 GMT
#1821029

You know what, i already hate hate hate this thing but now i've gone and broken it by deleting something i shouldn't have. It just beeps telling me my card is empty when it actually not. Yes i've scanned it pressing the two down buttons, and the music is fine on the BS4.

What have i done! I deleted the firmware and left only the latest one on there, but now i don't know how to undo my mistake. I can't wait to get rid of this spoilt little brat of an MP3 player. I can't believe how unpleasant this thing is to own. Lightning

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Viktor (archived)
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Posted October 9, 2007 at 12:29 GMT
#1821030
Are you crazy? how can you not love the BS2? 😉
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A14BEO (archived)
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Posted October 9, 2007 at 14:09 GMT
#1821031

Because it does what it fancies doing without consulting the user!

Oh, and it's ugly as sin! Ick!

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Killyp (archived)
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Posted October 9, 2007 at 14:24 GMT
#1821032

I disagree! I love the design, most beautiful MP3 player out there! The sound is incredible as well, nothing else on the market comes anywhere near it. I agree about it having a mind of it's own though, not the most user friendly of MP3 players out there.

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WiBi (archived)
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Posted October 9, 2007 at 14:45 GMT
#1821033

.....love mine as well.....

There's a contest on the B&O site where you can win a BS6. Maybe an idea??😕 

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Calvin
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Posted October 9, 2007 at 19:21 GMT
#1821034
Sorry, I disagree; I think the simplistic design is perfect for an SD player. Unless you have a hard drive with thousands of different genres, you don't need a screen or any of that stuff. It sounds like you've maybe just deleted the tracklisting file. Your options would be to:

1) Delete the music and add music to it through the gorgeoous BeoPlayer software (like you're meant to

or

2) Switch it to the "itunes mode" where you can copy paste tracks to it through Windows explorer (or Finder if you're on a Mac)

I must admit, I am tempted to sell my BS2 to raise money for a Christmas related Serenate, but I must admit that it's a phenominally rugged mp3 player. It's not the most up to date piece of kit, but it still turns heads for it's design, 4 or 5 years after it's launch. It also survived life during my university days so in my mind, it's indestructable.
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Ruivar (archived)
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Posted October 10, 2007 at 02:01 GMT
#1821035

Hi,

Calvin I think you're right about the BeoSound 2. I ordered it 6 months before it was released in 2002, and I was therefore the first person to buy one from my local dealer. And during the five years I have had it, there has been no problems with the BeoSound 2 itself, only the BeoPlayer has been a bit tricky some times though... I still LOVE the BeoSound 2!!

Ruivar

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Nonalphanumeric
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Posted October 10, 2007 at 02:47 GMT
#1821036

Yeah, no, i strongly stand by my opinion. For me - it stinks.

I LOVE the design & it is stunning, but no one in adelaide understands true style, and i'm bored of it having yucky finger prints. Not enough bass for me! No where near as much lower frequencies reproduction as BL4000, infact all Beolabs.
 

I do have my days where it is my best friend and i do love it. When it has no finger prints, ("nobody touch it!") and i'm laying in bed listening to beautiful classical music. I can't believe i have to wait until the middle of next year before i can get a Serenata.

Yes you heard me. It's all good, my relationship with the 4000's is stronger everyday. 😁

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Joe (archived)
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Posted October 10, 2007 at 02:57 GMT
#1821037

Fingerprints no more, this article came out a while back. I also love my BS2, cant wait to buy the BS6 regardless of the samsung logo.

http://beoworld.org/news_view.asp?id=43 

Joe 

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dilznik (archived)
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Posted October 10, 2007 at 03:54 GMT
#1821038

To this day I'll never understand why people don't just buy an iPod and be done with it.  You can buy something more expensive, you can buy something that looks nicer, you can buy something from a different manufacturer if you dislike Apple, but if you do you'll buy an inferior product.  That's all there is to it.

 

This is the exact same argument I make about grills.  You can buy a $10,000US grill and I'll still not be impressed because it's not a Weber.  You can buy Weber or you can buy crap.  I don't care how much your grill costs, if it's not a Weber then it's crap.

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