Beloab 5000 speakers, connection options

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BeoMarius (archived2)
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Posted August 19, 2020 at 20:31 GMT
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Hello

So I got my first B&O products today, a pair of Beolab 5000 active speakers. When I got home I set the selector switches to N and A and connected my phone to the line in connectors with a standard minijack to rca cable, just to verify that they work.

Sadly, one of them did not play. It seems to power up, showing the red status LED in the front, but no sound. I connected the seller and it turns out he never used the line in connections himself, but he had used both the power link and the speaker link connections. I'm getting a DIN speaker plug connector tomorrow to see if it's hopefully only the line in that's dead, but now I have some questions:

 

  1. Is this a common issue with simple fix? (he asked hopefully)
  2. From the manual I see that the sockets are rated:
    • Power Link: 1 V/ 100kOhm
    • Line In: 1 V / 33kOhm 
    • Speaker link slectable: 11.3 - 16 - 22 V / >47kOhm . 
    • I'm not sure how to interpret this, does it state the expected/suitable signal voltage and the input impedance...?
  3. Is it advisable to use the speaker link or power link sockets with a generic audio source? Which is better suited?

 

Hoping for some answers, for some or all questions above :)

Br

Marius

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BeoMarius (archived2)
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Posted August 22, 2020 at 16:46 GMT
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... so did I say something wrong or does no one here know the difference between power link, speaker link and line in? 

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BeoMarius (archived2)
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Posted August 23, 2020 at 08:24 GMT
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Hello Lawrance

Thank you very much for replying. This answers all my questions regarding the inputs, thanks for the education.

lawrencejmcook wrote:
Have you correctly set the Audio/Video/Off sliders on the side of both speakers? Either Audio or Video should do the trick with the RCA inputs.

No I had not... I had found and wondered about the selector but I didn't realize it was a slider. Switching the "faulty" speaker to audio/video (can confirm that both work) makes it come alive 😁

Thank you so much!

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Posted August 23, 2020 at 10:47 GMT
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BeoMarius wrote:

Hello Lawrance

Thank you very much for replying. This answers all my questions regarding the inputs, thanks for the education.

No I had not... I had found and wondered about the selector but I didn't realize it was a slider. Switching the "faulty" speaker to audio/video (can confirm that both work) makes it come alive

Thank you so much!

Entirely my pleasure, Marius - glad I could help.

The purpose of the sliders is to display the correct source, whether the speakers were connected to a BeoVision with Powerlink, or a BeoMaster/BeoCenter with Powerlink, e.g. it would display TV instead of Radio when connected to a BeoVision and the slider set to Video.

I have a pair of BL5000and think that - given the size of the drivers - the sound is amazing! I wish you many happy listening hours.

Suggestion: for some “B&O magic “ try enabling the displays by buying a cheap BeoMaster/BeoCenter/BeoSound with DIN Powerlink outputs. You’ll also need the correct Powerlink Mk2 (fully wired) cables.

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