Hi jbrown77

1: None that I know of! 

The ‘simplest’ way would be to have a seperate Beo4/Beolink1000 for this.....although not the nicest option.
If anyone has a better idea - without engaging some kind of home automation - I’d be very interested.

2: All bluetooth lamp controlling I know of require a smartphone or a seperate controller.

Again....if anyone has a bright (!) idea here, I am all ears.

Sorry for not being able to provide a solution - it is a problem I also have!

MM

Even if there was a BT controlled switch you would still have many clicks to use it. you would have to go to list and scroll and select the BT device (list, up, go, down, go as far as I remember) and then pick the appropriate light function   

Thanks MM, 

Thinking about  it , B&O should be able to resolve in the remote SW. All it would need is for each function to have a selectable IR method. Choose IR or BT in the setup. So on all the sources such as Sky ATV etc you would configure BT and for lights IR.

seems like they have taken a backwards step from the very intuitive approach they have taken in the past

I would not call that ‘a backwards step’.

They just realized that hardly anyone (with a BT-based B&O setup) would use these old devices.....except for you and me 😉

Today everything is home automation based and the remote is made for that.

Would be way too much efford to programme the BROne software to do that.

The logical next step of a BROne would be a BT-only version (and maybe also with wifi).

MM

A good solution for you would be to get B&O's BLGW or BLI home automation system. It's a bit of a cost, but the flexibility is great.  You could replace your bulbs with Philips Hue bulbs and have total control. If you wanted to keep your Boscom, you can use iTach Global Caché with the BLGW/BLI to send the LIGHT IR commands via IR emitters.

Can you not assign the "Light" button to one of the 4 custom buttons? 

It works for me...

PhilLondon wrote:

Can you not assign the "Light" button to one of the 4 custom buttons? 

It works for me...

Please explain!

Would that work, if the remote is in bluetooth mode (controlling e.g. the Eclipse, that jbrown77 has)?

MM

I would say that this issue is because of burnout in there Brain at struer.. you have same issue with for ex Beosound and eclipse even with NL-ml converter 

you need a beo 4 for the Beosound If you not want go thru this long steps in Br1 bt remote i can only say they have a major hole in there head then making sw for Br1 bt  ,

of course they should have it possible to have bt on for ex TV functions and IR for AUDIO and for ex light 

Anywone can undestand it but not struer..

Millemissen wrote:

Again....if anyone has a bright (!) idea here, I am all ears.

Use a Lightmanager Pro some are made for BEO !  Unfortunatly not more available but sometimes as second hands!