Screen switches on but it goes off in a few seconds.

Santi,

Thank you for your prompt response.

When the CD/DVD/Blu-ray player is doing this, does the smaller screen say "CD" or does it say "DVD"?

I'm trying to think of ways to keep the screen from turning on with music (i.e. to in essence make the BV-7 an audio "head" unit).  I wonder if I could somehow make an Apple TV be occassionally seen as an audio source by the BV-7 so as to avoid turning on the screen (and having to use "picture mute" to turn it off).  I'm controlling the Apple TV via an iPod Touch or iPhone so I don't need the Apple TV's on-screen-menus for listening to music.

Mark

Why not just pressing AV - DVD ? This will let the stand turn to audio position, switch to SPEAKER 2 mode and let the screen switch off.

Stefan

Stefan,

If the screen was already off (let's say the entire TV was off with the red B&O light on), would hitting "AV-DVD" just turn the speakers on in Speaker 2 without having the screen ever turn on?

Mark

Pressing AV - DVD while  BV7-40 is in standby mode, lets the stand turn to audio position, activate DVD player, switch on SPEAKER 2 mode.

The screen does NOT turn on. Tested right now with my BV7-40 MKIII, SW 5.xx.

Hope this helps

Stefan

BeoNut1 wrote:

I'm trying to think of ways to keep the screen from turning on with music (i.e. to in essence make the BV-7 an audio "head" unit).  I wonder if I could somehow make an Apple TV be occasionally seen as an audio source by the BV-7 so as to avoid turning on the screen (and having to use "picture mute" to turn it off).  I'm controlling the Apple TV via an iPod Touch or iPhone so I don't need the Apple TV's on-screen-menus for listening to music.

If you have a BS9000 you can connect the Apple TV to the auxiliary port via a RCA to Din cable. Use a HDMI to DVI connector in the Apple TV hdmi port. Then select A.AUX on the Beo4. You will have music without the BV7 turning on its monitor.  Of course this will not work with digital audio out and its reliant on an auxilary port on a B&O CD system which acts as an audio master...

Alternately buy a BEO5 and configure it to mute the picture when you press Apple TV.

hope something here helps and Seasons Greetings.

beoaus.

stefan wrote:

Pressing AV - DVD while  BV7-40 is in standby mode, lets the stand turn to audio position, activate DVD player, switch on SPEAKER 2 mode.

Really, must try this myself... I thought all video sources need the screen on to start with... Do you know if this works with V.AUX, Camera etc?

beoaus

Our Apple TV is connected to V. Tape. Tried AV-V. Tape and worked as described.

That's good news as I'd really like to turn on the speakers without ever turning on the TV panel and letting the Apple TV act like a stereo (that's guided via WiFi and an iPod Touch).

What do you guys think about this idea:  What would happen if I connected the Apple TV to two different ports on the BS3 of the BV7?  I'd designate one a video port and one an audio port and use the "audio" portion in the way that we've described above.  Do you think this would work?

M