[quote user="Electrified"]Seriously, if everyone had been positive about the BS5, do you really think B&O would have implemented so many of things (in the soon-to-come Encore) it was criticized for lacking?[/quote] I think that this statement is not entirely true. The BeoSound5 Encore has been on the drawing board for a while. Perhaps

New catalogue due early 2011 with some new products. Opman

The BeoTalk 1100 & BeoCom6000 are two seperate products and can be used independently or together on the same line. The BeoTalk 1100 can operate even if you don't have a phone connected, however your BeoCom6000 will NOT operate without a PSTN. Opman

When your set left the factory in 1996 it was a28" tube. Of course it may have been put onto a special diet to "beef" it up to 32". The serial is below the magic threshold of 128xxxxx meaning that it cannot have STBc fitted. Opman

BeoSound8 is manufactured in China to Bang & Olufsen specification. Opman

To the best of my recollections, the BeoCentre1 came with STBc as standard. As Stonk suggests, if you have a 3.5mm jack socket in the rear socket compartment you should have the STBc function. If you go into the set up menu and configure one of your scart sockets as STB(sat) you should see a list of boxes that the inbuilt software can control. If the

When your Sky box was connected to the Avant, you were using the Set Top Box controller (STBc) within the Avant to control the Sky box via the infra red emitter. Now that you have removed the Avant, controlling the Sky box with the Beo4 isn't possible. Are you planning to leave the Sky+HD box connected to the new Panasonic screen? If so have you

Put the Bvis6 into standby. Then option programme to option6. If the Masterlink module is fitted, the red led should blink to confirm that it has accepted the option programme. No blink = no masterlink module. One blink means your set is correctly programmed and the problem is elsewhere. Opman

The latest software for BeoSound4 is 2.15. This gives the new features as described in the supplemental instruction book that can be downloaded from the Bang & Olufsen website. Opman

[quote user="Greg"]no Radio (of any kind). [/quote] The BeoPlayer App gives access to 20 free internet radio stations or the paid for App gives access to around 14000 internet radio stations. Opman