Beovision 7-32 with Beosystem 3

[CharlieWednesday]

Thanks. Yes that setup does work if I use the BV7 instead of the BS3. I’ve already ordered the cable, I’m pretty convinced now that this is what I need – I don’t think the BS3 option setting is working without using it’s own IR eye, as you suggest.

I’ll let you know if it works once the cable arrived.

[CharlieWednesday]

By the way, does anyone know how you can get the software updated on a Beosystem 3 Mk2?  It doesn’t have the USB socket like the Mk2 has.  I assume this was something a B&O shop would do, but I don’t know if today’s shops would even recognise it!

[CharlieWednesday]

My attempts to set up a B&O home cinema seems to be more complex than I thought!  I encountered a whole new unexpected issue today.

I am not yet using the Beosystem 3 for the reasons given earlier in this thread (and may never use it, if it turns out to be no use to me), but I thought I would set everything up just using the Beovision 7’s VGA Cinema output, connected to my projector, which has a VGA input.

Because my Beovision 7 (Mk3) does not have HDMI inputs I have a 3 way HDMI switch box and audio splitter, which in turn is connected to the DVI input and RCA audio inputs of my Beovision 7.  Thet HDMI switch box has a Nintendo Switch, and Nintendo Wii U, and a Google TV connected to it.  They all work fine when watching on the BV7 itself.

So, I switch to the projector screen using Format 0 on the Beo4, and everything works fine except the Google TV.  DTV and DVD from the TV are both fine, both Nintendo consoles are fine, but when I try to switch to Google TV, I get a message only if using the projector – the message ‘Content is protected – select another source’ is displayed.  I am not sure if it is the TV or the projector which is generating that message, but I think it’s the projector.

I found this post on the old forum from someone who had a similar issue but with a Beosystem 3.  It seems that their screen was not HDCP compliant, but I have checked the manual for my projector, and that is HDCP compliant.  I don’t know anything about HDCP and had never heard of it until today, but I assume the BV7 must be HDCP compliant as the Google TV works fine when not in cinema mode.

So, I’m left wondering, is it because I am using a VGA-to-VGA cable to connect the TV to the projector? If I get a VGA to HDMI converter and connect that to one of the projector’s HDMI inputs instead, is it likely that will work?

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