Add PC command to an old Beo4

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Hi there,

can anyone point me to infos regarding adding "PC" to an older Beo4 that doesn't have that command? Looking for a table or so of equivalent commands.

thanks

Torsten

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Not sure that it will help on Beo4, but SHIFT STORE is equivalent.  Full list follows: 

Beo 4    Beolink1000 MkI & II    Beolink 1000 MkIII & IV

[red]        [SHIFT] [<]                   [SHIFT] [\/]

[blue]       [SHIFT] [>]                  [SHIFT] [/\]

[green]     [SHIFT] [<<]                [SHIFT] [<<]

[yellow]    [SHIFT] [>>]                [SHIFT] [>>]

[MENU]    [SHIFT] [TEXT]              [MENU] 

[LIGHT]    [SHIFT] [LINK]              [LIGHT]

[GO]        [PLAY]                          [PLAY]

[DTV]      [SATELLITE]                  [SAT]

[DVD] **     [SHIFT] [CD]                [SHIFT] [SAT]

[PC]         [SHIFT] [STORE]           [SHIFT] [STORE]

 [DVD2]    [SHIFT] [V.TAPE]           [SHIFT] [V.TAPE] 

[V.AUX]    [SHIFT] [TV]                 [SHIFT] [TV]

[A.AUX]    [SHIFT] [RADIO]           [SHIFT] [RADIO] 

"N.RADIO"    [PHONO]                   [PHONO]

"N.MUSIC"    [SHIFT] [A.TAPE]       [SHIFT] [A.TAPE]

[STAND]       [PICTURE]                [PICTURE] 

(Not exact link, on Beo4 use V.SETUP (for TUNE) then LIST for PICTURE

[SPEAKER]    [SOUND]                  [SOUND]

[RESET]       [RESET]               [SHIFT] [MUTE]

[TURN]       [SHIFT] [SOUND]      [SHIFT] [SOUND]

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Thanks for that. I don't seem to have STORE on my Beo4 either. Strange...

 

 

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What is the EEPROM version of your Beo4?

You can find out by pressing  the STAND-BY and LIST button simultaneously, then press MENU and GO button simultaneously to see EEPROM version.

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Thanks for that hint: 3.0 is what it says...

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Unfortunately that means your Beo4 was produced prior to 2006 and likely to be quite lot before that date and will not have PC in the LIST

Location: Hampshire, England

Yep - I figured that. My question was: is PC (like some other commands such as N.MUSIC) a "recycle" of an older command - and if so, which one?

cheers

-tb

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PC is not a recycle, and I think the SHIFT STORE workaround will only work on Beolink 1000.

PC was introduced to Beo4 at SW3.4.

One further thought: Have you tried adding SHIFT and V.SETUP to your Beo4's LIST.  It's a longshot but pressing V.SETUP brings up a new list that includes STORE, hence you could try SHIFT STORE.  I very much doubt that this will work, but worth a try!

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Ah, good idea. Will try and report back....

tnx

Torsten

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doesn't seem to work...maybe a timing issue as hitting "Shift", flipping through to V.Setup and finding "Store" takes a while...

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