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Today I wanted to use my Beolink 5000. As I put the batteries in the display only shows STD.BY and the rc won't react when i push any button. It won't send any commands to my Beosystem 7000 too!
What went wrong? Last time I used it the rc worked very well.
I am glad for your help.
Noah
A longshot but maybe worth a try - have you checked whether your rc is set to two-way or one-way communication? During the last years of it's active life (screen only shows a few pixels nowadays) my Beolink 5000 could change from two-way to one-way without no particular reason. If you have had no batteries in for a while that could maybe trigger such a reaction.
Thank you for the hint. But sadly my Beolink 5000 does not react to any button of the keypad. The display shows all pixels (luckely ;-)) and says only STD. BY. Nothing else! If I push CD, Radio, TV, etc non of my B&O equipment reacts, so the Beolink does not send a code. I think.
Try using a mobile phone lens/digital camera and look through it pushing the buttons of the remote. You will see it blink - if it works.
Then maybe playing with options, changing the mode of the Beolink etc. might help. Search the forum!
Ralf
My B&O Icons:
Is the display on all the time (and showing STD.BY)? It should go blank after few moments when idle. Could the stand-by button be stuck?
Yes. The display show all the time STD. BY.
I will check the stand-by button.
A longshot but maybe worth a try - have you checked whether your rc is set to two-way or one-way communication? During the last years of it's active life (screen only shows a few pixels nowadays) my Beolink 5000 could change from two-way to one-way without no particular reason. If you have had no batteries in for a while that could maybe trigger such a reaction.
It is otherway around.
Standard the BL5000 is 2-way, which can be set manually to one way. If a powerfaillure occurs, then the BL5000 falls automatically back to 2 way.
The BM7000/system 7000 handles 2 and 1 way without any problem.
Could indeed be one of the buttons which is stuck. Try the camera trick (optional: while inserting the batteries)
Location: Utrecht
Unfortunately, the BL-5000 is a very fragile remote. Mine started having problems without any cause, so I got rid of it. I noticed a lot of others selling defective BeoLink 5000 remotes on eBay. Usually, the LCD pixels start going bad first, but I have not heard of the keypads being non-responsive. I miss the 2-way communication, but love the more hardy construction of the Beo 4.
My bad. Used to have a MX 7000 (one-way) and a BeoSystem 2500 (two-way) where I constantly had to change the one-wa/two-way option. Makes however sense when you say it since the BS2500 could handle booth communication types while the MX 7000 only could take one-way.A longshot but maybe worth a try - have you checked whether your rc is set to two-way or one-way communication? During the last years of it's active life (screen only shows a few pixels nowadays) my Beolink 5000 could change from two-way to one-way without no particular reason. If you have had no batteries in for a while that could maybe trigger such a reaction.
It is otherway around.
Standard the BL5000 is 2-way, which can be set manually to one way. If a powerfaillure occurs, then the BL5000 falls automatically back to 2 way.
The BM7000/system 7000 handles 2 and 1 way without any problem.
Could indeed be one of the buttons which is stuck. Try the camera trick (optional: while inserting the batteries)
In any case - an interesting problem. Would be interesting to know about if ever solved, which I hope. It's indeed a very nice remote. Miss the two-way communication so I'll probably get me a Beo6 once they have rolled out the software update for BeoSound 5.
I think lausvi is right. Must be the STDBY button. Hide your BL5000, activate your BS7000 manually and get your BL5000. It should set the BS7000 to standby without pressing a button, because it sends a STDBY command all the time, which results in a STDBY SYSTEM command. I had a similiar problem with a BL1000 years ago. It was the VOLUME UP button, which can get dangerous - for the speakers....
Stefan
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