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Re: Beotime Review

XavierItzmann — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 07:32:51 GMT

I think it is clear some advise you and some just die without warning.

Mine was one of the very first sold in the U.S.

It could be the software on mine is an early version.

Re: Beotime Review

mjmedlo — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 22:23:39 GMT

Mine batteries went out some time back.

The only thing I noticed was the alarm was weak and ultimately quit making any noise.

Re: Beotime Review

Nio — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 16:07:55 GMT

My first set of Battires lastet 1h, then it went black ... the second one was a recharchable one and after 30 minutes ( i guess they were already emtpy) it said low battery. I have my third set in now ... duracel M3 plus ... wish me luck.

the motion sensor is not very sensitive ... i have to smash the unit really hard to light up ... but sometimes i just need to just look angry at it ... very strange.

Re: Beotime Review

Razlaw — Wed, 06 Oct 2010 09:09:04 GMT

I am still on my first set of batteries that were installed when I purchased the Beotime shortly after it became available. I am very curious what will happen with mine when the batteries fail as the instructions say there will be a warning a week in advance but yours did nothing.

Re: Beotime Review

TWG — Wed, 06 Oct 2010 08:35:15 GMT

My Beotime does NOT show any message when the battery is getting low.

I've just found out as it didn't play an alarm, or stops the alarm with a ugly noise while getting louder...

There was NO message in the display :-(

After replacing the batteries, everything's fine again. Seems to be a real fault from B&O not to implement the battery indicator correctly!

Re: Beotime Review

XavierItzmann — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 07:32:11 GMT

haralampos:
When I bought my own Beotime yesterday, however, on the package it was printed "Country of origin: Malaysia"

This is interesting information. Mine came in a brown box and if I recall correctly was shipped from Czechia or Denmark to my U.S. address; as I recounted before, the packaging and device was curiously devoid of origin information. This is for me a clue that the thing is assembled anywhere but Denmark.

Now, you purchased yours in Sweden, and the origin information was present.

Reminds me of a story: the Bentley Continental, made by a Volkswagen subsidiary, was for a few years assembled in two locations:

Crewe, England
Dresden, Germany

Well, the company made darned sure any cars shipped to the United States came exclusively from the English factory. They did not want their U.S. customers to realize their car was based on a VW platform to the point where it was produced at a VW plant.

Re: Beotime Review

Peter — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 06:50:44 GMT

All contributions are very welcome whether you have 1 or10,000 posts. Some of our most informative posters contribute only rarely but the site would be a poorer place without them. This site has never been plagued by trollish behaviour which seems to be a feature of many sites.

I like my BeoTime and note is becoming more sensitive with time! It now lights up if I place my glass on the same table! Totally useless as a remote but a delight to look at and an unusual clock! I echo the sentiment of welcome to BeoWorld.

Re: Beotime Review

DrDimitris — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 05:15:25 GMT

Normally when someone enters Beoworld, posts a question that bothers him on his beloved B&O product, or contributes on one of the forum threads. It is curious for me that your first post was : 'It is Made in China) on a Beotime review thread.

Either way welcome to Beoworld.

Re: Beotime Review

haralampos — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 04:22:55 GMT

So what does Dr Dimitris mean? First post or not, information is information. My post was just a simple reply to a questions posed by another member as I happened to know.

Re: Beotime Review

koning — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 04:19:56 GMT

i don't care were it was made....it's a fantatic product!

Re: Beotime Review

haralampos — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 04:15:14 GMT

My source for "Made in China" was the Beo retailer in Stockholm, whom I asked in May. He checked this on a package. When I bought my own Beotime yesterday, however, on the package it was printed "Country of origin: Malaysia".

On the matter of relevance: I just replyed to somebody's question. And for some people this is relevant information, for others not.

Haralampos

Re: Beotime Review

DrDimitris — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 10:51:41 GMT

XavierItzmann:

haralampos:

It's "Made in China"

Hello, I'm generally pleased with our BeoTime, so that its place of manufacture is objectively irrelevant. Nonetheless, as noted in one of my posts above, the entirety of the user-visible materials that compose it as well as package it are rather vague on the matter.

