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Re: B&O iphone docking ?

Evan — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 09:18:46 GMT

ajames:

I find the lack of connections on the modern stuff really annoying - just one aux in - is there an autosense switchbox that anyone knows of - I remember reading a while back that someone was going to make one - we have them for scart sockets so an audio one would be really useful

Indeed there is. I have a five source auto sensing unit from radioshack. The only bad thing about it is it auto-senses only with video and cannot be used just for audio sources, not even manually. But, in the use I have it for, it works fine since every source of mine has video.

Re: B&O iphone docking ?

ajames — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 06:42:11 GMT

I find the lack of connections on the modern stuff really annoying - just one aux in - is there an autosense switchbox that anyone knows of - I remember reading a while back that someone was going to make one - we have them for scart sockets so an audio one would be really useful

Re: B&O iphone docking ?

XavierItzmann — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 23:04:05 GMT

Karel Uyttendaele:

I see a very limited use of an iPod/Phone dock.

Basically you have all your music on your PC/MAC/BS5... so why add a dock? A dock is only useful if your digital music is not connected to your audio system. So.. I hope that B&O is not wasting any time on a dock... and that they're spending their time on ironing out and adding functionality to the BeoSound/Master 5

I share this point of view and obviously all of my music is hooked up via N.MUSIC and a dedicated Mac Mini via BeoPort.

But for millions if not billions of people the idea of even using the AUX-IN in their stereos is arcane. For the past decade I've been showing people they can buy a $2 RCA-to-mini-Stereo "y" cable and plug it on the back of the stereos, radios and TV's they've always had. I recall some were mystified one could actually do that, or had trouble understanding what I was talking about.

It was only after plugging it in and discovering that yes, there is a SOURCE or AUX-IN button in their remote control that comprehension dawned. It was interesting seeing their faces.

But the best proof of just what a failure the AUX-IN port has been for the electronics industry, just look at the millions and millions of crappy $200 iPod docks with speakers sold worldwide, with so many of them sitting right next to a $1,000 stereo or home entertainment system.

Now that is almost mystifying.

Re: B&O iphone docking ?

scottyltd — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 07:59:43 GMT

Karel Uyttendaele:
Sure! Here's the USB cable.. just connect it to my PC...

Lets wait a WHILE till we can play it through my new system

Re: B&O iphone docking ?

Karel Uyttendaele — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 07:38:00 GMT

-multimedia Robert-:

Karel Uyttendaele:

Sure! Here's the USB cable.. just connect it to my PC...

Okay for you. But why a noisy PC in the living room and having the chance to get all on line while having a good conversation?

A noisy PC and B&O in my living rooms don't match. My iMac has it's own place in the living room.. No noise at all. And the iMac has eaten all my normal CD's... all of them are now stored on my network...

Again.. I don't see the use of a docking (at this moment) if you have all you digital music on your network at home. I DO see a use of a docking in a complete stand-alone config. I admire the B&W zeppelin dock in that way. Just as i love the BeoSound 1 as a stand alone system.

Re: B&O iphone docking ?

ajames — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 07:01:06 GMT

IMHO I use lintronic box controlling an Onkyo Dock which outputs the display to my Avant so can control it through Beo4, change tracks, select artists etc through the Avant - best of all the Lintronic can take commands from the Avant, so the whole lot is controllable through the link system from anywhere - really useful on the bedroom and kitchen TV's - this is the cheapest most practical solution I've found. Some guy on ebay is reselling boscom docks for a ludicrous price when the functionality is really limited.

Re: B&O iphone docking ?

-multimedia Robert- — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 06:15:10 GMT

Karel Uyttendaele:

Sure! Here's the USB cable.. just connect it to my PC...

Okay for you. But why a noisy PC in the living room and having the chance to get all on line while having a good conversation?

Re: B&O iphone docking ?

