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Many thanks to the Danish contingent here, Madskp & Millemisen! IR eye with “Join” button purchased today. Now, to be frank, I’d rather install the eye discreetly, perhaps even out of reach, so maybe we’ll never use the “Join” button… but I would like to have a remote which can issue the “Join” command to the BLC NL/ML. So far, I have two Beo4s and one BeoTime; I assume no “Join” can be activated on these. So, which remotes offer this capability?  Should I get a Beo6?

I have no experience with the NL/ML converter, but according to the lexicon the JOIN function can be added to the LIST Button of a Beo4 Navi (the one with the little joystick) Login to view image EDIT:  And according to this the Beoremote One (IR version) can send the command also: 

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Thank you Guy and Millemisen! My oldest Beo4 is ancient enough that it doesn't even have N.MUSIC nor N.RADIO (A.TAPE2 does N.MUSIC and PHONO does N.RADIO).  No JOIN on that one! My newest Beo4, modern enough for N.MUSIC, etc., doesn't have JOIN either. So it looks like I am in the market for a new remote control.  From Millemisen's photo I see I might consider a Beo4 Mk III, with the joystick, but I observe that Beo4 can only control the devices on the right-hand side of the picture below, and not on the left. Is there a remote able to control both the left and the right on the picture?  Perhaps a Beoremote 1 with BT? Login to view image

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You are right - no IR for the A6. You could get the BROne/BT (which also has ir). However, I find/found it inconvenient to have to switch from ir to bt mode for this. Despite the costs, I would rather recomment having two remotes (a BROne/BT and a Beo4/navi) - especially if you have two seperate rooms. If you happen to have an older mobile phone laying around, that you do not use anymore, you could use that - with the Bang & Olufsen app installed - as a remote for the A6. MM

Hello Millemisen, I have just read the BeoRemote One – BT manual on the B&O website.  I wasn't quite able to identify or understand the switching of modes... from what I could see, if I set up the A6 on the BR1-BT, all commands issued to it will automatically be sent via BT, whereas any commands sent to the BLC will be on IR. I see how that target switching can be cumbersome, compared to the old IR-only systems, where if you depressed the volume button, any and all devices within IR range would accept the volume command. When you say it is inconvenient to switch between IR and BT, do you mean this act of having to tell the remote which device you wish to control?  Or do you mean some other action that must be taken so the command can be issued? Thanks in advance for your comments.

“When you say it is inconvenient to switch between IR and BT, do you mean this act of having to tell the remote which device you wish to control?” Yes, that is what I meant! MM