http://www.bang-olufsen.dk/system-dock

Looks plastic-y, like something one picks up at Tchibo. Are you sure this is a B&O product?

Tillquist:

No, it's not at Bang & Olufsen

 

Product

Why so, only because it was built by someone else? Bang & Olufsen is going to sell it to accompany their products, right? 

Hard to say from a picture, but in the picture it doesn't exactly "scream" quality... Have B&O gotten the plastic craze? Hope not.  

The product existed before B&O decided to sell it. It wasn't developed, designed or conceived by B&O.

bayerische:

Why so, only because it was built by someone else? Bang & Olufsen is going to sell it to accompany their products, right? 

Hard to say from a picture, but in the picture it doesn't exactly "scream" quality... Have B&O gotten the plastic craze? Hope not.  

It is an Sonance iPort FS-21 iPod Dock

Tillquist:

bayerische:

Why so, only because it was built by someone else? Bang & Olufsen is going to sell it to accompany their products, right? 

Hard to say from a picture, but in the picture it doesn't exactly "scream" quality... Have B&O gotten the plastic craze? Hope not.  

 

It is an Sonance iPort FS-21 iPod Dock

 

Thanks for the info, is it made in a special "b&o" version then?

Or does the Sonance do exactly what this "system dock" does?

how does it work?  Without sounding stupid what else do you need?

I think it is controlled via the PUC of your TV.

It is actually a Sonance FS23 dock, connected to your master television and controlled by puc. You can control it on the link and get the menus up on the link televisions.

In Soviet Russia, system dock you!

This product was knocking around for so long I honestly didn't realize we were still going to make it! I think I saw the prototype about 3 years ago. It's just a re-badged Sonance piece. They had talked about re-doing the GUI skin so it had the B&O look, but I don't know if they did that. 

At this point I can't see the real value of it since the BeoSound 5 manages the music collection so completely and makes browsing in link rooms easy on the Beo6.

Who knows. I'm sure we'll sell a few, but hardly seems necessary to do this as a video peripheral when the BeoSound 5 and AppleTV exist. 

TripEnglish:

In Soviet Russia, system dock you!

This product was knocking around for so long I honestly didn't realize we were still going to make it! I think I saw the prototype about 3 years ago. It's just a re-badged Sonance piece. They had talked about re-doing the GUI skin so it had the B&O look, but I don't know if they did that. 

At this point I can't see the real value of it since the BeoSound 5 manages the music collection so completely and makes browsing in link rooms easy on the Beo6.

Who knows. I'm sure we'll sell a few, but hardly seems necessary to do this as a video peripheral when the BeoSound 5 and AppleTV exist. 

Has anyone seen or used one (or even the donor product). I'm interested to know what happens to the TV image displaying artwork, text etc. Does it flip to some "screensaver" after a while or remain static. Is it OK to use regularly as a main audio player with a plasma display or are the "burn-in" stories of old just that?

I saw one of those in a B&O shop in Birkerød. There really isn't anything nice about it design wise. I was appalled by the sheer size of it and those, well, less than stringent rounded corners.

I didn't know it was really a sub-contractor product,  but that sure explains a lot of the design.

How it integrates, I don't know. I didn't ask, since it wasn't the product I was in the shop to look for.