I live near Lake Zurich, IL. I may be ablel to help depending on what you need... unfortunately, a "flightcase strapped to a pallet" might be too large for any vehicle I own (at least the pallets I'm familiar with from working on a loading dock in my youth). Feel free to e-mail me. Stan

I have been told by a dealer that this does not work... something to do with it expecting IR commands from MasterLink when connected to a TV vs. using the IR receiver in the BS5 unit. However, I'm not exactly sure if I believe this... I've found that B&O dealers are not necessarily authorities on what can be done with non-B&O equipment

Speaking of the wife... I've been laying the ground work for a BV8-40... but in the last two years or so, my BS3 broke, my Wireless1s required an upgrade, my Beo5's keypad peeled, my other BS3 broke and now my BM5 is dead. Yes, everything was fixed under warranty in a timely manner (no reason to assume anything different with the BM5 which I

My BM5 just died Same symptoms as above. Bought it June of last year. I guess I should be happy the defect showed up within the warranty period (unlike my last 2 apple laptops). Stan

Clearly I have no clue as to the actual design decision, but, as conjecture, I'd say that it is small and portable so it can always be close at hand... it is it's own remote control ... nothing easier than that! In fact, it probably doesn't weight that much more than a Beo4

Trip, Thanks for sharing and clarifying. This is very interesting. Stan

I have 2, and early model and one bought about 1.5 years ago. The 1st broke about a year ago, the 2nd broke a few days ago. 1st fixed under warranty. 2nd is currently in the shop and also covered by warranty. Surprizingly, the tech said "wow, these things never break", but maybe he was just talking his book. I'm more bothered by this 2nd

I'm not familiar with this TV, but I did look through the specs on the website. I do not see any "analog audio output" listed. There is digital out, and headphones, and a whole bunch of "inputs". One could get a mini-jack-to-RCA cable and connect from the headphone jack to the BL8000 line in. This would allow volume control via

You can also use the PC-input connection on a BL-Active, and a special cable (see this thread: http://forum.beoworld.org/forums/t/15997.aspx ). That is, you would connect the line-out from the TV to the BL-Active, then speaker to the Active. You control volume via BL-Active IR receiver. I bought a BL-Active from eBay for ~100.00 - just make sure it

I have 2 BS3's and I don't recall either making a hiss noise like you describe. I've used many different sized cards and speeds over the years. I would guess it needs a repair, or (if repair costs are similar to other B&O costs) learn to deal with it Stan