Never tried that before, but I can confirm that it does play on immidiately after turning off the AirPlay connection at the source.

But why - why did you want to know that?

MM

The reason I'm wondering is, I'm going to use it as both an airplay device but also a preamp for my TV via the TV:s  headphone out. I already have a beocenter connected to the tv this way and an airport express, but I feel the Playmaker would be a much simpler thing to use, since it's auto switching.

To clarify things a bit. I'm thinking:

I'm watching TV with the sound going through the Playmaker. Then, I stream some music from my iPhone, with the TV still on. The Playmaker would then auto switch to airplay. Then, after a while, I turn of the streaming.The Playmaker would then resume playing the analog TV sound?

The way I do this today is similar but I have to change the source manually.

May I ask - what is connected where at the moment?

Edit! Did not see your latest post.

That means you want to watch tv (without sound) and listen to music at the same time?

Well, if that is what you want 😮

That would work!

You don't need the APE and you get a better AirPlay-receiver with the Playmaker - and if you don't need the other sources of the BeoCenter....

Only problem will be volumen control - you would have to let the Playmaker have an appropriate constant volumen level, and control the volumen via the tv and the iDevice.

MM

At the moment:

TV headphone out connected to Beocenter AUX in. Airport Express connected to Beocenter tape in.

The volume on the Beocenter is usually set at about 50%, so I do most volume adjustments on the TV or the iDevice I'm using for streaming music at that moment. The Beocenter doesn't really do anything at all 99% of the time. I very rarely listen to radio or CD on it, maybe never when I really think about it... :)

Ok - let us hear, what you think, when you have it set up!

Should you decide to keep the BC, just connect the Playmaker to the 'Tape-in' and the tv to the 'line-in' of the Playmaker.

MM

I'll let you know if I decide to to buy one. It seems to be one of B&O's most useful but still most underappreciated products. Depending on how you use it, it's a lot more than just an overpriced Airport Express. 

Also, I think it's one of their coolest designs in recent time. I'm a bit tired of all the steel and glass doors etc...

OK, so I went out and got the Playmaker. But I seem to have more or less the exact problem I feared. The Playmaker will autoswitch from line-in to Airplay just fine. The other way around is not working though... To get the sound playing again after turning off Airplay I need to adjust the volume, either on the Beo 4 or directly on the touch control.

Starting, stoping or event turning off/on the analog line-in source does not have any effect at all. The Playmaker will not make a sound until I touch the volume controls. 

Is there any solution to this?

Thanks.

Now I've tried connecting them to the all inputs and also directly to the Beolabs. Same result.