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Hi all,

I had a friendly conversation with the people from support pointing out the issues and was asked to wait for updates. And… the App is on 7.1 since yesterday (BeoGrace added), and it is now possible to add a full DLNA album to the playlist! I call it progress :-). However, when in the DLNA music collection, you still need to click all the way back to the home screen to control the playlist. I trust that will be fixed?

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Hello CharlieWednesday, I found a (edit:) DUTCH hardcopy of the MCP5500 manual. When I will find a moment I will try to scan it completely. (edit:) But perhaps better if someone can make a scan of the English manual :-).

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Alexey Malyugin wrote:

Hello! I tried two audio converters:
PALMEXX optical-to-coaxial converter

Noname Bitstream optical-to-coaxial converter

I also tested directly with a DVD player. When connecting the DVD, the sound came on immediately! The sound system displayed Dolby Digital 2.

When connecting through either of these converters, the display shows “Mono/Stereo,” but there is no sound. I tested with both Dolby Digital and PCM on the LG.

The support service of both converter manufacturers replied that PCM settings are required. In other words, the signal is transcoded into PCM, and the processor should process it, which, apparently, is not happening with my BeoSystem 3.

My conclusion: I need a converter that will transmit the signal unchanged, simply converting Toslink to Coax.

Having searched the forum, I did not find a single example of a confirmed working converter. Could you help me choose one that definitely works?

I know one nuance: BeoSystem 3 accepts only standard Dolby Digital (not DD+) and 48 kHz.

When you say that you fed the BS3 with the DVD player (feeding the S/PDIF), and your system works, that sounds (pun intended) indeed very promising!

I use this Delock converter Delock Digital Audio Converter TOSLINK > Coaxial Item No. 62789.

Not sure if that one is still available, maybe you can find a used one? I don’t think you will need anything fancy.

Note I use a dedicated S/PDIF coax cable, not (half) a normal RCA/Cinch one!

Again that absence of white noise at setting SPEAKER LEVEL is weird…

Don’t give up!

Regards, J.

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Alexey Malyugin wrote:

Tignum wrote:
When you set the ‘TV SPEAKER LEVEL’, do you hear white noise from the speakers? I ask this as you say that they do click.

J.
No, they only click when their roles are selected.

That is weird. When setting the speaker levels, I trust there should be a ‘white noise’ signal to be able to set all speakers to the same volume.

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Hi Joris, my fully working and connected BS/BM5 also shows a NO at NETWORK CONNECTION. The ‘Installation guide’ does have a section for ‘Testing the network connection’.

For the MUSIC SERVER status: maybe you can switch off (disable) the MUSIC SERVER, and see if the system still says that it is busy? In case you have it switched on, it could mean that the system is busy (or stuck) rebuilding the server, or just busy executing its server duty? Mine says DISABLED.

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Hi Paddy2042,

I also think a second hand BV with Masterlink is the most cost effective, but you will not get very modern screen technology with that.

Did you explore the Neomesteren product offering? This company makes various products to match B&O speakers and remote controls with TVs of other brands. There is no surround sound/masterlink product yet. But maybe it is worthwhile to have a look?

Regards,

Johan

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Hi, my BS3 led is orange when in use. Did you try to make the BL8000s centre speakers? Are the speaker levels not set to zero?

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When you set the ‘TV SPEAKER LEVEL’, do you hear white noise from the speakers? I ask this as you say that they do click.

In case the BL8000s are the only speakers you have connected, you might want to try to connect them as centre speakers, use CONFIG to tell the BS3 that they are a pair of 8000s.

This is from the manual on the B&O site https://support.bang-olufsen.com/hc/en-us/articles/360041518532-Beosystem-3

J.

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Hi,

You must use the input that you have assigned the remote control to. I am not sure if the Mk3 has the same menu as the Mk1. Maybe you can get hold of a reference manual?

Below a couple of screenshots of my settings:

I assigned the S/PDIF input to the TV command on the remote:

Then under OPTIONS/SOUND, you can see how I listed my speakers, their roles, and their volume & distance settings, also that I want to use all speakers for video use, and 2 speakers for audio use (SPEAKER 5 / SPEAKER 2)

Are you not using a centre speaker? Could it be to better use another powerlink socket? The first two are dedicated to center and sub:

That is pretty much it I guess!

Hope this helps,

Regards Johan

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Hi, mine is Mk3.

I am using the AV2 S/PDIF sound input on the BS3 (under CONNECTIONS)

The sound out setting of the LG is ‘optical out’ and ‘passthrough’

My BS3 is in V.OPT 2

Have you assigned speaker types and roles? (under SOUND SETUP)?

And ‘default video speaker’ (under SOUND ADJUSTMENT)?

J.

 

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Hello Alexey,

I also have an LG TV connected, a C9 55″, to a BS3 (mk3).

I use a super simple optical (toslink) to coax converter. All works fine, feeding 6 Beolabs through Powerlink.

Do you have Powerlink to RCA cables for the Beolab 8000s then? And you say that the Beolabs show orange leds? Orange leds are not usual and indicate an issue – they should be red (off) or green (on). Do you have Beolabs that work with Powerlink to try? Could it be that the volume coming from the BS3 is too low to trigger the RCA fed Beolabs?

There are some more threads around this, including screenshots of the LG sound output options and the BS3 input options, such as this one: https://archivedforum2.beoworld.org/forums/p/43717/316931.aspx, hope they help to isolate and fix the issue.

Regards,

Johan

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Wow – BeoLab CX7-100! Would there be a good spot for a little LED shining through the fabric?

Hope you find the time to complete! I had such a thought once for the Cona. Just too worried/non skilled about filters etc.

Regards,

Johan

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Hi,

The manual says:

But I trust that you can only select surround speakers after you have selected front speakers, and rears after you have selected front + surround.

Don’t forget to set volume levels and speaker distances. And enjoy!

J.

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Looking good, must sound fantastic with the BL9s. The tilting is indeed quite a special feature of the 7-40 stands (I admit to have modded a 7-40 wall bracket for my 7-32 once).

I always found it an interesting choice of B&O to make the BeoLab 7-1/2/6 slightly different in width than the TV sets!

Regards, Johan

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Something like this:

The head diameter is 8.3mm.

J.

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Hello Arthur,

The screws to secure the TV to the bracket (4) are M5 x 20:

In your image there is another position indicated. So I hope this helps!

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Very good news! Wishing you all the best in the new office,

J.

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Hi Joris,

Don’t expect too much technical expertise from me here! I was in the same situation as you are, hoping to improve the speed of the BM5 with a move to SSD. I followed Jens Renboell’s hint for purchasing the specific Western Digital SSD, and the info from this thread https://archivedforum2.beoworld.org/forums/t/49873.aspx for purchasing an external cloner, and with the WD drive it was not very complicated at all. I took the SSD to my brother who (on a PC, I use a Mac) helped to stretch the 500GB partition on the SSD (that was the result of the cloning0 to 1TB). I do remember the BM5 needed a few recovery cycles, but since then worked well. I did place the WD SSD in an interface frame to be able to secure it well in the place where the much larger HDD was – see the images.

I saw you trying to contact Jens Rendboell over the forum already, maybe you can send him a private message?

I would say that the risk is low when you keep your original HDD, you can always put that back in.

Regards,

Johan

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Hi, I am in contact with the support team too. I reported that the button to add an album is there, but that I have not been able to make it work.

Furthermore that returning to the player, a lot of ‘<‘ clicks are needed.

Keep you posted.

J.

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Here are some images of my SSD installation: https://forum.beoworld.org/forums/topic/difference-between-source-sugnals/page/5/#post-39255

J.

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