[Steve at Sounds Heavenly]

Thanks!

Yes, the FM radio should work as normal if an aerial is connected (sorry I didn’t think to check this!)

As there aren’t any other IR-based B&O products in the BeoHome, it would be necessary to program the Beoliving Intelligence to translate any incoming IR codes received from the Beomaster via the NL/ML Converter, eg. TV, LIGHT, etc and assign them to outgoing network commands. I’m not aware of any other controls being configured to work from IR, but maybe one of the B&O Integration team will read this and respond!

By the way, I will follow up in the next few weeks with a “deep dive” video explaining exactly how to voice control a Beogram from Google or Alexa (Siri is also possible, but a different process, so not sure that is worth covering).

Kind regards, Steve.

[Steve at Sounds Heavenly]

“Unser Forumsliebling Steve” 😉

Danke schön Stereomensch!

[Steve at Sounds Heavenly]

Hi,

Sorry for replying in English. I have some in use as PC speakers, they are great for this. You just need a cable like this and they connect to the PC headphone socket:-

https://soundsheavenly.com/beolab-4-and-4pc/79-335-beolab-4-4pc-input-cable-minijack-connection.html#/2-length-1m

Kind regards, Steve.

[Steve at Sounds Heavenly]

Hi Olivier,

I will follow up with a video in the coming weeks explaining exactly how to control a Beogram from Google or Alexa. Beolink Intelligence is used to combine scenes with TV and motor stand control as far as I am aware.

Kind regards, Steve.

[Steve at Sounds Heavenly]

Hi Johan,

That looks like a great store, I love visiting new B&O stores when I am travelling abroad. Here is something a little different, on my first visit to B&O Copenhagen last month – the video was taken by my friend Henrik, who you may know from his BOTF Facebook group…

Kind regards, Steve.

[Steve at Sounds Heavenly]

Hi Patricia,

Welcome to BeoWorld! Glad to hear that the cable I sent for the Beogram is working well.

You just need this cable to link any non-B&O CD player to the Tape input of the Beomaster as MM mentioned, this is the cable you need:-

https://soundsheavenly.com/bang-olufsen/52-72-stereo-rca-twin-phono-to-beosound-aux-input-din-socket.html#/2-length-1m

Any questions, please ask!

Kind regards, Steve.

[Steve at Sounds Heavenly]

Hi,

Yes, I can help. I am away on vacation until Tuesday, but the item in the link below will be available when I return to give a direct connection to the primary Beolab 28 speaker.

As this Beogram doesn’t have a pre-amp, you will need this pre-amp kit, which comes with all cables needed and full instructions, ready to “plug and play”:-

https://soundsheavenly.com/beogram-record-players/12-2196-pre-amp-bundle-for-bo-beogram-and-all-turntables.html#/36-output-5_pin_din_aux/41-power_supply-uk – please choose the “3.5mm TRS plugs” output option for your speaker

Kind regards Steve.

[Steve at Sounds Heavenly]

Hi,

Sorry I am away on vacation at the moment, so I won’t have any further chance to respond on BeoWorld.

However, please feel free to email me directly via my website using the link at the foot of this page and I can help you via email.

I will be able to respond to BeoWorld requests again from 26th July onwards.

Thanks for your patience.

Kind regards Steve.

[Steve at Sounds Heavenly]

Hi Lawso,

Yes, I can help! Please purchase either Apple Airport Express, Google Chromecast Audio, Audiocast M5, Tibo Bond Mini or any Bluetooth receiver for wireless music from your phone to your B&O Beolab 7-x or Beolab 10 TV speaker (sorry I don’t sell these devices, only the cables!)

When used with any of the devices listed above, your Beolab 7-x/10 speaker needs a special powered cable to generate the trigger signals to activate it:-

https://soundsheavenly.com/line-in-connection/102-438-minijack-to-beolab-2-7-10-2500-powered-trigger-kit.html#/2-length-1m

In this configuration, the music player will control the speaker volume, but the speaker will remain on all the time that the trigger cable is connected and powered on.

