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The BM7000 should be in standby (off) when you carry out the A.OPT 1 procedure – and I think that it should acknowledge the instruction in some way – either a flash of the standby light or a number in the display.
The A.OPT 1 procedure does not change the output of the Beo4 – it re-programmes the Beomaster to accept IR commands.
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Could it be I need to point it to the IR receiver more closely, and if so, where is that positioned on the Beomaster 7000.
That shouldn’t be necessary* – but have you checked that the Beo4 is actually working (transmitting IR) by observing the end with an iPhone selfie camera?
* There is a setting for turning down the IR output on the Beo4, but we’ll come back to that once you have checked the above.
Or could another device (like the Apple TV I do have) capture the IR signal before it reaches the Beomaster 7000?
No. There have been reports of plasma TVs affecting IR signals, but this is unlikely.
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Can you also confirm that your Beo4 has the little navi button in the centre of the arrow keys? Is it the one on the far right in the picture below?
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I would be very coincidental if the Beo4 just gave up emitting IR signals at the same time I removed the TV out of my installation. How do I exactly check Beo4 remote working with an iPhone selfie camera?
I agree, but worth checking! Just view the end of the remote with the selfie camera and you should be able to see the IR transmitters glowing faintly when you press buttons on the remote.
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I can’t see anything lighting up from the Beo4 with little navi button (maybe it’s to faint?).
Strange. In that case you could try adjusting the IR power setting on that navi remote to the maximum.
Access the service menu by pressing stby + LIST at the same time, and then MENU + (joystick) at the same time. Press ^ several times until the display reads IRPWR: X. 1 is the lowest and 7 is the max IR signal strength (default is 4). Give 7 a try to see if that gets through to the BM7000 – try the A.OPT 1 setting procedure again.
If that doesn’t work, and given that the other remote also won’t control it, perhaps your BM7000 is faulty like the one in this thread: https://forum.beoworld.org/forums/topic/beomaster-7000-not-responding/
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Just to confirm, the IR receiver in the BM7000 is internal?
Yes it is. There was an external sensor available in case you wanted to put the main unit in a cupboard, but even fitting this wouldn;t disable the internal sensor.
Looking at this thread https://archivedforum2.beoworld.org/forums/t/18489.aspx, might there also not be an option to turn off the IR receiver at the BM7000 and I might have accidentally done that when resetting the Beo4? Because, before that, the remote was sort of working. And if that is another solution, question remains how to turn on the IR receiver on the BM7000.
Using the Beo4 remote to set A.OPT 0 stops the BM7000 from responding to IR commands. (Pedantically, it doesn’t actually ‘turn off’ the IR receiver, because you can use the Beo4 to set A.OPT 1 to get it to start responding again).
When you say that the remote was ‘sort of working’ before, was that when it was connected to the TV? In your earlier setup (with the TV connected to the BM7000 and the speakers connected to the TV), the TV would have been set to V.OPT 2, in which setting it would respond to both video (TV, DTV etc) and audio (RADIO, CD etc) commands – relaying the latter to the BM7000 over Masterlink. The BM7000 would have been set to A.OPT 0 where it would not respond to direct IR commands because it is getting them via the TV/masterlink.
So the BM7000 is either stuck in A.OPT 0, or there is a fault that stops it receiving (responding to) IR commands.
I assume that you were using a BeoLink 1611 converter to connect masterlink to the BM7000 – have you removed that from the system? If not, try disconnecting it from the BM7000.
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It might have stopped working because I did a RESET? on the Beo4
RESET on the navi Beo4 should not affect the BM7000 IR receiver.
However, let’s check again by using your older Beo4 remote – you know this is working because you could see the transmitters glowing with your phone.
Re-try the A.OPT 1 procedure with the older Beo4. Be sure to follow the instructions preceisely, ie:
- Turn the BS7000 to standby/off by using the power button on the front panel.
- On the Beo4, press the POWER button and LIST together. Then press LIST until OPTION is shown, press GO (centre button), and then press LIST to show A.OPT. Then press 1. The power light on the BM7000 should blink to show that it has been accepted.
If that doesn’t work, then on the older Beo4, try this:
- Power+ List together
- Press List till CONFIG appears
- Enter 2 0 0 2, and the display will say either LINK ON, or LINK OFF.
- Press Exit
- You need the screen to say LINK OFF, so repeat the above procedure until it does so (it will toggle each time the procedure is followed)
Then try setting A.OPT 1 again.
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That did the trick! Could not type in 2002 on CONFIG? on the new Beo4 remote for whatever reason, but could with the old one. Then successfully could sent with that same old remote A.OPTION > 1 to Beomaster 7000 (saw it being received) and then everything worked again; also with the new Beo4 remote. Thanks you so much!
Great news – I was beginning to give up hope. To be honest I am not 100% sure what the problem was but am very glad that it is working now. Thanks for your patience in experimenting with my ideas! 😀
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