[kirin]

Hi matapan,

I am afraid, the best would be:

• put all Beolab 8000 to the AVR, that could work quite good
• inject Audio out ( from the the powerlink or even via a masterlink cable or device?) to your AVR
• if AVR is built well, it will prevent to power the screen
• all in one integration might be difficult

I do indeed run Beolab 8000 on such an AVR, using self-built 12v->5V trigger and cables, that at least integrates the beolabs quite into the AVR well

To Beosound 9000, a Masterlink Beolink Active might be a solution, to extract the line out and feed into AVR, but you might need to control the AVR, AND the Beosound 9000

[kirin]

Hi Madskp,

just to resolve this post by me, thanks for your response, btw! –  I have tested the others;
I admit I forgot to state, that I put 5V as input to the brown (grd) and green (Vdd) cable, so I did not use the MCL2AV or any receiver at all and measured with respect to ground the output data on the white cable;
I got the same result (high:~1.65V, low ~0.1V) , I think it fits to your measurement inside the box.

The good thing is, that it is quite easy to get cheap IR transmitters for any projects in that way – which was clear already in the posts by you 🙂

Best, kirin

[kirin]

Hi Madskp,

I agree, you can see sonsor and signal on the picture, however, maybe I got a modified IR sensor.

I do own 3 others, which were sold together, I will check the others as well.

Best regards

• This reply was modified 1 month, 1 week ago by kirin.

[kirin]

Oh yes, now it worked, thanks. (But I still did not understand what happened… 🙂 ) Thanks for that ultra-fast fix!
Edit: I just wanted to fix the post via another computer and got the same error again. It is no issue I ca leave the post as is, just wanted to let you know.

As I now use the computer as well – before the mobile phone – I additionally noticed that “fresh topics” delivers another list on the phone/mobile view vs the computer (desktop browser) view. If you are interested I could send you screenshots and we could also discuss this offline, if this is preferred.

Thanks and have a good weekend!

• This reply was modified 1 month, 1 week ago by kirin.

[kirin]

Hi Beo enthusiasts,

as I am just playing around with some toys (Beo4, IR sensors, arduino) I just have to revive this thread, as I found out that the wiring stated above seems not to be correct regarding the MCL IR receivers (I hope that is the correct „type“), it may be another at that VX sensor:

5V power supply – green

ground – brown

data – white

The white will emit data: the pulses are high to low with a voltage of ~1.5V (instead the 5V of more modern IR eyes)

Please see attached picture of the scope. I recorded a Beo4 signal, it is of course similar to the IR eye but, as written, delivering a lower voltage.

You can also see the used sensor.

[kirin]

Dear Multicare,

thanks for the fast response! I just checked, but do not see an email in my account, neither in the message box of the forum account?

BTW: The error came when trying to post on an old thread, where I wanted to add information which might be useful.

[kirin]

Hello,

I just wanted to post something and got this error, what could be wrong?

Thanks!

[kirin]

Hi Boj,

90.5 cm from the top plate where this/the foot itself measures 3cm

[kirin]

Hello Boj,

how big is the distance between the two black feets of the stand?

You could have a narrow metal plate made with two threaded holes. It could be wedged with long screws and thus hold. Maybe add a padding to each one side so that the black foot is not damaged?

Best regards

[kirin]

Hi Marting,

thanks for your answer and sorry for my late reply, I did not check Beoworld last 2 weeks (what a shame!!) – indeed I heard that noise both, from my Beosound 9000 as well as from a non-B&O AV receiver (where I use Powerlink sockets with cables+trigger made by myself).

Strange thing is that both speaker show same noise, as well as the noise pattern itself which I never heard so far. But could be caused by the symmetric aging process, if coarse.

As the foam seems ok, I do shift further investigations, the noise is not too loud…

Best regards!

[kirin]

Peter, I like your Beogram Christmas tree picture!

Great BeoCaves posted here, by the way 🙂

[kirin]

T.W.G wrote:

My wife knows my incurable infection with the Beovirus. But buying an ex Bang & Olufsen retail store display shelf for my home office left her a little bit speechless and laughing 🙂 The led lighting was installed by myself. The original Bang & Olufsen shelf comes without lights.

I just showed your post to my wife, she was laughing as well 🙂

Great integration! Best regards

• This reply was modified 2 months, 1 week ago by kirin.

[kirin]

pepps wrote:

While browsing the forum I noticed there hasn’t been a 2025 post on the ,flash your B&O – so I jumped to it with a quick snap of my living room. Imo the best pairing of front and rear speakers from the older models. They look fabulous together but are incredibly well matched tonally.

Hi pepps, I like this collection of great, now even vintage B&O products, looks really fabulous! So, is the Beomaster 6500 driving the Beovoxes on the wall during Beo7 decoding 5.1 surround sound?

BTW: Thanks for reactivation of that thread 🙂

[kirin]

Thanks a lot for the feedback! The residuals of the black, rotted stuff is from the border, which is glued between the Aluminium Body and the plastic plates, I think. As it was quite fixed it seemed to me I were the first one after many years opening it.

Oh, yes, well, I might still have to fully dismantle them and inspect the PCBs to analyse the noise.

Further, good to know (ser.Nr and ABL), many thanks for the notice!

(PS: You referred to „following steps“, did you want to add anything?)

[kirin]

Many thanks, Guy!

[kirin]

PS: maybe a forum admin can change the title, it sould say „Beoplay A1 coupling with A1 2nd Gen. to stereo?“ as this typo might be misleading – thanks!

[kirin]

ps: however, https://archivedforum.beoworld.org/forums/t/41508.aspx

Stefan tells, that CINEMA seems not to be rs232 but seems to control certain projector models/brands

[kirin]

Hi emabonacchi

I found following (see attached)

Indeed, the RS232 and ttl are referred to Hotel Setups where the features are not known to me; further, the monitor socket seems to be needed for BV4 or BV9, the IR1,2 could be for IR blaster to the projector, and the CINEMA socket seems to be the appropriate one for the control

I have to add, I am no expert and cannot further help.

BTW: your English seems quite good to me 😉 (I am also not a native speaker)

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[kirin]

I see! Still interested in your report on the results! 🙂

[kirin]

Evan wrote:

Tignum wrote:

Working on a 1994 Trek road bike restomod project – but not without some music playing on the BeoLabs! I had two of these for less than 100 euro’s, stripped them and had the cabinets powdercoated. As they are centerchannel speakers I feed them 2xL and 2xR (tweak in the RJ45 wall outlet). They are connected to a BLC that gets the NL from an Airport Express. Happy with my (once) 6000 euro garage soundsystem 🙂

This is awesome! We clearly need to start a garage/mancave/workbench photo thread!

I agree on that – flashyour b&o garage/mancave! „Unfortunately“ I am in holidays and cannot start with own photos. Btw, the „flashyourb&o“ and „…latestaddi(c)tion“ threads were always very funny, hope, we can revive these 🙂

Best regards from the nice Austria

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