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  • #44901
    Stan
    BRONZE Member

    I’m wondering if it is just me.ย  I’ve never much used the alarm feature on my bs2 mk1. I tried setting a B&O Radio station for an alarm, but it changes to alarm tone after saving it.ย  If I edit the alarm, it show up as alarm tone, and if I try to switch it to radio, it doesn’t let me change the station or save the changes.ย  I tried this on an Essenfe mk2, and it behaves the same.ย  Standby alarms work fine.ย  Is this a known bug somewhere?ย  Any known workarounds?ย  I did delete all the alarms and reboot the device, but that didn’t help.

    #44902
    Frederik
    BRONZE Member

    I have the same issue with my BS2. I think it is sine the switch to B&O Radio? Hope they will soon fix this.

     

    #44903
    Mark
    FOUNDER Member

    On ASE products there is a bug when you set the alarm the “easy” way but there is a way to do it.

    Go to Product Settings -> Configure -> Clocks and Timers -> Alarms

    You will see your current alarms there and when you edit them you can change the alarm action, save it, and you are good!

     

    #44904
    Frederik
    BRONZE Member

    Interesting, will try this out, thanks!

    #44905
    Mark
    FOUNDER Member

    That was the original way to configure the Beosound 2 or any other ASE system. ย This was before the B&O app came out. ย You would access the configuration page through a web browser with the URL similar to:

    https://beosound-2-26000000.local./index.fcgi

    where 26000000 would be the serial number of the unit.

    It still works, but it is easier to get to it now through tbe B&O app with Product settings -> Configure

     

    #44906
    Stan
    BRONZE Member

    Great information.ย  Thanks!

    #44907
    Mark
    FOUNDER Member

    Oh, and make sure your time zone (Location) is correct. ย One time after resetting my Beosound 2 I forgot to set the time zone and woke up 6 hours early!

    It’s under Settings -> Country

     

    #44908
    Frederik
    BRONZE Member

    Another question, do all BS2 versions have the alarm option? My BS2 and my friendโ€™s A9 both without GVA have the alarm function but my A9 with GVA has not. I donโ€™t really get why it is missing from my A9, seems a bit arbitrary.

    #44909
    Mark
    FOUNDER Member

    I have the original Beosound 2 so I don’t know about the next iteration. ย I remember it took a little while for the Mozart products to get the alarm. ย I don’t use GVA but would that have an alarm function? ย I don’t know why B&O wouldn’t include it across the board.

    #44910
    trackbeo
    BRONZE Member

    Likely not the A9 that is the exception, rather its GVA-ness: ย Wasn’t it the case that with GVA loaded, Google had control of your calendar(==schedule) thus prohibited licensees from having a function that “ought” to be done inside the Google ecosystem? ย Therefore I believe if you tell your Google Assistant to set an alarm on that device, it works just like Googoolians would expect. ย (Based on faded memories; I returned the only GVA product I ever purchased when it kept shouting at me its microphone was turned off. ย Too bad, really, it was the dregs of the BeoSound 1 NewYork Editions and was a real bargain.)

    #44911
    Millemis
    GOLD Member

    Probably because you can ask Google to wake you up ?

    MM

    Location: Flensborgโ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”Danmark
    #44912
    Frederik
    BRONZE Member

    May be, but the Mozart products with GVA do have the alarm function.

    I think it is a very wise decision of B&O to get completely rid of Google. There are so many little things that do not work on the GVA products that are not documented. And even worse, simple commands like โ€œturn off in 2 hoursโ€ just donโ€™t work ?

    #44913
    Stan
    BRONZE Member

    Yes, it’s definitely a GVA thing. My 1 ASE GVA device (a BS1 New York edition that i bought on a deep discount) doesn’t have the alarm option. Why allow a setting when you can just ask your technical overlord?

    #44914
    Mark
    FOUNDER Member

    That had to be a nightmare for B&O software-wise. ย They could control all the features of non-GVA devices but had to rely on Google for many of the features of the GVA devices. ย Of course the customer would complain to B&O if some Google feature didn’t work properly.

    I never bought the GVA version of a device.

     

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