4x Beolab 18 speakers, 1 Beolab 19 sub, Transmitter 1, Beoconnect Core

[Joseph Santo]

Hi all,

Brand new to this forum! I’ve been attempting to figure out an issue for a customer of mine.

My customer has 4 Beolab 18 speakers, 1 Beolab 19 sub, a single Beolab Transmitter 1, and 1 Beoconnect Core.

I was able to connect a pair of speakers and the subwoofer and it sounded great. What my customer would like to do is connect a second pair of speakers to the same Transmitter 1. He has a large room and wants 2 18s on one side of the room as left channel speakers and 2 speakers on the right side of the room as right channel speakers.

The speakers themselves are connected using WISA from the Transmitter 1. The Beoconnect core is connected via 1 Powerlink cable. Powerlink port on the Core to the PL1 on the Transmitter 1.

Is this possible? When I’ve connected the second pair of speakers, according to the documentation it connects the second pair as surrounds. What I essentially want is 2 pairs of stereo speakers.

I know I could purchase another Core and Transmitter 1 and then group these 2 separate pairs in the B and O app. If that is the route we have to go, I can suggest it to my customer.

Any help would be appreciated.

 

Joe

[tph]

Because you’re just looking to do 2x left channel and 2x right channel, what might actually be the simplest solution is to add a Power Link splitter between the Beoconnect Core and the Transmitter. This way you can just connect the resulting two Power Link outputs – both carrying left and right channels – to the corresponding inputs for each pair of speakers on the Transmitter.

In any case I advise against adding a second Core and second Transmitter – you would have to group these using Beolink Multiroom, which does not guarantee nearly tight enough sync for your application.

• This reply was modified 2 weeks, 3 days ago by tph.

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[Joseph Santo]

To follow up:

What I tried was the powerlink splitter to do exactly what you described in your post. This did not work as the 2nd pair of speakers connected over WISA still output the sound as surrounds.

What I ended up doing was getting second used Transmitter 1. Using the powerlink splitter from the core to PL1 port on EACH transmitter 1. Each transmitter 1 has a pair of speakers paired over WISA. This ended up working and the sound is really nice and stays in sync.

Now I need to fix the wifi in the room as the Core has a weak wifi connection and is intermittent.

I appreciate your message. Thank you!

• This reply was modified 2 weeks, 2 days ago by Joseph Santo.

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