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Hi, Michael,

Great to see you (we) are directly in touch with the people that make the stuff we love.

Hoping the NL/ML converter (BLC – aka “swiss army knife”) will get some development attention in the future, there are two things that I can think of.

I run a couple of MasterLink networks connected (and fed) through BLCs (the 4th one arrived this week :-)). The things that I would love (if possible):

• Get visibility and control of BeoSound/BeoMaster 5 on the app screen (cover art, playlist etc)
• Get the possibility to assign the AirPlay source directly to an ML IR command (as is possible with e.g ‘B&O Radio’ and ‘Optical’ (see photo).

Let me know what you think, Regards, Johan

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Hi Guy,

These plugs/cables are used here in Europe (Netherlands), you can plug them in two ways, often on both ends even.

Hope this helps, regards, Johan

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Guy wrote:

^ Very neat – what make/model is the little 2 port terminal box?

It is a Delock 2 Port RJ45 Cat.6A LSA

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Thanks Guy! This should help anyone replicating the solution.

Some commercially available RJ45 to 8pin DIN cables seem to differ a bit nowadays from the table on the right.

The ‘Data GND’ is a separate copper strand in the cable (not a shield around the white ‘Data’ wire).

The ‘Signal GND’ wires are not braided copper shields but green (R) and brown (L) isolated wires, marked with a thin white stripe, per pair isolated with aluminium foil. The total bundle of wires is shielded with a braided shield. See below pictures:

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Same logic, but with a little more elegant box (to put into the TV cabinet of my parents in law):

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I got it working. The only thing to do (at least for a Passive 1656) is to get the trigger signal from the ‘speaker on/off’ (DIN pin 4) onto the ‘power on’ (DIN pin 1).

In the end I decided not to cut/solder funny cables, you never know when you will fool yourself with it later :-), so just wired a two port RJ45 terminal this way:

All that is needed are those 5 connections. I = in, O = out.

I run a Cat7 patch cable from the Connection Hub to the terminal in (I), and a PowerLink Mk2 RJ45 to 8 pin DIN cable from the terminal out (O) to the PowerLink socket of the Passive. PowerLink Mk2 is needed as it has the ‘Power On’ wire going to pin 1.

Hope it is useful to someone sometime.

Thanks Guy for your interest and support.

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Hello Lee, I was very happy to see that the site came alive after the change. Thanks a lot to you and Keith. I hope you will find a good solution/buyer. BeoWorld is a rare and wonderful community.

Johan

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Great stuff Guy. I will see to fabricate a cable and report back.

Many thanks! Regards, Johan

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Hello Guy, thanks for thinking with me. The hub I refer to is the is the BeoPlay (S8) connection hub:

Good to hear you trust it is not in the option setting.

I now believe the trick could be in the signal the Hub provides. I reckon it puts 5V on pin 4 (for regular BeoLabs to switch on), but the Passive expects a signal on pin 1: (snip of the service manual)

Now I hope that the Passive expects the same 5V voltage for pin 1, so I can make a specific lead (RJ45 to 8pin Din) What do you think?

Regards, Johan

 

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I also received the Beotooth 5500 (fully assembled) and am looking forward to give it a try on my BeoMaster 6500!

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Hello KHX, could the problem/solution be with the ‘sync cable’?

https://soundsheavenly.com/beolab-5-beolab-50-and-beolab-90/41-beolab-5-sync-cable-required-for-connecting-beolab-5-to-non-bo-source.html

From the Beolab 5 manual:

I hope to own a pair one day, but for now this helps in resolving,

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Hello, on my 7-32 9331 it just works as described, using a normal ‘GO’ Beo4:

When seeing the above screen I press << << STOP and I get the screen here below.

Hope this helps. Johan

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Hi jameswmunson, could it be that the back-up battery is dead?

Besides that, I do recall some BMs needed the STORE command to be made twice before keeping the settings. Maybe worth a try.

When the storing of the sound setting works, it will also store the volume setting at the time of storing.

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Hello jacob117, not sure if it is ‘best’, but both the TV and the speakers support WiSA, right?

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Hello Thomas, I believe the BM 5’s Windows XP limits this to 2TB. Check this thread: https://forum.beoworld.org/forums/topic/beomaster-5-motherboard/page/2/, post #26061. Also see the instructions Jens Rendboell in post #21177.

Another option could be to let the BS5/BM5 (or Encore) play from a (larger) NAS/DLNA server, but I have no experience with that and a 4TB library.

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Hi Khaos87, welcome!

BL8000s are nice speakers and worth to save.

Here: https://www.beoparts-shop.com/product/damping-foam-set-pair-for-beolab-8000/ you can find good quality parts. They appear to be out of stock now, but maybe worth to keep an eye on if DIY is not the way you want to go.

Regards, Johan

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Hi, with you finding M4 thread, the 6 in 6 x 32.7mm must then be the diameter of the head of the screw.

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Hi KolfMAKER, was hoping to find it for you in the service manual: only the screw specs are given.

The screws in the photograph appear much longer than the 32.7. Also, just two washers seem to be used. Hopefully someone can measure the springs for you.

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Sorry H71BCD, you have no choice. This wonderful complete set MUST be cared for :-).

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Hallo kronzilla, noem het een esthetische kans! Misschien kun je een foto delen van de situatie?

De kanshebbers die je o.a. noemt hebben in mijn beleving 3 verschillende ‘form factors’:

• wigvormig – BC9000/9300/9500 en BM3500&4500
• verticaal – BC2500 (evt BeoSound 3000)
• stapelbaar – BeoSystem 5500/6500/7000

Klassieke B&O ‘magic’ is te vinden in de vloeiende beweging van deurtjes of lades. Dit is wellicht het meest in het oog springend (en sowieso aanwezig) bij de verticale spelers. Ook de BC9000 en opvolgers hebben dat sowieso. Bij de verticale spelers gebeurt dat zelfs zonder aanraking. Bij de andere opties zie je deurtjes/lades alleen in de bijbehorende BeoGrams en -Cords.

De wigvormige spelers kun je op het apparaat zelf goed bedienen. Voor de stapelbare systemen (zeker als je alleen voor de BeoMaster gaat) hebben een afstandsbediening nodig (waarbij op te merken is dat de MCPs en de BeoLink 7000 ook erg eye-catching zijn).

De elementen van stapelbare beosystems kun je daarentegen naast elkaar plaatsen (alsook 3500 en 4500) wat de mogelijkheid geeft om het systeem lengte te geven, dat zie je niet zo vaak toegepast.

Een verticale speler als de BeoSound heeft verlichting van de CD, wat hem ook in het donker meer eye-catching maakt. De wigvormige en stapelbare elementen hebben dan weer veel rode en groene symbooltjes.

Zelf heb ik een BM7000/CD6500 combi en een BM4500, mijn keus zou vallen op een BeoSound 3000 (met grote clamper)! Belangrijk vind ik dat kabels onzichtbaar zijn weggewerkt.

Hoop dat je er wat aan hebt.

Groet, Johan

 

 

 

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