B&O Beocord VX7000 Compatibility with a Beovision LX4500 TV

[ryan.nicholson93]

Struggling to find a definite answer on this so hopefully someone on the most knowledgeable B&O forum can help me.

Will a BeoCord VX7000 work properly with my BeoVision LX4500 TV, particularly when it comes to remote control operation?

I’ve heard mixed things online, so I’m hoping someone can clear this up.

I have both a Beo4 and a Beolink 1000 remote. From what I’ve read, some later VX7000s apparently only work with the Beo4, which seems quite unusual for B&O. I’m not sure whether that information is actually correct, as pretty much every bit of B&O kit I own from around the same period works perfectly fine with either remote, apart from my Beosystem 5000.

What confuses me even more is that the much later V8000 VCR and even the DVD-1 are known to work perfectly fine with the LX4500, including remote control operation.

So why is there such a grey area surrounding the VX7000’s compatibility? Especially considering it was released only about a year after the LX4500 was discontinued.

Has anyone actually used a VX7000 with an LX4500 and can confirm whether everything works as it should, including play, stop, rewind and fast forward using the TV’s remote?

Picture below of the current setup

Location: United Kingdom

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[Guy]

Have a look at this thread – I see no reason to doubt Peter’s answer about specific type numbers:

https://archivedforum.beoworld.org/forums/p/30070/239141.aspx#239141

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[solderon29]

As other’s have stated,the machine will function,but may exhibit odd behavior depending upon the level of software on board.

B&O continually updated the software to include new functions and to ensure compatibility with newer product,but of course not alway’s backwards compatibilty.

The earlier VX5500 should be a plug n go solution.

I have a spare one up for grab’s,which was functioning before storage.Free to you for shipping costs,or collect if local-ish?

Warwick.U.K.

Nick

[pl212]

Agree Peter’s post is the right info on this.

To test out my web port of the Product Configuration Guide, I got this response from the 1997 Great Britain Rulebook:

************************* VIDEO SYSTEM SETUP **************************

Beovision L 4500
Beocord VX 7000 (VTR 1)

Connection Video

Connect the VTR 1 to the AV 1 socket of the TV-set using a fully 
specified 21/21-pin A/V cable (RGB cable).

Connect the aerial to the aerial input of the VTR 1. 
Connect the aerial output of the VTR 1 to the aerial input of the 
TV-set using a coaxial cable.

Selecting option on the TV-set

Option:  OPTION 1.5 (Factory setting)

Press:   STANDBY  PICTURE 1 STORE
                  PICTURE 5 STORE

Programming the setup

VTR Setup: VX 7000 type 461x

Press:  V.TAPE MENU 0 0 PLAY 
Select   "SW-version" med PLAY 
Press:  TURN (BL1000 MK1/MK2) 
        SHIFT PICTURE (BL1000 MK3/MK4) 
        MMI 1: is for Beolink 1000 
        MMI 2: is for Beo4   (factory setting) 
Press:  STANDBY and cut the mains supply to the VTR for 10 sec. 
        After connection to the mains supply the VTR will function 
        with the remote control selected. 

Note!

All products must be interconnected before they are connected to
the mains

The Beovision must be equipped with software (S/W) 2.1 or 
higher, part No. 8341713.

The VTR cannot playback the sound of NTSC tapes in stereo.

If the VTR modulator frequency interferes with other signals in the 
UHF range, adjust the modulator frequency by means of the screw 
on the rear panel of the VTR. 
The recommended distance between channels in the UHF range is 
16 MHz.

********************* REMOTE CONTROL FOR MAIN ROOM ********************

The recommended remote control is Beolink 1000 

The following remote controls may also be used: 

Beolink 7000 (2-way IR setup for the A/V system) 
Beolink 5000 (2-way IR setup for the A/V system)

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