Oh cripes... So my MX1500 does indeed need repairs - it is not responding to my Beo4 (which works perfectly with the MX4200).

My final, desperate question is: can anyone venture a guess as to why the tv won't acknowledge the remote? Seems like an expensive fix in any case...

It's a long time since I owned a MX1500, but I seem to remember that the power button could be used to select something else by half pressing it.  If the power button is stuck in, perhaps it is sending a permanent message to the TV, thereby confusing it and preventing the IR signal from being received.

I would try to fix the power button first.

Further to my last, have a look at this page: link

This bit may have been what I recall about the power button:

Emergency operation - if  had been misplaced, there was an on/off button on the set itself. The same button could be used to programme the channels if the terminal was not at hand

Thank you so much for all the info Guy. I will investigate all this and see what I can do. These 1500s are so cute.. I will do what I can to keep it off the garbage pile.

I think Guy is right on the power switch - great TV by the way.

They also have a small battery inside and when this goes you have to keep reprogramming it after it has had power removed - might be worth changing that anyway whilst it is being repaired?

You were right 😄

Instead of turning on the set by pressing the button on the TV set, I turned it on using the Beo4. And whaddya know - it lives!

Only problem now is that the image I’m getting from my Raspberry Pi/HDMI-to-SCART converter is black and white. I know the the Euro MX1500 only accept PAL signals, but my converter is set to PAL, so that isn’t the issue... Also, I know that the TV itself has color because I see vibrant colors in the teletext screen, for ex.

Something is wrong with the signal. Possibly, my low-grade converter is faulty. I’m sure I can figure it out.

You were right 😄

Instead of turning on the set by pressing the button on the TV set, I turned it on using the Beo4. And whaddya know - it lives!

Only problem now is that the image I’m getting from my Raspberry Pi/HDMI-to-SCART converter is black and white. I know the the Euro MX1500 only accept PAL signals, but my converter is set to PAL, so that isn’t the issue... Also, I know that the TV itself has color because I see vibrant colors in the teletext screen, for ex.

Something is wrong with the signal. Possibly, my low-grade converter is faulty. I’m sure I can figure it out.

That’s a useful bit of info as well. I’ll keep that in mind if I ever run into this sort of problem again. Thank you sir 😎

memoryswap wrote:

Possibly, my low-grade converter is faulty. I’m sure I can figure it out.

Great news that the remote is working - thanks for letting us know!

And yes, I would suspect either the converter or the SCART leads. Perhaps you have an old video or DVD player that you could plug in to test the TV's input more fully?