Dear fellow BeoWorld users. I have just switched apartments and brought all my B&O equipment with. During the moving I found a good deal on a used DVD2, which I bought, to play DVD's. 🙂And now I thought it would be the time to connect it to my BeoSystem 3. I preferred to connect it using the HDMI-port, so that's what I did. But first I went through the connection settings in the BeoSystem 3 and made sure that DVD on the Beo4 would trigger the HDMI connected DVD2. Afterwards I switched the system of and powered it on again. But the DVD2 didn't recognize the IR-signal from the Beo4, so I tried to press the LOAD-button on the unit itself, and that brought it to life. Then came the picture on my BeoVision 4. The first thing I have to do is to set the time and date, but the DVD 2 still won't recognize my remote. So then I thought, that I might try and old SCART-cable. And switch settings again on the BeoSystem 3. But unfortunately nothing new. The exact same thing occurred. 😕I even tried to put in a DVD in the tray, and close it again. It shows the DVD-menus in the bag ground of the settings menu, but still no response to my Beo4. 🤔So... my question is: does anybody have a clue, on what to do?.. 👍
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Is the SCART cable fully wired? Some of the cheaper ones are not, yet the B&O data requires extra pins to be connected to pass data to/from the DVD2. Your symptom would suggest this as the cause.
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Thanks for the quick response Guy.I don't know if the cable is fully wired, but I can see all 21-pins in the plug. Do you suggest that the DVD2 wouldn't get IR-signals through HDMI? So the only possible connection is a fully wired SCART-cable? 😂
Thanks for the quick response Guy.I don't know if the cable is fully wired, but I can see all 21-pins in the plug.
Do you suggest that the DVD2 wouldn't get IR-signals through HDMI? So the only possible connection is a fully wired SCART-cable? 😂
Often SCART cables have all the pins without them all being connected - best to check with a multimeter.
And yes, I understand that the DVD2 must get IR signals via the SCART and not the hdmi. Old technology I know but it should work!
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Further to my last, one thing that I didn't realise with the DVD2 is that there are 6 recessed buttons on the back (under the hdmi socket) that enable you to control the player. So at least you can test if it works!
From the service manual (available if you upgrade to silver) they are:
S1 Open / Close
S2 Next
S3 Standby
S4 Record
S5 Stop
S6 Play
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And a search of the old forum gives this useful answer: /forum/general-discussion-and-questions/mmc1-vs-ortofon
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Thank you so much Guy 🤩. When i get home from work, i will try to test out the 6 buttons on the back as you suggested, and then I can buy a new SCART-cable afterwards. Happy that the unit was cheap, when I have to use SCART 😂.
Thank you so much Guy 🤩.When i get home from work, i will try to test out the 6 buttons on the back as you suggested, and then I can buy a new SCART-cable afterwards.
Happy that the unit was cheap, when I have to use SCART 😂.
No problem - happy to help! And my only TVs are BV6s hence SCART is being used widely here! 😁
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Were you able to get this to work, and if so, how?
Hi Mike. The DVD2 worked after i connected it with a fully wired SCART-cable. It can be connected with both an HDMI-cable and a SCART-cable at the same time. That way the HDMI transfers video- and sound-signal, and the SCART receives and translates IR-signals. Not a smart solution, but it works.
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