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18 September 2025 at 19:26 #69748
Martin Lundholm
BRONZE MemberHi! I’ve been investigating a Beomaster 6500 for a while which does not respond to remote control inputs. I’ve tried both a 5500 MCP and a Beolink 1000. The unit does power up if I press any of the buttons on the Beomaster 6500, but it still does not respond to remote control signals.
Funny enough it occasionally did respond to remote control every 5-10 power-up. But since I’ve changed the 4700uF capacitor (for 5V if I remember correctly) which measured ~6300uF, it never responds. On the occasion when it actually came to live from the remote it also could produce decent sound. So the Beomaster 6500 is pretty ok, but just won’t listen or speak. I’ve double checked that the 4700uF is mounted properly and all voltage levels seems decent.
I’ve changed the capacitors on the transmitter (and the few ones on the CPU board) and the IR diods flashes via the mobile camera. So I’m pretty sure the transmitter works. The receiver also seems to work. At least I see signals coming in on the R70 close to the CPU. But I wonder if there’s something fishy with it?
Sometimes I get a base square wave of ~100Hz and other times ~50Hz. If I press a button on the MCP I can see some sort of signal coming in and the frequency increases for a short period. The Vpp is around 5V so that also seems fine.
At the moment I’m a bit clueless of how to continue so any feedback is welcome!
/Martin
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Are you sure that the BM6500 is not in A.OPT 0, where it will not response to IR control?
To change back, with the system at stand-by, use the BL1000 and press SOUND then 1 then STORE. Now try the remote again.
Location: Warwickshire, UKMy B&O Icons:19 September 2025 at 15:51 #69767Martin Lundholm
BRONZE MemberThank you for your reply! No, unfortunately it didn’t help. I can see the IR receiver signal in the oscilloscope, but the Beomaster is still cranky.
I have a Beomaster 5500 which responds to both the MCP and the BL1000 so I know the remotes are working. Well, I had to replace to opto sensor in the MCP to be able to control the volume…
19 September 2025 at 16:55 #69768Martin Lundholm
BRONZE MemberI kept power down and up with 30-60s in power down, and eventually it responded to the remotes! The idle square wave actually looks a bit different now. It’s ~50 Hz and the duty cycle looks rather different from the two previous photos and is more steady. So I guess I have to investigate what is driving the idle square wave. I have had a glance at the circuit of course, but there are mainly BCnnn transistors which rarely fails from my experience. But it would be a rather quick thing to change them, if I have them at home. Well, there’s a BF240 and I don’t have any BFnnn transistors. Will check if I can replace it.
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