Can I use Beovox Cona with Beovision 7?

[CharlieWednesday]

I have just got hold of a Beovox Cona for a very low price on eBay (it was local collection, only cost £30 so I thought I might as well).

I have a full set of front/rear/centre speakers connected to my Beovision 7, but I don’t have a subwoofer.  I know that the BV7 expects an active subwoofer, but I thought I might be able to get it to work with the Beolab Passive amp that I already had, as it was not in use elsewhere.

The Beolink Passive amp has a Powerlink socket, but the guide says nothing about it.  I connected the Subwoofer output of my BV7 to the Beolink Passive via Powerlink, then connected the BV Cona to the speaker outputs of the BL Passive amp.  I went into the settings in my BV7 and switched the Subwoofer option to ‘Yes’ in settings.

Nothing is happening though – no sound from the BV Cona.  Does anyone know of a way to get this working?

[Madskp]

You will need a fully wired POwerlink cable for the Beolink passive to be activated by the BV7.

I actually used a Cona this way for a BV8 and maybe also for a short while with my Beoplay V1, so it is fully possible.

Wheether there are some sound wise things like frequensies that is not right I am not able to tell.

[CharlieWednesday]

I’m not sure what you mean by ‘fully wired’ Madskp?  I tested it using a Powerlink Mk3 cable.  Would Mk2 cables be what you describe as ‘fully wired’?

[Madskp]

Yes the MK2 is usually fully wired. For testing you can also use a 7 pin audio aux cable

[CharlieWednesday]

Ah – I happen to have a 7-pin audio aux cable going spare, so I have connected that, and it’s working!

I’m not really sure what to expect as I’ve never owned a dedicated subwoofer before, but you can certainly feel that bass from it.

My Beolab Penta Mk3 speakers do suffer a little when playing modern music which has heavy sub-bass – the bass can be a bit distorted and flat, so hopefully with a bit of tinkering with the bass levels, I might be able to get some good bass from the Cona instead.  My Pentas could probably do with a professional service really.

Thanks for your help Madskp, as always.

[Madskp]

Glad to help, and great that it worked 😀

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