[Carolpa]

Madskp wrote:

Another idea that will work best for video sources…..

same type idea, but you were somewhat quicker

[Carolpa]

TWG wrote:

Hello Johan, yes, the Beosystem 3 manages the HDMI inputs (Streamer, Blu-Ray…).

What if:

BC6 (option 4) DVI  connected to BSys3; command Link-PC to start PC source on BC6.
BC2 (option 0) and BSys3 (option 2) ML connected and Scart connected; the BSys3 then is the ML leader; BC6 is solemnly the monitor.

Now the only thing: what about sound coming from the BC6 speakers, maybe a cable from Steve; PL to RCA will do the trick

[Carolpa]

Foghamshire wrote:

Dear all, It has taken me sometime, but was chuffed that I managed to control various automated actions in my home using my verbal instructions to Alexa that using IFTTT and connection to my BLI that did all sorts of useful things. Saying “Good Night” I could turn all my ambient lighting off as well as my Beovision and head up the wooden hill to Bedfordshire. Since 31st October Alexa and IFTTT went their separate ways I have lost that functionality. https://help.ifttt.com/hc/en-us/articles/19823288619419-An-important-update-to-the-Alexa-IFTTT-service This is a real shame. I guess there will be a work around and was looking for advice for a solution. Rather than go off and try and find a solution, there are cleverer people than me out there that will already have got this sorted. If someone could send me off in the right direction, that would be most helpful. All advice welcomed Cheers, Gary

Presumably “Home Assistant” will do the trick of combining Lights, Alexa, BLI and B&o.

 

[Carolpa]

Guy wrote:

EDIT: There may be a conflict due to having two ML audiomasters (the Beolink converter acts as one, plus the BC2)

This is the cause of the issue.
Presumably the BC9500 won’t accept option 5 or 6, so try with your BC2 in option 6.

note: the BC2 becomes a local device and can’t be distributed to other rooms. The BC9500 becomes the audio master. The sources of the BC9500 can be distributed to other rooms.

[Carolpa]

Sandyb wrote:

Guessing you are not a Theatre owner? (forgive me if I am wrong) All the settings are done through the app, nothing on the TV itself. So within the app, once you have paired a BR1 to your Theatre, the separate settings section on Sources allows you to pick and order your Remote List – both under the BR1 TV and Music buttons. It then syncs to the physical BR1, and works well, with changes made in the app reflected quickly on the handheld remote.

Actually  I own a Theatre. But I never thought of and noticed this feature and I was thinking of the Harmony while writing my response. So I learned something today .

Relating back to my previous thread comments re this beta, the new app design should aim for the drop down source list ( at least for the Theatre) mirroring the Remote Lists that you have set in the app and are sync’d to the BR1, as a minimum starting point.

Fair enough

[Carolpa]

Sandyb wrote:

I can’t speak for ML/NC converter sources etc, but as a starting point the app should mirror the TV/Music lists we have configured for our BR1’s. I can’t see why the app should show something especially different.

Doesn’t the BR1 (BT) follow the settings of the TV and not the opposite? Does a re-ordering in the BR1 change the source order in the TV?

ML/NL converter: for the moment I do have all the Line-In an CD sources available. A.Tape (A.Mem) and Phono (N.Radio) are missing.

[Carolpa]

Severed_hand_of_skywalker wrote:

From a UX perspective the designers at B&O need to understand that when you choose another speaker to add to multi-room the first thing it does it make a big yellow bar fill up to the right of the volume bar which gives the impression that it is going to play at full volume. It’s a really poorly done.

Sorry, I disagree. I find this gives a easy to see, direct notification, which multiroom, one has selected. And the possibility of full volume didn’t even crossed my mind; for me it is just the selection off….

[Carolpa]

I never tried a second one because one seems to be sufficient in our house. But you can go to Systems and add a second driver to Global or a Zone/Area (I tried this and it is possible).

Then you should be able to add the settings and connections with this Hue bridge (same way as you did with the first one). Divide the lamps between the hubs and make Macros to set/stop room lights.

To be 100% sure send a mail to Khimo.

 

[Carolpa]

Severed_hand_of_skywalker wrote:

So version 5.4.1 just came out and it is still a total disaster and I’ll be downgrading. It isn’t showing sources properly at all. A9 shows nothing but 2 line inputs (Why 2?) and no option for B&O radio or anything else. My essence shows only line in. My Theatre shows online USB C line in.

