Interested in the beolab 14 2.1 but how do you exactly connect it up to a non b&0 tv????

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markiedee (archived2)
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Posted February 6, 2014 at 17:32 GMT
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Hi fellow beoworlders, I'm really interested in buying the beolab 14 2.1 but have no idea how you'd connect it. I noticed an advert on bang-olufsen Chelmsford Facebook page yesterday advertising the beolab 14 2.1 and stating that all you need for bang-olufsen sound quality from any tv is to simply connect it to your headphone jack on your tv and that's it.

i recently downloaded the user guide from b&0s site the other day and there was no pictures demonstrating that particular hook up.

I even went to b&0 in Chelsea and to be honest the guy i was talking to had no idea. If someone is able to find an instruction manual for the 2.1 beolab 14 or even pictures on how to set it up to a non b&0 tv and put it up on here i would be most grateful.

I heard them recently in Harrods and was absolutely blown away but it was connected to a bv11.

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w5bno123 (archived2)
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Posted February 6, 2014 at 19:40 GMT
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Hi

The BeoLab 14 2.1 is a great setup and one we do very well with to enhance the sound from a non B&O TV.

You need a special cable that we supply to do exactly what you want, for some unknown reason it isn't publicised in manuals but it is on our intranet?!

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Stuart
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markiedee (archived2)
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Posted February 6, 2014 at 19:59 GMT
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Hi thanks for responding could you tell me what type of cable it is and how much please.

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w5bno123 (archived2)
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Posted February 6, 2014 at 20:20 GMT
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That's no problem. Like most cables and installs it is custom made but generally speaking a 2-3m cable costs £30.

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Stuart
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markiedee (archived2)
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Posted February 6, 2014 at 21:13 GMT
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Many thanks so it isn't as simple as connecting it to the headphone jack of your tv, sounded to good to be true.

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Simonbeo (archived2)
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Posted February 6, 2014 at 21:48 GMT
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You have a non b&o tv then ?

i just read up on these and the beolab 14 2.1 only appears to be recommended for non Beo TVs . 

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markiedee (archived2)
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Posted February 6, 2014 at 22:29 GMT
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Yes that's correct i don't have a b&0 tv but from what I've read hooking up a beolab 14 2.1 to a non b&0 tv should be a piece of cake.

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w5bno123 (archived2)
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Posted February 7, 2014 at 10:34 GMT
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markiedee wrote:

Yes that's correct i don't have a b&0 tv but from what I've read hooking up a beolab 14 2.1 to a non b&0 tv should be a piece of cake.

Hi Guys

We use an RJ45 cable and solder on a 3.5mm stereo jack cable.

We can help you out if needed!

Stuart

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Livius (archived2)
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Posted February 7, 2014 at 11:22 GMT
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This is correct.

However B&O does not deliver the cable between the BL14 and the device you would like to connect it to.

These need to be custom made for your purpose.

As far as I understood is correctly, even a speaker out on a TV could be used to connect to the BL14. But then you need the inputs connector,

 

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Livius (archived2)
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Posted February 7, 2014 at 11:22 GMT
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This is correct.

However B&O does not deliver the cable between the BL14 and the device you would like to connect it to.

These need to be custom made for your purpose.

As far as I understood is correctly, even a speaker out on a TV could be used to connect to the BL14. But then you need the inputs connector,

 

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