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After hearing the fantastic performance of a single A1 I thought I had to get a second one for the stereo experience.
Just this morning I started to play with it for the first time. I got the two speakers to pair. The easiest way is to follow the instructions on the B&O Faq page and not use the App. It may be my phone but the app seems a bit flaky at times and I've seen complaints about recent updates causing problems.
Anyway, using my phone to play music via BT, the sound is really good. So much better than just one.
The problem I have is that I have all my music on a non-BT ipod so I need to connect via the 3.5mm line in. Is there a way to do this?
What I do is:
1. Switch on one speaker and start playing music via the line in.
2. Hold the Bluetooth down till the LED power light turns blue and then starts flashing white. Wait for the beep about 20s later.The music from the line in continues to play albeit with slight interruption.
3. Switch on the second one and hold the blue tooth button until this one's power LED flashes white.
The power LEDs on both speakers turn white continuously and beep. The music from the line in ceases and I can no longer get it to play through the speakers.
Am I doing something wrong or do I have false expectations. I haven't seen it reported that only Bluetooth input can be paired for stereo and the fact that the music continues while the first speaker waits for a second one. On the other hand I can't see confirmation that it should be possible (though I'm sure I did back in the Christmas holidays).
A splitter on the cable might work if I can find one but I'd rather use the technology B&O have given us.
Thanks for any help.
Just to follow up on this thread. I have now had it confirmed from B&O that I cannot feed music in via the Line In and have it pair to another speaker for stereo.
However, if I use the USB on my laptop, I can feed music via iTunes to one speaker and it will pair to another.
I have yet to try the splitter cable option but a Bluetooth transmitted for the ipod is an alternative.
Whilst this is possible, there is a lag using this method. I have 2 A1s linked to my iMac and neither BT or USB offers the right set up for me. The only way I have found which works is to link the two speakers physically using leads.
This then means that video and other audio feeds work properly with no latency issues. The only drawback is lack of real stereo separation, but that is something I am prepared to forego.
I also have a pair of S3s and the same is true of these. I have now wired these up to an airport express using cables and they work perfectly.
Unfortunately I think that the true wireless connection is flawed - I was constantly experiencing drop outs, no matter what configuration I used or how close the speakers were to the source.
Yes, I notice a lag when using the USB from the laptop and pairing when I am watching a video. I guess that's expected as some form of buffering is needed and the laptop can't slow down the image to match the sound.
I've had drop outs occur with BT from my phone which I blame not the speakers.
I still haven't found a cable to split for stereo yet as I'm overseas with limited electrical shops nearby.. I bought two wrong cables (one to split/join a mic and headphone to 3.5mm jack and a splitter that must be phone.
Still the music works well enough.
KarlSplatzo: I still haven't found a cable to split for stereo yet as I'm overseas with limited electrical shops nearby..
I still haven't found a cable to split for stereo yet as I'm overseas with limited electrical shops nearby..
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