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As the Beolink passive also use pin 1 for powering up I would expect the same result for that, but interesting to hear what you are going to find out when testing it.
I tried the BeoLink Passive with the BC2300 today, and there is indeed no muting.
Even though it seems a little odd I think I know why the Bc2300 (and probably other) works this way with Pin 1.
To be able to work as a master unit in a MCL2 network (as shown in the above picture) the amplifier for the MCL2 network cannot be muted even though the local speakers are. as listening in link rooms should still be possible.
Also in the MCL2P box – solid plastic plug 42mm long. Any ideas what for?
Perhaps the unused type number label is the MCL2P ‘accessory’, and the plug from elsewhere – the BC2300 perhaps?Always read the manual 😉
Was looking for some other MCL2 related stuff and came upon this in the MCL2 installation manual
Is seems to have a very specific purpose for the wall anchors supplied with the MCL2P
Yes the 15v (measured 14.75V no load) is always on
Ok good to know.
One thing that I remember from before is that the BC2300 will not ‘mute’ the MCL2P, despite using a fully wired PL cable. I have a(nother) Passive arriving in the next few days so I will check mute with that also.
This might be related to the fact that the MCL2P only use pin 1 in the powerlink connector for powering up. This thread https://forum.beoworld.org/forums/topic/powerlink-power-up-vs-speaker-on/ mentions pin 1 as powering up and pin 4 as a mute function on older powerlink speakers.
Looking at the diagram for the powerlink connector on the BC2300 it shows that PIN 1 is connected to 5V supply through a small resistor, and therefor probably not related to the mute function of the BC2300, but still having power when the BC2300 is on.
As the Beolink passive also use pin 1 for powering up I would expect the same result for that, but interesting to hear what you are going to find out when testing it.
Earlier on i this thread i did some testing where I connected the Beolab 3500 MK1 MCL connector on some of the products I had then.
I managed to do some control of a Beocord 3500 connected to a MCL2AV by controlling it from the Beolab 3500 IR eye.
However using the powerlink connection on my Beocenter 6 to connect to the Beolab 3500 I was not able to do anything
Since then I have got some more B&O stuff and have now tried to connect the Beolab 3500 MK1 to the powerlink connections on Both a Beomaster 4500 and a Beocenter 9300.
The cable for this connection is wired like this:
Powerlink pin 2 – > BL3500 pin 3, 5 and 7
Powerlink pin 3 – > BL3500 pin 1
Powerlink pin 5 – > BL3500 pin 4
Powerlink pin 6 – > BL3500 pin 6
In both cases I was able to control the sources on the Beomaster and the Beocenter, and the Beolab 3500 display was showing the source that was playing. When i blocked the IR eyes on the Beomaster and the Beocenter they would start up in a muted state like when the are controlled from a link room.
This setup more or less corosponds to the setup where a Beolink passive / ML-MCL converter is used to convert powerlink to MCL.
This explains why this works. In this case however the amplifier is not nessecary as the BL3500 is an active speaker.
Not the usual bottle opener design
Unfortnuatly corrosion is showing its signs on it.My father tells me that is was given to the employes when 100.000 of the type 39xx series TV was made.
This my father used when he was doing layout sketches of PCB traces for B&O tv’s in the 80’s before it was compuerized.
I remeber he had some black tape in different withds and alsosome small round dots to use where the component legs should be.
Unfortnuatly corrosion is showing its signs on it.