Bartok sometime is not responding (hang up)

[PAR (Pete)]

Alex there are several reports of similar occurrences. For example:

Bartok stops playing on Network mode

I may not have had the same problem as you Munchoba, but I have had a similar. So I will give you an example that might show that there are several ways to solve the problem. My network in the house starts by connecting to a service distributor, box on the wall that I also think of as a modem. From outside the house, there is a fiber cable attached to this modem and into the house goes a short ethernet cable (in my case a cat 6a) which connects to the router Technicolor TG799 vac Xtream which w…

In most cases the problem lies not with the Bartok but with the network especially the router or the router configuration. I am no network expert but if you use the search facility here and just enter “Bartok Hang” you should find lots of examples and suggested remedies.However I am unsure about this in respect of a total freeze of the Bartok where no commands work even from the fascia buttons.

One thing that may help in the future will be v.1.1.1 of Mosaic ( apparently to appear “shortly” but we have been awaiting it for quite a time so far). This will have an improved “discover” function which will improve connectivity. However I do not know how that will affect things if you are using Roon, about which I am pretty ignorant, but I assume that you use Roon remote for control?