S3 speakers arrived today - unpacking and first play!

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Its confusing how to connevt a pair stereo. So you need a cable for bl4pc ( stereo 3.5 to left and right 3.5mm cable) and if you set the volume on one speaker will it regulated simultaneously on the other speaker? Or can you connect a stereo signal at theleft speaker and connect the output from the left speaker (stereo 3.5mm-3.5mm) to the input from the right speaker. And set both on master mode ( orange). And can you set the volime on either the left or right speajer? The explanation is very confusing. I want to use it as a stereo wired setup with either stereo or usb input. 

Hope you could help me..

Does anyone know how to overcome the problem of the following:

I have 2 BeoPlay S3 speakers and whether I pair them via Bluetooth or line lead between the 2 speakers (whether playing using my iPhone or MacBook Pro) one speaker deactivates are 15 minutes.

Is there any way to get both speakers playing all the time. Without one switching off?

I feel your pain, my response was basically return it to amazon and they had not heard of this issue. The standby mode is annoying! Even cuts out in the middle of audio when using an aux cable.  This product has been out for a while now and this is my first venture into b&o and whilst the sound is brilliant, it seems to be very picky as to when it wants to cooperate. If it continues behaving like this, it'll be returned.

Now in Denmark at 'Computer City' 1199dkk

The Beoplay app has been updated to work with the S3. And there's a software update for the S3 itself. And I thought B&O had forgotten about the S3. 

So how do we get that software update? Can anyone explain what I have to do? :)

Go to Beoplay.com/support and download the software update program for Mac or Windows. Then connect your S3 via USB to your computer and follow the instructions. For some reason, the update program is not on the S3 support page, but you can download it from the H8 support page, for example. It's exactly the same program. 

What is the improvement after the update? 

Kind regards

For a start, the speakers now work with the Beoplay app. Also, it seems the Bluetooth delay is no longer present. I've not had a chance to pair up the speakers as a stereo pair yet, but I'm hoping that will now be easier (through the app) and more reliable. 

good to know. I'll try updating my S3 as asap. 

I also thought B&O has completely forgot S3 and did not put any resource to it. I'm glad I was wrong. 

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