Beo 5 how to get up and running

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bdm01 (archived2)
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Posted August 2, 2016 at 10:49 GMT
#1949896

Hi,

It's been a long while since I needed help.

Having just upgraded from Beosystem 2 to a lovely new (to me) Beovision 4 65" and Beosystem 3

It's time for me to try to move from Beo4 to Beo5

I have just purchased a second user Beo5 just to play around with, had a look through the forum and there seems to be some do's and don'ts so here's my questions

What versions of the CT tool will work with Beo5

PC should it be Win XP / Win7 or will it work with Win10

Does it need to be 32 bit or 64 bit

Any other tricks to get things working ?

So ultimately I wan't to control my Beosystem 3 that has a UK SKY+HD box, PS3 with NYKO remote and Apple TV Gen1 connected to it

Any help / advise appreciated

 

Regards

Richard

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BeoIce
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Posted August 2, 2016 at 12:52 GMT
#1949897

I would start with CT tool 5.12. It's not the lastest, but beosystem 3 with bv4-65 should be supported. It will update the beo5 firmware to version 1.45b which is the latest for beo5.

For beo5 you need a 32bit operation system, as the beo5 firmware does not support 64bit.

Users reported problems with beo5 and windows 10, so I would go for windows 7. You need a working system to get the most out of your beo5.

It doesn't make sense to make experiments with non-working operation systems and unrecognised beo5 remotes if you want to get quick progress in programming your beo5.

Start with simple functions and then extend programmings to your needs. Often save changes to your remote to be protected against CT tool crashes etc.

 

Martin

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bdm01 (archived2)
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Posted August 2, 2016 at 17:40 GMT
#1949898

Thanks for the great advice

Now the issue is how to find CT 5.12 ?

All the links I find either go to older or newer version or dead links

Any help ?

Regards

Richard

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BeoIce
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Posted August 2, 2016 at 20:35 GMT
#1949899

You might have a look at http://www.beoforum.dk

You need to register and than you can download the software.

 

Martin

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bdm01 (archived2)
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Posted August 3, 2016 at 19:23 GMT
#1949900

Hi,

Had a quick check of Beoforum.dk can't really find anything.

So can anyone help with a copy of the config tool CT 5.12

 

Regards

Richard

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BeoIce
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Posted August 4, 2016 at 07:48 GMT
#1949901

bdm01 wrote:

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So can anyone help with a copy of the config tool CT 5.12

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Wrote you a PM

 

Martin

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sl (archived2)
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Posted August 4, 2016 at 19:56 GMT
#1949902

Hallo BeoIce,

 

viel Erfolg,

http://www.mediafire.com/download/tjv9oy9agrk0sr2/CTSetup_5.12.exe

 

Gruss,

sl

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BeoIce
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Posted August 4, 2016 at 20:21 GMT
#1949903

I know that link but was not sure about to post it here public so I wrote bdm01 a PM.

 

Martin

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bdm01 (archived2)
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Posted August 4, 2016 at 21:02 GMT
#1949904
Thanks for the link so I got the software

Running it on a PCs with win 7 so I think that's running ok

Problem I have now is when the software launches and I check the offline button, when the window opens I only see part of the config window left side is missing a bit and same on the right hand side

Any ideas it may be a Windows think but I tried different resolutions etc no luck

First thing I need to do is change the batteries as they only last a few mins
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bdm01 (archived2)
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Posted August 8, 2016 at 14:10 GMT
#1949905

Anyone got any ideas why the software window doesn't show the whole of the software ?

 

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