I now do have some sources, but not all. For example al cd-players are shown (cd9000, cd3000 and cd7000). But other sources of my Beosystem 7000 or Beosound 3000 are not shown.
I find it a step forward…….. most (essential) sources are reachable.

Note: on all devices B&o Radio is accessible! In the main menu choose for example the A9, then start a station on the B&o radio (right below icon in main menu); the same for music (Deezer or dlna)

a RENAME function of all the Line In sources should be considered

[Carolpa]

Hiort wrote:

@Hiort – As you didn’t complete the Google Setup, were you able to set the Wifi settings in the B&O config without Google? And are you able to perform Bluetooth pairing in the B&O app/ config webpage like other speakers?

I dont think I can do that actually.

the configuration pages for the BS1 (<IP_address_BS1>)  differ from the other (simular) devices, such as the Essense mkII or BS35 or BP A6?

For these you can skip the Google setup but still setup WiFi.

First, the same was also said of the Balance GVA, but it was actually possible to set it up without Google (about the dots I do not know, because I simply do not use them).

[Carolpa]

pontios wrote:

Interesting. Can you please tell me what issues? As I already indicated, I am not touching the original drive (I am keeping it as backup) and I also made a full image, so that I can recreate it at any time. I am going to try with Win 7 embedded but also 2009 and IoT 2016. I really got nothing to lose and as it is my profession, I enjoy playing about now that I have the Beomaster and I haven’t yet set it up. I am sure though, that the 1GB PC5200 Ram is not going to cut it, so I am going to replace it with 4Gb if possible or worst case 2Gb. At the end of the day, it’s just an application that runs by default, when windows loads. That’s pretty much what windows embedded/IoT does (not exactly, but close). Will update as soon as I got clones and backup image done.

I do not precise remember the issues, but it had to do with what was installed and what not of the Embedded version.

[Carolpa]

Millemissen wrote:

Seems you get only the internal physical sources with the new beta. And not the built-in like Netradio etc……….I wonder if these are the mysterious “non-deterministic” sources ;-( With the Theatre you also get the sources of the LG-tv. MM

I do have to adjust my previous remark: I have available sources visible for the Theatre

[Carolpa]

thx MM
exact the same version, but no sources visible: see examples

beolab 28                       BS  Balance                    BS35

[Carolpa]

strange enough, despite the latest sw version , I only get “Line in” as source on all and “usb”, “optical” on some of my devices.

but this leave me with the question, what is the latest beta sw version?

[Carolpa]

pontios wrote:

Will do. Windows XP, I can work with. I just want to clone the drive first, so that I have a backup and then I will start playing like crazy. I’ll even try to update to Win 7 or more and see what happens.

It is Windows XP Embedded.
You cannot update it to W7 just like that…… I did update a Beomedia 1 to W7 Embedded once (in 2016 the year Microsoft stopped the updates for the last XP versions). Got it working with issues, then wanted to reinstall the W7 Embedded again and made a mess by losing all partitions on the HDD………end project 🙁

[Carolpa]

YannChris wrote:

Hello Beoworlders, Well, this update is really un-user friendly. Especially when your setup mixes ML and NL products as the source selector is reduced to the utmost minimum. So I wish to roll back to the pevious version. But how to do? Have a nice sunday, Yann.

open Testflight
open previous Builds
select 5.3.0
select Install

[Carolpa]

On a iPhone on the other hand the Multiroom Selector and Playlist work as an layover. It looks good and seems to work flawless.

Maybe an idea to have the “now-playing” track also shown above the multiroom selector.

[Carolpa]

For me to much covers! And you have previous-next buttons and the previous and next covers at the same time. Maybe it looks better if the previous-next covers are smaller in size (?) or skip them altogether!
especial if  one choose the black bar in the main menu and all of the above info is shown immediately!
The “X” in the above left corner still annoys me! I keep pressing it to close the Multiroom selection. Would be nice to close this selection by swiping to the left.
And of course close the Playlist by swiping to the right

But on the other hand, I like the volume slider over the previous circle (it simply works better). And the Multiroom selection and volume adjustment are much nicer/better.

[Carolpa]

No source selection??? Seems essential!
It seems they only checked the iPhone to test the UI. With it faults, it looks okay on a phone, but imo for the moment it looks a mess on an iPad.

[Carolpa]

Mr10Percent wrote:

I am making a prediction that one of the new products slated over the next 12months will be a Beolink Converter device which will overcome legacy Mozart products which can’t join as a slave Beolab to another Beosound or Beovision

Agree….. and I think I know it’s name. But like Voldemort’s name, not to be pronounced. 🙂

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