Beosystem 5000 working with Ben CD 5500

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Peter McLane
Silver
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Posted August 25, 2026 at 14:59 GMT
#1645787
I have a Beosystem 5000 with turntable, cassette player and remote master panel.  I am considering purchasing a CD 5500 to add to the system.  I know the CD 50 is compatible, but does the Cd 5500 work with Beosystem 5000 and will the remote panel operate it ?

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TK
TK
Bronze
112 posts
Posted August 25, 2026 at 17:37 GMT
#1674047
The internal protocols for both the BM5000 and CD5500 are based on Datalink '80, so it should work fine. That being said, the CD control on the MCP5000 remote is a wee-bit unrefined for accomplishing things like individual track indexing, if memory serves. But it does work.
AdamS
AdamS
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638 posts
Posted August 26, 2026 at 13:08 GMT
#1674052
In addition, if I remember rightly, the track time display is on the CD50 itself, but this information would normally be shown on the MCP5500 on a full 5500 system. Hence I don't think you can view track time anywhere if you use a CD5500 with an MCP5000. But I might be wrong!
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