BeoSound 2 started alone...

Hi, my BS2 that I only use with AirPlay suddenly started to play music alone (like an internet playlist or something). It is of course connected to the wifi but bluetooth is not connected to any device and 'not always open' and I choosed  'manual connection'. As sources I activated only line in (no TuneIn, Deezer, Chromecast, ... nothing!) because TuneIn was dropping of all the time despite my excellent optical fiber internet connection. When my laptop is closed, if I tap on the top of the BS2 nothing happens (in the past it started to play music coming from I don't know where but this seems solved). I'm starting to get a bit upset with these bugs.

Did something similar occur in another house... Any idea to help to find what caused this?

 

Yes it did to me, both with A9 and A6 - and both with (and only with) Airplay. I had an impression that this could be an Airplay bug of some kind... anyway then I learned to remember closing the Airplay connection between my iPhone and A9/A6 when I was done with listening and that is now an okay-ish workaround.

Not ideal, but...well, better then an uncontrolled self-started playback late at night, right? As for being upset, I don’t want to be unfair towards B&O about what looks at first as an endless list of firmware bugs - but I share your sentiment. I really actively contemplate selling both units and just enjoy some music, whichever the alternative brand would be. Let’s see if the new firmware, due very soon probably, could fix such volatile behaviour.

I like (love) very much the design my BS2 and the premium feeling that the build quality produces when you look at it or interact with it. This has prevented me since now to sell it, but every time I discover a new issue I start thinking again that B&O will never have a stable software and this may push me once to make the step and sell it. I was once woken up during my sleep by a smoke alarm in an hotel room and I don't want to leave again this kind of experience with a such powerful speaker starting randomly during the night...

AnalogPlanet:

.. anyway then I learned to remember closing the Airplay connection between my iPhone and A9/A6 when I was done with listening and that is now an okay-ish workaround.

I alway disconnect AirPlay from a device, when I am done....

....to prevent unwanted activation.

To me that is not a ‘workaround’ - it is what you have to do...it’s become a habit!

MM

@ Beonit, i have the same with my BS1 , and it is a pain that it can’t be turned off (it has a battery), so unplugging it doesn’t help either. When I go on holiday I unplug it, affraid that it might start playing loud when we’re away.

benoit:

Hi, my BS2 that I only use with AirPlay suddenly started to play music alone (like an internet playlist or something). It is of course connected to the wifi but bluetooth is not connected to any device and 'not always open' and I choosed 'manual connection'. As sources I activated only line in (no TuneIn, Deezer, Chromecast, ... nothing!) because TuneIn was dropping of all the time despite my excellent optical fiber internet connection. When my laptop is closed, if I tap on the top of the BS2 nothing happens (in the past it started to play music coming from I don't know where but this seems solved). I'm starting to get a bit upset with these bugs.

Did something similar occur in another house... Any idea to help to find what caused this?

Hi

I have all sources ticked (action stations all areas lol) and the speaker BS1 has never come on during the night. So perhaps it is an AirPlay thing. I think i have used Airplay once but i use mainly the top controller on the BS1 to turn off and on.

I have also used it as a google speaker and interestingly the NL functions are overridden, ie if the speaker is on i cant use my BROne to turn it off (long press) or the like.

I wonder did you ever have a playlist set up in TuneIn , Deezer (maybe it thinks its still logged in)? Maybe its still using that? How many devices have you connected? Is it perhaps using your iPhone (s) / iPad (s) - just trying to work out where the music is coming from?

But why would it come on during the night? Does that mean there is an alarm? Or Wake Up On LAN?

I know it’s annoying for you but the sleuth in me finds it interesting.

And I loathe the idea of using the reset button, but have you tried that? Setting it up again and not signing in to anything as you mentioned you had used Tune In before.... just a try

Best of luck Benoit.

Michael. :-)

I had in the past a TuneIn account but I deleted it as I had many dropouts. No other account. I checked again and no account has any ID and all are unactivated.