The backs of mine are plastic.

I still think that there is a place for the virtual control panel - as seen in a slightly basic fashion here . You can design an interface thet can be visible only when required, and offer a 'magic' control surface.

Always worth looking there first. We have a nominal charge to access the manuals which goes a small way to help pay for the running costs of the site. Many members join to just support the site.

My Prius does. And it even does the correct thing every now and then, The cause of considerable hilarity! Works the audio system, the sat nav and the aircon. If you say 'I'm hungry', it shows you the nearest restaurant! On the whole, it is easier to use the buttons!

I suggest you shop around a bit! Try here ! Or here ! Or even here ! I don't believe in spending huge amounts on cables - get one which is decently shielded and fully wired. And if it has locking scarts , even better!

Of course you could get a Beoport and connect to the BS9000 using Masterlink and this will allow you to control the N.Radio at the same time.

Don't see why not! Just don't play them both at the same time! You need a splitter cable. You could use the CD/Tape adapter which allowed you to do this with machines like the Beomaster 2400 as it didn't have that many inputs. In that case it was switched so that you couldn't play them both together!

I remember when I was a student, I lived in a converted garage some 100 yards from the main house. We had an intercom that worked through the mains then! If you can get past the inherent interference problems, it would seem like a good idea. I seem to remember the fridge cycling set it off a bit though! Two way has to make a come back - I have it using

No HDMI at present. The SCART is RGB of course though. The DVD is SD rather than HD as well.

You can certainly do this but you will lose a little of the integration by losing the beovision. The BC2 has a SCART output so can work with most plasmas. The iPod can plug into the Aux of the BC2 and if you get one of Ridax's clever docks, you can work it with your B&O remote. However I wonder if you have thought about using a beoport with