BeoSound 5 Forum

Re: Beosound 5 software / firmware modding or tweaking possible?

mr_anders_son — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 07:52:25 GMT

Is it possible to connect a TFT touchscreen to BM1/5?

And pilot it that way. Is it a special sw for the touchscreen or?

I know you must connect VGA/DVI/AV etc and USB

Re: Beosound 5 software / firmware modding or tweaking possible?

Corvin — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 21:14:07 GMT

sorenfelden:

If a two way remote is indeed introduced, it seems you can either control the BM5 from your sofa via the remote control or you can get off the sofa to operate the BS5. But why would you want get off the sofa if you can control the BM5 via remote control...? Why not just skip the BS5 and opt for a BM5 plus remote control only. In other words, it seems the introduction of a two way remote would cannibalise BS5 sales...?

And if you are entertaining in another room?

I love the idea, it would certainly ensure that i purchase a BS5! At the moment i am sitting on the fence.

Re: Beosound 5 software / firmware modding or tweaking possible?

burantek — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 15:11:48 GMT

good point! i can't imagine why "they" would intro a new remote so soon after the 5...

seems to me a much better idea to rev2 the beo5 w/ 2 way and better customer control/access to the config.

i would buy one (or 2) if that was the case!

Re: Beosound 5 software / firmware modding or tweaking possible?

sorenfelden — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 15:08:27 GMT

If a two way remote is indeed introduced, it seems you can either control the BM5 from your sofa via the remote control or you can get off the sofa to operate the BS5. But why would you want get off the sofa if you can control the BM5 via remote control...? Why not just skip the BS5 and opt for a BM5 plus remote control only. In other words, it seems the introduction of a two way remote would cannibalise BS5 sales...?

Re: Beosound 5 software / firmware modding or tweaking possible?

TWG — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 11:17:44 GMT

Trip, as your Island seem to have a connection to the Internet, it would be great if you can post some photos of the upcoming new products.

But only if your digital camera doesn't disappear in a mysterious way

Re: Beosound 5 software / firmware modding or tweaking possible?

TripEnglish — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 10:25:29 GMT

T.W.G. I do work for Bang & Olufsen. I own a shop on the south shore of Spider Skull Island. We're not on any maps and surrounded by choppy waters where mysterious disappearances have been known to take place.

Spider Skull Island ->

I will, within reason, continue to sneak a few clues to the mainland as I glimpse them in the fires.

Re: Beosound 5 software / firmware modding or tweaking possible?

Corvin — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 19:51:36 GMT

TripEnglish:
As for the "two way" capability, that will (at first) relate only to the BeoSound 5. As the next generation of ML trickles out, this will make more sense.

Thanks Trip,

WOW, i am still sitting on the fence with the BS5 but a 2 way remote would push me over the edge, no doubt about it.

I too would ;like more info on the new gen ML if available, i am in the process of designing a new home and planing incorporating ML + full house automation.

Re: Beosound 5 software / firmware modding or tweaking possible?

TWG — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 09:03:14 GMT

Aaaaargh, carrots are evil

Trip, do you WORK for B&O? If yes you should be great in the marketing area :)

I'm awaiting my Beosound 5 next month and I don't need a two way remote control but if it works good, I fear I have to buy it!

Will the next generation ML be compatible to old Systems? In this case: Will it be usable with the Beosound 5 or Beosound 3000/Beosound 3200?

As my BS3000 fails after just 6-7 years I'm planning to exchange it to a BS3200.

Does B&O make a cut in terms of technology or will the older products still be operable via the new ML technology?

Re: Beosound 5 software / firmware modding or tweaking possible?

TripEnglish — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 23:33:20 GMT

Sorry for slacking off on this thread. I dangled a carrot and then disappeared!

It's funny, but had I answered the timeframe question when it was posed, I would have said 12-18 months. In the interim, however, I've heard some interesting news that this product is much closer than I would ever have thought. Like mid-summer short.

Now I don't want anyone to go out and buy this thing on the precondition that a remote is coming any day now. It may not be coming soon and may very well be a year out. I've heard it from too many independent sources to doubt its existence, though.

