[Madskp]

Multicare wrote:

Multicare wrote:

We are almost there with this one

I think this is also working now 👍

Great, thanks for fast response 😀 have a nice weekend

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[Madskp]

One more thing that came to me

Every time after you power down the system and power thing up again start with the Beomaster, the the Beolink Converter and the the Beolab 3500. Sometimes communication between components go wrong when powerede on in other sequence

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lenhi wrote:

Could it have something to do with the OPTIONS>A-OPT in Beo4?

I don’t belive that the kind of errors you are experiencing has to do with the option settings.

My money is more on a defect in one of the components in the system or in a cable.

As advised before I think you need to isolate the problem by trying piece by piece what is working and what is not

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[Madskp]

This is getting complicated.

I think you might need to unplug everything from the Beomaster 7000 and then try to connect one thing for example the Pentas to confrim they work as they should. The disconnect the Penta’s and connect the Beolink converter with only the Beolab 3500 connected and so forth just to verify if each part of the system works on it’s own.

Problem is that the data signals for both Powerlink, MCL and the AUX socket on the Beomaster 7000 is connected internally, so a fail on something on one of these sockets can affect the functionality on all the other sockets.

Remember to unplug power to all components before unplugging and replugging things

lenhi wrote:

Should I get a speaker cable instead of the DIN to connect the pentas to each other?

No not sure that would work. The optimal connection for the Pentas are Powerlink.

lenhi wrote:

BTW: how does the Powerlink know which speaker is which in the main room?

There are selection switches on the speakers to choose if it is playing the left or the right channel. The Powerlink cable carries both channels

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[Madskp]

Just a few things I have noted in the last design change of the forum:

•  If you choose the view latest topics or latest posts you can only see 10 posts. Before you could go back longer. It would be great if that could be possible again as this is a good way to catch up on what has been posted since last visit on the forum.
• If you go directly into a subforum there is a colum named last post to the right where you can click and navigate to the last post in a therad which is great for long threads. This last post colum is not there if you enter via sticky post, latest posts or latest topics. It would be great if that functionality could be reestablished.

Thanks in advance

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[Madskp]

Just tried to see if setting the MCL2A to L.opt 6 did any difference, but is till responds to both normal and Link + commands. not sure if it is actuall going into option 6, but it responds with a blink like when option settings is done.

Also tried to see if V.OPT settings would do any difference, but still the same.

 

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[Madskp]

Ok many things going wrong it sound like, but it may be related to one single thing.

To get a better understanding of your system I have made this little sketch. SOme og the things I am unsure of is the role of the television you mention and if the Beolab Pentas are connected to that. or to the Beomaster 7000?

The black box you do mention is called a Beolink converter probably type 1611.

If my assumption of how your system is connected is somewhat correct I will suggest that you try to isolate the problem. I think we should not take the CD player and PC connection into account at first as these problems might be affected by link issues.

Before every step power off all components in the system to avoid anything breaking in the proces:

• Disconnect the the Powerlink wire between the BM7000 and the Beolink Converter. This is only nessecary for certain situation and testing what is wrong can be done without it, so better leave this disconnected. Verify if the problems persist?
• Disconenct the AAL wire between the BM7000 and the Beolink Converter do the Bedroom, Kitchen and Pentas work now?
• If not now disconnect the MCL wire and connect the AAL wire again and see if the BL3500 and the Pentas work now?

lenhi wrote:

Some years ago, mice had gnawed the wires in the attic, and I had a technician from B&O over to solder that and check the system

This could of course also cause problems if there is a new problem with the wirering, but lets start with isolating the problem

 

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[Madskp]

Just had a thought that made me return to this thread.

What if the MCL IR eye is dependent of the MCL2A box to get an option setting. Although the data connection just passe through from the IR eye to the MCL cable, maybe there could be something with the yellow wire that goes to the speaker on/off circitry of the MCL2A box.

So I wired it up again with a 1615 where ground the data pin 6 form the AAL connector is connected to the MCL2A box data and ground screw terminal. Masterlink from the 1615 is connected to my Ouverture.

Again I can control the source on the Ouverture just fine, but wheether I set the MCL2A to option 2 or 4  i respond both to normal commands and Link + commands.

I wonder if the option settings of the MCL2A has some dependency on the connected Beomaster if used in the intended MCL configuration.

Looking at the intended purpose for the 1615 is with a Beovision TV, but option settings for that would probably be 5 or 6. Have to look more into that

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[Madskp]

Very nice and interesting to see how the dealers could help customers planning a link system

 

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[Madskp]

Guy wrote:

I have a BeoCord 6000 (VHS) that did exactly that while my wife was watching a video – there was a loud shriek as smoke poured into the living room!  The smell just never went away so rather than replace the capacitor I simply took it to the recycling centre and replaced with a V8000 from my ‘store’.  It’s not like me to dispose of something repairable, and I regret it to this day.

Yes very persistent smell. Judging by other threads about B&O VHS repair you could have ended up in an endless loop on repairs over time anyway had you chosen to keep it.

