When they release the software, I will be buying a Beo5. At the moment I don't like the idea of having to go back to the dealers. Then I can set it at home wher it will be used and make whatever changes I want.

Craig🙂

HI Everyone, I just thought I would confirm my "happiness" as an owner of a Beo5. In context I also want to state that I am using it in a brand new Beoliving installation (Samsung SPA 800B Projector, BS3, Future Automation Projector Lift BEO PD2, Stewart in ceiling screen, PS3, Lab 5s, Lab 3s, BS9000 & BV 5 linked via RF Amp to master bed).

The Beo 5 works absolutely fine. And to respond to one of the threads here in relation to it looking cheap and plasticky, well, on the looks, I love it, the usual B&O design statement to "catch the eye" etc and in relation to its "delicateness" well, let me say this - when I talk to James the dealership manager about this (as my remotes get a good hammering from the kids and the Beo 4 has stood up well from being dropped several times), he picked up the Beo 5 and dropped it from waist height directly on to a hardwood floor - not a scratch and worked perfectly fine - my mind still cannot comprehend this and so DON'T TRY THIS AT HOME !.

So in terms of its effectiveness - well, first of all I have the luck in having James Pyne in Melbourne who not only knows his products very well but is absolutely passionate about service to his clients. He has set up my Beo 5 and it works very very very well. the Cinema on (screen comes down, PD2  Projector lift comes down, as the screen reaches its bottom stop position the BV4 50" switches picture from it to the screen, timed with the Projector reaching warm up state and picture now on screen) all this from one button press. Similarly, Cinema off is the reverse including timing for a 3 minute cooling off period of the projector before it recedes back into the ceiling and pictire switches to the BV4.

Finally, yes there are one or two "button presses" that are more effective on the Beo4 but I hardly notice this and am now only using the Beo5.

 In summary I make three points.

1. It works provided you have reasonable scope and a number of pieces of equipment that you need to control as in Beoliving.

2. It is just as robust as the Beo 4 as demonstrated to me.

3. It has to be properly set up for you.

Note: I do have the configuration software and have "played with it off line - my recommednation is that you don't. This is CURRENTLY  a pretty complex piece of software, it needs online access to the dealer network, acess for updates, so is also currently really useless to the private user and in my humble opinion you don't really want to be screwing things up (although saying this I know that there are equally passionate private "configurers" who can and want to do their own templates etc.).

Regards

 Peter