As for the "two way" capability, that will (at first) relate only to the BeoSound 5. As the next generation of ML trickles out, this will make more sense.

Re: Beosound 5 software / firmware modding or tweaking possible?

TWG — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 12:19:05 GMT

TripEnglish:

So what I'm saying, (and saying and saying and saying!) is that part of gaining access to great products is having a healthy reverence for those craftsmen who have taken so much time to develop the knowledge, skills, and expertise to design and build them. As soon as we, without the slightest shred of expertise, presume to alter or create a product, we become deserving of the inevitable result.

So, again, TWG, it's not your specific quest to alter the BeoSound 5 (though I'd suggest you enjoy it in its natural state!), but rather a raw nerve you unknowingly touched. Good luck!

Trip,

in my case your raw nerve is in very good hands as I have deep respect to engineers and designers of products like the Beosound 5.
I'm a "mechanical" fan (if that's the right word) and that's the case why I buy the Beosound 5 instead one of those "touchscreen boxes" that don't have any personality!
I have 2 hands, so I want to use them on products like the BS 5 etc.

Todays problem is - in my opinion - that mechanical engineering skills seems to fade out. 90% of our products are computers in a small way and that is simply boring.
The iPhone has a great interface, great usability but there's nothing you can realy touch beside a virtual surface - that's why I still love my Blackberry and my Sharp SH-9020 (that's a REAL phone, not those miniature versions you can easily breath away) ;-)

I remember one of the first CD Players my dad had: Philips CD 104.
It was build like a tank: The complete disc loading mechanism and tray where made out of metal. It's just awesome. Those things are very rare today and because of this mechanical experience I buy and like the BS 5. It has aluminium wheels that I can play with :-)

So, Trip, I have great respect to engineers and designers when they create an outstanding product that makes fun the first time you see and TOUCH it. As we're all human there are always little things that person A wishes to see in a product while person B can't understand that desire.

Re: Beosound 5 software / firmware modding or tweaking possible?

MicTheCat — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 07:46:43 GMT

TWG,

regarding the lack of pincode feature, I am sure B&O has found smarter measures to deal with theft.

Think of the BS5/BM5 as a product nothing worth when not hooked to the internet! If your unit is stolen you tell your B&O dealer, he registrers the serialnumber at B&O headquarter and voila next time the stolen equipment contacts B&O update server they log the ip-address for the BS/BM5 and police will be involved to get the unit back.

I don't know if this is the way they do it but I'm sure they have incorborated some sort of antitheft.

regards

Michael

Re: Beosound 5 software / firmware modding or tweaking possible?

linder — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 22:03:44 GMT

Since we are talking a little about the future 2 way remote, how will it work since all the products in the last 10 years are 1 way? Is it only for the Beosound 5?

Re: Beosound 5 software / firmware modding or tweaking possible?

Corvin — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 20:38:50 GMT

Hi Trip,

I have been trying to justify the purchase of a BS5/BM5 this feature could make the decision for me, have you any idea of a time frame?

Re: Beosound 5 software / firmware modding or tweaking possible?

TripEnglish — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 14:54:22 GMT

Corvin,

(looks left & right)

It's coming.

Re: Beosound 5 software / firmware modding or tweaking possible?

Puncher — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 08:58:43 GMT

I'm not that familiar with the modus operandi of the BS5 but I can see a need for a "random" mode (if it dosn't already have one) - while it is a relatively new introduction (you couldn't do it with vinyl, nor that well with CD) it has become a standard feature of most all digital music players and one I often use. Would you always want to listen to music that's intelligently related (as useful as it may be at times)? - I don't think I would, sometimes I quite like to hear Rush playing "Working Man" immediately after Eddie Reader has sung "Aye Fong Kiss" by Rabbie Burns

edit : having thought about this I may introduce a new 'game' to the "Music & Film" forum, along the lines of 'everything is related by less than 6 degrees of separation' - name two dissimilar tracks and challenge the mob to intelligently relate them in the fewest steps