That's the exact same behaviour as I have now through the PL-cables and the 6000s in PL-mode. If I pause Netflix e.g., they switch off after 4-5 minutes, and switch on again if I continue the show.

Hi 1990,

That sounds like the Hub is providing the audio sensing trigger for the speakers, in exactly the same way as the 6000s would if they were set to Line mode.  The Hub that I tested didn't have this function, as far as I was aware this was the reason that the S8 manual states that the speaker should be set to Line mode.

Anyway, no need to change anything on your setup, this is correct for your speakers.

Kind regards, Steve.

SHEFFIELD wrote:

I received the hub a couple of days ago, but have been too busy to open the box. I will have a look tomorrow....

what I remember from the conference last week is that it is an add on to the existing Mk1 S8 before the new S8 comes out with integrated hub, with the new package costing circa £200 more than the mk1.

ill let you know how it works tomorrow.

Does anyone have an idea when the new S8 comes out with the new integrated package? It looks like the S8 is out of stock on BeoPlay's site, which might be a good sign something new is coming, correct? 

Via BeoPlay's site..

"S8 TV Hub is sold separately and will be available in Nov."

Yet tomorrow is December and nothing has arrived. Does anyone know, what gives?

The s8 is available on their website now. I received mine 2 days ago. Got some problems if you want to connect it to an airport express device. I got it connected to my television via optical and to my airport express via aux. It automatically switches to the TV when I turn in on. But it don't switch back to my airport express when I start playing music. The reason for this is mainly that the airport express never turns of and therefore the connection hub won't detect when it gets a new signal from it. Anyone got any suggestions for this problem?  

Calles_Advice wrote:

The s8 is available on their website now. I received mine 2 days ago. Got some problems if you want to connect it to an airport express device. I got it connected to my television via optical and to my airport express via aux. It automatically switches to the TV when I turn in on. But it don't switch back to my airport express when I start playing music. The reason for this is mainly that the airport express never turns of and therefore the connection hub won't detect when it gets a new signal from it. Anyone got any suggestions for this problem?  

How did you connect your s8 via optical? To my knowledge that was only possible via their new connection hub, which is currently not for sale on their website. I spoke to my dealer yesterday and he told me there was a recall on the connection hub when it initially came out and they are waiting to fix it until they re-release it to the public. How did you get a connection hub? 

lupend88 wrote:

Calles_Advice wrote:

The s8 is available on their website now. I received mine 2 days ago. Got some problems if you want to connect it to an airport express device. I got it connected to my television via optical and to my airport express via aux. It automatically switches to the TV when I turn in on. But it don't switch back to my airport express when I start playing music. The reason for this is mainly that the airport express never turns of and therefore the connection hub won't detect when it gets a new signal from it. Anyone got any suggestions for this problem?  

How did you connect your s8 via optical? To my knowledge that was only possible via their new connection hub, which is currently not for sale on their website. I spoke to my dealer yesterday and he told me there was a recall on the connection hub when it initially came out and they are waiting to fix it until they re-release it to the public. How did you get a connection hub? 

Call your dealer again or another. The connection hub is indeed shipping again. There was a launch recall, but that has since been solved and they are ready for delivery now. I have quite a few people who have them. 

Wow, fantastic news! Thanks! I wonder why it's not available online?

Got my connection hub today, a quick test with a playmaker to the PL in and the out to a pair of BL6000, there was no signal to the BL, so I connect the PL out to a powerlink switch and got sound out. So guess I have a version that does not send a auto sense trigger out to the speakers. But this for me is not a problem as will be using it with a powerlink switch anyway.

A great little product (just a shame about the auto sense out) all in all, and I am sure will help a lot of people connect non B&O equipment to beolabs.

Hi badgersurf,

Thanks for this, based on the limited testing that we have been able to do so far, the full situation with the Hub appears to be rather strange.....

When there is nothing connected to the Powerlink (RJ45) input of the Hub, it outputs a correct Powerlink signal, ie. trigger voltage and stereo audio whenever sound is present on the optical or analogue inputs.  As soon as a Powerlink device is connected to the Powerlink input, it switches to "Line" mode and provides audio only (no Powerlink trigger signal) on the output socket.  If audio only is connected to the Powerlink input (ie. no trigger signal) then the Hub simply ignores this.

Hence, your Hub should be able to give a normal Powerlink output to your speakers, as long as no other B&O product is connected to the Powerlink In socket.

I'm really hoping that someone from B&O Technical can reply to this thread to explain the reasoning behind this, because I'm struggling to see a logical reason for the Hub turning off the Powerlink trigger at the output socket when a B&O device is connected to the Powerlink input socket.

Based on the enquiries that I've been getting from dealers and B&O customers so far, this is a common sticking point that makes the Hub far less flexible than it could otherwise be.  Any ideas please B&O?

Kind regards, Steve.