[Manbearpig]

Then 2 pin is fine, of course. I was assuming that you are using speakers with display that were typical for B&O of the time and matching the 4500. Sorry, my bad.

Cheers, Kai

[Manbearpig]

Hallo Jens,

sicher, dass es nicht einfach ein defekter Tonabnehmer ist? Wenn der keinen Halt in der Rille mehr findet, dann wird er einfach quer über den Plattenspieler geschleift.

VG,

Kai

[Manbearpig]

You are of course correct, Guy. I was assuming that already. We managed to get a spare MX8000 IR board. Let’s see whether that works. I am still suprised that the MX4200 board did nothing since to the best of my awareness, MX4200 und MX8000 are closely related. Hopefully there’s not something else that is preventing the television from working. It was running when I collected it from the previous owner. Still you never know.

Greetings

[Manbearpig]

Ah, I see. You want to use speakerlink rather than powerlink. Is that correct? I am not 100% sure but even in that case you need the four pin version. The two pin version likely can’t feed the display with data since it doesn’t carry the signal. Why not opt for powerlink? Cables are more readily available since speakerlink is slowly dying out. The connectors in your picture won’t do the job. Kai

[Manbearpig]

Good evening,

many of us have. My take on it: the 20 EN, CL, etc. series is the best sounding, in particular better than MMC 1-5, at least to my ears. MMC 6000 is the way to go. The earlier SP 8/9 is decent as well, but an entirely different beast on, e.g., the Thorens 3000. A Beogram 8000 or 4000 with working MMC 6000 on it is as good as it gets when it comes to B&O vinyl listening if you ask me. Connect it to a Beocenter 9500 with its superb integrated RIAA and you’ll have a lot of fun with the system.

Cheers,

Kai

[Manbearpig]

Hello,

nah, the displays won’t work then. You need the correct fully wired MK2 powerlink cables. What length do you need? Steve (Soundsheavenly) can probably provide the right type of cables. I would have a spare pair as well I guess, but shipping from Germany to Canada is kind of ridiculous for a pair of cables.

Greetings, Kai

[Manbearpig]

That’s a very good idea. Another thought. The MX8000 has an STB controller installed. Wouldn’t that be an option as well?

[Manbearpig]

Dear Guy,

thanks again. MX4200 is very similar to MX8000, from the same generation, similar chassis, and also a pure one way product. Therefore, it is no surprise that the cable is similar as well.

Unfortunately not much else to say. It is pretty long time ago. The TV was indeed placed inside of a cabinet and never moved sinced its initial installation. I think it was the only B&O component. Everything else was non-B&O. Only thing I can remember is that Almando products were also in use. Sorry that I can’t provide much more information.

I am pretty certain that only the IR board has been removed and the cable attached to it led to the outside and linked to some external source to make it possible to control the TV “indirectly”. Safest bet would be to find a spare MX 8000 IR board with its original cable. However, other solutions should also be possible I would assume…

Greetings,

Kai

 

[Manbearpig]

Dear Guy,

yes, six PINs in MX8000 connector. 1 red power, 2 silver grounding, 3 IR brown, 4 red standby, 5 yellow LED red and 6 green LED green. MX4200 cable has also 6 Pins, but can’t tell the inside since it is not cut. My problem with the MX8000 is that even the standby LED doesn’t come on. It is completely dead outside of the installation I took it from. Inside this installation is was working as it should. And the IR receiver board was/is missing – that’s for sure. It was obviously uninstalled to integrate it as part of the setup in use. Why exactly this was done, I do not know. But it was a B&O professional installation, so I guess they knew what they were doing. Doesn’t help me much since I need to get it working as a standalone again. Can’t be too difficult I would assume. However, when I connect the 4200 IR board the way the 8000 board was connected I still get nothing, no standby LED, no reaction, nothing.

Greetings,

Kai

[Manbearpig]

Dear Guy,

thanks very much for the answer. I meant the board sitting right on top under the cover where the standby LED is located. MX8000 is a one way product, therefore we are speaking receiver rather than transceiver, I gues. We were trying an IR receiver board from an MX4200 that physically fit just fine. Identical measures. But it didn’t work. However, we also used the cable from the MX4200, which, again, fits in the MX8000. Plugs are identical. The original cable in the MX8000 leading to the IR receiver board was led to the outside and connected to some other product. For that purpose, the plug was cut off. The system ran just fine the way it was, but now the MX8000 is supposed to work as a stand alone again, I need a “backward” solution. Apparently, although physically identical, the MX4200 IR receiver board does not work in the MX8000. Any ideas why? Is there maybe a different internal wiring inside the plugs? Is the Beovision 1 IR receiver module different from the one in the MX4200?

Thanks again!

Kai

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