The screen with the two lines is the xp boot screen shown in a multi boot environment. So at this time no operating system is loaded. That's maybe the reason why the usb keyboard is not dedected.

hfat

hfat wrote:

The screen with the two lines is the xp boot screen shown in a multi boot environment. So at this time no operating system is loaded. That's maybe the reason why the usb keyboard is not dedected.

You're right. Dunno about the Beomedia, but many motherboards have direct USB keyboard support (emulating a PS/2 interface until the OS takes over). The only problem is that it usually needs to be explicitly enabled in the BIOS setup, and you can't get there without a keyboard!

Regarding the keyboard adapter, it would be wiser to use a keyboard that has been proven to work in PS/2 mode. Unless somebody can confirm the Apple keyboards are like that, I think it might save some trouble to go looking for a native PS/2 keyboard ($1 at a thrift store, and half your friends have one stowed in a closet) instead of an adapter.

hfat wrote:

The screen with the two lines is the xp boot screen shown in a multi boot environment. So at this time no operating system is loaded. That's maybe the reason why the usb keyboard is not dedected.

Ok, so in that case how would one select the Beomedia recovery option, since that involves moving the hightlight line down and then selecting it ?

Seanie_230 wrote:

does the beo4 up and down not move the cursor?

Unfortunately it does not, tried that early on - I'm wondering if the Beomedia is meant to respond to a B & O TV remote control  at this stage of loading ?

Update - well the good news is that I have got the Beomedia unit back to it's "operating" screen and can now select from the "N.Music... etc".

The answer was to buy a ps2 type keyboard to enable the selection of "Beomedia Recovery" (which took about 10mins to run) - so don't try using a usb keyboard as it is only partially functional. Thank you to all the people that came up with suggestions/help.

Now, the next problem - I'm using the Beomedia with an Apple Mac mini, I've loaded Beoconnect but on N.Radio I get the message "cannot find server", so it is not yet fully connected. In Beoconnect, under "Manage Products" I've typed in it's IP number and a description name (it wasn't "discovered" automatically) and now I get asked for a password - since I have not set one up anywhere is this a password that the previous owner has logged? (in which case how do I clear it and put my own in?).

Glad to hear BM1 is working again. Assuming you need to set a new client password in BM1 you can do it within the configuration menu.

Press the red button or the key "r" on the keyboard. The configuration menu is displayed, where you will se the selection network settings.

Activate network settings an set the client password. I think this should work without knowing the old pwd.

hfat

hfat wrote:

Press the red button or the key "r" on the keyboard. The configuration menu is displayed, where you will se the selection network settings.

Activate network settings an set the client password. I think this should work without knowing the old pwd.

 

I have got to the Configuration menu and it has 4 options "Systems Info/Network Info/ Maintenance/ Setting" - under "Setting" there are 5 lines , "Display timeout/Display timeout darken level/ N.Music sound icons/ N.Radio sound icons/ Extend character set" - no reference to password or change password ? Checking the other 3 options I cannot see any mention of password selection/change there either. Is this configuration screen the correct one, or is it different according to which software edition in loaded on the Beomedia ( this is 3.00.15   - firmware 0x189 ?). 

hfat wrote:

Sorry I forgot you have to extend the setting menu. Please highlight the option settings in thr configuration menu. Then press 0 0 go (beo4) or 0 0 enter (keyboard) and new options will appear below. You will see the option network settings.

Hi there

Thank you very much for all your useful advice on setting up the Beomedia, that last message was the key to the puzzle. I managed to set a new password and then the Mac mini could "discover" the Beomedia through Beoconnect, even managed a quick "test transfer" of some songs off iTunes, all successful. Many thanks - I can now spend some happy evenings settings up a selection of music.

🙂