Option settings between generation in complicated setup - help!

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Dear All

Here is my setup:

1) Beomaster 4500 sw 2.1 with Beolink 7000 and 4500 CD player

2) To Beomaster 4500 is linked 2 Beolab CX 100 via MCL 2A  (old link protocol)

3) To Beomaster 4500 is linked Beolab 2000 via 1611 converter

4) To Beomaster 4500 is linked Beovision 32-7 mk1 (wihtout speakers)

Problem: Beomaster 4500 and Beovision 32-7 is in same room. Every time I press "1" on the my Beo the BV receives a double input (i.e. "1" from the Beo4 and "1" send from the Beomaster 4500

I have followed all instructions in "Masterlink setup" and "Master Control Link" manuals concerning Option Settings

I do not think <i can solve the problem by changing "Option settings" alone?

Maybe I need to define the Beovision as a link tv even though it is in the same room?

I really need a creative suggestions! The "Set BM and BV to Option 1" is an answer I can give my self even though I am a girl. But being woman also has limitations - and I have met mine now.

Who can crack this nut?

Happy Easter and thank you in advance - if nobody here knows the answer it does not exist (my local B&O shops just look confused at me).

Best regards

Louise

Hi Louise,

don't blame yourself, the option settings can get very confusing! Your problem is indeed that the BV receives the commands from two sources now.

As I understand, you want the TV sound to always come through the Beomaster. I believe you can get the behaviour you want by configuring the TV to option 0 and the Beomaster to option 2. In this setup, the TV only listens to the link and not directly to the remote, and the Beomaster receives both audio and video commands and relays them over the link. The MCL links should continue to work as before.

I agree. TV option 0, Beomaster option 2. 

My B&O Icons:

BeoCenter-9500.png BeoCenter-9500.png
Beoremote-Beo4.png Beoremote-Beo4.png
Beovox.png Beovox.png
Beovision-11.png Beovision-11.png
Beotime.png Beotime.png
Beosound-Stage.png Beosound-Stage.png
Beosound-Moment.png Beosound-Moment.png
Beosound-5.png Beosound-5.png
Beosound-2.png Beosound-2.png
Beoremote-One.png Beoremote-One.png
Beoplay-Portal.png Beoplay-Portal.png
Beoplay-Earset.png Beoplay-Earset.png
Beomaster.png Beomaster.png
Beolit.png Beolit.png
Beogram-400x.png Beogram-400x.png
Beocenter-2.png Beocenter-2.png

Thank you all for your advice. Unfortunately it did not work - but that might be my own fault as I have missed to mention some details.

Beovision and Beomaster are linked: Beomaster - datalink - 1611 converter - masterlink Beovision

The Beovision also has a STB connected (not supported by the BV, but operational by a Beo4).

Can the above mentioned help in helping a helpless.

Best regards

Louise

As mika and Peter I`m quite sure it`s an option setting problem. Set BM4500 to A.OPT 2 and BV7 to V.OPT 0. Are the red LED flashing after setting the options? BM4500 should display "2" ...(?) Are you sure that your linksystems - MCL 2A and BL 2000 - can`t "see" IR commands from your mainroom? And just "hide" your BL7000 for some time, just to make sure, it`s not a two way problem...(?) I`m just guessing...

Hope this helps in helping a helpless🙂

held og lykke

Stefan

 

 ... there are some "creative" solution possible ... more details please!

Are the CX 100 + MCL2A located in an other (Link) room or also in the BM 4500 / BV78-32 room?

Are speakers connected to BM 4500 ?  

Means no speakers at BV 7-32 none (no Beolab 7.1/7.4) or no external speakers? 

If there are speakers connected to BM 4500 and the BV 7-32 has it's own BLB 7.x - which do you prefer to use as main speaker in the room with BM 4500 and 7-32?

(By the way, both, the BLB 2000 and the BV 7-32 are connected by ML via 1611 converter to the BM 4500)

 

 

 

Thanks for all your help so far.

 

- there are several solid doors between the two link rooms, so no risk there

- there is no speaker on the BV327

- to make things more tricky: in bedroom where the problem is the Beomaster 4500 delivers the sound through Beolab CX 100 (i.e. passive speakers), so I cannot connect them to the BV (unless I buy a €250 passive converter, whichI would like to avoid)

- I have tried to hide the BL7000, but anyway it should be a problem since the Beolink7000 only receives signal from the BM 45000 when I send a signal from the Beo4, which changes the state of the Beomaster 4500 - but it was a good idea

1) I tried to check the cable diagram of the masterlink cable and then simpy cut the wire that send signals from the converter to the Beovision, but from the way I read the diagram it seems impossible

2) Is there a way that I can "pair" a Beo4 to one specific unit (i.e. the TV)

3) Would a B&O-shop-Beo-4-plastic-shielder solve the problem or does it occur even though it is only the tv og the Beomaster that receives th IR-signal?

4) Could anyboyd tell me which wire to cut in the 1611 between the TV and the Beomaster 4500 to solve the problem?

5) Another Creative idea?

Thank you so much for your time - and sorry for asking for more, but I am about to start to pout.

Best regards

Louise

The BLB2000 and the BV32 is connected by each their own 1611.

CX100 are connected to Beomaster 4500

No speakers connected to the Beovision.

 

Thank you, Vienna.

 

Kind regards

Louise

Still not quite sure what you have. Can we concentrate just on the room with the TV and Beomaster in it. The link rooms are, I am sure, a red herring. 

What do you have connected speaker wise to the Beomaster and is there any speaker at all attached to the BV7 or is it just the screen? I take it the MCL2A is in another room all together?

My B&O Icons:

BeoCenter-9500.png BeoCenter-9500.png
Beoremote-Beo4.png Beoremote-Beo4.png
Beovox.png Beovox.png
Beovision-11.png Beovision-11.png
Beotime.png Beotime.png
Beosound-Stage.png Beosound-Stage.png
Beosound-Moment.png Beosound-Moment.png
Beosound-5.png Beosound-5.png
Beosound-2.png Beosound-2.png
Beoremote-One.png Beoremote-One.png
Beoplay-Portal.png Beoplay-Portal.png
Beoplay-Earset.png Beoplay-Earset.png
Beomaster.png Beomaster.png
Beolit.png Beolit.png
Beogram-400x.png Beogram-400x.png
Beocenter-2.png Beocenter-2.png

Hi Louise,

please dont cut any wires, disconnecting them should be sufficent ... ;-)

Many questions answered, but still no information about the location

of the MCL 2A  (X-tra speaker kit passive 2047 with rectangular IR receiver ??? )

mentioned in your first posting:

 " 2) To Beomaster 4500 is linked 2 Beolab CX 100 via MCL 2A  (old link protocol) "

 

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