Then, take a B&O remote control (assuming you have one), and pointing stright into the BeoSound 9000 which should be in standby (with the BeoLink passive unplugged from the mains), press LIST and STANDBY on the remote control at the same time. Use the up and down arrows to cycle through until you get to OPTION?. Press GO and choose A.OPT, and then press go again. Then press 0. What this will do, is disable the IR receiver inside the BeoSound 9000, because you want to use the one which is connected to the BeoLink Passive.

Now, you need to do something similar to the BeoLink Passve. Disconnect the BeoSound 9000 from the wall, and making sure the IR sensor is properly connected to the BeoLink Passive box, press LIST and STANDBY on the B&O remote at the same time, choose OPTION? and then A.OPT. Press go, and push 6 on the remote control. This will tell the BeoLink Passive that it's a link product.

Reconnect the BeoSound 9000 to the mains, and when you push CD, the IR sensor connected to the BeoLink Passive will pick up the IR signals, and wake up the BeoSound 9000, which will then pass sound back down the MasterLink cable into the BeoLink Passive.

Tell us if it works! You might even get a degree of hands on control, being able to push the buttons on the side of the BeoSound 9000 to choose CDs (although this won't wake the system up if it's all asleep).

Is this really necessary? If I remember correctly the Passive will power up when connected to the BS9000 via Powerlink, no need for IR eye and masterlink. 🙂 But I might have missed a point somewhere.

I know Christian said 4 pairs of speakers....is the passive amp stable enough to do this??? That's what i'd like to do...i'm looking to fit some passive kits and run say 2 sets of speakers of each amp....will it support 4 X  8 ohm speakers???

THanks,

k

It will handle all 4 spearkers without problems. I once had a setup, where it was connected to 1 * M75 (4 ohm), 1 * S80 (8 ohm) and 2 * MCX35 (8 ohm). Of couse the M75 was a little louder than the rest, but everything worked fine. It could not play that loud, but was fine for everyday use.

 The MCL-2P / MCL/ML is a rather good amplifirer, and if I remeber correctly Alex once stated that it has an infinate resistance.

You could also buy a regular amp with auto sense and connect it to the Aux with a Din-RCA converter.

I forgot the option that makes the 9000 output sound from the AUX.

This is a simple and cheap solution, and you'll get a much powerful amp for the same price.

Christian (and others),

Many thanks for the advice. What I thought was a Passive turned out to be a ML/MCL Converter but it does the job just the same. Using the set up that you described has the system working perfectly.

Thanks again chaps.

Paul