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Re: Is it possible to use BeoMedia 1 without turning on your TV?

Griebel — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 15:56:11 GMT

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.

Re: Is it possible to use BeoMedia 1 without turning on your TV?

kimhav — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 12:14:29 GMT

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...

Re: Is it possible to use BeoMedia 1 without turning on your TV?

hfat — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 23:47:29 GMT

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

Re: Is it possible to use BeoMedia 1 without turning on your TV?

PhilLondon — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 13:48:23 GMT

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.

Re: Is it possible to use BeoMedia 1 without turning on your TV?

hfat — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 00:13:56 GMT

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

Re: Is it possible to use BeoMedia 1 without turning on your TV?

gilbert — Sat, 27 Aug 2011 10:16:34 GMT

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

Re: Is it possible to use BeoMedia 1 without turning on your TV?

PhilLondon — Fri, 26 Aug 2011 16:07:20 GMT

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

Re: Is it possible to use BeoMedia 1 without turning on your TV?

Heribert — Fri, 26 Aug 2011 14:32:49 GMT

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.

Re: Is it possible to use BeoMedia 1 without turning on your TV?

gilbert — Fri, 26 Aug 2011 09:06:42 GMT

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?

Re: Is it possible to use BeoMedia 1 without turning on your TV?

PhilLondon — Mon, 10 May 2010 16:27:43 GMT

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

Just did a bit of testing, and in fact you must set the Beoport to Option 2 to make it act as an audiomaster.

N.MUSIC, N.RADIO and CD will be distributed from the Beoport to all rooms.

Re: Is it possible to use BeoMedia 1 without turning on your TV?

Beobuddy — Mon, 10 May 2010 13:01:52 GMT

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.

Re: Is it possible to use BeoMedia 1 without turning on your TV?

DrDimitris — Mon, 10 May 2010 12:38:47 GMT

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

Re: Is it possible to use BeoMedia 1 without turning on your TV?

Beobuddy — Mon, 10 May 2010 12:30:31 GMT

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.

Re: Is it possible to use BeoMedia 1 without turning on your TV?

DrDimitris — Mon, 10 May 2010 04:00:59 GMT

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?

Re: Is it possible to use BeoMedia 1 without turning on your TV?

PhilLondon — Mon, 10 May 2010 03:23:40 GMT

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.