How to turn off LOUDNESS on Beomaster 5500?

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Hello, everyone!

Is it posible to turn off LOUDNESS, that constantly lits on my Beomaster 5500?

The remote is a Beolink 1000.

 

Thanks!

 

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Push sound 5 times.

Loudness is constantly on in your case.

Push arrow down and then store twice.

The (volume control)arrows up and down takes loudness off and on. Store twice means that the Beomaster starts up without loudness.

 

Thank you very much!

Will try today.

For some reason the SOUND button on the remote, commands the following steps on the 5500:

1.Volume

2.Treble

3.Bass

4.Balance

So, no step 5 with Loudness...

What should I do?

Maybe there is some combination with SHIFT?

 

 

Many thanks in advance!

I think we have been here before. The 7000 acts as you were told with 5 presses activating loudness - the 5500 needs either the MCP5500 or a Beo4. Ridiculous really.

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Peter wrote:

I think we have been here before.

Yes indeed, and I had forgotten the exact info and had a hard time searching for it... because it was in Swedish:

/forum/general-discussion-and-questions/beoremote-one-or-beo4#post-2098791

In short, try SHIFT+RESET (and SOUND+STORE afterwards if you want to store the current setting as the power-on default). But, if you happen to have a version of Beolink 1000 that doesn't have the RESET button at all, I think you are out of luck 🙁

Thanks, guys!

Will try later today and report.

Actually, the turned on Loudness does not abuse that much with the Beovox 3702 that I use.

Will it be the compensation, if I tune Bass and Treble at -2 or -3 or there are another frequencies for Loudness?

Dmitry83 wrote:

Actually, the turned on Loudness does not abuse that much with the Beovox 3702 that I use.

Will it be the compensation, if I tune Bass and Treble at -2 or -3 or there are another frequencies for Loudness?

I believe the curves are different, so you won't get a straight frequency response if you try to compensate loudness with the tone controls. More importantly, the effect of loudness is dependent on the volume - it should gradually go away when you crank up the volume!

No RESET button on the remote- I think, it is easier to find the B&O fan here, and use his MCP5500 or Beo4 to simply turn the Loudness off and store it.

As far as I understand, it is not possible with the remote I have and the receiver buttons?

 

Correct, unfortunately. Without a suitable remote, the only way to reset loudness is to open up the Beomaster and temporarily remove the backup battery from inside the CPU module!

You could of course consider getting yourself an MCP or an older Beolink 1000 (with reset button) from fleaBay or something, neither are very expensive. The MCPs aren't too good for daily use, but make a great conversation piece!

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