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When I had my A8, it was running on wifi – so that should not be a problem.
The problem is your new router/the settings.
Hard to say anything, when one does not know the brand, the settings, the strenghts of the signal.

After resetting it, I would try connecting it with a cable – that some times helps and can give you access to the menu for the wifi password.
Use the Bang & Olufsen app to set it up.

MM

Location: Flensborg————Danmark

[Millemis]

@etype76
Why should you need a ‘preamplifier’?

MM

Location: Flensborg————Danmark

[Millemis]

Great – we should be happy to be the costumers of such a company.
Not many would offer that kind of service for a buyer of a second hand product, that is long eol.

Personally I haven’t heard of this before – but obviously they knew.

Have fun with your M5.

P.S.
This should be the latest/recent sw:
Software 2.1.50868 – Release date 31st October 2022

MM

Location: Flensborg————Danmark

[Millemis]

The Beosound 8 never had a wifi/network connection option.

MM

Location: Flensborg————Danmark

[Millemis]

Ich kann da nicht viel helfen.

Aber eine Anleitung findest du hier…..falls nicht schon bekannt:

https://www.manualslib.de/manual/18428/Detoma-C550-Aktiv.html#manual

MM

Location: Flensborg————Danmark

[Millemis]

FrankieFrank88 wrote:

The latest official release didn’t have any of these problems.

 

Unfortunately I can not say the same.
Mine behaves similar with the regular SW.
These issues are probably the reason why they haven’t released an official update yet (just the beta).
It is quite annoying – however, when it works (which really is most of the time) the setup is amazing….never thought my speaker setup could sound that good ?

The worst thing is, that my wife tells me that she would not know what to do, when that happens and she is alone with the problem.
She keeps telling me that she liked our old Avant 1st gen more ?

P.S.
Of course I have reported it, too.

MM

Location: Flensborg————Danmark

[Millemis]

I haven’t heard about this before – but it seems to be a fake M5, a copy.

Have you contacted the seller about this?

Could you post some pictures?

MM

Location: Flensborg————Danmark

[Millemis]

If you are just looking for switching between the tv and the projector……and you have all sources connected through the Theatre, I imagine that any modern 2.0 HDMI splitter will do the job.

Which switch from Atlona did you use?

MM

Location: Flensborg————Danmark

[Millemis]

Well – both are ASE products.
So, it must have something to do with the CC version.
I will ask my friend to look after the version in M5 respectively in M5.
Or do you know more?
What do you mean by does not support ‘any longer’?

MM

Location: Flensborg————Danmark

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@DR
No, that is a pure Google Home/Chromecast feature.

MM

Location: Flensborg————Danmark

[Millemis]

So do I – or rather did!
It is one of the reasons that I hardly use chromecasting (for sound) anymore…..especially not for multirooming.

But he does generally – so I assume that he has CC enabled.
I’ll pass on your offer.

MM

Location: Flensborg————Danmark

[Millemis]

Thanks Leo for noticing my question.

I will have to ask him about this.
But since he has it working with 2 M3’s, I guess he (theoretically) knows how to set up.

MM

Location: Flensborg————Danmark

[Millemis]

That is a classical setup – I had it similar for many years.

The setup behaves as intended – you have two seperat amps/volume controls.
One in the BV and another in the 3500 to feed the linkroom….and therefore two independent volume controls.

In case you add more MCL-based rooms, these will be dependent on each other, when you turn uo/down the volume there.

With a MCL2AV (and powered speakers/Beolabs) you then again would have a more independend volume control.

MM

Location: Flensborg————Danmark

[Millemis]

Right!

However, the easiest way would be to use one of these:

Please notice that Steve is only shipping to the UK for time being – but the Behringer can be bought elsewhere….just do a search for it.

And…..if you want to connect more than one device, you’d need some kind of switch too.

As for the 2nd question – I remember back in the days, that I had a stock external USB drive connected….so yes that should work!
I would however, not recommend it – it will be much easier to use a PC/Mac for this, because you will have to tag the files properly in order to have these searchable and showing coverpics etc on the BS5.

MM

Location: Flensborg————Danmark

[Millemis]

Das hatte ich auch zuerst gedacht…..ich kenne das (Problem) von früher.

Jedoch war es mir nicht klar, daß die MK2 eine so hohe SW bekommen konnte, daß es die Navi/Joystick Beo4 unterstützt.

Aber schön, daß es jetzt geklappt hat.

MM

Location: Flensborg————Danmark

[Millemis]

If the problem is only in one of the PL outputs – you wrote ‘the left most PowerLink port’ – you could try to use a powerlink splitter from the other one.

MM

Location: Flensborg————Danmark

[Millemis]

@pepps

I suppose that you have the Pentas connected to the BV…..and not/nothing to the 3500.

Am I right?

MM

Location: Flensborg————Danmark

[Millemis]

Ausserdem fehlt bei Gen 2 die line-in Anschlußmöglichkeit.

Siehe auch:

https://support.bang-olufsen.com/hc/de/articles/360047337631-Woher-weiß-ich-welche-Version-des-Beoplay-A1-ich-habe-

 

MM

Location: Flensborg————Danmark

[Millemis]

The Yamaha ns10 has a frequency range from 60 Hz to 20 kHz.

It is a studio monitor – supposed you use wo of these, you will get a much wider stereo seperation than with a BL 7-2.

The 7.2 is a totally different speaker, optimized for tv viewing, not so much for ‘hifi listening’.

MM

Location: Flensborg————Danmark

[Millemis]

With the Encore you need a (DLNA compatble) server running somewhere on your network (on a NAS, a PC/MAC….) – this most be pointed toward the files collection in order to organize and make these visible for the Encore.

They easiest way, however will be to use your USB stick (or a small external HD) with the files.
When this is connected to the USB input of the Encore, this will take care of the handling.
Relatively easy!

But you must tag your files resonably (including coverpics) and you will need to detach the stick/HD each time you want to add or change something.

The Encore can connect to your home network both wired and wireless.
Always use wired if possible.

Furthermore – see here:
https://bangolufsenassistentgohe.blob.core.windows.net/manuals/SOUND_SYSTEMS/BEOSOUND_5_ENCORE/beosound5-encore_userguide_english.pdf

MM

Location: Flensborg————Danmark

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