Michael wrote:

Won't this affect the sound and volume adjustment possibilities from the TV? 

Of course it would!

MM

stefan wrote:

Why not just use V.MEM in audiomode? - AV - V.MEM

Should also work in your setup with V1 and apple tv...(?).

There is no AV-mode on BSys4-based BV's.

And besides, the OP doesn't want to turn on the tv, when he wants to listen to music.

MM

Millemissen wrote:

Michael wrote:

Won't this affect the sound and volume adjustment possibilities from the TV? 

Of course it would!

MM

What does this mean exactly?

Andrew wrote:

Hi Ryan

Your BV would connect to the line in on the Playmaker and the Playmaker to the BL8000 via Powerlink, switching on the TV brings the TV sound through the BL8000's, selecting airplay on your iphone or streaming from another phone switches on the playmaker and the sound comes through the BL8000's with no need for the TV to be on. You can control the volume, bass, treble and Forward to next track or back using the Beo4. Have a look at the manual as it will give you an idea on how easy it is to use and flexible. They can be bought for around £100 second hand and sound quality is very good. You will need the right RJ45 to powerlink cables or converters and one from the TV to playmaker but they can be bought from Steve on this site.

 

Will the center speaker on my TV still work in that scenario, when I watch TV?

didole wrote:

Will the center speaker on my TV still work in that scenario, when I watch TV?

That really depends....

....on how your setup is configured.

The audio engine of your V1 gives you the opportunity to tweak a lot of settings and to save these to presets.

One of these opportunities is to determine which speakers (internal and external) should be active in a given situation.

You can (or should I say, you might) configure the internal speakers to act as the center speaker and configure the PL outputs, that you want to use for connecting the Playmaker (as right/left front speaker) as a line-out connection - see the User Guide for how to.

However, now begins the trouble, because then you would have to deal with volume controlling of two systems (the V1 and the Playmaker) and you would loose all possibility to set distances and delays of the fake-front-speakers (means the BL8000 connected to the Playmaker).

A way of setting up speakers, that I would not recommend!

With the audio engine in your V1 you have excellent possibilities to make different settings for different combinations of speakers/connected speakers and to save these as Speakers Groups - you already know that.

Maybe you should just accept that the tv is the hub/the best hub for your sound listening, including 2 channel music listening.

Just let the BL8000's be connected to the V1 - after configuring the power settings in order to have the tv turning on faster for times, when you typically need it, it will 'play' your music quite instantly.

Having to switch from the default Speaker Group for your ATV to the one, you have setup for the BL8000's only, may be annoying - but can be done.

Only way too avoid this switching would (as I already have recommended) be to use a second ATV (an older 3rd gen would be ok) for music only...

...with settings made just for this.

N.B. In this case you could even choose 'Music' or 'Flat/Direct Mode' as the default Sound Mode for that device - the 'video-ATV' will normally start in 'Movie mode' as the default 'Sound Mode'.

Please consult the Technical Sound Guide, if you need more information on that.

MM

Millemissen wrote:

Maybe you should just accept that the tv is the hub/the best hub for your sound listening, including 2 channel music listening.

Yes, maybe I just have to accept this. I was hoping to be able to just connect a B&O Music System to the V1, connect speakers to it, and then benefit from the quick startup, without losing any functionality. Basically like it was in the good old ML days, when I had my Avant and my Ouverture... Guess I was too ambitious!

Of cource you can connect a B&O 'Music System' to V1 - using NL (and maybe a NL/ML Converter)

However, if you connect the BL8000's to the 'Music System', they won't be there for the V1....

....which probably is not what you would want.

MM

And what about my suggestion of a S8 hub ?

CB wrote:

And what about my suggestion of a S8 hub ?

Would be usefull, if the connected speakers can turn on/off via the line signal.

The BL8000's needs to be triggered - the newer speakers not.

The PL-output (for some reason) turns into a line-output, if you connect a B&O device/PL to it.

I am not aware, that this should have changed.

MM

Millemissen wrote:

stefan wrote:

Why not just use V.MEM in audiomode? - AV - V.MEM

Should also work in your setup with V1 and apple tv...(?).

There is no AV-mode on BSys4-based BV's.

And besides, the OP doesn't want to turn on the tv, when he wants to listen to music.

MM

No AV mode? thanks for the information, I didn`t know that - so, again a feature lost in NL-TVs, and another reason not to buy....:(

If you turn on the TV (BV) in audiomode, you just turn on the audiosection, stand (if present)...screen stays black.

Stefan