I took the BV11 plunge last week and thought some pics of how the wall bracket is installed might be of interest.
Stage 1. Put television template on the wall behind soon to be relocated BV5! (Also a BC2 socket box to be moved.... 🙁 ) The 40" TV is a fairly precise fit at this location!
Stage 2. B&O Liverpool email me the hinge bracket instructions so that I can drill the wall. Each screw on the outer edge of the bracket must take a load of 100kg, so it's just as well that I'm going into a solid concrete block wall which, fortunately, has a void behind through which the cables can be routed.
Stage 3. Wall plugs ready to take 75mm No 12 screws. The edge of the bracket is 68mm in from where the edge of the TV will finish up.
I had arranged with B&O Liverpool that I could collect the wall part of the bracket so that it could be in position in advance of the TV being delivered. The bracket backplate is screwed to the wall.
Next, I drilled 20mm holes for the cables. I opted for two holes both within the 45mm zone at the bottom of the bracket position and that will remain covered by the TV. Aerial cabling etc is routed through a skirting board duct. Took a bit of fishing about, but once one cable was in the others were taped to it and added by pulling the cables back and forth. This was repeated for the second hole, and a string was put in ready to pull the power cord through which would be coming with that TV. Note that the STB IR blaster lines are also in position.
Now for the missing photo part!
The TV gets delivered and Nick & Lee fasten the bracket front plate with hinges to the TV. The front plate then locates onto two fixings on the wall mounted backplate, after which all the securing screws are fitted and the hinge covers to hide them. The motor is mounted in the area that has been identified in other threads as a good place to put an Apple TV unit. (I could still put an Apple TV unit in the opposite position for a left handed hinged TV!)
Still some tweaking to do on the satellite connections and an unreliable WiFi connection, but the finished job looks really good and the TV can be turned to be viewed from just about any position in the room. There is a special rear panel on order to replace the standard corner panel at the lower hinge position where the motor prevents the normal panel from being fitted.
The sound quality is really superb. I was expecting a lack of bass in comparison to the BV5 but that certainly is not the case.
Just can't believe the lack of boxes and cables in comparison with the BV5!
Graham
