[Beofile7]

Well to be fair my issue is also a first world problem, just a different century!

[Beofile7]

Meanwhile, I am complaining because the drawer drive belt on my Beocord 7000 has just failed!

Oh how times have changed?

But you know what?… I’ll fix that with a new belt and an hour of my life. No more!

 

[Beofile7]

I have my beogram CD7000 connected to BL50 via powerlink and SP/DIF. Whilst the powerlink still works the SP/DIF just stopped working.

I haven’t researched any causes yet but reading  your post makes me think perhaps an update to the BL50’s has caused this and your issue?

[Beofile7]

Put your thumb on the icon and hold it there. It will open the Beosonic page.

[Beofile7]

What sound controls are you missing?

I have this set up with USB connection and am not seeing any missing?

[Beofile7]

Yes. Remove the Apple TV and the strange menu goes with it! Plug it into the BV7 and it’s still not there! Weird?

[Beofile7]

Hej Guy

Thank you so much for your input. I did go to the service menu and consider a factory reset but am afraid it may make matters worse so decided against it!

I have been using Google Chromecast with the BV-10 for a few years with no complaints at all. This all came about due to the sudden failure of all Chromecast 2 modules a few weeks ago. I had the chance to get an Apple TV 4 so decided to go for it as a replacement for the Chromecast. But now it seems that to get a PUC code for Apple TV would cost way more than I paid for the Apple TV!? As a result I have installed it in my BV7-40 which is in the (little used) family room. But it does has the PUC codes already installed. It is now working just great.

I have re-installed the Chromecast into the BV10-32 (bedroom TV) as Google have now resolved the issue and it’s back to where it was. To be honest I think I prefer this for the bedroom as I can easily meander through an Ipad whilst snoozing in my pit and then simply cast anything interesting to the TV.

The DVB-HD does seem to be behaving itself so best left alone???

Once again many thanks for your assistance.

 

 

[Beofile7]

Thanks for the assistance. I know there was a list of PUC codes on the TV previously as I stumbled apon them by accident a few times but it appears that now there is just “B&O test control” There are no others. How this could happen I have no idea?

Additionally a new menu has appeared down the left side of the screen in a foreign language  on DTV despite English being selected. It seems to have a mind of it’s own?

[Beofile7]

AND I would add…. multiple rejected “passwords” until I eventually found the right one! To watch TV??????????????? Come on?

[Beofile7]

An update……..

I have now tried every possible speaker connection option and they all fail miserably when compared to a direct Beomaster 7000- Beolab 50 powerlink connection! That is very surprising to me as I connected my Beolab Penta 2’s to the Beomaster 7000 and Beolink was better than Powerlink! Today I tried a direct Beolink. It was awful!

But it is what it is.

I can control the Beosystem 7000 via wifi though the BL/ML and app or Halo with no issues at all.

But… The sound quality fails. In every way.

I cannot listen to inferior sound quality on BL50’s just because it is controllable through a Halo?

So I can recognise where I went wrong… I have been beaten!

A Brand new boxed ML/NL and 1611 converter is now available to anyone who wants?

 

[Beofile7]

I am sure any would now be well overdue a refoam and possibly an amplifier rebuild? I had the 2’s. They sounded massively superior to the 1’s to my ears. I don’t think there was any sound improvement to the 3’s, just the display in green. (The 2’s looked better.) I would avoid the 1’s, (not even powerlink possible) but 2/3’s with a complete rebuild should be the same?

[Beofile7]

He did my MMC2 a few years ago. If you upgrade, the MMC number become irrelevent. I was upgraded to nude Shibata. Even though it says MMC2 on the cartridge it now knocks the socks off an original MMC1. It really is a case of the more you spend the better it gets.

 

[Beofile7]

It works just great. But there is a marked reduction in sound quality. I heavily suspected this would happen.

[Beofile7]

Carolpa.

You are a genius!!!!

I had multiroom selected off on the Core.

It is now all there. I am so happy!

Thank you so much. :))))))))

[Beofile7]

Carolpa

Beoconnect Core yes. You are correct I have BV11, Beoconnect Core and Converter NL/ML all on one network. Beolab 50’s also on the same network connected to the Beoconnect Core via USB-C.

Beosystem 7000 is connected to a 1611. That in turn ML to the Converter NL/ML. Also set as V master.

All are on the B&O app.

So everything makes sense right up until “link the core.” It will not. “Could not expand experience.”

[Beofile7]

I think I was suffering from finger trouble with the Beo4? Sources need to be selected first. With the Beolink 7000 it knows the source… the Beomaster 7000 tells it.

I will bear your suggestion of an I/R sensor in mind but I am not sure about having the main connection between Beomaster 7000 and Beolab 50 going through multiple conversions and cables and units. I feel much more comfortable having a direct powerlink from the master to the speakers. But it may be an option?

The Beolab 50’s have multiple inputs. I am currently using 3 of them… Wired powerlink from the 7000. Wireless powerlink from a Beovision 11 and USB C from a Connectcore. Previously I was using optical also. They automatically switch between sources and have a priority so I am not worried about 2 sources being fed simultaniously. The speakers work that out and illiminate all bar one.

On the face of it as long as the internal wiring of the adapter I have ordered is correct it should work?

Then again, I was saying that 3 weeks ago when this started. ???

[Beofile7]

Thank you so much Guy (s) for your inputs.

I have managed to “unmute” the sound using the Beolink 7000. ‘Not sure why that would not work with the Beo4? The system then is fully controllable via I/R and the Beoconverter will control sources/tracks etc. but again no volume. As the purpose of all of this is to control the 7000 via a Halo (which is essentially a volume control) the project is failing badly?

I am coming to the conclusion that it may not be possible for the Beoconverter to interact with a Beomaster output, only source selection.

As a last ditch effort I have ordered an RJ45 – RCA lead to connect the Converter powerlink outlet to the RCA input of my Beolab 50’s. Thereby treating it as a seperate source.

The 50’s are blessed with the ability to differentiate between inputs and only allows one at a time with automatic switching.

My worry now is that the converter’s output is powerlink not just a speaker outlet so the new wiring connections may not be correct? We will find out tomorrow night when it arrives!!!!!!!!

I’ll keep you posted.

 

 

[Beofile7]

No that doesn’t help. The Beoconverter NL/ML I have just purchased new. It came sealed in it’s box. It has had no previous owner. However I have reset it and started again. All to no avail! There is no 7000 option. But regardless of this I have tried every conceivable combination of setup options and the best I can do is controlling all the 7000 functions except volume. There is none! The display on my Beolink 7000 shows speakers muted but if I “unmute” them with I/R it does not work.  So yes it all works except all I hear is silence!

[Beofile7]

Hej Carolpa.

Thanks for the advice. Here are the issues…

There is no Beosystem 7000 as an option in “experienced mapped”. I have selected Beosound 9000 as the nearest option.

Everything is being controlled through the Halo but there is no sound. The powerlink is not active from the 7000. On the app settings page I have to select “with speakers” or it will not even control. The only other option is ML Audiomaster.

I am wondering if the software needs to be updated on the BC? It is running 1.4.3.19611 and I know there is an update but updates are no longer supported.

Any ideas?

[Beofile7]

All I am trying to do is control the 7000 via NL so I can use the Halo with it. But I must maintain the I/R control alongside.

I am almost there. I just need to sort out speaker connections. I would prefer not to use the powerlink on the BC and just keep the powerlink on the 7000. Is this possible?

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