Welcome to BeoWorld! I think the first advice is: Enjoy your Bang & Olufsen system!

And now for the technical part. You need a T1611 converter to be able to connect a Master Link system to your BeoCenter 2300. After that you can connect up to 15 ML products to your BeoCenter 2300.

A BeoLab 2000 can be connected to the T1611 converter. To connect the BeoLab 6000 speakers in another room you need a T1636 BeoLink Active. But do you also have a B&O television you want to connect to your system?

No TV. I rarely watch TV. Simply I just need music in other rooms.

I don't even need to control the music from other rooms. I would just like to play a CD and listen to in on various speakers around the house.

plumber77 wrote:

Ipod or computer linking is not an issue as I recently bought the Beosound 8.

It´s not possible to add Beosound 8 into a link system.

/Claes

Understood. I was using the beosound 8 seperate anyway with an Ipod connected.

Surely I must be able to just add a pair of 6000 speakers or similar to my existing beosound 2300.

Run 2 extra speakers as well as the beolab 2500's. I just want a simple system without the need for control all over the house. just play a cd on my system and it come out of extra speakers??

plumber77 wrote:

Understood. I was using the beosound 8 seperate anyway with an Ipod connected.

 

Surely I must be able to just add a pair of 6000 speakers or similar to my existing beosound 2300.

Run 2 extra speakers as well as the beolab 2500's. I just want a simple system without the need for control all over the house. just play a cd on my system and it come out of extra speakers??

Yes, yoa can add BL6000s by using a Powerlink Y-splitter. The speakers will also get on-off commands via Powerlink. So, all speakers will be on or off.

BTW: "Beo`s "All over the house control" is simple.

Stefan

BTW: "Beo`s "All over the house control" is simple.

How do you mean simple??

I understand the beolab 2000's has control by selecting tape/radio/cd etc but is this possible with powerlink as my unit is older or would I need to get adaptors to masterlink?

Run power link cables from speaker to speaker, each BL 2500 has 2 power link connections, BL 6000 as well, the 2300 also, so from 2300, 1 power link to BL 2500 R or L and from R to L, 1 powerlink from 2300 to BL 6000 R or L and from R to L or visa versa, on the last connected BL you will have an empty powerlink connection that one you can connect to more BL speakers.

One powerlink cable runs trigger power and lines for both R/L speakers, if the BL has 2  PL connections you can use one cable from 2300 to R BL from R to L BL, just remember to set the BLs selector to L or R

I forgot, as the BS 8 has no line out, get a cable that connect Ipod to AUX in, in the 2300, that way you can play your Ipod as well

plumber77 wrote:

BTW: "Beo`s "All over the house control" is simple.

 

How do you mean simple??

I understand the beolab 2000's has control by selecting tape/radio/cd etc but is this possible with powerlink as my unit is older or would I need to get adaptors to masterlink?

I mean simple to install and simple to use. You just need one Beolink converter (1611) for your Beosound and you can connect BL2000, BL3500, Beolink active, passive, all newer Beovisions in linkrooms with Beo4/6 control from every linkstation and independant volume control via one single Masterlink cable. This is not possible if you just add speakers - but it will work too.

Stefan