My PM is a Mk 2. When I get time this weekend I'll play around with it some more to verify things, but I've not had a problem yet with going from streaming to aux in.

Only Jeff and MM replied so far, confirming streaming to aux in, works. Both have it in option 0, and a fixed volume. 

@ robaer, you did try to put your PM in option 0, but I didn't see a post you set it to a fixed volume too. Putting a PM in option 0, without setting it to a fixed volume makes no sense, So did you?

After this procedure put the PM in Option 0

Thanks. I already tried that. I hope I did it right (no display on the device!) Even if that would have worked it wouldn't be a good solution for me. The volume control and autoswitch are the main reasons I'm interested in the Playmaker.

I asked my dealer to see if he could get a MK1 for me if I don't find a solution. I just forgot to ask If he knew anything about autoswitching on the Essence. I'll ask them when they get back to me

OK, I just did an experiment. I turned on the stereo, a BS9000 with the PM connected to Aux In, and started a record on my Beogram. Sounds good too. I started streaming from my iTunes on my PC (Win 7), the sound from the turntable stops and the streaming starts. Then I stopped the song on iTunes, in a few seconds sound from the turntable starts up again, no issues. Turntable connects thru a phono preamp and into the PM line inputs. 

My PM is a Mk 2. 

Im wondering, what is the level of the signal into the line in on your setup? Maybe if it's not high enough the PM doesn't switch back? I would think it would default to line in whether there's a signal there or not though when there's no streaming. 

BTW, since I have removed the offending network application from my PC I have had absolutely no dropouts with my PM, not even one, over the past couple of weeks. Rock stable. 

Thank you for testing. Your setup seems to work exactly the way I'm after.

I tried both the TV's line level signal and headphone signal with different volume settings to the line-in on the Playmaker. I'll see if i can dig out an old cd-player or something similar to test if it works better with it's line-out. I doesn't bode well that my dealer couldn't get autoswitching to work either.

I'd be really happy to get this working. The Playmaker is such a cool simple device. I got it up and running within minutes, the sound is good, and I can even change the tracks I'm streaming with the Beo4. So the "integration" goes both ways.

Your dealer couldn't get it to work, was that with your PM or one of his?

Make sure you verify that the line out of your TV and the headphone out actually have a signal. You probably have already, but if you haven't...being the engineer I am I often jump immediately to thinking it's something complicated when the reason it doesn't work is it's not plugged in. 👍 Always verify the simple stuff first.

After that, given how mine works, I'm at a loss as to what's causing it. What are you streaming to it from again?

My dealer tried with the Playmaker they had on display in the store.

I get signal from both the line-out and headphone out to the Playmaker. It plays just fine until I start streaming from my iphone, then it won't switch back after I stop the stream(I've even tried turning the iphone completely off). I can usually get it to switch back again, after a bit of fiddeling with the volume control, either on the Playmaker itself or on a Beo4. It's also possible to manually switch back to line-in by pressing A.AUX on the Beo4.

robaer wrote:

I just forgot to ask If he knew anything about autoswitching on the Essence. I'll ask them when they get back to me

You don't need to ask anymore - in the latest specs I have read, it says 'Line-in with sense'. Means: the Essence does auto switching.

MM

By the way, not getting stuff to work, only to find they're not plugged in? I do that all the time.

Unless it's the electrical wiring in the house I'm working with. Then it's often plugged in when I thought it wasn't. I usually notice the moment I touch the cords though... 🙂