Thank you for the answer Stoobie,
Sounds easier than I thought so I will have something to plan out now and prepare for: Thank you very much for the easy description and the diagram that will be helping out.

About the Beo5 Configuration Tool, I am aware of the 32-bit Windows; I used to have a Windows PC for that purpose (it was a 64-bit computer but with 32-bit Windows XP on it) when setting up the Beo5 with custom images for the various chanals used by the old 8- and 16-bit computers and consols I've been playiong around with featuring their logos instead of the stock TV-chanal logos or a simple number, but I do have a couple of old laptops that I could use for the Configuration Tool. I have to admit that I look forward to be working on the CT again! :)

Indeed the AV5 have a ML socket, the BV8 haven't but I have considerd to get the DVB module for the BV8, mostly because it have the option, and to get the Masterlink. I don't really watch TV so the DVB itself is not really high enough priority but the Masterlink socket could become useful.

I have been looking at BeoLab 3500 with Powerlink as I did see that the MK1 have MCL and the MK2 have Powerlink; and since I don't have anything with MCL that could be useful I look at MK2 version, and I have found some at a decent price. But with a Powerlink version would I then be able to use the Masterlink to the AV5 and Powerlink to the BV8 (I do not plan to listen to music from the AV5 on the BV8, not share screen between them) to use the BL3500 as an extra speaker for the BV8 when not in use by the BV5 or is the Powerlink on the BL3500 meant for aditional speaker support (such as a pair of BL6000 in the Powerlink and then the Masterlink to the master)?

Hi Jorgen,

I am glad you found that helpful and hopefully inspired you to get a couple of BL3500s and a BL2000 setup around the house.

I don't think the Powerlink socket on the BL3500 will be much use to you in your setup, and definitely won't work with your BV8 unfortunately. The main use is when you have the speaker in a separate room connected by a Wireless 1 and then even if it is a MK2 speaker it will need the latest software.  As far as I know you cannot use it to add extra speakers as you suggest. When buying I think condition and price should be the main factor and not the Powerlink capability. Also, you need to be very weary when asking the seller if it has Powerlink as the MCL and Powelink sockets look the same.

You might be able to use a Beolink Convertor to “add” Masterlink to your BV8 but you will need to search the forum or ask in a post. They have been used with Non B&O TVs and things such as iPods,  etc to “inject” the sound into the Masterlink systems.

I am using VMWare to program my Beo5. I have Windows XP-SP3 installed in a virtual machine and am about to experiment with setting up MacOS. It is brilliant to do it this way because having XP open at the same time as Windows 10, I can work on Windows 10 designing my buttons etc and then cut and paste them into XP then they are immediately available.

I haven’t done much programming since COVID-19 lockdown as I’m using my home office for work all day and not keen to be in there in the evenings too. It has taken the fun out of having 2 hours in my home office working on projects to relax after work. 

These are some of my current buttons on my Beo5

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