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I have an old PC-2 (with an IR eye)
Can I use it for audio in thru the mini jack (like an iPod) and then drive the Powerlink to my speakers?
If so, how. It sounds easy, but I could not get it working
Do I need to plug it into a computer (with a USB) to set it up?
-michael
Won't work. Designed to link PC to B&O system. Requires both a computer and a BeoSound.
Requires both a computer and a BeoSound.
Just a precision Trip (and we've already had this discussion ;-) ), it requires a PC, but does NOT require a Beosound.
The Beoport can be set in Option 2 and it behaves as a Audio master.
P.
Why does it need a computer?
Does it need one just to set it up or does it need it to actually run?
Why cant I just set it up - and then disconnect the USB cable?
-michael
The Beoport box has no "brain" on its own and all the logic is done by the computer.
You need a Beolink Active box, with an IR eye (a different type of IR eye actually) to work in an autonomous manner.
You can sometimes get some cheap ones on eBay.
I dont understand
Why does it need a "brain"
I just need a passive mini-jack (not sure what they are called) audio in (like Ipod) to Powerlink out to drive the speakers?
please explain more as I might not understand my PC2...
-michael
A Beoport (Beolink PC2) is used to integrate a PC into a Beolink setup.
You can listen to your Hifi (CD, RADIO) and TV sources on your computer, and you can listen to your PC sources (N.MUSIC, N.RADIO) sources on your main Hifi and TV.
If you want to connect an iPod to a pair of speaker, you just need a plug adapter, not a PC2.
I know I can get an adaptor for the iPod and go directly to the line it - but this is all part of my problems getting the Beolab 2 working (which does not have a line in). I am just trying to understand what and how the PC2 works (or in my case - doesnt)
-michael
Because it needs to be connected to a PC running the Beoplayer software.
You do not need a PC2 to connect an iPod to a Beolab speakers, you need an small adapter. Minijack<->Powerlink.
I think we are getting closer. I have no interest in the Beoplayer software.
Is this minijack<->powerlink the same adapter that I use for my minijack-Aux input?
(the problem though, it that they are different genders - I think)
If these are are the same (and I already have a couple - 1 with L/R inputs and 1 with L/R input and L/R output) - can I put it directly into the Powerlink input on my speakers (and in particular the BL2)?
Still interested in better understanding why and what a PC2 is????
-michael
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