[stotty1111]

I have just replaced the plug on the stand of my BV 10-40, I found a cable(Farnell)  with plugs each end and 30 cms long, I cut off the broken plug, made some wire tails , cut off the new plug with about 5cms of cable and soldered them together having traced the colours of the broken plug. I then covered each joint with heatshrink.

Strangely I have just written a piece about my endeavours but have’t mounted it on the site as yet, I have photos in my camera, visible on the camera screen but when I try to ccess them on my laptop, the laptop wants toformat the sd card. My laptop has recently updated so that may be my problem!

Otherwise I need to visit my local town and ask in the computer shop. Will keep you updated

[stotty1111]

Is it a round plug std din size or rectangular possibly marked molex?

[stotty1111]

So, have had a look, the terrestrial French digital service aerial is plugged into the dvb socket, however there is a typical satellite system socket also adjacent, I assume that would be for the lnb connection?

Have looked at the Mk1 manual for the tv, there is no reference to this socket, do I assume it is for the lnb connection?

Thanks in advance

Tony

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Ok, thanks for that, I’ll have a look and give it a try later or tomorrow

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Thanks to Guy for his kind help with information etc.

I have now made up a conversion lead using a micro fit plug with attached cables and an 8 pin DIN line socket.

And yes, it works!!!  😉

I am about to contribute a piece about the repair of the microfit plug on the rotating stand using Farnell parts and the conversion piece

Hopefully I have some photos to mount but my camera started playing up during the fabrications.

I will also outline a solution to the stand geometry and the viewing angle of the 10-40 tv

Currently the vertical angle for viewing is held by some cable ties around the pole and the rear bottom central cable mount at the base of the tv  —  it works but does not look good. I haven’t got a cable cover so not a problem.

 

Anyone out there got said cable cover they would be willing to part with for an exchange of funds  —  colour doesn’t matter!

Cheers

Tony S

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As  far as I can see this should work, just need to solder the joints and heatshrink coloured covers on them   —   it will not be pretty but should work!!   😉

 

[stotty1111]

So, the wire colours are

1 Black

2 Brown(?)

3  Red

4 Yellow

5 Qrange

6,7 and 8 not connected!

[stotty1111]

Again, thanks, the plug is broken in half so to speak, and, it is possible to see the wire cover colours.

So it would seen to be a fairly simple job to mount a new plug.

I had found some plugs linked to Amazon, so , later I will have another  look!

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Thanks for that Guy!

No , I think I will need to access the connections as the plug at the tv end is broken, so, I either need a new plug to mount myself or a complete cable.

Do you have any info about the tv end plug?

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Lots of other time draws this last week but now back to it!
Ok, now found a french supplier, Conrad have just ordered some, so hopefully more progress next week!

[stotty1111]

ooppps no back to amazon it is then 😉

[stotty1111]

Amazon!, 5 pack, here tomorrow

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Ok, thanks both, will look at it next week and get back!
Guy, strangely, I have a dead BC9300 here, I had proposed spares or repair for it, so it is looking like spares currently!

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Thanks for that suggestion Guy, have supposedly looked to no avail!

 

Thanks all for your inputs, a wonderful resource!

 

Now all set up and working, its been a longtime since I did the original system setup and the memory grows dim  ;-(

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Ok, now got it working on V aux , v aux2 and pc thus making the tv, dtv buttons obselete on the beo 4 —  I recall that the buttons could not be reasigned , ie V aux ->  dtv etc  —  is that correct?

I will try the output of the TNT box into the aerial sockets to chech if the output is readable by the tv  —  any idea(s)?

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Thanks for that, I acquired the documentation for the set last week, and sorting thro’ them yesterday it would appear that the DVB module fitted is the ‘T’ variant, the tv was originally supplied in 2009, and, has only had one owner!  All the docs are in french, can you supply links to english versions? My technical french is not good!

So, I assume that is the reason for the digital tuner not working.

Said digital tuner handbook indicates that it could be pin related  and there is a suggestion that it should be the same as the tv one.

The other problem is

I am wanting to connect a satellite box, a french terestrial box and a computer, the pc by the dvi, the other 2 by scart, when using av1 and 2 there is no option for to call up appropriate id’s, they are;

connections

av1    stb  v aux

av2   decoder

av3    none

av4    dvi i  pc

I have tried setting all to none and restarting things, all to no avail  —  I must be doing something wrong along the line.

I just thought default back to factory might give me a clean sheet to recommence so to speak!

 

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BUMP

No suggestions then?

[stotty1111]

Ok, thanks for all the info etc, just tried again with the options highlighted on both tv and dtv, using both Beo4 and also joystick Beo4 pushing left arrow x 2 then stop just returns to the tv and dtv screens.

I am wanting to reset the tv to default settings in the hidden menu, if i select this option, is it going to reset the pin pin code to factory setting? I do not know if my code is a user choice, assuming of course the pin code could be reset originally.

I want to do this as I am having problems setting up the tv to operate with a satellite box connected to an AV scart and the supposed dtv system will not tune any digital (TNT) stuff!

[stotty1111]

Sorry to have confused you all, I’m trying to remove the pin code on a bv7-32, the code on the 10-32 is already non existant!

[stotty1111]

Ok, tried the suggested route,  load tv setup page press left hand double arrows twice followed by stop, should get to a pin code page, mine does not do this, just goes back to tv screen,

what am i doing wrong,

I am using a non joystick Beo4

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