Beosystem 3 fails to register rear speakers

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I'm facing this strange situation related to setting of my beosystem 3.

I have it setup with Beolab 7-1 (center), Beolab 2, beoalb 8000 as from speakers and Beolab 6000 as rear.
Recently I noticed that 6000 sound distorted. After taking a close look 6000 were due for re-foaming.
In short I have disconnected them from the system for about a week. After fixing woofers I connected lab 6000 to beosystem but cant get them to work!

Beosystem detects them in speaker types menu, however in speaker roles they show as NONE, Then I assign them role of rear speakers and try to store I get no confirmation. So when I come back to this menu they are shown as NONE.

In Adjustment Menu I have only these and can only change to SPEAKER 2 or 1
 DEFAULT VIDEO SPEAKER 3 
 DEFAULT AUDIO SPEAKER 3

Please help!


Below all SOUND settings of Beoystem 3

TV SETUP/OPTIONS/SOUND

SOUND SETUP

* ADJUSTMENT
       DEFAULT VIDEO SPEAKER 3 (Used to be 5)
       DEFAULT AUDIO SPEAKER 3 (Used to be 5)

* SPEAKER TYPES
        CENTRE 1 - Beolab 7-1       

        SPEAKERS

        Beolab 2
        Beolab 2 (grayed out/disabled)
        Beolab 8000
        NONE
        NONE
        Beolab 8000
        NONE
        NONE
        Beloab 6000  
        NONE
        NONE
        Beolab 6000

*TV SPEAKER ROLES
        SUBWOOFER
        SUBWOOFER
        LEFT FRONT
        NONE (grayed out/disabled)
        NONE (grayed out/disabled)
        RIGHT FRONT
        NONE (grayed out/disabled)
        NONE (grayed out/disabled)
        NONE (produce sound when selected)
        NONE (grayed out/disabled)
        NONE (produce sound when selected)
        NONE (grayed out/disabled)

*TV SPEAKER DISTANCE
        CENTRE
        LEFT FRONT
        RIGHT FRONT
        SUBWOOFER
*TV SPEAKRE LEVEL
        LEFT FRONT
        RIGHT FRONT

*SOUND SYSTEM

     INPUT FORMAT
     DOLBY DIGITAL 5.1

     OUTPUT FORMAT
     DOLBY DIGITAL
     SPEAKER 3

 

 

 

 

David wrote:

* TV SPEAKER ROLES SUBWOOFER SUBWOOFER LEFT FRONT NONE (grayed out/disabled) NONE (grayed out/disabled) RIGHT FRONT NONE (grayed out/disabled) NONE (grayed out/disabled) NONE (produce sound when selected) NONE (grayed out/disabled) NONE (produce sound when selected) NONE (grayed out/disabled)

When selected and sound is üroduced select the right role, e.g. Rear left or rear right.

Press GO to store...

Ralf

My B&O Icons:

BeoCenter-9500.png BeoCenter-9500.png
Beoremote-Beo4.png Beoremote-Beo4.png
Beovision-11.png Beovision-11.png
Beosound.png Beosound.png
Beoplay-V1.png Beoplay-V1.png
Beoplay-H95.png Beoplay-H95.png
Beoplay-E8.png Beoplay-E8.png
Beoplay-A1.png Beoplay-A1.png
Living Room: Beosystem 4, Beolab 7-2 (Center), Beolab 9 (Fronts), Beolab 8000 (Rears), Screen: Sony KD-85XH9096 Home Cinema: Beosystem 4, Beolab 7-4 (Center), Beolab 9 (Fronts), Beolab 4000 (Rears). Projector: Sony VPL-HW55 Home Office: BeoVision 11-46, 4 x Beolab 3, BeoCenter 9300 (BLC 1611/ML/NL) Bedroom: Sony KD-65XH9077, Beosound Essence MK II with Beolab 6002 and Beolab 11 (all white, wall-mounted) Dart Room: BeoPlay V1-40 on floor stand Guest Room: BeoVision 7-40 MK IV, Beolab 7-2, BeoSound Ouverture

I do press GO to store.


Apparently I have to select LEFT/RIGHT SURROUND SPEAKER and NOT LEFT/RIGHT REAR SPEAKER


It helps to read manual sometimes :)

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