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Hello gentlemen,
I have a Beo4 MK1 with an AV button at home that I am about to sell to a relative. However, I got the wuestion wether it can control a DVD (I do not have a DVD and my relative lives 600 km away so I cannot test it and do not want to ship it unless it works. )
Does anybody know if the AV button on mark 1 works as the DVD button on mark 2?
Br
Martin
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Hello Martin,
No, the AV-button on the Beo4 (mk1) will not work as a DVD-button (mk2). "AV" and "DVD" commands do have different IR-codes that are sent when you press the button.
However the "CDV"-command on the Mk1-Beo4 is identical to the "DVD"-button on the later Beo4 versions. The "CDV" command needs to be added and can be accesed via the "List" button.How the "add" a command: Press "LIST" and "standby" simultaniously, then scroll with list until "ADD" is displayed, then press go and scroll until "CDV" is shown on the display. Then press "GO" and the display should indicate "ADDED".Now you should be able to access the "CDV" command.
I hope this helps.
Foxtrott
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Thanks for the answer, this sounds interrsting. Is there any way to map this versus a hard button?
Rivenflush: Thanks for the answer, this sounds interrsting. Is there any way to map this versus a hard button?
No. The AV button doesn't send anything by itself. It is just a modifier for subsequent commands, similar (but different) to what SHIFT did in Beolink 1000.
EDIT: Oops sorry, yes it does send a command. But the receiving devices won't let you configure it to do anything directly, it is reserved to work as a prefix.
--mika