The 1611 converter does supply power to the ML bus itself (unlike the 1614 which doesn't and requires a master to be present). Whether or not they can be used without a connection to datalink / AAL though, and whether adding a power box to the 1614 would turn it into a 1611, I don't know.

Martin.

Devon, your of course right and there is more information that is handled by the NL/MLconverter.

Forgive me if I'm wrong but from what  Iunderstand, the converter can handle RCA-in. It also seems like that it can handle whatever you have on a network as it has a network connection. It also has the powerlink connection and once enhanced with ML-powerbox, it can handle the ML-network as well

Does this mean that the converter, on it's own can be used as an audio source (without possibility ot control the volume)?

and if you connect a BL2000 or 3500 then you could actually control the source and volume as well?

Devon, your of course right and there is more information that is handled by the NL/MLconverter.

Forgive me if I'm wrong but from what  Iunderstand, the converter can handle RCA-in. It also seems like that it can handle whatever you have on a network as it has a network connection. It also has the powerlink connection and once enhanced with ML-powerbox, it can handle the ML-network as well

Does this mean that the converter, on it's own can be used as an audio source (without possibility ot control the volume)?

and if you connect a BL2000 or 3500 then you could actually control the source and volume as well?

sia wrote:

It also has the powerlink connection and once enhanced with ML-powerbox, it can handle the ML-network as well

Just to clarify, the BLC has its own ML connection - either via the old ML plug or the new RJ plug.

What power box does, is allow the segment of the ML attached not the BLC to have no masters.

In my case I am not using the power box as I have an Audio Master and a Video Master on my ML segment.

elephant wrote:

sia wrote:

It also has the powerlink connection and once enhanced with ML-powerbox, it can handle the ML-network as well

Just to clarify, the BLC has its own ML connection - either via the old ML plug or the new RJ plug.

What power box does, is allow the segment of the ML attached not the BLC to have no masters.

In my case I am not using the power box as I have an Audio Master and a Video Master on my ML segment.

Elephant is entirely correct. The intended use of the power box, with the NL/ML converter, is to connect, for example, a BL3500 link room speaker to a Netlink network, without also needing an Audio or Video master to be present on the same Masterlink segment for it to work.

To further clarify - my comments about the power box not being some magic solution were in relation to the suggestion of using it with older beolink converters as those converters are unlikely to have the necessary software to support operating as an audio or video master unless they were originally designed with that in mind (in which case they would already have the capability to supply power to the ML bus).

Martin.

 

Hello,

 

please help me to understand if I need this power box.

I have replaced my BS5 with the Moment and NL/ML converter .

I have several beovisions 7-55, 10-32, 4-42 ,6-26 connected to the ML, and on those i receive sound from the Moment  when pressing CD.

But nothing on the Beolab  3500 and on the second beovision 4-50.

will this box solve the problem?

 

regards

 

gilbert