If you have an Avant and a BV11, both of these TVs are NL products and in essence, contain an inbuilt Essence within them. 

Simply connect a NAS with DLNA to the home media source and the BVs will pipe music. Album art will be displayed for a few defined seconds and random/repeat can be selected.

if you want music in a non-BV room, then an Essence and a pair of BeoLab connected to the same DLNA NAS will give you TV independent music.

I have never done it nor do I think it is possible but I think a limitation is that BeoMusic app will not let TV sound multi room to a standalone Essence.

Finally if you want a NL capable BV and Essence in the same room, you either need connect the Essence to th BV (why would you) or have at least a pair of BLs connect to the Essence. Again, why would you?

Carolpa wrote:

I find this a awkward post.

Multiroom and B&o have a long history. It seems that a dealer can't explain the difference between multi room concept and WISA connected speakers.

Speakers are in principle connected to ONE Beovision or ONE Beosound. This is done wired or wireless (if the different components support WISA). Simple as that! You cannot share speakers from one to the other. This is where the Multiroom concept starts.

with Multiroom you can take the music from one room to the other or (vice versa) or you can start a music source from another room. So if you have a BV11 with connected speakers you have also a interesting excellent music reproduction system. SO start your Essence in your living through the BV11 and listen to it to the connected speakers. The control can be done through a smart phone or tablet.

This is the way (NL) multiroom is intended to be! I'm using BVs for years this way. 

As an extension to my last post and in combination to the post above, NL products are more "multi source" rather than "multi room". i.e, NL is designated by the products MAC number over  network. Thus, you can have X number of Essesnces (or A6/A9/M5) in the same room as  NL BV. All can be controlled independently or linked to one another via the Beomusic app. However, each Essence will need a pair of BeoLab wired or WISA in its own right.

The reason why I could connect my Essence, BL 14 setup to my BV11, 18 & 19 setup is simply because it is 3 floors down and while the same network (and network name) exists in the entire house, the signal strength is not strong enough for the products to communicate with each other (perhaps coz all our houses are built from bricks and concrete). The dealer tried many times and it just refused to work. 

Thank you everyone for taking the time to help me. I think I found the answer - perhaps not what I really wanted but what's feasible. So it would be futile to add an Essence to my BV11, 18 & 19 setup. For now, I guess I will have to contend with the damn Apple TV :(

Use Powerline - LAN over the houses power network.

Output from your Router to the P-LAN connected to the wall socket (also powering the Router. Another where you need a fast connection or to boost WiFi

Simples and cheap

Agree!

If this is just an issue of a weak wifi, there indeed are solutions.

MM