It's probably better to connect two of the Aux sockets which are inputs/outputs at (fixed) line level.  This will avoid double volume control problems.  I would be sure to use a 5 pin din connector to avoid datalink conflicts.

I assume that they are in different rooms?

EDIT:  Just to be clear, I mean from one of the BC9500's Tape or Aux sockets to the BS9000's Aux socket.  On both machines they are inputs and outputs so you should be able to pass audio in both directions.

Hi

Thanks so much for your reply.

The reason for asking about the speaker outputs is that I'm already using the tape2 and aux inputs as inputs into the beocenter 9500.

Alan

Sorry -forgot ot confimr - yes - they are in separate rooms.

I've got masterlink and cat5 cables running between the rooms which could be used to connect (obviously not using the masterlink system - but there are enough wires to carry any signals).

AP

I`d use AUX sockets on both sides - you will need a 5 pin DIN cable (or 7 pin - datalink doesn`t matter, because BS9000 has no datalink on the AUX socket) - but the cable must have a kind of "crossover" wiring, because pin 1-4 are outputs on both audiomasters and pin 3-5 are inputs. To connect output to input you must connect pin 1 to pin 3 and pin 4 to pin 5 - and vice versa. Will work perfectly with fixed levels on both sides, as already said.

Stefan

Hi Stefan

Thanks for the advice.

The reason for asking is that I'm alread yusing the aux and tape2 socket on the 9500.

alan

In that case I would use somethin like this: 

Thanks again for  your advice.

I have a couple of splitters which I could use.

In the past I tried to use them to share an aux socket for dual input (record deck and apple express) into the beosound 9000.  I found that when both inputs were connected the sound level was much reduced and very flat/dull.

I assumed this was something to do with impendence to the signal input.

Might this be a problem in the scenario of using a din cable with i/o switched?

Alan

Pestria wrote:

I found that when both inputs were connected the sound level was much reduced and very flat/dull.

Yes I have had this problem with two 'live' devices connected to one of the BC9500's aux inputs using the cable that I linked to.

Pestria wrote:

Might this be a problem in the scenario of using a din cable with i/o switched?

This is what I was trying to explain as a solution.  Your current input device is probably not using the BC9500's Aux output pins (1 and 4), so if you connect just these to the BS9000 you should not have a problem.

An alternative solution would be to make up a bespoke plug to take an aux output from the Line In/Out 'dummy' plug above the Powerlink 1 socket.  You would need to make sure that your connection still connects pins 1 to 3, and 4 to 5.

Great - thanks so much for your input