Beolab 3500 with a beosound Core – possible?

[Sam Long]

Hi folks

I bought a fairly cheap Beolab 3500 (with no beo4 controller) and I am trying to connect to a beosound core.  I have the most basic understanding of the master link system ( my other speakers are beolab 8000s connected to a beosound 3000…) so I’m struggling to work out if I can use the 3500 as a standalone speaker to stream music to.  I have a cable with 8 pin din at one end and an audio plug at the other and I have another cable which is RJ45 at one end and 8 pin din (female).  So the questions are:

 

1. Do I need a beo4 to control the 3500 or is there a way I can manually program the 3500 to receive input from the Core?
2. If I find a beo4, how do I set up the 3500 (does everything that comes in through the DIN plug come through as an aux input?)

Sorry for the numpty question – thanks all.

 

[matador]

Hi,

Beolab 3500 maybe the most frustrating Beolab speaker around ! Tremedous form factor, acceptable sound, very fair price nowadays, but…

Unless you use it in a Masterlink network as it was inteded to or trick it with solutions ranging from a “simple” Beolink converter (making it less “form factor convenient” to cumbersome IR remote keys sequences, it will be – Argh, it hurts to say it – pretty useless.

Sorry for you.

Location: Paris France

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