Hi,

Still have it. But it's in our summer house / cottage so I wont get there until a week or two from now.

You don't need the dimensions of the old panel. Because it is not resting directly on the cabinet. It is resting on the two bolts you remove from inside the cabinet. With these bolts you can adjust the position of the Panasonic panel. 

So you actually have at least 1 cm. more than the frame height of the Panasonic panel.

But we can do some reverse engineering. I put a LG42LS560T in there. I put two small blocks of rubber beneath it to rest on. The rubber was approx 1 cm. thick.

That positioned the LED panel 3-5 mm. below the speaker cover. The aluminium frame will also cover approx 3-5 mm left/right/top.

If you look at some pictures of the LG you get an impression of the space you'll need. 

If you go for a max. 5 year old donor I doubt you'll have issues.

On the other hand. It will take you 2 minutes to remove the Aluminium Frame of your own BV5 and 2 minutes to remove the speaker cover. That will give you the possibility to measure...

Hi!

Ok, I see! Great! Thank you for your really good input in this topic! I really appreciate it!! ☺️ 

Ok, but in this way you have lost surround-mode?.....

Since I currently use stereo output from the LG and feed it via Scart... yes - I loose surround sound.

I don't have any other speakers connected, so in my case that is just fine.

But if you want surround sound, you just have to take the digital output from the 'donor TV' and connect it to the digital inputs of the BV5.

Quick update.

I now use the BeoVision 5 build in IR eye to control the Lintronic box rather than adding an additional IR eye.

The build in IR eye has a flat cable connected.

If we define the red wire as #1 the 6 wires are:

1 (red): data

2: ground

3: +5v

4: light sensor

5 and 6: +5v for red and green LED

Thanks to emabonacchi for providing this information.

Great work. Can I ask if this upgrade is only installing a new lg42 led display replacing the old plasma? Is there any control of the original surround sound and stand control? 

Read the post from start to end. All steps are described.

Except for the Panasonic screen the electronics are intact. So stand, amplifier, speakers, masterlink, surround sounds, etc. work as before.

The lintronic box + LG TV is besides some cables the only things added.

 Works perfect.

However, make sure you've done all the configuration in the legacy menu off the BV5 before you start. To get to this menu later you need a monitor supporting 575P RGB HV via the vga cable originally connected to the plasma.

Hello, I have have BV 5 and I’m excited to see that post. I tried online to find LG42 panels but no luck. 
since I’m not super technical how would future connections look like? I currently go through a component port.
would the panel be connected through an HDMI port from an Apple TV? And would the sound go from the panel back into the BV5?
thank you 

Hi,

you don’t have to get a LG. Any modern, slim, thin frame 42” TV should fit into the BV5 cabinet. As a start take off the front aluminum frame of the BV5 to get an impression of how much room you’ll have to play with.

You will use the input(s) of that TV for everything you plan to connect (HDMI I presume)

Sound is send back to the intact ‘chassis’ of the BV5 via the scart sockets. See image on page 1.

If you don’t plan to invest in a lintronic box you’ll have to find a way to allow your new display/TV to receive the IR remote signal.

Hi, thank you for your reply. What lintronic box would I need to get, I see them for sale online in Denmark? Also, I could not locate the picture w the scart, but my BV does not have a scart I believe