B&O's ELECTRIC CURTAINS

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Beothomas (archived)
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Posted October 6, 2009 at 15:08 GMT
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Hi guys

When I turn on our Beovision 8 40 the electric curtains do their thing and the sound creeps up. Great! EXCEPT, unlike the other Beovisions with the curtains, it doesnt do this while the picture/sound is there - it does it before!

So in other words, the sound creeps up while there is NO SOUND and the curtains part to reveal NOT, the picture, but just a logo of timer.

Is it fair to say that it kind of spoils the illusion when this happens?

Some helpful Beoworlders told me about delaying the curtains so that they only open when the built-in DVB T (DTV) is ready, but I cannot make this work and my dealer said there is no such option and it is simply the case that the curtains open too early, er, and that's it...

What do you think?

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vikinguk
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Posted October 6, 2009 at 15:43 GMT
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Tom,

'mbee' reports the same issue part way down this thread. Looks like it's potentially an easy fix for B&O (in which case why not spot this issue before anything leaves the factory, and why hasn't there been a software update?)

 

Graham (Still using Avant with perfect curtain timing!)

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Nonalphanumeric
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Posted October 7, 2009 at 00:26 GMT
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vikinger wrote:

 

(Still using Avant with perfect curtain timing!)

Yep, until the tube dies!

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Mbee
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Posted October 7, 2009 at 03:01 GMT
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This is totally awesome and makes B&Os TVs looks like cheap crap when turned on (the timer logo is particularly awful).

The best way to fix that would be that B&O releases a firmware update which shortens the boot time of the DVB HD module, but maybe that's just wishful thinking...

An "temporary" way to fix it would be to modify the opening delay. But does anyone know if we can choose a different delay for each source (as I don't want to slow down the boot time for the other sources)?

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david coyne (archived)
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Posted October 7, 2009 at 05:38 GMT
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Hi All

This is odd.. I have a BV8-40 and I dont have this problem..there is no timer or logo.... the screen opens to reveal the picture of the tv station or programme one is watching.

Perhaps I 'got lucky'  ????

 

David

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koning (archived)
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Posted October 7, 2009 at 05:39 GMT
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Maybe a different sw version?

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Mbee
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Posted October 7, 2009 at 08:58 GMT
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Hi David,

As I said, it's only when using the DVB-HD tuner, not the analog tuner, just make sure that you're digital... And if yes, I must ask you the usual question : what's your SW version?? (my BV8 is from august and had this timer image when I tested it at dealers and at home (it was just a test as I use a satellite STB for TV)...

Maybe it's due to differences in broadcasting in AUS...

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Killyp (archived)
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Posted October 7, 2009 at 15:40 GMT
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This is my first post in a long time on BeoWorld so bear with me!

All B&O TVs have customer service menus which allow you to make more advanced modifications to the picture, sound and functionality. If you go into the standard TV menu where PICTURE, SOUND, CONNECTIONS etc... are shown, push RED, then GO. I can't quite remember where the option is, but I think it's called 'EXTRA BLANKING' or something. Here you can modify the start-up time of different sources by .1 of a second. Now whether you can modify the start up time for the built in tuner, I don't know. It's worth a try though...

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