Bang & Olufsen BeoConnect (for Mac): Daily use

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After successful installation, BeoConnect will launch automatically 

on the dock of your Mac. A BeoConnect window will appear 

when you click on the BeoConnect icon on the dock. 

When BeoConnect is installed, a registration page opens.  

You can register by entering the required details. You can also 

register later by clicking the ‘Product registration’ button on 

the ‘About’ tab. If you do not register, you can not use  

N.RADIO on your Bang & Olufsen product. However, you are 

still able to transfer content from the Mac.

When the connection is established, you can see that the 

Bang & Olufsen icon at the bottom of the screen is black.  

The icon is grey if there is no connection to the Bang & Olufsen 

product. And when BeoConnect is not running, the icon is half 

grey, half black.

When you transfer content from the Mac, the Bang & Olufsen 

icon flickers between black and grey. 

Transfer music 

To transfer tracks and playlists from iTunes, select the track or 

playlist you want to transfer and drag and drop it to the black icon. 

A round-shaped figure appears with a colour for each of the 

coloured lists. Simply drop your item to one of the coloured 

lists or drop it to the black region, which will transfer the 

content to BeoMaster 5/BeoSound 5. 

A coloured list on BeoMaster 5/BeoSound 5 consists of either 

albums or a playlist. This means that if you drag a cover from 

iTunes to a coloured list which consists of a playlist, the playlist 

is replaced by the album. If you drag a playlist into a coloured 

list consisting of an album, the album is replaced by the playlist.

–  A coloured list based on cover-transfers is limited to nine 

items 

–  A coloured list based on a playlist-transfer is limited to 99 

single tracks 

Remember that ‘first-in-first-out’ applies, when you add items or 

tracks, regardless if the limit of the list is nine items or 99 tracks. 

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No coloured lists in BeoMedia 1 

If you own a BeoMedia 1, note that it holds no coloured lists. 

When you drag a playlist onto a coloured region in the dock 

icon, the drag-and-drop behaves as if you drag it to the black 

region. There are no limits for the number of entries in playlists 

on the BeoMedia 1. 

The transfer tab 

To see transfer progress look under the transfer tab.

From iTunes to a coloured list …

–  When you drag a cover from iTunes to a coloured list, you 

create an album on that list with all the tracks from the cover 

–  If you want a coloured list with several albums, drag covers 

to a playlist in iTunes and drag the playlist to one of the 

coloured lists 

From iTunes to the black region …

–  When you drag a cover to the black region, you can view 

the content in the different views on BeoMaster 5 and 

BeoSound 5, but the cover does not show in any coloured list 

–  Playlists with identical names do not overwrite each other

For all transfers, the transferred content immediately shows on 

your television or on BeoSound 5.

If some of the content does not transfer, for example, DRM 

protected music files, you will be notified in the ‘Messages’ 

box on the Mac. 

Note that named playlists are not available on BeoSound 5. 

Transfer photos and web bookmarks 

You can transfer content from `Finder’ and `iPhoto’, and you 

can transfer bookmarks with `Bookmark Manager’ in the 

browser `Safari’. 

Transfer from iPhoto …

When you drag photos from iPhoto, you can add the photos to 

a coloured list on the round icon, and you can view the photos 

on the television. 

The following files can be transferred to BeoMaster 5: 

Audio files:

 MP3, AAC, WMA, WAV, above 5 MB, and M4A 

(if not Applelossless) 

Photo files:

 JPG, JPEG, BMP, PNG, TIFF, GIF and TIF. 

Video:

 AVI, MPEG, MPG, M1V, MPE, ASF and WMV.

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If you drop a photo to the black region of the round icon, the 

photo will be available on BeoMaster 5. You can add it to a 

coloured list afterwards, if you want. 

Note that named playlists are not available on BeoSound 5. 

We recommend that you always keep a copy of your music 

files and photos either on the Mac or on a storage media. 

Transfer bookmarks from ‘Bookmark Manager’ in Safari 

…

Open your bookmarks. Simply drag and drop the bookmarks 

to the black region. On the television screen, activate WEB and 

click 

GO

 on the bookmark to view it. 

Note that the coloured lists do not support bookmarks.