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Hi all,
has somebody made a PUC cable for a Beovision hisself?
Should not be so magic, i have recently bought ohne from ebay, but this was not working very well.
If not positined 100% to the IR-Receiver of my STB, no function at all.
The original B&O is more powerful.
As the ebay PUC cable has nearly the same price like the original, i am looking for a diy solution but nothing found at all.
There are only two cables and no electronics in the ir head, it looks like a normal IR-LED.
My second question:
Has somebody tried a direct connection from PUC port into the IR Expander port, that many STB have built in?
I have a Technisat K2. For my technical understanding it may work with an electronic level adaption.
The Technisat ir extender contains only a 2-wire connection with an IR receiver diode at the end.
Ralf
Hi Ralf,
I have my PUC cables made in the factory as they are far more reliable than the self-made ones I tried originally! Using a properly made PUC cable will save you a lot of time and effort and won't cost too much:-
RJ45 PUC cable: http://soundsheavenly.com/televisions/60-ir-transmitter-blaster-for-beosystem-4-beoplay-v1-and-beovision-11avant-rj45-control-socket.html
3.5mm PUC cable: http://soundsheavenly.com/televisions/59--ir-blaster-.html
Kind regards, Steve.
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Hi Steve,
thank you , they look professionell of course. I bought some other ones before from ebay, which where not very reliable.
One of them had a build in control LED which may be useful to check, whether it is working, but this has an issue when using on PUC 1 on my Beovision 8. Works at a lower range and the LED is permanent on when the set is in standby mode. I assume that the reaseon for this is the built in update function of the PUC 1 port. It works as expected on port #2
The other thought was to connect the PUC directly with the IR-IN of my receiver using an optocoupler.
Some investigations of the ir port of the Technisat reveals, that they are using a standard TSOP 38khz transmitter IC, so there was no chance for a direct connection.
On the Beovision side, i took a normal IR emitter diode, a 470 Ohm resistor and on the Technisat side a standard TSOP 38Khz receiver. Emitter and receiver came together in a heat shrink tubing and that's all for a 'quasi' direct connection, which is very reliable. And the cable can be installed hidden behind the receiver. The ir eye in front of the Technisat does work as well with the Technisat remotecontrol.
This is my custom made cable: