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Why not… maybe release a limited app (time or functions) with a one time (9,99€) payment to unlock everything.
I hate subscription apps, would not try if it’s subscription based.

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Ok, so it’s a Core with Mozart and HDMI ARC.

If it’s also HDMI CEC, it can allow control of any TV with BR1, but B&O don’t say that so I would not bet on it… Maybe that could also come in the future.

The only problem I have with it it that it raises again the price for Core, and it replaces the Core where a lot of people don’t need HDMI (for audio use only). I would have preferred that they had kept the Core for people who don’t need HDMI.

 

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I can confirm, LG C3 on mkI Eclipse Soundcenter works, with a bit of diy work (homemade brackets, that’s all). Futureproof not guaranteed but Soundcenter MkI is using HDMI ARC so quite standard.

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I would worry a bit, as the screen is very fragile.

If you have a motorized stand : on the TV menu, select « transport mode » in the stand options.
Remove the front panel first and put it in a safe place.
Disconnect every cable, unscrew the screen part from the sound center, and never pinch the screen while moving it. Also, never put your hand higher than the top of the electronic box, because if you take it at a higher point, it will bend and break (tested, I can assure that it can break easily). It’s a two men job.
Then the best is to put the panel in its original box with the polystyrene parts in their places.

for the sound center : just unscrew the extremity panels and place them in a safe place, as there are at the extremities, they can be easily scratched when moving.

Unscrew the sound center from its stand and place it in a box (quite heavy but one man can do that alone).

…and then have fun moving the motorized floor stand if you have one, that’s like the big discs at the gym ?

 

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XavierItzmann wrote:

I thought B&O Radio was gone forever but

B&O radio has always been there for devices supporting it natively (my example was BLC NL/ML which don’t support it).

To get B&O radio from the app, you just have to select your speaker/tv on the main menu, and then, instead of going in the black bar and try to find something on sources, you just have to click to the ((o)) (radio logo) button at the bottom right of the screen and select a radio, it is then played on the selected speaker. It’s the same for Deezer integrated (music « note » button at the bottom in the middle)

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matteventu wrote:

 

You’re never going to see B&O Radio, Music an Deezer again in that list, no matter how long you wait or pray

Personally I never prayed for it but strangely the B&O radio source from my linked A9 shows on the Music list of my BLC NL/ML (BV8)… Music is doubled, and the never used (in Europe) Qplay is also back in the source list…

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Did anyone manage to connect to a DLNA server from this app? Here it’s impossible, the server search gives no result even with 2 servers available (Plex & Synology)

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Hi Vedet,

changing the WiFi network on a B&O product is not intuitive (no WiFi menu on the device page) : you have to remove the product from the product list, and then the WiFi setup is accessible.

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No problem here with a 802.11ac mesh network (2 Linksys Velop), either with ASE products (BV Eclipse, Essence MKII, A9 MKII) or Mozart (Level). Note that the Level goes everywhere around the house and the garden, and there is no problem at all. I think this rumor comes from people with a bad wifi.

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Millemissen wrote:

What are ‘non essential inputs’?

Seeing the remaining inputs, I’d say that approximately all inputs were non essential to the eyes of the UX designers ?

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Millemissen wrote:

I wonder why this screen shows the arrow at the top by ‘tv’ and mine does not

Because you’re running this morning beta, and the triangle was added to this afternoon’s beta ?

Go to TestFlight to get the latest version.

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Hi Thomas,

Thanks for the feedback. The second release gives the source selector but it’s still very limited (maybe you also deleted Music and Radio as there is redundancy with the buttons on the bottom menu bar?)

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I can’t understand why they rushed to release this beta as the source selector is missing. For me it’s a no-go.

Putting the multi room controls on the player is a welcome move as this app is mainly useful for multiroom, there are less clicks.

New issue : no more volume control of BLC NL/ML. There was a special volume wheel for it because there was no feedback of the actual volume. They need to add this kind of special control but it’s more complicated with a slider… I just hope they will do something, because the temptation to do nothing may be high for a discontinued product…

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Wow, UWB is used to actively adapt the sound to your exact position (iPhone only). Have to hear it!

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Thank you so much @ToniE, you saved my radio with your trick with the search, I didn’t find my preferred stations on the global search, now I have everything!!

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If nobody has ever tried… My dealer (who is multibrand) proposes me to test with his demo 55C3. I’ll keep you informed, but if somebody knows that it’s not possible, don’t hesitate to react!

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I’ve got new feedback from B&O headquarters.

For them, it’s not possible for 2 reasons, but the reasons doesn’t seem to be valid :

1. Mechanically the cutout is different : of course, but as I said, as the newer panels are smaller, they can fit, there will just be a gap…
2. Eclipse Gen 1 doesn’t support eARC : here I can’t understand, as the only way to connect the soundcenter to the C7 panel is to use the HDMI2, its only ARC HDMI input ! The Eclipse mkI already used ARC, and eARC is retrocompatible with ARC speakers…

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It’s possible to reorganize the favorites :

touch the « 3 lines » logo on the upper right corner of the stations list, then touch the « modify » button (or reorder, I’m translating myself from the app in French) and then play with the order of the stations by moving them with the « 3 lines » button on the right of each favorite.

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Hi Lee,

it’s been a while since I last saw you on this forum! Thanks for the help, but the HDMI is in its correct place (HDMI2, eARC). I also tried changing the hdmi cable for another one, with no success.

The RJ45 cable is a bit directional as there is a 90º connector on only one side (screen side, to let some space for the cover).

Now I’ve managed to get the soundcenter working, I don’t know how. And I suspect the OLED panel has been physically damaged, which could explain the power supply turning on and of after quickly displaying just a half line of pixels.

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After some thoughts, as the tv is clicking « on », displaying what looks like just a half line of pixels, and clicking « off » forever, I think that the problem is the power supply unit of the LG panel.

But something makes me think it can be another thing : I cannot use the pure audio functions of the sound center (airplay seems to be working on my phones as the Beovision speaker is selected and I can change the volume, but there is no sound at all…)

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