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After the recent BeoPlay v1 software update, I noticed that when listening to music via HomeMedia, screen saving automatically turns on after 1 min and of course the album cover art+info display disappears. With the prior software version, the screen went dimmer, but one could still see the infos/covert art.
Couldn't find the option to change this parameter, but can it be changed? Really too bad because it was always nice to see the cover art and infos on the screen during listening.
As I already mentioned in another thread (the software update thread) - this 'new function' can not be changed/turned off.
I even wrote BeoCare - that is the answer I got from there.
Personally I find it rather annoying, and would like to see it changed in order to either be able to turn it off totally or to disable it temporarily.
In the mentioned other thread I did not get any responding to the question 'how others think about that'.
At least you too aren't pleased with it
I guess the only way to get it changed is to tell it to our dealers, and ask them to report it back to Struer.
MM
There is a tv - and there is a BV
That is a funtion that should be user-decided per source - how hard can that be to enable?
I - too - miss the 'AV' function - but it will never come back the old way.
Again why not let the user decide?
In the 'List' of the (newer) Beo4 there are several entries with an 'A-' before the name of the source.
I often wondered what for?
'A-N.RA'' would mean that you could turn on the tv to NetRadio without the screen turning on.
But maybe I've got that wrong, and it is just wishfull thinking?
@Räuber
Sure I know that!
But I am talking about a remote (the Beo4) that was/is delivered with a V1 - which is based on the BSys4 engine.
Where is the logic, if they (the commands) can't be used on a BSys4 based tv?
But maybe just a few of us find the 'auto mute picture' function annoying?
So we will probably have to live with it.
You can, of course, still use P. Mute with the 11
Millemissen:@Räuber Sure I know that! But I am talking about a remote (the Beo4) that was/is delivered with a V1 - which is based on the BSys4 engine. Where is the logic, if they (the commands) can't be used on a BSys4 based tv? MM There is a tv - and there is a BV.
Raeuber: Very annoying, because it's so easy with Beosystem 3 based TVs: With P.MUTE you can switch the screen ON and OFF. And if you want to start an audio source without switching screen on you use AV command.
Very annoying, because it's so easy with Beosystem 3 based TVs: With P.MUTE you can switch the screen ON and OFF. And if you want to start an audio source without switching screen on you use AV command.
At least with Beo5, and the PolyMote Remote App for iPhone, which is made exclusively for Wi-Fi Beovisions with the new video engine, there is "P.MUTE" available. Clicking it, the curtains close on BV11, but audio remains. Click it again, and the curtains open.
Also, when audio only source on the TV blanks the picture, I tested that with Spotify and H.MEDIA (DLNA) changing a track brings the cover art back. The same happens by pressing the audio source button again (e.g. Spotify) on the remote.
I can't understand why B&O chose to blank the picture for audio sources, when this has been possible with P.MUTE all the time. Has P.MUTE been missing from Avant/BV11/V1/BSys4, or am I missing something here?
KMA
B&O product history since 1991: Ridiculously long to list in a signature.
KMA: I can't understand why B&O chose to blank the picture for audio sources, when this has been possible with P.MUTE all the time.
On the BV11 I still have the non-picture muting problem when listening to a 'radio' source (i.e. radio via Freeview channel).
On first switch on or switch over to the radio channel, the radio station information page comes up and stays on. It will only mute if you change to another radio programme and then change back, after which the muting takes place after about another 30 seconds.
Reported via my dealer to Struer when I first got the TV. Obviously not a priority for B&O, or maybe there isn't a solution.
Graham
Is it possible to wake the screen any other way than selecting the source again?
Also, I don't understand why there are no curtains when the screen shuts off. It's there with P.MUTE and looks very professional, so I think they should use the same effect for the automatic feature.
Either they should stick to the 'P.Mute' (which still works * ) or let us decide per source how it should react.
And - ultimately - make it possible to disable the auto-function temporarily.
Of course - as lundmark writes - this could be combined with the curtain-function. But that is more a On/Off-function.
* Is there a 'P.Mute' in the 'List' of the new Remote?
This auto function must be rather annoying for the dealers in the shops demoing the audio playback capacities of a V1/BV11/Avant
Note: I just started my V1 (the Mediacenter renderer function) from a remote app on the iPad (the 8Player).
The screen stayed on for about 5 minutes (in the middle of the second track of an album it went off)!!!
You can (on the Beo4 w.navi) bring back the screen with a touch of the navi button (alternatively the 'Back' button).. Then the list of servers and last played comes on too (why?). This list disappears after about a minute (or less) - and then the (now-playing) screen disappear after another 30 seconds.
I wonder where the logic is - or do I just don't see it?
Edit to note: just discovered that if you push the 'List' button, you get the screen back again (for the usual approx 30 seconds.
This way - at least - you can see which track is being played momentary.
If you push the blue button (on the remote), you also get the screen back - and the info of the track of course.
This screen stayes so a couple of minutes and then fades out a bit - but it stayes on.
For how long I do not yet know - probably constantly. But who would want that?
I'd be happy just to see the cover staying on - nothing more needed imo!
Millemissen: This auto function must be rather annoting for the dealers in the shops demoing the audio playback capacities of a V1/BV11/Avant
Hi Griebel,
'blue button' ---- I already posted that tip 3 weeks ago (look above).
'low resolution' ---- I haven't noticed that. Anyone else?
...and that is really a pitty - we want to be able to choose how it should behave ourselves.
Mark you that, dear programmers