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Manfred Hans wrote:

Please can you tell me where this Plectrums are from, can’t find it anywhere. Thanks Manfred

Like these, from any music shop or Amazon:  https://www.amazon.co.uk/Different-Thickness-Non-slip-Plectrums-Electric/dp/B09Y1VXHK4

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The guitar plectrums were very thin plastic. You could also use the corners of bank or credit cards but they may be too thick.

[Guy]

I used two thin guitar plectrums, and slid them down each side of the display cover from the top.  There are actually four little clips on the display cover, two at the top and two at the bottom.  The display cover then lifts up away from the LCD.  (You don’t have to remove any of the keyboard buttons, as the display cover is not clipped in this area).

Co-incidentally I took mine to pieces again yesterday to fit that new pointer.  It works, but for some reason the LCD display fades and disappears after several hours.  I can refresh the screen by turning off and on again, but there is obviously still something wrong.  Perhaps the LCD itself is faulty.

[Guy]

Great news – glad that you got it working and the display of station names on the BS4 is an added bonus – I don’t think they display on BL3500.

I think that you can add many more favourites than four.  Each of the coloured buttons represents a List, and in each list you can have up to 99 stations.  From memory, I think you then access favourites by pressing (eg) RED 6, BLUE 4 etc.     You can store N.MUSIC playlists in a similar manner.  You may want to look for a Beoplayer rather than a Beoport user manual to see how to use.

[Guy]

Correct text is in pdf file attached:

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A thousand apologies but the Registry Update text that I posted earlier was corrupted.  Each time I paste the text it converts the ” sign to unicode &#8221 for some annoying reason!

The server URL in the Registry Editor should read:

https://nradio.beoplayer.com/nradiodata.asp

And should be enclosed with ” symbol at start and finish!!

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Guy wrote:

I might try a fresh install of Beoplayer on a Virtual Machine and see what happens.

I just tried a fresh install on a Windows 7 VM.

I ran the registry updater and no radio stations appeared.  I then tried the other trick from that other thread as follows:

Navigate to C:\Program Files\Bang & Olufsen\BeoPlayer and look for a file called UpdateNotifier.exe

Double click to run a database update, whereupon you get this message:  (Yours should say ‘Beoport’ rather than ‘Beoplayer’)

And all the radio stations rapidly downloaded.

EDIT:  I noticed that no BBC radio stations were downloaded, so I checked the registry of the Virtual Machine and the downloaded radio database was last updated on 14 Jul 2023.  I think B&O must have removed the BBC stations at this last update because they were no longer compatible.

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CharlieWednesday wrote:

Thanks – I successfully updated the registry using those instructions but it doesn’t seem to have made any difference – still says ‘Not Registered’ when I try to use N.Radio.  I’m not too bothered about N.Radio but it is nice to get things working, if you can.

I suspect that the ‘ServerURL’ link within that Registry Editor file is no longer supported by B&O.   I don’t want to corrupt my installation, so I might try a fresh install of Beoplayer on a Virtual Machine and see what happens.

[Guy]

I took apart an old SkyHD decoder about a year ago and tried connecting the Hard Drive to my PC.  I couldn’t read any files, but downloaded some software called ExPVR to decode the files – this worked and I could view the contents, but it was tricky to use and I am always a bit suspicious of free software.

Once you know the file type (and possibly the make of the innards if not B&O), you may be able to find similar software for decoding purposes.

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CharlieWednesday wrote:

One inconvenience though – it means that if I want to use my PC for other purposes (playing games for example), I have to switch the audio outputs on my PC, so audio plays through my PC speakers.  Not terribly convenient – it’s as if B&O thought That if you had a Beolink PC2 or Beoport, this would become the only thing you would use your PC for!

Perhaps there’s a PC setting that will allow both audio outputs at once?

Otherwise, you could experiment with connecting the Beoport’s audio out socket (3.5mm socket possibly covered with a sticker) to your PCs sound card input – @Patcherley posted about such a setup here: https://forum.beoworld.org/forums/topic/beoport-beoplayer/page/3/#post-39482

EDIT:  Perhaps you can simply plug your PC speakers into the Beoport’s audio out socket?

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I’ve only just seen this thread – for some reason Beoworld wasn’t refreshing on  my desktop today.

Have you yet tried that registry file to get the n.radio stations updated?  Details are within the thread that @madskp linked, but I thought I would replicate here for other users:

You simply open a text editor such as Notepad and cut/paste the following text into it.   (EDIT:  The link in the text is incorrect due to the forum replacing ” with unicode text of &~8221 – see later in thread for correction)

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Bang & Olufsen\BeoPlayer\N.Radio]
“ViewSelection”=hex:00,01,02,03,04
“BufferTime”=dword:00000005
“ServerURL”=”https://nradio.beoplayer.com/nradiodata.asp”
“UserId”=”60B1D8994C224AC69B91931AE710521A”
“SoundIcons”=dword:00000001
“EnableDebug”=dword:00000000

Then save the file as N.Radio.reg    You can then right-click the .reg file, open with: Registry editor.  Once it has been run, radio stations should download.

