This rather depends on the age of your product.
The first remote control product made by B&O was the Beomaster 6000 quadraphonic receiver. This used an ultrasonic remote control that operated only the receiver.
The first Beosystem to offer remote control was the Beosystem 2400 which had a similar ultrasonic remote control which again worked via a receiver on the Beomaster 2400. What changed however was the addition of a 7 pin DIN socket for the record player. If either a Beogram 2400 or BeoGram 4004 was attached to this socket, messages were sent to the Beogram from the Beomaster. This allowed the gram to be started, stopped and paused.
After this, B&O moved on to using infra-red remote controllers and refined the 2400 system into what is known as Datalink. This was an electronic language which was used to allow Beomasters to control other sources and for the sources to communicate their status to the Beomaster. This system was first seen in the Beomaster 8000, Beogram 8000 and Beocord 8000. Units could be switched on and controlled by remote but could also be worked using the control panels on the units themselves, with the actions on one unit controlling the others.
This system was refined through the years to include TVs and when used in this way was referred to as Audio Aux. It has recently been dropped as B&O now uses Masterlink, a language that links systems.
All remote control signals work through a Beomaster.
If you source unit (Tape recorder, Beogram or CD player) is attached and has datalink and the Beomaster also is Datalink enabled, the first thing to do is check the cable. B&O utilise the DIN standard of connectors and for Datalink, this means a 7 pin DIN cable. The bottom two pins (6&7) carry the Datalink transmissions.
These are sometimes unscrewed when the unit is used with a non datalink product and people can forget to put them back. If you discover that this is the case, and that you don’t know where the pins are, there could be a solution! Only on datalink pin is actually used! For CD players, Tape players and Beograms with a built in RIAA, pin 7 is the active one. For Beograms without an RIAA, pin 6 is active.
Borrow a pin from another lead or from the other end of the cable if it is two ended!
Apple TV – Launched Spring 2007
Worrying about the distorted picture ( a black bar on the right side ; lowest part of picture appears on the upper top )?
Just one little trick cures the distorted picture problem : Switch on Apple TV First , then BV7!!.
Initial reports coming through (April 2007) from our members are that Apple TV with the BV7 is amazing, with clarity and sound of the very highest quality. Early days of course, but initial reports are excellent.
However, you must remember :
Just find a digital camera (or camera phone) and switch it on so that the screen shows a picture (don’t press the shutter button). Hold the front end of the remote control up to the camera lens so that you can see the small black “window” on the screen. If the remote is working properly, you should see fast, bright flashes of white light on the camera screen when you press a button on the remote. If the flashes are dim, the batteries probably need replacing. If nothing shows, your remote control is likely to need repair or replacement.
