Horizon as stand-alone music system

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Hi guys, let me chime in a bit to advise my findings

I have a Avant Gen 1, a BV 14 (android), a A9, A6, Essence Mk2, and a BS1.

I see all of these products on the B&O app, so naturally i thought that i would be able to do everything with them, and that is not the case

When i set up the BV14, the Deezer app would not work in my country for some unknown reason so i deleted the app and re downloaded one through the Google store.  odd, but it's B&O so nothing surprises me now.

I took all of these screen shots and photos of the BV14 and then i re-read your question.  It is not about the joining of sources, it's about using the Horizon (in my case BV14) as a stand alone music player.

You can use it as a stand alone music player with your BeoRemote One, but you cannot use it with the app as a music centre. 

I just tried on the BV14, i had music playing on the BS1 and i clicked join on the BR one = success

On the BV14 i also tried the app, with the BS1 playing and then "touch to join" on the app via the products menu = success 

i put all products in stand by

i then pressed BV14 on the app (products menu), it says "waking up" - it did not wake up = fail 

In the Beo app (music menu) and played on the BS1 i clicked the ... to expand to the BV14 - the 14 is not available in the ... menu but it is in the (products menu)

I went out of that, selected the 14 and then tried deezer and the message states "the selected product does not support playing deezer content" = is that because i deleted the deezer app or because it doesn't support it?

Findings:

- you can play Deezer on the BV14 via the BROne or other BV14 connected sources 

- you can stream from other NL products to the 14

- you can select any source from other NL products on the app (eg from the a9, BS1 etc) and that will play on the 14

- you cannot select the 14 from the app and play to it 

 

Hope this helps.  

Available in products

Not available in the ellipsis ... menu

Deezer playing through the deezer app via the beoremote one and the android OS

Assie Michael; We seem to have reached the same limitations. I'm able to do all the stuff you can do, and all that works just fine. I just wished i could do it all with the app. 

Thanks anyways for all your replies guys, really appreciate it! I will (some day) speak to my dealer and see if they have a fix for this or if they know if B&O is working on it.

PK i thought because that the app shows the BV14 that I will be able to do it, but i couldn't 

Thanks Michael for your chiming in!

What if you have e.g. the A9 connected to the Horizon (see pic below)?

in that case you should have the sources (some of them) as linked sources on the tv and available in the app.

I can not test that here, because my tv’s are V E1.0-based (Avant2014/V1) and I don’t use Deezer anyway.

When I play TuneIn from my (connected) Essence activated theough the tv, the stream starts there and the Essence is muted.

Ok - that will not solve the problem of PK, if he is not at all willing to engage his other NL product.

But it should work, when the BS1 is not needed in the house for anything else at the same time.

Could you maybe test that for the Horizon?

 

Only solution - if the BS1 must be keept out - is to have an Essence (2nd gen) or a Core set up as an integrated part of the Horizon.

This way the app surely will work.

 

MM

Location: Flensborg————Danmark

 

Here is a picture, that shows how the (linked) sources of my connected Essence appear in the list in the app.

 

Location: Flensborg————Danmark

@MM what is BeoCast in the sources list ?

😉 That is simply the nickname for the ChromeCast Audio dongle connected to the coax digital inut port on the V1.

MM

Location: Flensborg————Danmark

Millemissen wrote:

😉 That is simply the nickname for the ChromeCast Audio dongle connected to the coax digital inut port on the V1.

MM

There is a tv - and there is a BV.

Ha Ha you got me

 

‘Music’ plays on my tv - what more could you want........activated from the app!

 

Location: Flensborg————Danmark

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