BeoVision 6-22 : A Second Life ?

[Guy]

Hi and welcome to Beoworld!

I don’t have experience of BV6-22 but have connected hdmi devices to both BV6-26 and BV6-23 in the past, making use of the DVI-D input.

Have a read of my experiences of various hdmi audio extractors here:  https://forum.beoworld.org/forums/topic/hdmi-connection-for-beovision-7-mk1/#post-33294

I have had most success with this device:  https://www.amazon.co.uk/Adapter-HDMI2HDMI-Converter-Extractor-Splitter-White/dp/B079251VBJ

… and then an hdmi to dvi lead to connect to the TV’s DVI socket, plus a 3.5mm plug to 2 x phono lead to connect to the Beovision’s PC audio input sockets.

EDIT:  You then select the DVI/PC input by pressing PC on the Beo4 (you may need to add this to the LIST function).  If you have a Beolink 1000 remote then select PC by pressing SHIFT then STORE.

 

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[Mel Mackay]

Thank you , Guy.

It is amazingly comforting when you think you might have caused a guffaw by an outlandishly stupid idea …. and you discover someone else has executed it successfully, in principle at least.   So my focus will be on using the DVI connection …… but with misgivings about my ability to do whatever is necessary with the Beo4 to magic up “PC”.

I am still amazed that straight input from a device like your Apple TV, where the granularity at 1080p is higher than the capability of the TV, can be tolerated.  ….. as will occur in your BV6-23 case and my BV6-22, both being 720p.   I think your article put this down to manual selection of a setting in your Apple TV ( 720p @50Hz) …… and I have no idea if the Manhattan T4 offers such adjustment.  I’ll ask them what settings are available, if any.

As for stripping the audio out of the HDMI signal you had to perform, Manhattan has obviated this from being needed in my project as it has been done within the T4 by offering the optical S/PDIF audio out ….. and it’s just a matter of converting this to L/R audio ( there are converters out there to perform this conversion, from CYP for example).

In another thread you talked about a much more worrying aspect of HDMI signals – HDPC –  that is designed to prevent HDMI video signal transmission if the both the transmitter and receiver are not HDCP capable ….. which will surely be the case for something as old as my BV6-22.   Is this feature of the modern world not likely to be the job-stopper of all job-stoppers?

[Guy]

Mel Mackay wrote:

my ability to do whatever is necessary with the Beo4 to magic up “PC”.

You need to add the PC command to the LIST function, which should be possible in all but the oldest Beo4 remotes.

To do so, on the Beo4:

– Press Power (red dot) and LIST together, the display should read ADD?

– Press GO.

– Press LIST until the display shows PC, then press GO.

– PC should then be included under LIST.  Select using LIST button (press until PC shows) and then press GO

Mel Mackay wrote:

I think your article put this down to manual selection of a setting in your Apple TV ( 720p @50Hz) …… and I have no idea if the Manhattan T4 offers such adjustment.

I have never been 100% sure how the resolution matching works!  Perhaps there is some sort of handshake between TV and device, even over DVI.  I have always been happy to experiment, especially given the relatively low cost of the hdmi extractors.  It hasn’t always been necessary to ask the Apple TV to cycle through the output resolutions, so maybe this has happened automatically in some instances.

Mel Mackay wrote:

In another thread you talked about a much more worrying aspect of HDMI signals – HDPC –  that is designed to prevent HDMI video signal transmission if the both the transmitter and receiver are not HDCP capable ….. which will surely be the case for something as old as my BV6-22.   Is this feature of the modern world not likely to be the job-stopper of all job-stoppers?

Again there has been much trial and error in the ‘stripping out’ of the HDCP.  I think that the hdmi audio extractor to which I linked may well strip out HDCP – the seller doesn’t advertise this fact but HDCP stripping seems to be an unexpected bonus of some of the cheaper hdmi interfaces – some people have even had the same outcome when using an hdmi splitter, for example.

Good luck – happy to help where I can as your project develops!

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