BS5 / Encore: navigation by genre?

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Give users the option to choose interface and use the genre tag if that is what they want. It would be very easy to implement such a feature.

MOTS is nice but not for serious listening (Sorry!) The same goes for playlists. At their best these features are very poor replacements for more advanced search functions.

I have tried all the dlna apps out there and in my view "Creation 5" is by far the best but it is still lacking and cannot yet replace BS5's near-control experience.

 

Location: Copenhagen

Don't now, however, really would like to have the genre option available, filled with my own data to prvent the issues described above, however, please see below the reply i got from B&O some days ago...

 

We are pleased to see you are the owner of BeoSound 5. 

I am sorry to inform you that we do not have plans to get the "GENRE" button back. You can create a favourite folder instead and then put your music in the folder your self by genre. 

Sorry for the negative answer 

Kind regards,
Bang & Olufsen a/s
Customer Service (Denmark)

That's the same email i got from B&O too😭

koning wrote:

That's the same email i got from B&O too😭

Count me in!

 

Location: Copenhagen

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