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Maybe other forum members already have some experience in this topic and want to share their ideas and hints?
Hi and welcome to Beoworld!
It’s beyond my knowledge, but there was some stuff on the archived forum about the use of Arduino with B&O IR codes so you may wish to search there.
Here’s an example: https://archivedforum2.beoworld.co.uk/forums/p/11816/103211.aspx#103211
We got one of these video terminals at home when I was a kid, and I remember wondering what the Print button was for. Now I may even wonder more that it it equal to the PC command. What equipement was it for?
According to this thread:https://archivedforum.beoworld.co.uk/forums/p/38215/317414.aspx … it was supplied with the with the LX2800 and 2500 TVs amongst others. And the PRINT button may have been for printing out Teletext, although B&O never supplied a printer.
Ok that makes kind of sense as teletext was kind of the Internet of the 80’s, even though I’m not sure how such a printer would connect to a Beovision. Might have been preparation for future use though.
Back on the subject of the Video Terminal, I just found more about the PRINT button in the LX2800 manual:
I was actually also searching for the purpose of the ‘1 – 2’ button between ‘picture’ and ‘sound’. It is mentioned in the same manual, and was used for a few purposes:
- Switching between stereo and mono.
- Enhancing the stereo sound image.
- Switching between languages, if available.
In the back of the LX2800 manual there is also a quite complicated two-page table explaining use of the AUX and CONTROL buttons in conjunction with the ‘1 – 2’ button.
The manual also has further details of printer installation.
that is perfect as a IR command converter then
Ha ha! My OCD won’t let me leave it like that! I replaced the keyboard because a previous owner had picked away at the volume button and that was annoying me. It’s actually a tatty one that I leave on my desk to check my answers to Forum Beo4 questions. It also has a missing pixel line on the screen but it’s over to the left hence rarely appears.
Then cleaned up yet another Beo4 remote and must have been on auto-pilot because I didn’t spot the obvious mistake until re-assembled!
Battery acid corrosion had broken the negative terminal in my Video Terminal’s battery compartment, so I made a new terminal using a re-purposed picture hook.
Just wanted to add to this Beoport thread to say that my Beoport can no longer play the BBC stations – as highlighted by Frog here: https://beoworld.dev.idslogic.net/forums/topic/n-radio-and-netradio/
I will test Beoport a few times in the coming days but I don’t expect the BBC streams to return.
I just checked N.RADIO on Beoport and the BBC stations will no longer play (they were working a few weeks ago), so it looks like this could be a result of the end of their ‘Shoutcast’ service which was due to be switched of mid-2023.
EDIT: You have probably seen that I added a post about this on an older thread for completeness, but as you have also mentioned NetRadio it is worth keeping this new thread too!
Hi and welcome to Beoworld!
I am guessing that the previous set-top box also had a SCART connection between it and the BV7. As far as I am aware, the BV7 will not distribute digital (hdmi) signals to remote televisions. Therefore if the new set top box only has a hdmi connection to the TV, then the signal will ot be sent to the BV6s.
If you can confirm that the above is indeed is the case there may be a workaround involving an hdmi splitter and hdmi to SCART converter. However, it would be a bit pointless doing this if you can’t then control the main TV channels from the BV6 link rooms, so see below.
As far as controlling the new set top box goes, the TV has to be pre-programed with the IR codes that will then be sent through the IR blaster lead to be received by an IR sensor on the front of the STB. Programming the BV7 is a B&O dealer/technician task. If you have the TV manual it may show you how to check if you TV already has the Ocilion IR codes in its database, but I doubt that it will be there unless you have used Ocilion devices in the past.
It’s a long shot but the behaviour would be similar if the Beo4 was in permanent LINK mode with the BL3500 in non-LINK mode – I seem to remember that you can still change L.OPT settings but that is about all. Is there any change in behaviour if you put the BL3500 in L.OPT 4?
But given that you are getting error codes I think the problem is more complex.
I’m not really sure if they are useable without an AV9000, but I will of course try to test a few things with them
Looking forward to it! ?
Really? I believe that this “1-2-3” switch is already hitching you, right?
I will admit that is my favourite feature; could be so useful for something …
not even with BEO4 remotes?
Ah but they are all hidden away in boxes so I don’t have a clue how many there are!
from left to right 1614, 1615 and 1610 some of them without official labels, and some in different software revisions.
I hadn’t seen 1610s before, hence had to find additional info here: https://archivedforum.beoworld.co.uk/forums/t/39163.aspx
I don’t think I need one …
Oh goddamnit, you caught the Warwickshire flu! ;-D
Even I haven’t got it that bad! ??
Hi in my personal use I try to use the Beolink passive with the powerlink but its no work, do you know if I need to program the Beolink passive with Beo 4?
This should work fine without any programming of the Passive. Make sure that nothing is connected to the ML socket or IR socket of the Passive, and you should also use a fully wired MK2 PL cable.
EDIT: I just saw that both Steve and Matador had commented in the other thread – at least we are consistent with our advice!
You said earlier that your BL3500 was SW1.2, so either you have upgraded it or got hold of another! I am looking forward to seeing further experiments and hopefully results!
Hi and welcome to Beoworld!
According to the service manual the transformer can be re-wired for 12oV.
The “lead” is what remains of an original indoor AM antenna.
In reality merely a plug with a 3m lead.Here, most of the plug has gone missing, leaving only yhe lead and the pin.
Thanks Martin – in that case I will put it in a box with my other AM antennas! ?
EDIT: Thanks for the photo. I just went to said box (actually a tin) and found that exact antenna complete with plug, albeit not in a bag. So why do some of my other AM antennas (possibly not B&O) also have a wire connected to the second (earth?) pin?
EDIT 2: I think it may be because the others are actually FM antennas??
EDIT 3: I think this useful page answers most of my questions! https://technical.beoworld.co.uk/Aerial/default.asp
Nope, at least not to a BeoCenter 9500: >> fast-forwards, and ABC does nothing. But SHIFT-ABC seems to do the same thing as the “Programming” touch control.
Thanks – so SHIFT ABC behaves differently to MENU (Shift TEXT being MENU on the non N.American one without a MENU button)?
That “Transcriptor Sweep Arm” was a fancy substitute for the old Watts “Dust Bug”. Supposedly one could hear the front nylon bristles of a Dust Bug scraping away (so the following velvet roller could pick up the dislodged crud better) — thru the stylus & cartridge!
Thanks – these fancy turntable accessories are a whole new world of learning!
ABC instead of TEXT? Whatever ABC is?
Yes strange, and maps across to >> on the Mk3. So on the N.American Mk2 do both ABC and >> send the same command? It’s unusual for B&O to duplicate functions.
Also the N.American one has a MENU button in lieu of SAT (as just mentioned by trackbeo!)
Almost forgot – also included was this piece of paper that I have seen before but never really studied, showing differences between the Mk2 and Mk3 BL1000.
I have photographed both sides of the guide to show the interesting thing (to me, anyway!) – that the BL1000 Mk2 was subtly different in the North American market.
If you are still awake and remotely (?) interested, I’ll let you spot the difference!