-multimedia Robert- — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 06:11:15 GMT

scottyltd:

What if a friend came over for dinner and said "Can I connect my iPod to your BeoSound 5 system and let you listen to my new album?"

Spot on! Glad to see I am not the only one wanting this solution.

Re: B&O iphone docking ?

Ignace — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 23:35:14 GMT

That's how i use my iPod & iPhone; i place it in the dock when i'm at work, in my car and and when i get home from work.

Control it with Beo4 (+ Lintronic) at home and at work.

Re: B&O iphone docking ?

Dave — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 21:48:37 GMT

jldmelb:

I like to have my music with me. Having a dock means I can listen to my music through my home stereo, and being able to control it with my Beo4 would be fantastic. If I go out, I pick up my ipod (the rest of the stereo stays, along with the cds) and plug it in to my car. I have all my music with me.

If I go out for a run or a walk, or out by train or tram I can take all of my music with me. When I go to work my ipod sits in a Bose Sounddock so my customers can listen to my music as well!

Having my music totally portable makes life so much easier. I don't have to work out what music to take with me, don't have to change cds and can change my listening a lot easier.

I'd buy 2 B&O ipod docks if they were available, one for home and one for work.

I feel exactly the same way. ALL my music is on my ipod, it's so much easier. When i can afford it i'll be getting a lintronic with my apple IR dock.

Re: B&O iphone docking ?

Evan — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 19:23:40 GMT

Karel Uyttendaele:

I see a very limited use of an iPod/Phone dock.

Basically you have all your music on your PC/MAC/BS5... so why add a dock? A dock is only useful if your digital music is not connected to your audio system. So.. I hope that B&O is not wasting any time on a dock... and that they're spending their time on ironing out and adding functionality to the BeoSound/Master 5

Yes, we all have our music stored on computers and beosounds but for those of us with only a computer (me) it starts to make sense - when the computer is not able to be connected to the audio system of choice (like you said /\ ). I have an apple dock sitting on my beosystem right now. Using a plain 3.5mm jack running behind your stereo or rack of equipment is sort of sloppy to me, especially when you're iPod is just lazily sitting somewhere on top. An added bonus of a dock is the ability to control the iPod with a remote. How clever! A great alternative to having a hideous cable running across you're floor to the sofa.

I think people on here have forgotten that there are docks that do more than just provide a place to charge you're iPod (also one of the huge benefits) and an audio line out. There are docks with speakers these days. I'm fairly cetain my dealer told me that the B&O dock would actually be its own music system with its own speakers. This avenue also generates another possibility - link room capabilities. Imagine a BeoLab 2000 with a dock between its speakers, in my mind it seems a perfect fit. Maybe even the next Beosound 1/3...

Let's see it Denmark!

Re: B&O iphone docking ?

Jonathan — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 18:23:01 GMT

I like to have my music with me. Having a dock means I can listen to my music through my home stereo, and being able to control it with my Beo4 would be fantastic. If I go out, I pick up my ipod (the rest of the stereo stays, along with the cds) and plug it in to my car. I have all my music with me.

If I go out for a run or a walk, or out by train or tram I can take all of my music with me. When I go to work my ipod sits in a Bose Sounddock so my customers can listen to my music as well!

Having my music totally portable makes life so much easier. I don't have to work out what music to take with me, don't have to change cds and can change my listening a lot easier.

I'd buy 2 B&O ipod docks if they were available, one for home and one for work.

Re: B&O iphone docking ?

Jez — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 16:34:55 GMT

Yes i know but a dock is in planning, although it's been delayed.

Re: B&O iphone docking ?

Karel Uyttendaele — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 16:18:22 GMT

Jez... the picture of the dock is fake

Re: B&O iphone docking ?

Jez — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 14:14:07 GMT

Why HDMI?

Next gen iphone will be 4G and downloading a movie will be a matter of a couple of minutes, an album a couple of seconds.

Looks like B&O are offering their apple customers different options for streaming in the future, about time too.

Fingers crossed anyway.