I'd love to get hold of a copy of the beomedia software !

It would be a great product if it were to run on an up to date hardware platform.

Oh I suppose that would be Beo master 5 then ?

Beomedia one was build on low spec / low power hardware with minimal cooling to keep the noise down

It was also built using Windows XP embeded that is a bit of a pig to work with as it only has the bits installed that the software / hardware needs to use it's now more commonly called WEPOS (windows embedded point of sale) because it's used mainly in the electronic cash tills. it's designed to have an application built around it and then not be modified.

Back to my first point if I had a copy of the software - a ghost image of a system would be OK i will get it working on a high spec unit.

Hi,

I've had my Beomedia 1 fixed when the PSU blew up, but I'm not getting anything out of the audio out (except some clicking noise). I've opened the beomedia and there is a wire loose - it is coming from the ML board about half way up and a third into the board right next to the Micronas chip. The cable is gray with a black and red wire in it. I guess this plugs into the motherboard somewhere - the connectors on the end of the cable look like they just fit over pins.

Does anyone have any idea where this cable goes on the motherboard?

Maybe this will help:

/forum/general-discussion-and-questions/any-tempting-offers-currently-available#post-2137339

The wire you mention, is the digital out from the mainboard to the dgital in of the DAC on the PCI module.

Thanks - it is helpful, - and does the job!

This is a very interesting thread. I have an old Dell that i have been thinking of turning into a sort of media center for my BeoSystem, the idea of making a BeoMedia 1 out of it crossed my mind....

It has a 1.8ghz processor so a very good foundation. I need to get a new HDD and have it cloned but thats just a detail.

I also need to get a new soundcard. In the local computer store yesterday i found myself drooling over the Asus Xonar Essence card - a whopper at USD 200. 

Also, in a used shop I found a couple Creative Labs Soundblaster Audigy 2 cards for USD 25. Anyone reccomend these sound cards?

The tricky part of building a Beomedia 1 is twofold; the B&O PCI board in the box which handles ML, and the fact that the software runs on Windows XP Embedded. The Beomedia app seems to be a Flash app. Now if the drivers from the PCI card could be removed, then that could make a very interesting option!

LifestyleAV have a number of Beomedia 1s available for £250. Quite a bargain!

frog wrote:

Thanks - it is helpful, - and does the job!

 

A bit 😕 .The first post was that you were having problems with the gray cable etc?

So you sorted it out? The dots on the picture are the pins on the mainboard.

frog wrote:

The tricky part of building a Beomedia 1 is twofold; the B&O PCI board in the box which handles ML, and the fact that the software runs on Windows XP Embedded. The Beomedia app seems to be a Flash app. Now if the drivers from the PCI card could be removed, then that could make a very interesting option!

Spend a lot of time last on this subject, due to my back injury, so..

The ML board acts as a USB PC Link2 module. (Look under Device Manage where the ML board is recognized as PC-Link2). But the board converts also the digital audio to analog with a neaty DAC.

You can replace the ML board by PC-Link2/Beoport module and programme the firmware from the Beomedia ML board (1.89) into the Beoport module by using the MAC BMLink program. Normally the Beoport doesn't go further then 1.31. Then you will need the onboard audio device or a third party audiocard to feed the PC-Link2/Beoport module.

The ML board is also a USB board where on the back (vertical) is a 4wired cable on a 5 pins connector. Thats the USB entrance for the board.

But to take another pc to act as a beomedia will have some difficulties.

You need the Beomedia software and that has the to work with the OS. And I can tell you in advance that the Web function will give you the most trouble. It only cooperates with Internet Explorer 6. And that version will not handle the latest flashplayer well.

Last year I had the Beomedia software working on another system with a AOpen AX4PE/AX4GE Tube mainboard. For audio it has an old fashioned tube.

If you are having a bs3, you don't need an expensive DAC. The audio can be transported digitally to the bs3. You only will need analog to transport the audio to a linkroom.

Beobuddy wrote:

A bit 😕 .The first post was that you were having problems with the gray cable etc?

So you sorted it out? The dots on the picture are the pins on the mainboard.

Yes, I deciphered your diagram - extremely useful! Thanks.