What source do you have plugged into it? I also have a BV8-32 and used to have a DVD 1 and VX 5500 plugged into the AV 1 and AV2 ports. Now I just use the HDMI and RGB ports for gaming systems. I never had the master link module.

There is a selection in the setup menu for which video outlet one wishes to use for these AV ports.

Hi - I have a DVD1 on AV1, V8000 on AV2 and Apple TV on AV3 as DTV through HDMI. I tried swapping the DVD and VCR around and both work on AV2 but not AV1 - as a temporary measure I connected the DVD via the yellow, red and white cable to AV3 so that I can use it manually - very rarely use it anyway and then used the Apple TV as AV1 but with HDMI and that works - so I can use everything other than the DVD by remote.

Just wondered if there was something I had missed or if the actualy scart socket is bad and how easy it is to fix? or even look at it from inside

Hi Andrew,

I had a BV 8-40. Sadly, I sold the TV several months ago, because I had no original packaging for the move back to europe. B&O wanted just for the box, 400 SGD. Now to your question.  

I believe, there is nothing wrong with your Scart-Connection.  There are possibilities/solutions for your issue. It seems that your TV is still trying to connect to the missing Masterlink-Module. Inside the service menu, there are many Options to activate/deactivate internal devices - like Tuner, DVB-T, Modules. There are even options to set-up the device for the use in hotels.... I can not point you in the exact direction, but you should download the service-manual in the download-section - enter the service menu - or, if you are afraid to make it worse by fiddling with the settings, ask a B&O dealer nearby. Maybe some of the other very experienced members of this board who still owns the said TV could write down the exact settings of their own TV - if they still use Scart.

Cheers Beroli 

If it's is just a lack of picture, but you have sound and control from AV 1 then it is either a bad individual SCART pin or the source is set to the wrong output (as you know there is a manual switch on the back of the DVD 1 that can be set to RBG, CVBS, or y/c)

If you have no picture, sound, and control, then the entire SCART port is bad. This has been known to happen.

Hi - I fear the AV1 socket is bad - I tried doing a complete reset in the Service Menu but it still doesn't work - it shows up but no picture, sound or control of the socket.

Still a good excuse to maybe look at an Horizon!

That's too bad. The DVD 1 still shows a decent picture through RGB setting.

My recommendation would be to hook Apple TV or Roku to AV 1 through HDMI and control it with C1. Then hook DVD 1 to AV 2 through. SCART and set it to RGB. Then get a Mac mini or other small form factor computer hooked to AV 3 VGA port. Some of them can be controlled through C2 IR.

I'm afraid this leaves out the VX8000, but you can always convert the VHS tapes to DVD or computer video/QuickTime files.

Just to add to this - I put the masterlink module back in and hey presto AV1 worked again - taking it out it doesn't the service manual seems to indicate that it needs this but surely they wouldn't have sold the set without AV1 working with no masterlink module originally? I don't really want to use the DTV on the masterlink module and there is no way of switching it off. I use Apple TV via HDMI on DTV and this is fine as I don't watch normal TV

I think Beroli hit the answer in that it is a setting somewhere  without Masterlink Module? I'll re-read the service manual