Guy wrote:

In the past I have tried to fully restore every Beo4 that I come across but I can no longer get new DTV/DVD (non-navi) keyboards, so I may well start dismantling some for spares and swapping parts around more than I have in the past.

To bad if these keyboards can not be sourced anymore. But swapping parts might also be a good strategy to make use of what is in stock.

By the way when will you have enough BEO4’s? 😉

Guy wrote:

Have a great weekend all! 😀

You too 🙂

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[Madskp]

Guy wrote:

The simple option would be to buy this house but it is just missing that one extra room just for me and my stuff 😀

Very important to have that room 🙂 Hope you do find a suitable new home in the near future

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[Madskp]

Rolf2 wrote:

I only have a fraction of that but already struggle to store my B&O in our house and its rooms

Also the problem for me with two kids in the house, so the attic is where it is possible, but also limits how much extra I should get

Rolf2 wrote:

I really like that Beocave in the attic, cozy and full of iconic B&O, with lovely details like e. g. the Beo 4 and BL 1000 MK III (?) held in wall brackets, framing the window and the starship.

Thanks for the compliments 🙂

Rolf2 wrote:

I hope I may add some pictures of the B&O I use and have installed in my office at home. It is my working space, but also my own special room to use, repair and test my new and old B&O, for watching movies or sports. As you can see, it is a combination of different eras, systems, speakers and other units of the B&O world.

Very nice. I always liked the Beolab 3000/4500/5000 flat panel speakers, and would also like to get a pair, but they are very hard to fit into the attic room.

Can you use the MCP’s with the Beocenter 9500 (is it a 9500?) or are they just collectors items?

 

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[Madskp]

My Playmaker let out the magic dmoke one day. Turned out it was one of the filter caps in the power supply that exploded

It smelled a lot like smoke and the smell was not gone before a week. I can still smell something inside it.

Today I replaced both filter caps snd it looks like it is running again

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[Madskp]

square4 wrote:

is Beogram 3000 described in the 1967 calendar?

Henrik.

I could not find it, only Beogram 1000V and 1000VF

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Peter wrote:

I essentially stopped audio when they stopped doing touch sensitive controls, only going back for the BC2 with the touch sensitive aluminium – very clever and I don’t know why the stopped this.

Yes the touch controls have always in my opinion been one of the magic things on B&O products. Today with touchscreens on everything it might not be that impressive for many though.

Peter wrote:

Laughably, the major use of my Moment is to allow an Amazon Dot to play through Beolab 4000s via the line input!

Yeah the limitations on some of these digital sources from B&O has always been a showstopper for me. The only reason I got a BS5 last year was that I could get it so cheap now that I could experiment a little with it without breaking the bank.

Peter wrote:

I do have a close typed list of all I had – on three pages!  However I am slowly recovering!

Gesundheit 🙂

 

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[Madskp]

skolesen wrote:

Funny, I can see that I was born on a Thursday in week 29 from your picture of the calendar of 1965.

🙂 if nothing else and old calender can be used for that

skolesen wrote:

I recal how to do the PCB layout with adhensive pads and traces. Done that a lot in the early 80’s when I in apprenticeship as electronics technician.

I have also done something similar myself in an after school electronic class, but the technic was a little different though I do no remember how. But I guess that it is a lot simpler with todays computer tools and PCB fabrication.

square4 wrote:

I also have some of these.

Well at least they had them most of the sixties it looks like. My father was hired to B&O in 1970 but he did not remember if they had them at that point. He did mention thought his boss in a former job in a little radio store always had one of them in his pocket, probably to make it easy to find prices to customers.

 

 

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[Madskp]

Peter wrote:

This is a disease! It is contagious but can be treated – strict discipline from wife/partner required!

Indeed a disease 😀 I have this area for my self though, so it’s up to my own discipline and of course the space restraint if I want to be able to acces the equipment

Peter wrote:

I attach a few pictures – I have given away a huge amount and now just have a few remnants – though am now concentrating on buying the really silly bits!! Beosound 5 and Moment anyone?

Some collection you have had which I can also tell from some of your other posts, but the pictures do make it more impressive 😀

As for the Beosound 5 I have one as you can see in my pictures. I still have issues in learning how to control it with the 2 navigation wheels. Personally I do no find it super intuitive, but it might come with time and usage.

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[Madskp]

Also to make things easier in the room that is set to option 4 it is possible to program a BEO4 remote so it as standard put out Link + commands.

Og course if you bring the remote(s) between rooms this will not be an advantage

Location: Denmark

[Madskp]

I guess that it is link rooms you are talking about?

It is possible to set one of them in Option 4. This way you will need to press Link before the commands to that IR eye, and the other vil not react to it.

With a Beolink 1000 this can be done by pressing Link, 4, Play

Be sure to cover the other IR eye while you do this or that will also be set to that option

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Millemissen wrote:

That will be hard to beat 😉 MM

maybe by connected and useable units per cubic meter, but I guess there are members with way bigger collections 😀

I have made it so the systems can be turned on individually and be easilly linked togheter be it Masterlink or Datalink (MCL is on its way)

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