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Hello,
I have a set up of 3 Beoplay A6's, 2 Beoplay M5's, a Beosound 2, and 2 Beoplay M3's.
The problem I have is that none of the A6's show up when trying to play via Chromecast. All the other speakers show up, it is just all three of the A6's.
I have all my speakers enabled, with Chromecast working on them all, apart from the A6's. So, I don't think it's anything to do with that.
I hope someone can help me here please.
Thank you.
David
David,
if you don't have Chromecast related Wi-Fi issues ask B&O support to activate another Firmware version for your Beoplay A6. They released FW 1.15.17640.17856519 in December, which disables Google Cast. Having no Wi-Fi problems at all they activated FW 1.15.17881.16477003 for me, thus Google Cast is enabled again and works fine.
Chromecast issues further reading:
https://support.google.com/chromecast/answer/7634752?vid=0-1160194496130-1516208028507
Hey,
Thank you so much. That's very helpful. Just one question though...how do I contact B&O support to ask them to activate Google Chromecast for me?
Thanks again for your help. It's much appreciated.
Livingroom: BL3, BL11, BV11-46 Kitchen: Beosound 1 GVA, Beocom 2 Bathroom: M3 Homeoffice: M3, Beocom 2 Library: Beosound Emerge, Beocom 6000 Bedroom: M5, Essence remote Travel: Beoplay E8 2.0, Beoplay EQ, Beoplay Earset
https://www.beoplay.com/countryselector
since you also have a Beosound 2 and can compare to A6:
What do you think, does it make sense to replace the A6 with a BS2 for better sound quality ?
Thanks for the links guys. Ill look in to asking them for an update to allow Chromecast on my A6's.
As for the Beosound 2 question. I do feel it is a much more superior speaker to all my other ones, including the A6.
Just to give you an idea, I have two A6s on one wall in my Living Room and the other side of the room, I have one Beosound 2. The Beosound 2 has a better quality sound than the two A6's put together. So, I would definitely recommend it. Though the A6 is still good quality, in my opinion.
I hope that helps your decision.
that's what I assumed.
So thanks a lot for your clarification, going to get the BS2 now ...
Hi Ulrike,
My auto software update is not working for whatever reason. It keeps saying the 1.15.17640.17856519 is the latest version. I spent 3 hours talking to B&O support today, trying to update my firmware with no success. Do you have a copy of the 1.15.17881.16477003 firmware handy? The Beotool App shows latest firmware to be 1.20.30100.247491601.
Regards,
Alvin
Hi,
I have two A6s. One of them updated yesterday to 1.20 software. The other will not update to new software for some reason. It still has 1.19 and says that software is up to date. If I use BeoTool it says there is new software for the A6. I have tried to reset to factory but it did not help. After factory reset I can not login to Deezer or tunein either. Does someone know What to do or What is wrong with my A6?
best regards
Martin
NEW! Beovision Eclipse 65 2nd generation (G1) with floorstand (from STB Brackets), Beolab 50 front, Beolab 3 rear, 2 x Beoplay A6 linkrooms, 2xBeoremote one BT, Beosound 9000 Mark III (sw 3.4), Beosound 5 (for DLNA only), Philips Hue (all lights in the home), Oppo UDP-203, Apple TV 4K (2021 model). Beoremote HALO, 3xBeoplay Charging pad, Beoplay M5
Martin:Hi, I have two A6s. One of them updated yesterday to 1.20 software. The other will not update to new software for some reason. It still has 1.19 and says that software is up to date. If I use BeoTool it says there is new software for the A6. I have tried to reset to factory but it did not help. After factory reset I can not login to Deezer or tunein either. Does someone know What to do or What is wrong with my A6? best regards Martin Beovision Eclipse 65 with floorstand (from STB Brackets), Beolab 5 front (sw 3.30a), Beolab 3 rear, 2xBeoplay A6 linkrooms, 2xBeoremote one BT, Beosound 9000 Mark III (sw 3.4), Philips Hue (all lights in the home), Oppo UDP-203, Apple TV 4K
Hi
I called support and they pushed the sw update manually. Now everything works as it should.