Kind regards, Steve.

[Steve at Sounds Heavenly]

Hi,

Sure, the Airport Express Express doesn’t generate a trigger signal, so my cable provides this. Here are the details of the cable (you can see full information when my site opens tomorrow morning):-

Kind regards, Steve.

[Steve at Sounds Heavenly]

Hi,

Yes, my B&O app is also locking up repeatedly on all my iOS devices. The only way I can get in is to turn off wi-fi, open the app and then turn wi-fi back on.

Kind regards, Steve.

[Steve at Sounds Heavenly]

Hi Razlaw,

Yes, I had exactly the same issues with my stereo paired Emerge speakers yesterday since the software update. I had to remove both speakers from my account in the app and then re-install them, which (so far) seems to have fixed the problem.

I have raised this to B&O, awaiting their reply…

Kind regards, Steve.

[Steve at Sounds Heavenly]

Hi,

Another new bug, my (cabled) stereo paired Emerges lost their pairing in the night for the first time ever after updating to 10017 recently. By the way, I don’t suggest removing the battery from the Level when not in use.

Update: I checked from my router and I could see the Ethernet connection to both speakers, but they weren’t able to pair within the B&O app, only the primary speaker would play. I removed both speakers from my account and added them again, went back through the setup process and they are working.

I will monitor their behaviour and I have reported the bugs, lets see if we get a response.

Kind regards, Steve.

[Steve at Sounds Heavenly]

Hi all,

Update: After manually updating the Emerges to the new 10017 software, none of my iOS devices would log into the B&O app, except the one that I used to carry out the updates.

I fixed that my taking the phones to another wi-fi network and opening the app, then bringing them back home and they were then able to log in.

I guess this may be an issue with the corrupted log files from the 10015 software, as mentioned above by B&O. Hope this may be helpful.

Kind regards, Steve.

[Steve at Sounds Heavenly]

Hi trackbeo,

Yes, I accepted the new update manually, I had to update each Emerge separately as they were set to have auto updates turned off. All is working fine at 10017 software level, with the auto updates still disabled after this manual update.

Kind regards, Steve.

[Steve at Sounds Heavenly]

Hi,

Yes, this cable provides simultaneous audio in and out, so whatever is playing on the speakers (CD, radio, A. Mem or Aux) can also be recorded via the Aux output using this cable.

Kind regards, Steve.

[Steve at Sounds Heavenly]

Thanks Martin,

That is interesting to hear. Would you be willing to have a conversation privately about possibly showing some of the pictures or documentation from your collection please?

There are a lot of people who share our love for vintage B&O products, but who don’t get the change to experience these wonderful collections and I know that many of them would be excited to hear about the items you have found.

Kind regards, Steve.

[Steve at Sounds Heavenly]

Hi Martin,

That is a good question! I wasn’t able to identify this, no-one else who I have asked seems to know either. I wonder if it is a non-B&O cabinet that has had the gramophone added later?

Kind regards, Steve.

[Steve at Sounds Heavenly]

Hi Martin,

Thanks for this information, that is very interesting.

To avoid blocking up the Beoworld server, I have just posted one photo here. You can see all the close-up photos on my Facebook page. You should see more information there but please let me know if anything isn’t clear as I will be preparing a video with more views of the products in the next few days.

Kind regards, Steve.

[Steve at Sounds Heavenly]

Thanks Matador,

Please don’t worry, I know that you didn’t mean any disrespect. I am so grateful to the people who care for and display their vintage B&O collections, it is exciting to be able to view these and to share them with other B&O fans.

You may be interested to hear that B&O have recently purchased a further private collection (including a Hyperbo 5 RG Steel!) and that they are looking to curate this and make it visible to the public as part of a special exhibition. They kindly allowed me to film the items before they are restored and displayed, so I hope to be able to share this with you this week.

Kind regards, Steve.

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