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Playmaker keeps blinking white.
in General Discussion & Questions · Jan 4, 2025 21:45I have first tried plugged into my router with an Ethernet cable. Can’t seem to get passed the blinking white light stage. I tried resetting it again to try the wifi setup without any luck either. it just seems stuck at …
Playmaker keeps blinking white.
in General Discussion & Questions · Jan 3, 2025 23:12Just wanted to know if this one is salvageable. I tried to reset my playmaker , which it did. The light went red/orange, then blinking white. As far as I remember it should go solid white after a while and show up as a w…
Help!! Just bought house with 11 MCL speakers/transceivers
in BeoLink · Nov 7, 2023 18:41@BigLebowski I still have quite a bit of MCL and Masterlink in my setup. As I will be moving soon, I will have to leave most of the wiring behind and I will need to replace them and a few faulty/broken ones anyways. If y…
Thank God the Beoworld Forum is back
in General Discussion & Questions · Mar 21, 2022 21:49A big thanks to Keith to get the forum back up and running!
End of audio systems from B&O?
in General Discussion & Questions · Oct 5, 2021 15:40I bought a beosound 5 last year and it's now my favourite piece of B&O. My internet is fairly wonky because of construction in my neighbourhood so streaming is just not dependable. It will be like this for another year a…
Benefits of CD over streaming
in General Discussion & Questions · Sept 23, 2021 21:09[quote user="BenSA"] The big drawback of CD's, mainly when using a B&O Cd player, is the replacement of the lasers. I would play a lot more CD's if replacement lasers were easy to buy and replace. This is where streaming…
Beosound 5 not working and flashing red light
in Imported Content (Unmapped) · Sept 15, 2021 20:34This could be many things. The intermitted crashes could be a number of things : First thing to check is the fan inside. The system goes into protection when it gets too hot. Mine had similar symptoms and got resolved af…
The usual C/CX foam vs rubber question…
in General Discussion & Questions · Aug 12, 2021 19:17I have reconditioned several pairs of CX's a few years back. Mostly with new surrounds from GoodHifi. Besides the foam rot, It is almost imperative to replace the caps in the crossover. I have done it with all mine. They…
Any suggestion as speakers for a small room
in General Discussion & Questions · Jul 9, 2021 19:28[quote user="Peter"] Have CX100s attached to my 5500 system - never shrill - I wonder if they were set up in dealer fashion to sound exciting! However I would echo the S45.2 thought above - fantastic smallish speaker. [/…
Any suggestion as speakers for a small room
in General Discussion & Questions · Jul 9, 2021 14:40[quote user="lawrencejmcook"]I love the look of the CX100s and have a couple of pairs myself, but in my opinion they have searing treble and need careful positioning. Lawrence[/quote] Maybe time to recap them. Made a dif…
The Beosound 5 / Beomaster 5 resources future proof maintenance thread
in Imported Content (Unmapped) · Jul 8, 2021 13:51You can measure it out with a multimeter. Sorry can't be more of a help here. My knowledge is limited and only from experience.
Any suggestion as speakers for a small room
in General Discussion & Questions · Jul 8, 2021 13:39I always found that CX100 speakers are especially well suited to small rooms.
Any suggestion as speakers for a small room
in General Discussion & Questions · Jul 8, 2021 13:38I always found that CX100 speakers are especially well suited to small rooms.
The Beosound 5 / Beomaster 5 resources future proof maintenance thread
in Imported Content (Unmapped) · Jul 8, 2021 13:35Check polarity on the replacement condensers.
RIP BeoLink Multiroom (1982-2020)
in General Discussion & Questions · Jun 23, 2021 14:16[quote user="Millemissen"] No need to change everything to NL - I run a mixed setup too (that you can do this is one of the excellent things with B&O). Just curious - if/when you add the mentioned products - how you are …
RIP BeoLink Multiroom (1982-2020)
in General Discussion & Questions · Jun 22, 2021 22:03[quote user="Millemissen"] None rhe less…..in your previous post you wrote: ’ We will probably move next year and we will reevaluate at that point. Thinking of adding another Beosound1, stage and maybe a pair of 18's or …
RIP BeoLink Multiroom (1982-2020)
in General Discussion & Questions · Jun 22, 2021 21:23[quote user="Carolpa"] NL is simple to use it works and is superior to ML and intergrates older ML systems. [/quote] ML is hardcoded into the systems I have connected and hardwired to each other, so it and is fully indep…
RIP BeoLink Multiroom (1982-2020)
in General Discussion & Questions · Jun 21, 2021 22:07I can see the attraction of Beolink and Netlink . The tap to join is a great feature. Netlink is probably an engineering delight, but over time, I am sure to make all products work is just a plain nightmare for B&O. Inst…
Introducing BeoModern
in General Discussion & Questions · Jun 14, 2021 21:25Sooooo cool ! 😐 Really lovely integration with the system. I would buy one if it were available...even as a kit.
My B & O system
in General Discussion & Questions · Jun 11, 2021 22:10beosystem3 is basically the brains in your B&O tv. It is a video and surround sound processor where all the inputs and outputs connect to. The Almando multiplay surround box (almando.com) is similar, more up to date and …