Bluesound Node and BeoVision

Hi fellow Beoworlders,

I am planning to buy a Bluesound Node 2i, to connect to my Beolab 9s.

I also have a Beoplay V1 in the same room. Would it be possible to connect the V1 to the Bluesound? The Bluesound has a analog/Toslink 3.5 mm line-in connection. Would it be possible to take the Powerlink output from the V1 and feed it into the Bluesound line-in? So basically a RJ45 to 3.5mm jack connection.

Would this work? Any experiences from other Beoworlders?

In case that wouldn’t work, I will see if the old Bosscom Powerlink Switch switch which I somewhere lying around, is still working

That should do the job, but would require an additional box, which I want to avoid

Jan

Hi Jan,

Yes, the Node 2i has a 3.5mm analogue input socket, so you could in theory connect the Powerlink output of the TV via the Node then to the speakers.  However, this may not be the best option, as you would need to either use the Bluesound app to control the speaker volume for the TV, or turn the Node volume right up to give you normal volume control via the TV remote.

Instead, it may be a better option to link the Node into the TV, then connect the speakers to the TV.  This way, the TV does need to be on to play music, but you can always blank the TV screen with the P.MUTE command.  You then have volume control from the B&O remote for TV and music, without the expense of the extra switching box.

Please ask if you need help with cabling for either of these options and I will be pleased to assist.

Kind regards, Steve.

Hi Steve

That is a really fast reply!

Thank you for your feedback. I was actually looking for a way to use the Bluesound without having to switch on the Tv, which is why I am considering to link the Beoplay V1 to the Bluesound line-in.

I understand the problem of volume control, but was actually hoping that the Bluesound would have a ‘fixed volume’ setting.

Connecting the V1 to the Node and the BL9’s to the Node would - apart from the volume control problems take the 9’s out of the audio processing of the V1.

It would not be possible to include these into a Speaker Group there anymore - a 3.0 group (with the internal speakers of the V1) can’t be created/activated. A Speaker Group 2.0 (the BL9’s) for e.g the N etradio can not be choosen.....

The V1 ‘knows’ the properties of your speakers, you can make advanced audio settings there, bas management, assign specific Speaker Group with seperate setting to specific sources.

I would advice NOT to disconnect the 9’s from the tv.

Instead connect the Node to the digital coax input of the V1 using the digital coax out from the Node. You can tweak the sound settings for this input as you want/need and assign it to a button on the remote.

As Steve wrote you can easily mute the picture of the V1 - it won’t show anything anyway.

However, if power savings is really that important to you, you should try out the PowerLink Switch instead of routing rhe sound from the tv through the Node to the 9’s.

MM

Hi,

The issue with using the Node connected directly to the speakers is that you would need to keep changing it from maximum volume when listening to the TV, back down to low volume when playing music.  Forgetting to turn down the Node volume could damage your speakers when changing from TV to music......

Turning on the TV to play music is a bit annoying, but it removes that risk and saves you the cost of the switching box.

Kind regards, Steve.