Hi Everybody, I'm not sure if this fits in general but I'll give it a try.

I'm thinking of buying an BeoMedia 1 and connect it to my TV, but is it possible to use n.radio without waking up the TV monitor? The idea is to get n.radio and n.music, but I would prefer to use my remote or BeoPlayer software to control the BeoMedia.

I have my speakers connected to my TV (BeoVision 7).

Regards

Swede

 

You can call N.RADIO or N.MUSIC from any room without waking up the TV, but only if you have a N.MUSIC compatible Audio System as well.

(BS3000 with recent software, BS9000 with recent software, Beosound 4, Beocenter 2).

P.

Thanks for the quick reply!

So the BeoMaster 1 can't act as a Audio Master (Long time fan, but new to actually use B&O equiptment)? 
Do I have the same limitations with an BeoPort connected to a PC with BeoPlayer?

//S

PhilLondon:

 

Beoport connected to PC can act as an audio master, or connected to a Mac with LinkPlayer as well.

Beomedia 1 cannot act as an audiomaster. Beomaster 5 can, even without a Beosound 5.

 

Not so true i am afraid. In my system (BV7, BeoMedia1, and Beoport/PC/Beoplayer/IR) it has never acted as an audiomaster. 

As you can see below, you can set Beoplayer (Beoport) in option 0. Works like a charm. The PC's CD player even works when you press CD on the remote.

 

Beomedia 1, however does not have this option.

It seems that the better choice for me, would be an BeoPort/BeoPlayer combination before an BeoMedia 1 at the moment.

Thank you both for your input.

//S

 

However, with the Beoport, the downside is that you do not get onscreen navigation, as it does not respond to the PC key. Unless you've got a dedicated PC, then you'll won't be able to hear any "normal sound" that your PC is doing unless you use the TV's speakers.

Using a Beomedia, you could select your music on screen and then mute the picture.

Using a Mac mini, you could use both N.MUSIC, N.RADIO, CD (Audio master) and also use with onscreen media navigation.

PhilLondon:

As you can see below, you can set Beoplayer (Beoport) in option 0. Works like a charm. The PC's CD player even works when you press CD on the remote.

 

Beomedia 1, however does not have this option.

I have tested it in options 2 and 6. I will try option 0 as you suggest and see. Main PC should be Yes or No when you have the Beomedia also linked?

The option "main PC" has to do with the question : Does this PC distribute the music to the link?

If you're only having a beoport without the Beomedia, then the answer is : Yes.

If you're having a Beomedia, then the Beomedia is the main PC, and the option has to be set to : No.

If you have more then 1 beoport, but no Beomedia, only one PC with beoport is set to "yes", that's the one with the music files.

 

I'm having the Beomedia for some time now, and I really enthusiastic about it. When you're installing Beoplayer on any other pc, it plays the music from the Beomedia as well.

Works very good. I have one (a second one I don't use)  for sale by the way, with a 500GB harddrive. Look at the Private Sale Section.

Thanks Beobuddy! Do you confirm that option should be set to 0?

I never tried option 0.

Normally it has to do with the optional ir-eye.

It responds to Link-PC/Vtap2e/VAux, when opt 4 is used.

So, option 0 will probably make the BM1 a kind of slave.

 

BTW, what I discovered is, that when you disconnect the ML cable from the BM1 and then enter the setup (settingsmenu) from the BM1.

Then after 2 seconds you can change the command where the BM1 has to respond to. Normally it is "PC".

But when you change it to V-Aux, then the BM1 can be used with older equipment which do not know the PC command.

DrDimitris:

Thanks Beobuddy! Do you confirm that option should be set to 0?

I have a BeoSound Ouverture, two BeoLab 4000 and BeoLab 3500 one. I would  buy beomedia 1  to hear the music that is in my PC. Is the beomedia 1 ok for this function?

If the music is on your pc you need a Beoport. Beomedia has it's own music library. Not sure you can also stream music from your pc.

No, you can't, because your Ouverture isn't N.MUSIC compatible.

Thank for your reply. Can I use beomedia 1 with my tv panasonic 42 plasma or is it necessary B&O tv?

Yes, You could use Beomedia 1 with your Panasonic TV. But you have to use additional equipment. I personally like the minimalistic style of BeoMedia1 more than iTunes.

You cold make it work, with an additional IR-eye and a lintronic TT455-RT-238 box.Configure the BM1 as it is done with older B&O TVs which do not support the PC command. Connect video to the TV and audio to the A.Aux to the overture (the adapter should be available at your B&O shop). To make it work at the press of one key on your Beo4 you have to use the lintronic box. It's a little bit tricky, but can be solved. If it's worth, ist up to you.

hfat

hfat:

You cold make it work, with an additional IR-eye and a lintronic TT455-RT-238 box.

I am not sure why you'd need the TT455 box. Just an external B&O IR Receiver and that should work. 

p.

You are right about the TT455.

If you dont't want to use BM1 by pressing a single button you can forget about the TT455.

In this case you would set the overture to A.Mode 1 and configure the BM1 to listen to V.Aux command.

You first press A.Aux to start Overture, then you start BM1 with V.AUx command.

hfat

Regarding the Beomedia 1 and navigating without having the TV on; well that works fine. But, what I'm struggling with when using BeoPlayer to maintain playlists, etc on the Beomedia is that everytime when I start up BeoPlayer on a PC it starts to scan and rebuild the database and with around 200gb mp3 files that takes a while. Are there any way of disable this painfull process of re-scanning media? Also, when scanning it seems as it does it from scratch. At least when I let BeoPlayer scan on another dedicated media system it's re-scans and only looks for newly added files which usually only takes 5-10 minutes and not 2-3 hours...

Nope, it's not possible to switch off the scan, which by itself is not a problem, but it activates BeoNetMusic, which is very annoying. I think the only possibility is to disconnect from the web, but that's not a viable solution.