Upgrading Masterlink system with Beolab 28 and multiroom solution

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MartinRK wrote:
so if I play a radio station from a Core from TuneIn, I can join that from the BL 28 even though BL28 has B&O Radio and not TuneIn ?

And also the other way around (B&O Radio from BL 28 to a Core and/or Beoplay A6 ?)

Right

 

PhilLondon wrote:

One first remark...

I read the Beolink Passive (as speakers), the Beolab 3000 and 4500 have issues working with the Core. I have the Beolab 3000 and the Core and NL/ML Converter (used as a Beolink active) don't turn the speaker on. It is documented in a thread somewhere on the forum.

Also, I’m not sure if they still do the Core with IR. You might want to use a Essence MK II instead. But it may have the same problem with the BeoLink passive. Beoworld app with direct photo upload and emoticons. Other apps: Conslt , The Story Mouse .

Yes, the passive will drive passive build-in speakers in the rooms.

In the wine cellar they are build into wooden wine boxes placed on the shelves with the cables to the passive hidden inside the shelves - can’t change that setup 😁

I read in another thread that Steve from Sounds Heavenly can custom build these cables, so I hope it will be doable. If IR eyes are not sold by B&O anymore, I have to find them on the secondhand market.

MartinRK wrote:
If IR eyes are not sold by B&O anymore, I have to find them on the secondhand market.

The Core does not have a connection for the IR. Only some early model had it. The essence MKII has this connection.

You'll need a Bluetooth remote, such as the Beoremote One BT, the essence remote...

isn't it the other way around, so the early models didn't have the IR connection?

This thread tells about the difference between Core mk1 and mk2, that has the IR connection (mk2, type no 3051)

MartinRK wrote:

isn't it the other way around, so the early models didn't have the IR connection?

This thread tells about the difference between Core mk1 and mk2, that has the IR connection (mk2, type no 3051)

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Correct!

 

MM

Location: Flensborg————Danmark

Oops, sorry!

Well, that's a good surprise then, I own one of the new one and had no idea. But then where do you connect it??

From what I can see, it is in the DPL socket

Just bought a almost unused NL/ML Converter for 2.800 Dkr (375€), so I can try to play around with my setup

For now I will just try to unplug the BC9500/BG9500 from the ML system, connect it to the converter and see how it turns up in the B&O app.

Since I have Beoplay A6 as the only multiroom device for now, I will try to play the BC/BG through this as a start.

Can't really figure out if I will get any challenges with the BG9500 as N-Radio source together with TuneIn on the A6.

Is TuneIn/B&O Radio considered as N-Radio source in a multiroom setup with Cores and BL28, or is the Phono/N-Radio command conflict a leftover from the good old Masterlink and Beo4 days ?

and I also have to figure out if I can rename the N-Radio to Phono (or BG9500), so I will see that name in the app...

I have installed the NL/ML Converter with the Beocenter 9500/Beogram 9500, and it works perfect controlling all sources through the app 🙂

Many of my questions are now answered 🙂

I have renamed the converter and added it as a primarily product to the Beoplay A6 in the Beolink settings in the app, and I can see and control the BC sources together with the A6 sources - just great

MartinRK wrote:
I have installed the NL/ML Converter with the Beocenter 9500/Beogram 9500, and it works perfect controlling all sources through the app 🙂

Many of my questions are now answered 🙂

I have renamed the converter and added it as a primarily product to the Beoplay A6 in the Beolink settings in the app, and I can see and control the BC sources together with the A6 sources - just great

Nice work!

If a Beocenter 9500 source is playing on the A6 and you want to extent this source to other products it is possible the A6 in the app says it can't be extended. Then choose the Beocenter 9500 BLC in the app and extent the playing source from here to other products. 

 

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