Horizon as stand-alone music system

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Hi!

Is it possible to use the Horizon as a stand alone music system and control it from the beoapp? I've tried with mine but the app says that it not supported.

it would be lovely to be able to play music direct from the app to the TV without having to route it through my Beosound 1... 

 

Best regards

For BeoSystem 4-televisions you can achieve this by integrating an Essence or Core. I guess it is the same for the Android-based televisions.

For BeoSystem 4-televisions you can achieve this by integrating an Essence or Core. I guess it is the same for the Android-based televisions.

For BeoSystem 4-televisions you can achieve this by integrating an Essence or Core. I guess it is the same for the Android-based televisions.

I don't want to involve BS1 at all :) 

I can't wake the TV up from the B&O app and i can't play music directly to the TV from the app without routing it through an essence or BS1. So every time I want to play music in my living room I have to start playing in my kitchen and then join whats playing in the kitchen with the TV in the living room.

 

Hi PK,

Do you have homemedia as a source on your TV? If you do, and if you have your own music on a NAS, then you could point your TV at the NAS and directly access music that way.

Lawrence

PK wrote:

 So every time I want to play music in my living room 

When you say ‘play music’, what do you exactly mean?

Do you mean from the built-in/installed apps or from the other NL device without activating it - means that the sound there is muted aka ‘borrow a source’?

What is ‘music’? Is it from an external source e.g. Spotify/Deezer, something that is stored on your mobile device or from a NAS in the network - or maybe radio-music?

In the (Bang & Olufsen) app - which devices appear there?

Silly, but important question: is the Horizon on the same (wifi)network as the other device/s?

MM

Location: Flensborg————Danmark

In addition to MM’s question (and this goes to the heart of “are you a streamer” or do you have existing media and your own local digital library, have you looked at attaching to your BV a ChromeCast and/or Apple TV for music (or any of the other cheaper dongle devices).

Hi!

I mean stream from Deezer. I want to be able to use the Horizon exactly as i use the BS1. 

I do not wish to use the Deexer app in the TV as it is not good. I also prefer the iPhone as controller, easier to search among other things. 

No NAS, only streaming through NL.

In the B&O app the following papers: BS1, Horizon, Essence. 

They are in the same wifi network. It is no problem joining another source (BS1 or Essence) and play the same thing on the TV but I can't play it directly on the TV

You could look at a “dongle” for the Horizon (like an Apple TV) even though it’s indirect play.
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