I suspect I could connect my essence which is not used and connect that as a source on the 14 and that could work with the app.

I think that’s the same scenario you were mentioning with the A9 MM?

Yes - but please notice that there are two ways of doing so:

1: connected

2: integrated

The first one is, when you have speakers with the product.

The second one is, when it uses the speakers of the tv only.

P.S. If you have the Essence unused now, I’d advice you to use it integrated with the BV.

You can hide it away somewhere - as long as it is on the same network....preferably wired.

MM

it's already on the network, i'll switch it on and integrate it with the BV14.

I might as well move it in the same room as the TV, and i can always run it with wires as i have a full complement of wires in the wall for this set up 

Don’t mean to hijack your thread PK but I believe that these findings also help you and are similar to what you may find

So I turned on my essence and set on the essence as Beovision 14

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On the BV 14 I chose essence

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The essence is in lounge room (at the mo) and the 14 is in the bedroom

However I can’t play something on the essence and it automatically plays on the 14 from the app which I was hoping

I have to use the app and play something on the essence and then add the 14 in a multi room setup

Interestingly when the 14 was off (standby) I couldn’t see it in the essence settings as an available source but could see all of the others.

I turned on the 14 then I could see it as an available source.

Have to think how I can play something on the essence and it starts up the 14 automatically and starts playing using the TV speakers.

Latest findings is that I just use the iPhone app Deezer and can cast to the 14

So therefore you use your app (but not b&o)

More findings to come

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Volume up and down on your iPhone shows as per the picture above

The TV screen shows

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And you can use the BROne to skip tracks

I just realised I had Wake on WLAN off on the 14

As I turned off the wireless as I have it plugged into the same network via Ethernet.

Ok I think I got it to work with the app

Now I have wake on lan on and wireless off

In the app I tapped the 14 and it said it couldn’t be reached then the 14 indicator said yes and went green

And I could select the essence as the source.

However deezer is not an available source like it is in the Avant

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One more test to do later is that if I play something on my iPhone on the app can I add the 14 as a speaker and that’s what I think PK was trying to do

“One more test to do later is that if I play something on my iPhone on the app can I add the 14 as a speaker and that’s what I think PK was trying to do”

Which you cannot do. You need to select a product first then a source.

When the app first came out you could play then add a source but it changed to the other way around.

So my findings is that:

- you can select the 14 from the app

- you cannot play deezer from the app on the 14

- you can select an integrated source

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Aussie Michael wrote:

Don’t mean to hijack your thread PK but I believe that these findings also help you and are similar to what you may find

 

However I can’t play something on the essence and it automatically plays on the 14 from the app which I was hoping

I have to use the app and play something on the essence and then add the 14 in a multi room setup

Have to think how I can play something on the essence and it starts up the 14 automatically and starts playing using the TV speakers.

Been trying to tell you that the option ‘integrated setup’.....check that box 🤪

is intended for a setup, where e.g. the Essence uses the speakers of the BV.

You’ll see, that it then will turn on the BV, when you play TuneIn, Deezer...

MM

i think an integrated essence/core would solve the problem just like you showed Millemissen. But it is a rather expensive solution... The multiroom solution works pretty well so i don't think it's worth while buying an additional essence/core. But a second hand Moment might just be :) I have seen these on the second hand marked for half the stickerprice. 

Aussie Michael; go ahead, hijack my thread 🙂 I believe a lot of good solutions are coming from this! btw, nice BV14! love the fret on those!