Hi and congratulations on buying some quality kit. Your ask is very simple. Everthing routes through the TV!

(If you don't have any cables mentioned below ask Steve at www.soundsheavenly.com)

- Connect your Beolab 8000 PowerLink cables to the Powerlink inputs on the back on the Beovision 7-55.

- On the TV press Menu on your Beo4, choose Options then Sound and you will see an options to assign roles for the speakers ('Speaker Type'). Just select the right version (ie Beolab 8000) and which one is left and right (under 'TV Speaker Roles').

- i think the Beomaster is also PowerLink so connect in same way then

- Go to Menu Connections and assign which button the Beomaster will turn on from your Beo4.

When you select that assigned button the Beomaster should switch on then go to 'List' on Beo4 and select 'Speaker' which will display on the remote, just press 2. That will active the Beolab 8000s as pure stereo and deactivate the centre Beolab speaker on Beovision. Repeat this and select 1 for just TV speaker and 3 for all speakers.

Let me know how you get on.

Thanks

Thank you for your answer : you're right : Beolab 8000 is powerlink, connects this way to the Beocenter 9300.

See photo here, this is how the back of a Beocenter 9300 looks like :

However, as I don't have a Beovision 7-55 yet, I do not know how the connections look like there, so i'm not sure how I could connect the Beocenter 9300 to the TV.

Many thanks, it took some time to get some nice equipment (and I found a complete Beosound Century as well !) , as all good things in life ... ;)

I have the Beovision 7-55, has the same panel on the back. Just google the manual PDF and it will mark each connector section. All very easy. Enjoy!

Key point in the new setup -- both speakers and Beocentre connect to the TV, not Beolab to Beocentre as you have currently.

FYI - I corrected a couple points in my main reply. 

Many thanks for your replies, thanks for the added information, hope to get a 7-55 by the end of this month (but since I'm in the process of moving from Belgium to France, it'll stay in Belgium for a while, moval is foreseen end of May)

Bzguy wrote:

... i'm not sure how I could connect the Beocenter 9300 to the TV.

BV7 has Masterlink, whereas BC9300 has Master Control Link.

Hence:

-  Beolab 8000s should be connected to BV7, as previously advised.

- A Beolink Converter Type 1611 is required to connect the BC9300 to the BV7, with the following connections (assuming TV and BC are in same room)

- Masterlink Cable from TV to Beolink Converter.

- Audio Aux (7-pin cable) from BC9300 TV/AUX socket to Beolink Converter

- Powerlink Cable from either BC9300 Powerlink socket to Beolink Converter

- Mains power cable to Beolink converter

- TV should be set in V.OPT 2.  BC9300 in A.OPT 0 - hence all IR/remote control will be via the TV.

Hi, 

Please for your advice on how I can connect 6 speakers to my BV 7-55 MKII. (I have not install it yet).

2 front (Beolab PENTAS) 2 back (Beolab 8000) and 2 Beolab 3s in the "middle".

+ sub (Beolab 2) + Beolab 7-2 center.

Asking since the TV at the back has 5 powerlink connections (not 6)

+ 1 for the Sub + 1 for the center.

Thank you all in advance.

Guy wrote:

BV7 has Masterlink, whereas BC9300 has Master Control Link.