You may also want to open the Windows volume mixer and check that the ‘BeoNetRadio’ application is not muting – I have found this to be a problem when changing radio stations.

[Guy]

XavierItzmann wrote:

Is it required that I should use a PL Mk3 for the wire between the BS3000 and the Beolab 2?

Yes, according to the ML Handbook:

[Guy]

No.  The 7-40 bracket (the bit that actually supports the TV) is much wider – you can see that it has levers going into each of the two support poles.

The BV6-26 brackets will support the BV7-32 (but won’t necessarily have the bracket mount below the TV for a Beolab).

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CharlieWednesday wrote:

It’s amazing what can be done with ML.

Indeed – in many ways it’s the ‘sweet spot’ of B&O connectivity!  Great to see SCART being used also – it’s often overlooked as a potential audio input in such setups. 😀

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CharlieWednesday wrote:

Ah – turns out I already had the right cable for that (I never throw a cable out) and you’re right, it works.  It would mean I could not have my BV8 TV as part of the ML network but I’m not really all that bothered about that – I don’t use it much anyway.  Also means I can get the WIIM Pro to play on the BL3500 of course, so it’s a good solution, thanks!

Great news – it just goes to show what a versatile piece of kit the BL1611 is!

And you could possibly add the BV8 instead of the BL1611.  Just use a suitable lead to connect the WIIM Pro to one of the BV’s SCART inputs, setup the input accordingly in the BV8 menu and the ML system should distribute the audio as a video source. With the correct TV option setting, when accessed from the BL3500 or BS4 it should just turn on with a muted screen when distributing the SCART audio over ML.

EDIT:  I just checked the BV8 manual – you may be able to use the BV8’s AV3 composite input for the WIIM Pro (just the L&R audio phono socket inputs) in which case you would not need an adaptor.  I can’t be 100% sure that this input is distributed over ML, but I see not reason why not.

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CharlieWednesday wrote:

Not sure I know how to achieve the above to be honest – how would I get it to recognise my WIIM Pro as a video source?  Also would this mean re-wiring the DIN socket?

It should just work.  The BL1611 automatically configures itself as a videomaster because there is no other video product on the ML network.  Selecting any video source (on the BL3500 or BS4) will then select the BL1611’s AAL socket as the active (sound) input.  Although I said that the AAL input uses DIN pins 3&5 as the input, this is a standard used elsewhere in the hifi (incl B&O) world and leads such as this are readily available.

Using such a setup, you should be able to solve the other problem by having your Beogram connected to the BS4 (activated with A.AUX, albeit a bit of a faff from the BL3500), and the WIIM Pro connected to the BL1611’s AAL socket, activated using any video source button.

[Guy]

Sorry but I don’t know the answer, hence will let Multicare respond.

However, in the meantime, you can use your normal search engine (eg Google) and type in the search bar as follows:

For earliest forum: ‘Beosound 3000 site:archivedforum.beoworld.org’

For later forum: ‘Beosound 3000 site:archivedforum2.beoworld.org’

Obviously replace ‘Beosound 3000’ with your specific search!

I hope this helps in the meantime.

[Guy]

CharlieWednesday wrote:

The only way I have found to get the BL3500 into A.Aux mode is to switch the BS4 to A.Aux mode, then switch the BL3500 on using the physical Mute button next to the display.  I can then mute the BS4 if I only want the sound from the BL3500.  It works, but it’s not very practical!

You could try adding your BL1611 to the same ML network as the BL3500 and BS4.  Connect your WIIM Pro streamer to the BL1611’s AAL input (audio must be to pins 3 & 5), and then try to select it using a Video source on either the BL3500 or BS4 (again BS4 should be in A.OPT 2).

EDIT:  What I am proposing is a bit like this OneRemote setup:

[Guy]

Another though – can you clarify exactly what other B&O devices are connected to the same ML network as the BL3500?  If there are no video products, can’t you just put the BC8500 in A.OPT 2 and then trigger the aux input with LINK then a video source such as A.TAPE?

[Guy]

I would probably look for a later DTV Beo4 (not the navi version) so you can put it in permanent link mode.

CharlieWednesday wrote:

I can use my Beolink 1000 for that (Link>Shift>Radio) but my Beolink 1000 does not belong in that room, and it has other limitations when using it with a Beolab 3500.

What limitations?

CharlieWednesday wrote:

So, would a Beoremote 1 work for this?

Do you mean the early Beo1 like this? (In which case the answer is no!) Or the later more modern Beoremote One, which according to the manual (page 16) has a Beo4 LINK mode.

Beo5 or 6 would also work for LINK, but can be quite complicated to set up.

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