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Hello gang, I finally have follow-up questions to the above. I sourced some 3-pin and 8-pin DIN plugs and a length of original MCL cable, and utilising this wet Sunday afternoon I have just about managed to solder all three plugs on to the cable. My soldering is pretty shocking but there seems to be connection between all the right pins.
So, 8-pin plug into the BL3500 and the 3-pin plugs into the 3-pin MCL sockets on the BC9500, and I have sound! But… as soon as I plug the right 3-pin in, the sound from the powerlink-connected main speakers cuts out. I can control volume and source through the BL3500 with my Beolink 1000 remote, but the controls on the BC9500 appear to be disabled. It is as if the BL3500 over-rides the BC9500 completely. As an incidental if I plug some passive speakers into the speakerlink sockets on the BC9500 they work fine, and do not mute, but I still cannot control them directly via the Beocenter.
Any ideas? Could it be a wiring problem with my hamfisted cable?
Additionally I’d like to try the different L.Opt settings on the BL3500, but I can only find how to change them with a Beo4 remote. Does anyone know the right button sequence with a Beolink 1000?
Thanks in advance,
Dave
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Fantastic. Thank you both, that’s much the easiest thing then. And if I’m sourcing plugs, is the 8-pin DIN plug physically the same as a Powerlink plug?
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Thanks gents, very useful.
Steve, the attenuated converter arrived extremely promptly yesterday. I look forward to having a play with it over the weekend!
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Hi Steve,
Thanks very much for the speedy response – very useful and interesting. And yes, I meant Beocenter 9500, not Beosystem. Late night posting!
So a speakerlink input converts the high-level signal to a low-level signal within the Beolab, then re-amplifies it? That is some sort of madness but I guess allows the Beolab amplifiers to optimise the signal for their own drivers. I will try the 3000s with the line-in connection when your attenuated converter arrived and see if my insensitive ears can tell a difference.
My new old Beolab 4000s are Mk 1 with the RCA port so no problem there, I have lots of RCA cables around to experiment with at least.
I did not know that the Beocenter 9000 has pre-out sockets, that’s interesting to know. That makes it an option too, though I guess I would still need 4-pin speakerlink cables from that to make the displays on the Beolab 3000s work. It’s not critical but might be nice.
Am I right in thinking that the Beocenter 9500/8500 is the only ‘wedge’ amp/receiver/center that has both Powerlink sockets and an RIAA phono pre-amp? I would not really use the CD player and certainly not the tape deck at this point so was also looking at Beomaster 4500/3500 receivers, but as far as I can see these would need an external pre-amp to work with my Beogram 1902.
Thanks again!
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