B&O 8000's and Connect

Likewise, but the library sees a lot less use now with reliable streaming from Apple Music/Google Play Music. And now even more so with Amazon Music thrown in, because the Dot will not initiate music play from either the local library or from Apple/Google. Using voice to only do the follow on options of volume changes seems a lame use of voice once one is used to the full voice experience that is steadily getting better.

Agree with you on all. My library has enough old stuff recorded in some sessions I enjoy so I still use it some although I'm starting to find some of those songs streamed now. Technology streams forward!

By the way, I could not make the direct connection between the Dot and the active 8000's work. Any ideas?

Run a wire from the Dot output jack to the input jack on the 8000. Speakers like these have a phono jack on each of them, in which case you will need a wire terminating in two jacks at one end, one for the left and one for the right speaker. Or they have one phono jack on the master speaker and then a wire connecting the two speakers. I think there is also a switch that needs to be turned on for 8000 speakers to work in this fashion.

See the manual for more on this.

PS: Actually, all you have to do is do exactly how you have wired the Connect, except, at the Dot end, the cable will have to terminate in a stereo 3.5 mm multi jack. The principle for how the signal passes is the same for the Dot as it is for the Connect.

The one feature about this - good or bad depends on you - is that all that Alexa says will be via the 8000 units. The speaker in the Dot is silenced as soon as anything is plugged into its output jack, and in essence the 8000 units will be an integral part of the Dot.

Hooked the dot back up direct to the speakers again. On the Alexa play command the speakers light up but no sound. Strange.

What happens if you hit the Dot volume button to advance its volume levels close to full? I have found that with the Dot and some speakers, the signal levels of the Dot need to be boosted in this manner for sound to be heard from the speakers.

And ask Alexa something simple, like the time, and see if that response is heard.

Took the volume to max. Nothing.

Strange indeed because:
1. The Dot is working when not connected.
2. When connected in the exact same way as the Connect that does work with the speakers, the speakers light up indicating that the output jack of the Dot works, because the speakers light up only when they sense a signal.
3. But no sound comes from the 8000 speakers when the Dot is connected.
I can't think of a single reason for this. Hopefully some one else here can and will offer it when they see this thread.

Thanks for the help. I'm reconnecting to the Connect and go on with my life!

From a review:
"Because the BeoLab 8000 is powered, it can be enjoyed with something as simple and unobtrusive as an iPod, making the beautiful BeoLab 8000 the most prominent component in your two-channel system, rather than black boxes and unsightly cables."
For iPod substitute a Dot, and what you get is voice controlled access to a lot more music. A truly smart update for the 8000.
You also get to add bluetooth capability by piggy backing on that in the Dot. Once you get it to work 🙂.