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Hi All,
I am working on a setup of a Beoplay 3200, connected with a Masterlink cable to a Beolonk active 1636 box.
Both system (main unit and Beolink) are in the same room.
I am trying to set both system to play the same source (A.Aux for example).
The problem is that whenever the system is shut off, the beolink shuts off as well - and when I turn it back on, the main system powers up, but the beolink speakers stays off - and I have to go and torn them on manually from the attached IR controller of the Beolink.
Things I have tried:
1. Setting up the system to play in 1 room - I went to options in the Beo 4 remote and changed it to 1 room system (I think it's option 4).
2. A possible problem, is that I terminated the cable myself, and the masterlink cable is connected from the main unit to the beolink directly, without junction box.
Does anyone know how to resolve this problem?
Do I need a junction box although the distance between the speakers is only 8m/20'?
Thnak you so much,
Hi,
the Beolink Active is meant to be in a seperate room where you control your main system. The Main system won't activate it's own speakers but deliver the selected source to the masterlink bus.
The same aplies to the other scenario: Activate your main system but the Link room will stay quiet unless you activate the link room too. There's one exception from this rule: If the main system has an active timer running it starts up and all speakers will be activated where the Timer Function is enabled. But this won't help you in your case.
Assuming that both speaker pairs are in the same room you could use a long Powerlink cable to connect the second pair to your BeoSound 3200. Maybe you need a Powerlink splitter too. The Beolink Active can be removed in this case.
If the Beolink Active and the BeoSound 3200 are in different rooms your connection is correct but the Link Room (where the BeoLink Active is located) can't start up synchronous to the main room.
If the setup is for two rooms you should set your BeoSound 3200 to Option 1 and the Beolink Active to Option 6 to work correctly as designed.
Ralph-Marcus
Thank you so much,
I thought I would have to connect them directly to the main system.