How interesting that you have a Mac mini connected to the Beovision 6. Makes me wonder... Lol... I will stop here. 

@Mister Makes-me-wonderfulelectric

What is there to wonder about?

Quite normal - I would say - and a good idea!

Grrr! Millemissen

Millemissen wrote:

@Mister Makes-me-wonderfulelectric

What is there to wonder about?

Quite normal - I would say - and a good idea!

Grrr! Millemissen

I was wondering about my all in one desktop B&O computer idea. You know since the user is using the Beovision 6 with a mac mini. Apple is in decline.... No luxurious Windows all in one desktop with good sound and built....And B&O is supposedly a luxury brand... Well owning a B&O luxury desktop all in one is definitely show off material! No HP or Dell pedestrian crap. I mean since B&O tvs are still pretty thick as compared to the competition out there for sound and style sake so why not maximize that idea?! $6000 for basic model... Yes many will pay for that kind of exclusivity! LCD screens are cheap now so.... add a nicely styled case and beolab 3 quality sound along with fully upgradeable internals which are made by third parties anyway... You have a winner! Clutter free desktop ( no extra speakers) ... Exclusive looking desktop all in one fit for casual users or fit for a gamer if he/she decks it up to full spec. . Computer power is so massive nowadays that even the basic will be fast enough. I can just imagine visitors of mine be like oh what's with the retro LCD monitor and I will be like it is an all in one desktop with super powerful speakers. 

I am so tired of the thinner and thinner TVs or all in one desktops... What's the point with being thin when I need external drives and speakers that the thin profile would no longer serve its supposed function of saving desktop space anyway.. Exhibit A... The latest Imac ( I have always been an Imac fan since 2007 ever since there is dual core/quad core processors) no CD drive, no wall mounting and worse yet the stand remains just as freaking thick; what's the point in making an all in one so thin when you need to externalize the CD drive and speakers? So my point is that the old BeoVision 6 chassis will serve as an all in one desktop very well. The thickness of the profile will serve the all in one very well when it is fully upgradeable. 

Most non B&O fans when they look at B&O TVs they will commend on the thickness of them, well now B&O has a reason to have thick TVs now that they are no longer just TVs. 

Hi Millemissen,

Thanks again for your help.  Unfortunately,the command Link + PC or L-PC does not do the trick.  Strangely enough on one occasion last week I received sound from the PC in the second room but I am not able to reproduce that.  Although I have a workaround through the scart input, I am still open to any suggestion.

Cheers

[@lowroad Don't give up - there must be a solution.

Greetings Millemissen

@wonder...electric I choose to ignore your looong explanation of the advantages and disadvantages of the thickness of the B&O-tv's - having read it already a couple of times on other threads 😴 It is extremely offtopic in this one.

Grrr! Millemissen

It sounds that only the scart-connections on your 6-26 can be distributed over ML, and the “DVI + L/R” can not. If this is true, the PC-command in your second room has nothing to do with your MacMini connection. However it becomes active because of the PC-port in your Active Kit, which is empty.

Solution is to split your analog signal from your MacMini to the L/R sockets AND a free scart. In the connection menu name this scart V.MEM or DVD, so you can access the sound in the second room.

Thanks DoubleU for your help.  The scart solution does the trick - however both scart slots are already in use.  That's why I was wondering if the PC sound of the BV6 (DVI + L+R) could be accessed in the second room. As the PC-command opens the PC-port in the BL active I was hoping that another command would do the trick  (I tried link-PC as per suggestion of Millemissen but without luck).

Does the BV6 respond to LINK PC ommand? I mean, does it turn on or will it keep in STDBY mode?

Does your BL active have a PC socket - must be left to PL socket - ?

Maybe you have an older BL active (with two PL sockets) that  doesn`t detect PC command..(?)

Is it possible to reconfigure the DVI socket to a video source like V.MEM, V.AUX, DVD2....

Could be a solution. The BL active should respond to these modes.

And sorry for the nonsense I wrote:

"Format is used for cinema installation only for BS3 based systems like BV7, so won't work for your BV."

must be:Format 0 is used for cinema installation only for BS3 based systems like BV7, so won't work for your BV.

Format mode (1-2-3) also works with BV6.

I should reread my writing before posting....😳

Stefan

Thanks Stefan for sharing your insights.

I have a newer BL Active (model 1636 with PC socket).  

• The BL Active responds to the PC command (the BL6000 turn on), but the BV remains in standby.   
• No response when I try the L-PC or LINK+PC commands; not from the BL Active nor from  the BV.

Reconfiguring DVI socket to a video source would be a nice solution, however the BV6-26 (MK1/ SW. 5.1) does not support this 🙁

PS: And indeed: Format mode (1-2-3) works on my BV (although I seldom use it).  I read about FORMAT 0 in another thread, but you are right that it doesn't work on BV6