Link Beovision 7-40 to 2x Beovision 6-26

[Alan]

Hi,

I have the following situation: a Beovision 7-40 from 2007 and 2 Beovision 6-26 also from 2007. The TVs are in three different rooms and the setup is as follows:

• the BV 7-40 is the main TV and it is connected to a set-top box P570 Hybrid from Ocilion
• the BV 6-26 are each in a different rooms and linked to the BV 7-40 with a masterlink cable and the additional coax cable.

All worked fine until (yes, I know, that is how many discussions in forums start…) the set top box was changed as we changed the provider. Previously, another box provided the tv channels and the whole system worked well until the new provider installed the Ocilion. The technicians were not well familiar with B&O but managed to get the main TV working (“you cannot link several tv’s to one decoder”). The B&O shop where we bought everything from has gone out of business and the other B&O retailers in the area were of little help.

As everything had been working fine, I have tried the setup of all the TVs and I can get the music from radio or CD (linked to the BV 7-40)in all the rooms. But I cannot get the TV on the remote TVs working. I know that I will have the same tv channel on all the Beovisions and that is the way I would like it to be.

Can anyone help me regarding how I would need to set up the BVs in order to be able to watch the tv in all the rooms? As it did work before, I suppose the technicians changed something when they did the set up (but I was not in when they did and apparently they fiddled around quite a bit)

And the second part of my help call: the previous set top box was IR controlled, so it was controlled via the PUC of the BV 7-40. The Ocilion is bluetooth and the IR PUC does not help. Any ideas as to which cable would do the trick? (The Ocilion has a RJ12 labeled as IR input in its manual)

Thank you for any advice you may give.

[Guy]

Hi and welcome to Beoworld!

I am guessing that the previous set-top box also had a SCART connection between it and the BV7.  As far as I am aware, the BV7 will not distribute digital (hdmi) signals to remote televisions.  Therefore if the new set top box only has a hdmi connection to the TV, then the signal will ot be sent to the BV6s.

If you can confirm that the above is indeed is the case there may be a workaround involving an hdmi splitter and hdmi to SCART converter.  However, it would be a bit pointless doing this if you can’t then control the main TV channels from the BV6 link rooms, so see below.

As far as controlling the new set top box goes, the TV has to be pre-programed with the IR codes that will then be sent through the IR blaster lead to be received by an IR sensor on the front of the STB.  Programming the BV7 is a B&O dealer/technician task.  If you have the TV manual it may show you how to check if you TV already has the Ocilion IR codes in its database, but I doubt that it will be there unless you have used Ocilion devices in the past.

[Millemissen]

In addition to what Guy writes, a solution would be to use additional boxes on each BV6-26.
Alternatively to use ATV’s – looking up the Ocilion website there is an app that lets you enjoy all that the box can offer.
Streaming via chromecast from a mobile device also seems to be an option.

I agree that you most likely won’t find any Ocilion PUCs in the tv’s.

It is a tricky situation – I am afraid that you will never get back the ease of use that you had previously.
On the other hand you may gain new possibilities (streaming from video services and alike) from a new Ocilion setup.

MM

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