IR eye stops working on Beosystem 2

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Dutchdennis (archived2)
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Posted October 19, 2018 at 22:02 GMT
#2113265

I recently bought a second hand Beosystem 2 with a Beovision 4-65 and all the cabling. The only part that wasn’t included was the IR eye, so I bought a second hand one. 

i can switch the system on with the remote and operate the menu, but the moment I switch to DVD or TV the remote stops working. Unplugging the IR eye from the Beosystem 2 doesn’t reset it, only manually switching the Beosystem 2 off and on gets the IR eye to work again  Until I switch to TV or DVD  

I’ve never posted on a forum before, but I’ve been trawling the Internet for weeks now and I can’t seem to find a solution. 

The IR eye is a 5 screw model and it’s conmected to the Beosystem 2 with three wires in a soldered headphone style connection. 

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w5bno123 (archived2)
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Posted October 19, 2018 at 22:59 GMT
#2113266
Hello and welcome. Do you have the eye wired like this?

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Dutchdennis (archived2)
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Posted October 20, 2018 at 12:55 GMT
#2113267

Thank you for the diagram, I did follow those instructions she. I connected the eye up:

Beobuddy
Beobuddy
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Posted October 20, 2018 at 13:39 GMT
#2113268

Check setup settings at the connections. Whem there is DTV-DVI or DVD-DVI is choosen, then the screen has probably a DVI module mounted.

From the moment you choose DVD , the videopath through the BS2 will be bypassed and instructions from the remote aren't visable anymore.

Location: Utrecht

Quite a challenge to achieve "Less is More" while having the Beovirus.
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Dutchdennis (archived2)
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Posted October 20, 2018 at 21:53 GMT
#2113269

There are no connections to the tv other than the rs232 and the vga cable. I’ve hooked  my DVD player to the scart port on the Beosystem. If I select dvd or tv the remote completely stops working.

Could the Beosystem 2 be broken? 

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w5bno123 (archived2)
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Posted October 21, 2018 at 22:15 GMT
#2113270
Dutchdennis wrote:

There are no connections to the tv other than the rs232 and the vga cable. I’ve hooked my DVD player to the scart port on the Beosystem. If I select dvd or tv the remote completely stops working.

Could the Beosystem 2 be broken?

If it is broken it’s beyond economical repair, no spare parts available. We have a clients BS3 on eBay right now which is a much better unit
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Dutchdennis (archived2)
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Posted October 29, 2018 at 13:18 GMT
#2113271

I borrowed another Beosystem, but exactly the same Happens: the system responds to the remote control in the menu environment, but whenever I switch to TV or DVD or anything else the Beosystem stops responding to the remote. 

Witg the IT eye working in menu setting, I’d rule out a wiring issue, so it must be a faulty IR eye

Beobuddy
Beobuddy
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Posted October 30, 2018 at 08:56 GMT
#2113272

Sounds more of a issue of interference from the plasma on the ir receiver. 

Place the ir receiver directly on the wall beneath the plasma.

Location: Utrecht

Quite a challenge to achieve "Less is More" while having the Beovirus.
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Dutchdennis (archived2)
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Posted November 3, 2018 at 13:55 GMT
#2113273

You’ve won the cake sir!

When I bought the TV, not all the cables were included, so I used a generic monitor cable and a generic straight RS232 cable. 

I’ve switched the TV off and lo and behold: the IR eye is working again!

I’ll buy some clip on ferrite for both cables, see if that fixes it

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Dutchdennis (archived2)
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Posted November 3, 2018 at 13:55 GMT
#2113274

You’ve won the cake sir!

When I bought the TV, not all the cables were included, so I used a generic monitor cable and a generic straight RS232 cable. 

I’ve switched the TV off and lo and behold: the IR eye is working again!

I’ll buy some clip on ferrite for both cables, see if that fixes it

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