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jpnijman (archived2)
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Posted March 4, 2015 at 07:52 GMT
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Hi all,

I m new to the forum. On a recent trip to Europe we went on a bit of a splurge and bought a 55" Avant and Beolab 18 speakers (got a pretty sweet discount + tax free). The speakers have arrived but still waiting on the shipment of the TV and will need to do some redecorating before fitting it in the livingroom.

Is it possible to use the Beolab 18 wifi without the TV in some sort of way. I didn't purchase any additional B&O equipment due to some communication problems. The seller was French and my french is only so so. I thought we did figure it out when we got back. My initial search on the forum would say it's not possible to use the wifi speakers without additional equipment. So then what are some options you guys suggest?

With kind regards,

Jpnijman
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Sal (archived2)
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Posted March 4, 2015 at 14:56 GMT
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If you have other WISA equipment, or even use the line in / digital in connections you can use the speakers.

If you're asking whether they can serve as standalone speakers to play wireless audio without any other connected products, I think that's a no. They aren't meant to be a straight wifi speaker per se.
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mickhoog (archived2)
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Posted March 7, 2015 at 10:52 GMT
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The protocol is wisa and not AirPlay nor dlna without additional equipment.

You could find a cheap 2nd hand playmaker and connect it to the speakers then that's ok or use the line in for direct connection

Wisa is a new tech and is superior protocol.

I hope this finds you well.
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NQVHNWI
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Posted March 7, 2015 at 11:12 GMT
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Im really not up to date on TV standards anymore. This post may be very out dated in the fast-moving UHD Digital world we find ourselves in now.

Perhaps someone can clarify my statement but I envisage that a French supplied Avant would have capability for receiving SECAM transmission standards. Have you checked that it can receive and decode SECAM and PAL?

You email reads as if you did a bit of holiday shopping in France and have returned (I assume to the UK?).

Forgive me if I've got all my facts wrong on this.

I remember taking a Mk1 BV7 to the Kyrgyz Republic of all places only to find it is probably the only other country in the World other than France to use SECAM standard. I could not get the tuner configured to receive local TV and/or SAT signals.

 

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tournedos
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Posted March 7, 2015 at 17:12 GMT
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Mr 10Percent wrote:
Perhaps someone can clarify my statement but I envisage that a French supplied Avant would have capability for receiving SECAM transmission standards. Have you checked that it can receive and decode SECAM and PAL?

This used to be a problem earlier, but digital TV has mostly eradicated that as I don't think anybody wants to watch analogue SD programming on a TV such as the Avant. DVB is pretty much the same everywhere (North America of course needs to be different and is using ATSC). Also, technology has become much cheaper so most TVs are multistandard anyway.

Mr 10Percent wrote:
I remember taking a Mk1 BV7 to the Kyrgyz Republic of all places only to find it is probably the only other country in the World other than France to use SECAM standard. I could not get the tuner configured to receive local TV and/or SAT signals.

All of former Soviet Union was SECAM. They also used OIRT sound system instead of CCIR, allegedly to make it more difficult for the citizens to follow Western broadcasts. With a domestic receiver, all they got was black and white picture with no sound. Home made multistandard conversion kits were very popular in Estonia on the coast line, which is separated from Finland by only 60 km of sea and so they could easily receive Finnish television (the Soviets would've liked a different directional pattern for the transmitter). An amusing incident happened in 1987 when a Finnish channel aired Emmanuelle the movie. Most of Estonia practically shut down for the day, as all who could, would relocate themselves to Tallinn to their friends or relatives to witness the event.

Sorry for the digression, but it is impossible to give a sensible answer without knowing where the OP is actually going to use his Avant.

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