BM 4500 and BL 3000 - No sound

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I have now checked and yes, the BL do react when I activate/deactivate the BM. 

I have tried iphones headphones in the front minijack socket and there is sound from the radio. 

Whats next? 

 

CarlMill wrote:

I have now checked and yes, the BL do react when I activate/deactivate the BM. 

I have tried iphones headphones in the front minijack socket and there is sound from the radio. 

Whats next? 

 

 

Just to recap..

1. Connect your speakers to one(or both, depending on if you daisy-chain the speakers) powerlink sockets on the BM.

2. When the system is turned off, the BM and speakers should be in std.by.

3. When turning on the BM(no headprhones attached) and making sure the mute LED is OFF, what is the volume indicator on the speakers ?

4. Insert a set of headphones in to the minijack, does the BM relay make a sound when inserting/removing the headphones ?

5. Are there sound in the headphones when attached ?

6. If there are sound in the headphones, and no sound is heard from the mute relay when inserting, there is a problem with the minijack connector.

7. If the mute relay is clicking on/off when attaching/removing headphones, then the problem is elsewhere.

/Weebyx

Weebyx wrote:

Just to recap..

1. Connect your speakers to one(or both, depending on if you daisy-chain the speakers) powerlink sockets on the BM.

I have only one 8-DIN cable, which means one speaker connected at a time

2. When the system is turned off, the BM and speakers should be in std.by. 

Yes

3. When turning on the BM(no headprhones attached) and making sure the mute LED is OFF, what is the volume indicator on the speakers ?

Volume indicator shows mute: " _ _ "

4. Insert a set of headphones in to the minijack, does the BM relay make a sound when inserting/removing the headphones ?

Yes, its the same sound as when I press MUTE 

5. Are there sound in the headphones when attached ?

Yes

6. If there are sound in the headphones, and no sound is heard from the mute relay when inserting, there is a problem with the minijack connector.

7. If the mute relay is clicking on/off when attaching/removing headphones, then the problem is elsewhere.

Bummer. 

/Weebyx

Any suggestions on how to proceed? 

I aquired a 3,5mm to RCA cable and plugged my iphone directly to the Beolab. There is sound! 

At least now I know the speakers are working. 

Just catching up on this.

If the volume indicated on the Beolabs was "_ _" did you try turning the volume up on the Beomaster?

 

By now I hope you've solved your problem with your setup though.

Location: Kent, UK

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Doh.

I see you did try to adjust the volume. Apologies.

Location: Kent, UK

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Beofan for many years with a penchant for 1990s audio systems.
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