Millemissen wrote:

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

There is a tv - and there is a BV.

I just hope it doesn’t intergrate it with everything else and just the 14

PK wrote:

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

 

Hello PK,

I am on the Horizon beta program and just saw your post.

The app should work as you describe. Unfortunately music can not be added to the play queue, though you can control other functions like changing channels, volumes and some others. Plus there are other options to play music as posters have mentioned.

I have a fault in on being unable to play music via the app. I believe the Horizon was supposed to have this capability. They could not understand why it was not working.  Though it does seem B&O have backed away from this view now. The Horizon has been dropped out of the online documentation. So we will see.

B&O have a list of Horizon fixes they are working on. As to what is on the list and the prioritisation I do not know.

Thanks beoaus.

Hi beoaus

I agree with what you write.

Even the website Page of the horizon sort of mentions this. It does mention you can send music to the horizon (as a cast device) which we know you can do

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Tonight after Thai food and a non alcoholic beer 🍻 (serious lol) I pressed the integrate button on the essence through the setup on the essence.

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So now it works that I select the 14 and it plays via the app (using the essence as its source)

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Now - didn’t I tell you 😉

I just don’t have a BV14 (or Horizon) to demonstrate it - and take pictures.

Thanks for testing 👍

Your Essence now has gotten a new life!

MM

In my setup if I have an ir-eye connected to the essence if I press the join button on the IR-eye shouldn’t that fire up the BV14 when I already have music playing on my A9 and BS1?

I would have thought it would

No, the Essence will only fire up the BV14, when it is integrated with it - which means that it basicly is controlled via the BV14.

It is kind of part of the BV14 in that case.

Pushing Join on the BV14 = the BeoRemote will do the trick then.

MM

As an integrated part it should not have an ir eye connected - and you can tuck it away somewhere......as long as it is on the same network as the other devices.

MM

I have nearly the same setup (BV14, integrated Core). Somtimes there is a small „leap“ at the beginning of a new song (after 10-45 sec). It occurs when listening to Deezer or a DLNA Server.

The Core and the BV14 are connected via LAN, so I don‘t think it is a network problem!?

Any help or advice would be great!

Hi,

The answer to your questions is yes and no (I know confusing right)

Yes, you can use the Horizon as a stand-alone music system however it may not be in the way you're thinking.

The Horizon should have GoogleCast enabled as standard and you should be able to cast straight from your mobile device to the television. This should prompt the Deezer app to launch on your Horizon and basic controls enabled from your mobile device.

To go into more detail - start by launching the Deezer app or whichever app you'd like to cast from and it should either show you the Casting symbol or say devices available - Select the Horizon and it should launch it and allow you to control directly through your app.

What I have not tested is whether you can "wake" the Horizon from "standby" via GoogleCast - I shall let you know my findings once I have tested!

I hope no-one else covered this on this thread as I haven't read through it all in detail. If someone has please ignore!

Thanks

Vish

BeoVishion wrote:

Hi,

The answer to your questions is yes and no (I know confusing right)

Yes, you can use the Horizon as a stand-alone music system however it may not be in the way you're thinking.

Of course you are right.

But the initial question was:

’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.’

Using GoogleCast can be a workaround, but not the real solution - therefore the suggestion of integrating an Essence/Core.....

....or PK’s own idea of adding a second hand BS Moment.

P.S. I am pretty sure, that casting will wake up the Horizon.

MM