Posts by ouverture (archived)
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Long Shot - but help needed please
in General Discussion & Questions · Sept 3, 2011 09:57I bought some watch crystal polish today, and was very careful whilst doing it, then I tried to rip it in 7 different computers and laptops at work, all sadly to no avail - just goes to show how fragile these spinners ar…
Why is it so hard for B & O?
in General Discussion & Questions · Aug 30, 2011 17:47tis a great shame, I was once a very loyal fan (and customer of B&O) , I bought my first Ouverture in 1997, then a second in 1998 with Beolab 4000 speakers (one of the best combinations for easy listening in my humble op…
Long Shot - but help needed please
in General Discussion & Questions · Aug 30, 2011 17:28I have somehow damaged my Bang & Olufsen Vol. XIII – The Sound of Perfection CD that my mum likes listening to in the car, the only 2 tracks that are now damaged and virtually unplayable are Track 1 and Track 4, I did co…
Ouverture Glass Doors
in General Discussion & Questions · Aug 15, 2011 15:28I took the glass doors off the Ouverture very carefully and cleaned them, they needed cleaning badly after 15 years :-) but one of the black clips that is glued to the glass needs re-gluing to be on the safe side, so I m…
Beomaster 8000 and inbuilt RIAA capability
in General Discussion & Questions · Dec 19, 2010 11:02my turntable is not going to suit her then after all, I guess to round out her system she now really needs a Beogram 8002 with a nice MMC2 cart :-)
Beomaster 8000 and inbuilt RIAA capability
in General Discussion & Questions · Dec 18, 2010 19:06can anyone confirm that the BM8000 has switch for both MM and MC carts ?? I have a dear friend who is smitten with one of my turntables that has a "Moving Coil Cartridge" and her uncle has an old BM8000 that she is picki…
Beocom 2400 Telephone Wiring
in General Discussion & Questions · Jul 6, 2010 08:15ah, so even though the BT Master only has pins 2 and 5 connected, the 2400 needs an extension cable that has 2, 3 an 5 on the RJ11 socket into the bottom of the phone Keith, I just don't get it how it magically works wit…
Beocom 2400 Telephone Wiring
in General Discussion & Questions · Jul 5, 2010 17:24trouble is there is no extension socket Keith, just the BT master, we are just plugging in a 10 metre cable reel to the BT master ( NTE ) socket on the wall, and using the cable supplied with the Beocom 2400, when only u…
Beocom 2400 Telephone Wiring
in General Discussion & Questions · Jul 5, 2010 12:39maybe it might be best if I just make a longer cable, does anyone know the pinouts for the RJ11 plug at the Beocom 2400 end of the cable ? the BT jack end BT431A is simple enough
Beocom 2400 Telephone Wiring
in General Discussion & Questions · Jul 5, 2010 10:00silly problem which we cannot fathom, the 2400 works fine plugged into the BT master socket, but we now want to move the phone to the other side of the room, and the BT extension (10metres) cable reel that we bought to d…
B&O doesnt recommend MasterLink anymore, the recommend CAD 7 cables for your house ???
in General Discussion & Questions · Apr 5, 2010 11:26I know someone who buys Cat5e HD Switchers from Tradestech for many years, and he has installed their HD Maxtrix switches in lots of homes, up to 50mt guaranteed for Cat5e, up to 65mt with Cat6, and obviously for longer …
B&O CD and amps for audiophile?
in General Discussion & Questions · Apr 5, 2010 10:45stick with the 5500 CD Player Martin, even better if you can pair it with the 5500 amp, and a Beolink 1000 remote control being in Serbia it might be possible to get someone to modify your 5500 in the same way that Lukas…
B&O CD and amps for audiophile?
in General Discussion & Questions · Mar 20, 2010 19:50I use both the CD50 ( 1985 ) and the CD 5500 (1987) players at home The CD 50 has a full 16 bit decoder and strangely it only had one digital to analogue converter (DAC) that was used for both the stereo channels. To pro…
The new look Forum - Feedback required
in General Discussion & Questions · Mar 16, 2010 14:10this "New New Look" forum is great, really nice in fact, but it does remind me a bit of the old "lean and mean" forum :-)
RE-BL X Quad IR Repeater Kit for PS3 owners
in General Discussion & Questions · Mar 8, 2010 13:02this is a cheap IR to Bluetooth converter for the PS3 , but it gets better, if you use a PS3 to play Blu-Ray films on your B&O screen, and you have the Beo5 remote, then the RE-BL X can be used for local IR Distribution …
2 Joel/Dinalight Beo4 operatable light dimmers for sale
in For Sale · Mar 4, 2010 16:15they are a Danish company see the very basic website for more info !
Beolink Video Box Type 1615
in General Discussion & Questions · Mar 2, 2010 18:29[quote user="jldmelb"] Could you try a Powerlink splitter and plug your iPod and 1615 in to the same aux. input?? Worth a try... [/quote] good idea, but alas it did not work, and anyways, would prefer to use the 1615 in …
Beolink Video Box Type 1615
in General Discussion & Questions · Mar 2, 2010 18:28[quote user="DoubleU"] There are no inputs on the 1615. It is a ML/AAL convertor. That's it. [/quote] I know [quote user="DoubleU"] Why don't you use one of the scarts to hook up your iPod? [/quote] because I was hoping …
Beolink Video Box Type 1615
in General Discussion & Questions · Mar 2, 2010 16:35wow, yes - that works exactly like when I used to have the MX4002 the problem is that this effectively takes the only "Audio Aux Link" connector on the MX7000 which is now connected to the 1615 box, so that means I canno…
Best Audio System to drive a Master Link set up
in General Discussion & Questions · Mar 2, 2010 14:04I have been asking myself the same question, and have stuck with the Ouverture over the years, but I wish B&O ( or a third party ) would just come up with a Masterlink box that just performed the job of pushing the Maste…