Beomaster 5000 and later remote commands – early datalink?

[speedsixdave]

Evening all,

I have a new and fairly unformed thought about using the pre-amp output from a Beomaster 5000 (and e.g. connected Beogram 5000) as aux inputs to e.g. a Beosound 3000 or Beocenter 2, therefore greatly increasing the number of connected external sources. I do not have a BM5000 at the moment. My question is this:

Are the pre-Beolink 1000 remote commands for the BS5000 sufficiently different to the later Beolink commands that one could use both systems in one room without conflict? I presume the more complex commands for the later datalink systems would not cause conflicts as they would not be recognised, but what about the simple commands like Standby, Volume +/- etc.?

I like the idea of being able to control the Beosystem 5000 with its MCP5000 or Terminal 5000 while separately controlling a Beosound 3000 and ML system with a Beo4, but conflicting commands would make that impractical.

Thanks as ever!

Location: UK

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[Madskp]

This should not pose a problem as the older B&O remote controls to the best of my knowledge worked on other frequencies than the Beolink 1000/5000/7000/Beo4 remotes.

Just to be a little more sure I just tried to use my Terminal 5000 in the same room as my Beocenter 9300 (both in standby and when playing a CD), and I saw no reaction to any key press on the Terminal 5000

Location: Denmark

[TK]

Echoing madskp, the MCL82 Protocol used by the Beomaster 5000 does not remotely resemble the later Datalink 86 command structures sent by the Beolink 1000 or Beo4.  There is no shared command protocol between the two systems, so an instruction conflict is not really possible.  That being said, you may not be able to broadcast two simultaneous commands on both systems without causing interference.

[speedsixdave]

Thanks both, that’s really helpful and interesting. Not sure if I’ll go down this route or not but it’s an intriguing idea. Might all end up too complex for WAF!

 

Dave

Location: UK

Favourite Product: Beolab 3000

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