Posts by Rendboell
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Beo4-Controlled Raspberry Pi setup for streaming Net Radio on BeoLabs
in General Discussion & Questions · May 17, 2026 10:38Hi Ravsted, I'm a bit late to this thread, but I would be very interested in using your setup. It sounds very interesting to use Rpi to control radio, music, etc. I need it for a Beomaster 7000, where you can get datalin…
BeoMaster 5 motherboard
in Wanted · May 16, 2026 19:03Hi all, Updated link to the service tool for Beosound 5 / Beomaster 5. BM5 Servicetool.7z Best regards, Rendboell
BeoMaster 5 motherboard
in Wanted · Apr 1, 2024 15:27Hello griebel, I am sorry to hear you have such big troubles. I have had similar crashes when the beomaster did not install correctly. Did you let the installation finish with two restarts and startup of the beomaster? C…
BeoMaster 5 motherboard
in Wanted · Mar 29, 2024 14:22I have tried SSD alignment after installation with no success. After alignment BM5 would not restart. I don't know why, but I could only make alignment working by doing a clean installation with Hirens Boot CD and Norton…
BeoMaster 5 motherboard
in Wanted · Mar 29, 2024 10:57Hello griebel, My system runs very smooth without any crashes since installing on an WD Blue SSD with correct alignment for SSD drives. It's up and running in 2 seconds from standby and the wheel have no hiccups searchin…
BeoMaster 5 motherboard
in Wanted · Mar 5, 2024 12:13Hi Guy, I am not familiar with the MX500, but Beoworld people report that it is not working: /forum/imported-unmapped/beomaster5-replace-hdd#post-2259291 Get a Western Digital Blue SSD with the Marvell Controller 88SS107…
BeoMaster 5 motherboard
in Wanted · Mar 5, 2024 00:20Attached short introduction to 2 ways of using the service tool. Best regards, Rendboell
BeoMaster 5 motherboard
in Wanted · Nov 16, 2023 21:32Hello Luc, Good to hear you got updates of N.Radio station working and nice to know that B&O still supports this rather old product. Well done Luc and B&O. Let us know if you need help with installing a new SSD. I can te…
BeoMaster 5 motherboard
in Wanted · Nov 13, 2023 14:21PS. Luc: In Settings on the BS5 display you can see at what date the N.RADIO was updated. Turn the wheel to Settings, then press ><>< and Go. Turn the wheel to Product Info. Look for N.RADIO update.
BeoMaster 5 motherboard
in Wanted · Nov 13, 2023 14:02Hello Gimbaz & Luc, ---- Gimbaz: My best guess is that the problem is related to the BM5 motherboard getting bad, so I think you need to repair it or get a new / used. It is reported that problems are caused by the capac…
BeoMaster 5 motherboard
in Wanted · Nov 12, 2023 17:30Hi Gimbaz, If you have set the usb drive to be first boot, then it should load by itself. Maybe you make the boot process fail, when you enter esc, etc. when the system is booting. Try to load by just making the usb driv…
BeoMaster 5 motherboard
in Wanted · Nov 11, 2023 22:32PS. I have just checked the zip file download. It is exactly the same size as the one I have on my harddrive, so there should be no issues with downloaded zip file. When I download the service tool it takes quite a long …
BeoMaster 5 motherboard
in Wanted · Nov 11, 2023 22:20Hi Gimbaz and Luc (sorry for the late answer), Gimbaz: Did you create the bootable service tool usb drive with ImageUSB 1.5 or with Hirens Boot CD 15.2 ? Luc: Have you tried to go into the BIOS and make the usb drive the…
BeoMaster 5 motherboard
in Wanted · Oct 22, 2023 16:02It is a bit of a mystery that updates are not working for radio stations, as I have no problems getting updates to latest software and radio stations. Some stations are not working as B&O has more than 10.000 stations to…
BeoSound 5 no network connection
in BeoSound · Jun 10, 2023 17:04As far as I recall, B&O recommend using a network switch connected to your router. I use this one to connect BM5: TP-Link TL-SG105
Beosound 5 / Beomaster 5 Service Tool
in BeoMaster · Jun 10, 2023 16:39If you want to use Hirens Boot CD and Norton Ghost to install a new SSD with correct alignment for SSD drives, then you have to unzip / unpack the 3.7 GB bin file to get the Image700.GHO (1.7 GB). Then follow instruction…
Beosound 5 / Beomaster 5 Service Tool
in BeoMaster · Jun 10, 2023 16:31Use ImageUSB 1.5 to copy the service tool to a USB stick. The bin file you want to copy to a USB stick is in this folder in the download: (1) Beomaster 5 Servicetool\BS5-BM5_ST\BS5-BM5_ST\ServiceTool\bm5 imageusb.bin (3.…
BeoMaster 5 motherboard
in Wanted · Jun 9, 2023 19:52Service Manual for Beosound 5 / Beomaster 5 attached. Best regards, Jens
Beosound 5 / Beomaster 5 Service Tool
in BeoMaster · Jun 9, 2023 19:50More attached guides: (1) How to replace the harddisk / HDD with a SSD drive to get a faster Beosound 5 / Beomaster 5, as well as how to backup the BM5 with Macrium Reflect. (2) How to install a 1 TB SSD drive. This is n…
BeoMaster 5 motherboard
in Wanted · Jun 9, 2023 14:42Hello all, Because of the interest in the Service Tool for BS5 / BM5, I have made the 2.5 GB zip file available for all. Use this link for download: BM5 Servicetool.7z Be patient with the download. It is highly compresse…