No problem with radio in Denmark. 

Peter

N.Music is now working again in the U.S.

Duels wrote:

peterafox wrote:

 

Thanks Beolion!

 

 

A few questions... How do you connect the Chromecast Audio to the

 

 

I posted an answer to this with a link for the appropriate cable after you asked your question yesterday.

 

 

I'm curious about adding the Chromecast dongle to my BeoSound 5. Provided that you have your BeoSound 5 source set to AUX, are you able to include the dongle in casting from WITHIN the BeoX App, BeoMusic App, or BeoLink 2 App? I know that adding an NL converter would be the ideal solution, but the ability to include the dongle in chrome casting from within a B&O app would be a nice workaround (provided that one has at least one NL multi-room product).

beojeff wrote:

I'm curious about adding the Chromecast dongle to my BeoSound 5. Provided that you have your BeoSound 5 source set to AUX, are you able to include the dongle in casting from WITHIN the BeoX App, BeoMusic App, or BeoLink 2 App? I know that adding an NL converter would be the ideal solution, but the ability to include the dongle in chrome casting from within a B&O app would be a nice workaround (provided that one has at least one NL multi-room product).

You can group a ChromeCast Audio dongle connected to any aux-port (which mean also to the line-in of the BS5) with the ChromeCast part of one or more B&O NL device/s.

You must use Google Home for that.

But that does not turn your BS5 into a NL device and you will still have to activate A.Aux to get sound from the BS5 and to control the volume.

A workaround, yes - but it limits you to the cast feature, and you must deal with 3 control points: the cast-enabled app, the B&O app and the B&O physical remote (alternatively the controls on the BS5).

I am always doubting if I should start saving for a second hand BS5. I listen to spotify most of the time, CD's and vinyl. I currently have a setup with playmaker to my BM5500, but I am not too happy with the ipad or iphone as a controller. I'd rather use a steel weel of BS5 or a beo4 remote. However, the spotify on the BS5 appears to have similar functionality to the app on my 1st generation iPad, without the "my music" section with saved albums, but instead only "favourites" and "playlists" and "radio". Is that correct?

The lurking danger is that spotify will abandon these old devices, so buying a BS5 would then not the be a good investment for me. Unless it is possible to hack it to be more future proof?

beolion wrote:

I have a Chromecast Audio connected to the UCA222.

I do also have Spotify Connect installed.

Both works fine for me.

Are you saying you installed something on the BS5 that enables spotify connect? I am pretty sure you did not mean that, but since it is a windows machine it should be possible (I got it working on my Beomedia1, although I did not get the sound output right away and I stopped working on it).

Thanks

Is this a work around?

Bit of a gamble, could trash the whole kit and caboodle..

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/B-O-Beosound-5-Spotify-OEM-activation/302615250912?hash=item46754647e0:g:kfsAAOSwvktaZ7Rm

Was already discussed several times on the forum.

The maker also participated here - in fact he announced the solution here a while ago.

Some users did it/bought it - and seem to be contend.

MM

would be nice of him to publish the solution...🙂

Probably no longer available - or vanished?

Have a look at rhis thread:

/forum/imported-unmapped/beosound-5-amp-spotify

MM