[Mbee]

I don’t see the point of this topic. BV10 is yesterday’s B&O, a time where you needed to as your dealer to come add a device to the PUC list (a thing I did at first install and added Apple TV to my BV8 in 2015, a puc code that is still working today with new Apple TV versions).

Today’s « dysfunctional » B&O is connected to the internet and let you add any puc via direct download if available.

Maybe you were speaking of the day where there was no PUC at all, everything worked indeed, but features were very limited…

[Mbee]

@Severed hand of skywalker: we’re speaking of Beosound 5 Encore here, a device where Windows has never been…

On my side, I sold mine because I was moving home were it didn’t had a place to be manipulated from the couch anymore, and because it’s not compatible with streaming services, but I think that it’s still a great way to browse digital music « physically » with the big wheel and MOTS system. If you search something to have a physical interface with your flax library on your NAS, it could still be interesting, but be prepared to clean your library (cover images are limited in size and must be names folder.jpg for instance).

On the other side, I’m not sure B&O radio will continue to work on it for a long time, and if you use streaming services or want to mainly control your playback via remote (app is not available for it), it will just be painful.

[Mbee]

No, it can only work with a Mozart TV (only the Theatre currently) and Mozart speakers (Level/Balance…)

[Mbee]

Hi,

I had the exact same issue with my Eclipse MKI (which is basically the same product) : once the EEPROM board (a daughterboard connected to the Eclipse Motherboard) has been replaced, no issue anymore.

The replacement including labour was about 60o€ (for an Eclipse, I hope it’s less on a Stage)

[Mbee]

Works, only issue is that you don’t have mybuttons configuration available.

[Mbee]

The interesting thing is that the screen saver has been delayed strongly, so I never see it anymore (LG C3), so even if there’s an ad before the screensaver, I may not see it.

[Mbee]

Feature wise, I’ll be happy to get the display of radio stations and music titles in audio mode like on the Harmony, but at the bottom of the screen instead of the top, when using my Eclipse.

[Mbee]

@T.W.G this API only works with Mozart based products, ASE and older cannot be controlled this way.

[Mbee]

Why did they release an ugly bulky stand? The original looks way better. Also, the black of the 9000c looks cheap, like a Sony counterfeit of the original!

[Mbee]

Why not… maybe release a limited app (time or functions) with a one time (9,99€) payment to unlock everything.
I hate subscription apps, would not try if it’s subscription based.

[Mbee]

Ok, so it’s a Core with Mozart and HDMI ARC.

If it’s also HDMI CEC, it can allow control of any TV with BR1, but B&O don’t say that so I would not bet on it… Maybe that could also come in the future.

The only problem I have with it it that it raises again the price for Core, and it replaces the Core where a lot of people don’t need HDMI (for audio use only). I would have preferred that they had kept the Core for people who don’t need HDMI.

 

[Mbee]

I can confirm, LG C3 on mkI Eclipse Soundcenter works, with a bit of diy work (homemade brackets, that’s all). Futureproof not guaranteed but Soundcenter MkI is using HDMI ARC so quite standard.

[Mbee]

I would worry a bit, as the screen is very fragile.

If you have a motorized stand : on the TV menu, select « transport mode » in the stand options.
Remove the front panel first and put it in a safe place.
Disconnect every cable, unscrew the screen part from the sound center, and never pinch the screen while moving it. Also, never put your hand higher than the top of the electronic box, because if you take it at a higher point, it will bend and break (tested, I can assure that it can break easily). It’s a two men job.
Then the best is to put the panel in its original box with the polystyrene parts in their places.

for the sound center : just unscrew the extremity panels and place them in a safe place, as there are at the extremities, they can be easily scratched when moving.

Unscrew the sound center from its stand and place it in a box (quite heavy but one man can do that alone).

…and then have fun moving the motorized floor stand if you have one, that’s like the big discs at the gym ?

 

[Mbee]

XavierItzmann wrote:

I thought B&O Radio was gone forever but

B&O radio has always been there for devices supporting it natively (my example was BLC NL/ML which don’t support it).

To get B&O radio from the app, you just have to select your speaker/tv on the main menu, and then, instead of going in the black bar and try to find something on sources, you just have to click to the ((o)) (radio logo) button at the bottom right of the screen and select a radio, it is then played on the selected speaker. It’s the same for Deezer integrated (music « note » button at the bottom in the middle)

[Mbee]

matteventu wrote:

 

You’re never going to see B&O Radio, Music an Deezer again in that list, no matter how long you wait or pray

Personally I never prayed for it but strangely the B&O radio source from my linked A9 shows on the Music list of my BLC NL/ML (BV8)… Music is doubled, and the never used (in Europe) Qplay is also back in the source list…

[Mbee]

Did anyone manage to connect to a DLNA server from this app? Here it’s impossible, the server search gives no result even with 2 servers available (Plex & Synology)

[Mbee]

Hi Vedet,

changing the WiFi network on a B&O product is not intuitive (no WiFi menu on the device page) : you have to remove the product from the product list, and then the WiFi setup is accessible.

[Mbee]

No problem here with a 802.11ac mesh network (2 Linksys Velop), either with ASE products (BV Eclipse, Essence MKII, A9 MKII) or Mozart (Level). Note that the Level goes everywhere around the house and the garden, and there is no problem at all. I think this rumor comes from people with a bad wifi.

[Mbee]

Millemissen wrote:

What are ‘non essential inputs’?

Seeing the remaining inputs, I’d say that approximately all inputs were non essential to the eyes of the UX designers ?

[Mbee]

Millemissen wrote:

I wonder why this screen shows the arrow at the top by ‘tv’ and mine does not

Because you’re running this morning beta, and the triangle was added to this afternoon’s beta ?

Go to TestFlight to get the latest version.

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