The better solution would be for you to connect the PM to your Aux-In on the BeoCenter rather than the other way around. You then need to only set the PM to fixed output and put the PM in A.Opt 0. You simply select A.Aux as before on the BC2500 and viola. Aside from your Penta display's still working you'll also have a spare signal sensing Aux you can use on the PM to connect to another source. 

OK, makes sense.

Does it mean that the BC2500->PM->Penta setup, would not work? I would prefer this solution as it would leave the BC turned off most of the time.

Yes, it will work if you set it up the right way. I would do the same if the BC is turned off most of the time.

You said earlier to connect the PL-out to the PM, but you better use the (fixed) line out of the BC. That's the 7-pins connector.

Put your PM in A.OPT 4.. Setup your beo4 in a continuous LINK MODE: Press Stby and List same time, press List again till you see CONFIG in the display, followed by 2,0,0,2. You should see "LINKED ON" in the display. Press EXIT. Now only your PM will respond to commands from your beo4.

If you want the BC to respond to the beo4 only, you first need to add the LINK command in your list in the beo4. Now just press List till you see LINK, followed by RADIO or CD.

DoubleU wrote:

Setup your beo4 in a continuous LINK MODE: Press Stby and List same time, press List again till you see CONFIG in the display, followed by 2,0,0,2. You should see "LINKED ON" in the display. Press EXIT. Now only your PM will respond to commands from your beo4.

If you want the BC to respond to the beo4 only, you first need to add the LINK command in your list in the beo4. Now just press List till you see LINK, followed by RADIO or CD.

Normally you use the ”LINK - source” command if you have a 2 products in the same room. But if your 2nd product is used the most, it is easier if the beo4 sends the LINK-command automatically before the normal command. That’s what it does. 

Another example: Suppose you have a TV in the living and a BL3500 (L.OPT4) in an open kitchen. A beo4 for your TV and another beo4 for the kitchen. If you config the latter beo4 in a continuous LINK-mode, you won’t have to list to LINK first. If you want the same beo4 to respond to the TV, you do. The LINK-command will now be unLINKed.

Sounds good. I'll give it a try.

I have a spare Beolink 1000. Does it support the continuous LINK MODE, too?

I don't thinks so. The very first beo4's neither.

The Beo4 software level has to be a minimum of 5.0 to make it a link remote.

To find out the S/W level, first press STANDBY and LIST simultaneously, then press GO and MENU at the same time, and then press LIST repeatedly for each value.

The problem about putting one of your BEO4's (that is if you have more than one) into Link-Mode is that they hardly ever stay in the same place.

Often one Beo4 is taken to another room, because 'you just had that one in your hand'.

They get messed up - and your wife (or the kids or the guests) don't understand 'why it doesn't work as supposed'.

MM