Hello frog,

I am on the same page with you on this one and I was curious if you have solved it. I have a beosystem 4 connected to an atlona switcher (5 inputs, 2 mirrored outputs but I am currently using only one input and all stb are connected on beosystem), on which an epson projector and a beoplay v1 are connected. The manual says that if a beovision is connected to it it is automatically detected by beosystem 4. Unfortunately this is not the case for my setup. Any ideas?

Thank you 

A part of the autodetect is for the BS4 to know if the Atlona swtich with the special B&O firmware is connected for the Cinema function of having both a tv and a projector. When this is detected, new options are available in the menu to setup both a tv screen and a projector.

This isn't really an answer to the OP. Just some interesting info.

AT-HD4-V42-B&O it is a standard Atlona flashed with B&O firmware. 

hi,

you can use any Atlona AT-HD4-V42. there is no specific firmware or version. (info from b&o and atlona support) I use the Atlona AT-HD4-V42 with the beosystem 4 with projector and a upgraded beovision 9 (with deactivated beosystem 3). When the beosystem 4 detects the AT-HD4-V42 on the hdmi output, an additional menu appears for the two hdmi outputs . do you know the service manual for the cinema (2nd screen) installation of the beosystem 4?

beoandy

beoandy wrote:

hi,

you can use any Atlona AT-HD4-V42. there is no specific firmware or version. (info from b&o and atlona support) I use the Atlona AT-HD4-V42 with the beosystem 4 with projector and a upgraded beovision 9 (with deactivated beosystem 3). When the beosystem 4 detects the AT-HD4-V42 on the hdmi output, an additional menu appears for the two hdmi outputs . do you know the service manual for the cinema (2nd screen) installation of the beosystem 4?

beoandy

This is not true. You must have the Atlona flashed with the B&O firmware in order to get the hidden menu of having 2 screens. I know this first-hand. I had the switcher without the B&O firmware and it did not provide the menu until it was flashed with the B&O firmware. This is detected via HDMI.

beojeff wrote:

beoandy wrote:

hi,

you can use any Atlona AT-HD4-V42. there is no specific firmware or version. (info from b&o and atlona support) I use the Atlona AT-HD4-V42 with the beosystem 4 with projector and a upgraded beovision 9 (with deactivated beosystem 3). When the beosystem 4 detects the AT-HD4-V42 on the hdmi output, an additional menu appears for the two hdmi outputs . do you know the service manual for the cinema (2nd screen) installation of the beosystem 4?

beoandy

This is not true. You must have the Atlona flashed with the B&O firmware in order to get the hidden menu of having 2 screens. I know this first-hand. I had the switcher without the B&O firmware and it did not provide the menu until it was flashed with the B&O firmware. This is detected via HDMI.

hi beojeff! 

very interesting, i use an original AT-HD4-V42 without b&o firmeware and it is recognized by the beosystem 4 at the hdmi output. thus I get the menu for the second monitor and the ir control via CTRL2 and for the projector via CTRL5. (as described in the manual BeoSystem 4 dual screen)

I also received this information from b&o and atlona support. (there is only one difference in the packaging) - where did you get the b&o firmeware did you flash it yourself or where was it done? (at that time I only made a firmware update from the atlona homepage version S99A)

thanks beoandy

beoandy wrote:

beojeff wrote:

beoandy wrote:

hi,

you can use any Atlona AT-HD4-V42. there is no specific firmware or version. (info from b&o and atlona support) I use the Atlona AT-HD4-V42 with the beosystem 4 with projector and a upgraded beovision 9 (with deactivated beosystem 3). When the beosystem 4 detects the AT-HD4-V42 on the hdmi output, an additional menu appears for the two hdmi outputs . do you know the service manual for the cinema (2nd screen) installation of the beosystem 4?

beoandy

This is not true. You must have the Atlona flashed with the B&O firmware in order to get the hidden menu of having 2 screens. I know this first-hand. I had the switcher without the B&O firmware and it did not provide the menu until it was flashed with the B&O firmware. This is detected via HDMI.

 

hi beojeff! 

very interesting, i use an original AT-HD4-V42 without b&o firmeware and it is recognized by the beosystem 4 at the hdmi output. thus I get the menu for the second monitor and the ir control via CTRL2 and for the projector via CTRL5. (as described in the manual BeoSystem 4 dual screen)

I also received this information from b&o and atlona support. (there is only one difference in the packaging) - where did you get the b&o firmeware did you flash it yourself or where was it done? (at that time I only made a firmware update from the atlona homepage version S99A)

thanks beoandy

It's possible that you might actually have the B&O firmware. Both B&O and Atlona advised that the switch needs the B&O firmware for it to be recognized. I sent mine to Atlona and they returned it to me after flashing it with the B&O firmware.

beoandy wrote:

beojeff wrote:

beoandy wrote:

hi,

you can use any Atlona AT-HD4-V42. there is no specific firmware or version. (info from b&o and atlona support) I use the Atlona AT-HD4-V42 with the beosystem 4 with projector and a upgraded beovision 9 (with deactivated beosystem 3). When the beosystem 4 detects the AT-HD4-V42 on the hdmi output, an additional menu appears for the two hdmi outputs . do you know the service manual for the cinema (2nd screen) installation of the beosystem 4?

beoandy

This is not true. You must have the Atlona flashed with the B&O firmware in order to get the hidden menu of having 2 screens. I know this first-hand. I had the switcher without the B&O firmware and it did not provide the menu until it was flashed with the B&O firmware. This is detected via HDMI.

 

hi beojeff! 

very interesting, i use an original AT-HD4-V42 without b&o firmeware and it is recognized by the beosystem 4 at the hdmi output. thus I get the menu for the second monitor and the ir control via CTRL2 and for the projector via CTRL5. (as described in the manual BeoSystem 4 dual screen)

I also received this information from b&o and atlona support. (there is only one difference in the packaging) - where did you get the b&o firmeware did you flash it yourself or where was it done? (at that time I only made a firmware update from the atlona homepage version S99A)

thanks beoandy

I had had extensive emails with BeoCare about this very issue. This is from one of their emails to me: One of our technicians just confirmed that it has to be the special B&O version of the Atlona splitter as this has different firmware installed. Unfortunately, it is not possible to use the non-B&O version."