What is your source?

I wouldn't bother on that Xavieritzmann… It is his first post….if you know what i mean...

Re: Beotime Review

XavierItzmann — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 09:05:55 GMT

haralampos:

It's "Made in China"

Hello, I'm generally pleased with our BeoTime, so that its place of manufacture is objectively irrelevant. Nonetheless, as noted in one of my posts above, the entirety of the user-visible materials that compose it as well as package it are rather vague on the matter.

What is your source?

Re: Beotime Review

haralampos — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 06:41:23 GMT

TWG:

I played with one today - and do have to wait till november until he gets units for sale. This was only the one demo unit he got from Denmark. Very sad for the customers and for the dealer.

So, it's surprisingly big when you see it for the 1st time and it's very light. It's made of metal and the casing behind the LCDs and the navigation button is black plastik. I think it must be some kind of translucent because I can't see any hint of an IR transmitter for the remote signals.

It feels light but durable and well made. The 3 displays have a very good and high contrast and they simply look elegant in stand by mode, displaying the current time and if the alarm is on/off plus alarm time.
The backlight is light blue and realy a good mix of decent light with good readability!
You can enable or disable the touch function (Light on when you touch the Beotime with your hand etc.)
The displays are small and sharp; so don't be afraid: A monochrome LCD doesn't mean that it's a bad thing :-)

The alarm is activated by the big metal(?) trumped formed button on the top of the remote/watch. It feels sturdy even when it's extended out. Very good as you have an optical and additional indicator if the alarm is on or off. You DO need to push the button back into the Beotime with 2 hands: One pushes the button, the other hand needs to fix the Beotime when you don't want it to fall off your bedside table. I don't know if you need two hands when it's attached to the wall mount.
When you push the alarm button it slides out and the display on the Beotime changes to "on" and vice versa.

You don't need a manual. After playing around with it a few minutes you will be able to use all features.
Light is definetly NOT available as an alarm source. You can only control the light manualy. Shame on you B&O ;-)

The alarm sound of the Beotime sounds like you hit a piece of alumium or glass - as far as I know these tone was found on the Serene or Serenata, too. It's like a very clear "Ping" sound.
It's increasing in volume and it sounds SURPRISINGLY clear and loud!

There's only a B&O logo on the Beotime. You don't see any "Bang & Olufsen" lettering (or I am blind). The B&O logo is engraved in the aluminium pipe. Very nice and you can feel it.

The backside of Beotime contains two black rubber stripes to stop the Beotime from rolling around. On the lower part there's a black cover: the battery door.

The navigation button (5 ways: up, left, down, right, enter) has good tactile feedback and is easy to operate.
Nice:
When you're using the Beotime as a remote it displays the actual source AND the actual function you're using when you press the button (next, previous, Vol+, Vol-). This is very helpful as there are no signs etc. on the buttons.

What I dislike:
When you hold the Beotime as a remote the display does not adjust itself to vertical use; that would be a nice feature. It would be sufficient if only the last display adjusts itself to this "remote mode".

Verdict:
I instantly ordered one and I will happily live with it. It's very well made, it looks very nice and it even sounds very nice.
It is a "must have gadget" for me as I don't have to mess around with any timer operation on the devices themself.

I just take the beotime, enter a source I want to listen to in the morning and ready.

Hopefully it's "Made in Denmark" :-)

It's "Made in China"

Re: Beotime Review

XavierItzmann — Sun, 02 May 2010 10:29:35 GMT

TWG:
"If the batteries are low, Display 1 will show a "Battery Low" alert in idle mode approximately one week before the batteries run out of power (...)"

Right you are! I had completely forgotten about that, but looking at the manual again, I now remember reading it.

All I can say is that if the warning was displayed for one week, somehow I missed during that period; and furthermore, when I set the alarm the night before the BeoTime dawned dead, if there was any warning, I should perforce have seen it, as I did not set the alarm time with closed eyes. However, I saw no warning, and waking up one hour late certainly worked against my best interest.

At this point, I will blame the Singapore Energizer batteries for a sudden voltage drop that managed to fool BeoTime.

We'll see what others have to report in the future.