Limited remote control range (less than 1m) on Beomaster 5500

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bldufour (archived2)
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Posted May 5, 2014 at 02:16 GMT
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I have a Beomaster 5500 with very limited range for the remote.  About .66m.  I have replaced all aluminum caps on every board, including IR board.  I have replace the IR sensor.  I re-soldered all connections on IR board.  I have cleaned the lenses.  All to no avail.  It works flawlessly out to about .66m, but then nothing, while every other piece of B&O equipment in the room which are upwards of 5 meters away work fine.  I have tried 2 Beolink 1000's and 2 Beo 4's.

Any thoughts where to look next?

Thanks for the help.

Brian

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chartz (archived2)
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Posted May 6, 2014 at 06:12 GMT
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Hi,

Did you replace the cap behind the Beomaster's IR window?

Is the IR window clean?

Did you make sure voltage is correct?

What lenses are you talking about?

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bldufour (archived2)
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Posted May 7, 2014 at 00:28 GMT
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Hi Jacques,

I am not sure which cap you are referring to.  I replaced all three aluminum axial caps on the IR board.  I did not replace any of the flat disc capacitors of which there appears to be one on the back of the IR board below the IR sensor.  A component location number would be great if you have it.

As for the 'lenses', I am referring to the IR windows, both send and receive.  Both have been cleaned.

I am not sure what voltage you are talking about and I do not know where a measurement point would be.  Any information you provide regarding that would also be appreciated.

 

Thank you,

Brian

 

 

 

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chartz (archived2)
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Posted May 7, 2014 at 07:15 GMT
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Being at Evelina's Hospital in London right now, I cannot be of further assistance. Sorry!

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bldufour (archived2)
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Posted May 7, 2014 at 13:59 GMT
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I certainly understand.  Hope you are well.

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