Beosound 5 / Beomaster 5 Setup Questions

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Avalon Martin

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Posted October 16, 2025 at 14:23 GMT ? Edited October 18, 2025 at 11:53 GMT

Hello All, I am new to this site, and I have also just acquired a BS5/BM5, 1 TB in mint condition, I am driving this with the Beolab 3, and the Beolab 2 subwoofer. However, I received this unit with just a few tracks on it. Now, I have the following issues.. 1) the USB ports are not reading the USB stick, and I am confused on how to store music on this device or play music through the USB stick. 2)apart from that I cannot seem to connect to the network. 3)The Beoconnect app does not work on my Windows 10 laptop. 4) The LCD on the Remote, BEO4 does not work properly(may need replacement, no idea from where) so will need a new LCD as I cannot see the display clearly. I also have just ordered a 1TB SSD as a back up if that is what's required to upgrade. I am attaching pictures here of the system, if anyone can help me with this, that'll be great. I would love to use the system to it's great potential. Thanks and God Bless!

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Peter Albrechtsen

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Posted October 16, 2025 at 18:18 GMT ? Edited October 18, 2025 at 12:08 GMT

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Posted October 18, 2025 at 10:04 GMT ? Edited October 18, 2025 at 11:58 GMT

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"2)apart from that I cannot seem to connect to the network." Hello Avalon Martin, nice acquisition! I do not use Beoconnect, and just transfer files to the 'Music' folder on the BM5 using my Mac's possibility to 'Connect to server'. There i use the BM5's IP address, username and password (that you can set elsewhere in the menu). I trust a similar option is available on Windows PCs. Good luck! Regards, Johan

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Posted October 18, 2025 at 12:00 GMT

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Posted October 18, 2025 at 12:09 GMT ? Edited October 18, 2025 at 12:15 GMT

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And screen replacement instructions are here:
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Joris Allewijn

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Posted October 18, 2025 at 13:26 GMT

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Hi Avalon, I had the same questions, but I have solved them. I use a NAS where I stored my CD's and all metadata. Then, on my Windows11 laptop I made a drivemapping to \\192.168.178.xxx\BM-SHARE&. Thus I can have the two windows on my screen and I can move/copy music files. I noticed that not all albumcovers are visible on my BS5. Therefore I used EZ meta tag editor (21 days free use)

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Avalon Martin

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Posted October 20, 2025 at 09:43 GMT

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https://avaservices.co.uk/ And screen replacement instructions are here: https://archivedforum2.beoworld.org/forums/p/21827/180454.aspx * If not in the instructions, do this: On Beo4, press Power (red dot) and LIST together. Then press MENU and GO together. Press LIST until screen shows: CONT:XX. XX is a number from 00 to 15. Type in new number to change (start low - 00 is lowest contrast), then GO to save, and Power (red dot) to exit.

Thanks on the above, I fortunately got a full working condition with a clear LCD on ebay, for the similar price of the LCD, so I think that's a good option, just incase I need a spare remote later on.

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Avalon Martin

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Posted October 23, 2025 at 10:28 GMT

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Avalon Martin

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Posted October 23, 2025 at 10:34 GMT

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Hello Johan, Thanks for your reply, will try doing this with the mac. However, right now using Windows 10 laptop. I went through the service menu to check on the network connections, it shows connected, but when checking for internet, it does not connect. I have seen spotify in the menu somewhere, so if the internet does not work, I cannot use Spotify. Any suggestions.
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