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carolpa wrote: the BLC (NL/ML converter s not crippled"! the first BLC sold had these ports covered with a plastic strip. It, the strips, can easily be removed. then the PL, Line in and IR connections are available and working. See a picture of a later version to determine which port is which. Amazing! You're quite right. Thanks @carolpa! I've peeled off the white plastic strips and there they are - two more RJ45 ports and two Kinch/phono sockets. That's a world of future fun if I can ever get it configured properly!

just ask what you want to achieve, there is almost always somebody over here with the right advice, also for the somewhat complex settings of a Beolink NL/ML converter.

Hello Dave, with the below set-up that works:

Evening all,

A couple of bits of unsuccessful experimentation to report. I wondered if my problems (short press on the IR eye or remote turns the whole system off when Masterlinked) might stem from a faulty 1611, so I bought another from Quality Dream Audio and tried that. No change, same issue.

I then tried both 1611s in one system. I built a 3.5mm-DIN cable as per Matador/Guy/Madskp's instructions using only the 'video' input pins and tested that it worked by connecting to a standalone BL2000, which allowed me to activate a Bluetooth streamer using the V.x commands, and presumably therefore configured the 1611 as a videomaster. However adding this to a fuller Masterlink setup (hopefully with one 1611 as audiomaster and one 1611 as videomaster) resulted only in the same behaviour as above. This confirms what Madskp thought a couple of months ago.

Still looking for a very cheap Beovision 6-22 or similar to try that. The good thing is our building work is still about as far away as it was in March so time yet to make a decision over ML/MCL/Wiim or whatever.

Interesting progress!

I was very fortunate to be able to take advantage of a local advert for a Beosound 3000 and pair of BL6000s for... £100. Nice. Once I'd made sure it all worked ok, I tried the Masterlink port:

BS3000 > ML > BL2000

And it worked as I thought ML ought to work! If the BS3000 is on, turning on the BL2000 starts the sound and short press on . turning it off again stops the sound without shutting down the whole system. No Videomaster attached. So I tried:

BS3000 > ML (RJ45) distributor &> BL2000 &> BL Active

And again everything seemed to work as I'd hoped. Short press on . turns either on or off without affecting the others. Long press on any of the three turns everything off. If all three are on, and I short press . on the BS3000, only the BS3000 goes quiet but a CD continues playing through the BL2000 and Active. Incredible! And all without a Videomaster.

So I conclude for now that it's the presence of the BLC1611 that causes the 'everything turns off' problem.

The BS3000 is a lovely thing but the lack of an (ideally datalinked) phono port and only one Aux port brings it's own problems for my setup. Not quite perfection yet!

Incidentally I'm surprisingly impressed with the sound from the BL6000s. I had expected them to sound a bit thin and reedy but certainly with loudness turned on they're quite punchy.

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BS3000 > ML (RJ45) distributor &> BL2000 &> BL Active And again everything seemed to work as I’d hoped. Short press on . turns either on or off without affecting the others. Long press on any of the three turns everything off. If all three are on, and I short press . on the BS3000, only the BS3000 goes quiet but a CD continues playing through the BL2000 and Active. Incredible! And all without a Videomaster.

Great to hear that you got things working as intended with this setup.

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So I conclude for now that it’s the presence of the BLC1611 that causes the ‘everything turns off’ problem.

It might not be as simple as that since I also had the same issue with the BS Ouverture. It could be an issue that was fixed in later software revisions, and newer products though. I am not sure I got to try the scenario out with my Beocenter 2, so I might try to do that and see how it reacts in such a scenario.

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The BS3000 is a lovely thing but the lack of an (ideally datalinked) phono port and only one Aux port brings it’s own problems for my setup. Not quite perfection yet!

Yeah that's the backside of the newer" Beosounds with Masterlink that datalink support was droped. Probably to keep the products cost effective.