BV6-26 – use of DVI Socket

[stotty1111]

Firstly, thanks for all your suggestions.

I think my problem is more basic, having reset the 6-26 to default I can no longer get the tv to respond to PC Go on the Beo4, it is not present on the menu > connections listing, when called by the Beo4 it eventually defaults to the analogue tv which is not activated.

So, I think I need to open up the  box to see what’s actually in there   —   maybe the apparent activation of the DVI was a left over from its hotel use,

[Guy]

I don’t think PC should be present on the TV’s ‘connections’ menu; it is usually just accessed by pressing PC.  Once PC is selected as the source, the only other menu available is the Brilliance, Contrast, Colour one that you saw before.

Can you still get to the Service Menu?  (Using MENU 0 0 GO) – only avail when in normal TV mode, not PC.

If so, go to ‘Monitor’ then ‘Picture Adjustments’ then ‘Scaler Test Menu’.   The bottom line of the Scaler Test Menu should state ‘DVI DETECTED’ with a Yes or No.

To be honest the Service Menu may be different for various TV software levels, so I would have a good look through every menu for any mention of DVI.

Location: Warwickshire, UK
My B&O Icons:

[Guy]

Also, if you do manage to get back into the Service Manual, can you tell us the ‘Type No’ that is on the Monitor Information page?

Location: Warwickshire, UK
My B&O Icons:

[stotty1111]

Tried that, without pc output and with output, the option is just test patterns the DVI is not highlighted and cannot be accessed.

The Type No  9252

Item No  1816658

[Madskp]

Guy wrote:

I don’t think PC should be present on the TV’s ‘connections’ menu; it is usually just accessed by pressing PC.

I can confirm that is the case for an early model of BV6 I had.

On my current Beocenter 6 though the PC command can be choosen for any input, and the DVI connector is on AV3 but is shared with the component connectors. In the AV3 configuration I think you have to select HD or something like that to us the DVI connector. I cant get to the TV right now (sleeping child in front of it), but I can check up on it tomorrow if you don’t find it yourself before that.

Location: Denmark

[stotty1111]

So, been looking at the service manuals via a Danish site, little ref to DVI socket.

Just a thought, is there any point emailing B&O either  here in France, GB  or Denmark to pose the question on how to activate/reactivate the DVI socket with their Tech Service depts

[Madskp]

Dont know if it helps anything if your TV is an early version, but here are pictures of the connection menus on my BC6 where its DVI that is chosen as a HDTV input

Location: Denmark

[Guy]

stotty1111 wrote:

Just a thought, is there any point emailing B&O either  here in France, GB  or Denmark to pose the question on how to activate/reactivate the DVI socket with their Tech Service depts

It’s worth a try, but I doubt that they have the detailed knowledge of the older stuff. It could be worth contacting one of the ‘re-seller’ companies that dealt in used B&O and asking their advice. I think many were purchased from hotels prior to being sold to the public. My BV6-26 (and 6-23) were bought from Timeless AV, but I am not sure if they are still trading.

Location: Warwickshire, UK
My B&O Icons:

[stotty1111]

A couple of shots of the ‘Media Centre’ showing the Lenovo idea for streaming(10years old now), quite dinky for the time – note the keyboard!.

The pc is similar to that I am trying to connect to the BV 6-26 – the one shown is a later version with HDMI’s.

The speakers are temporary, I have a pair of BL4000’s waiting for repair, they don’t switch on currently!

 

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