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Hello B&O community,
Long time I don't post. A friend of mine gor from me a pair of BL9s and he is trying to connect them to a Panasonic TX-P65VT50E. I initially told him he could do it by connecting a BS3200 or a BS4 to the Panny TV and the labs to the BS and that should be it, however in looking at the TV specs and browsing here and there I see this is not that simple. These is the spec sheet for the TV:
http://www.panasonic.co.uk/html/en_GB/Products/VIERA+Flat+Screen+TV/Smart+VIERA+Plasma+TV/TX-P65VT50B/Specification/9016648/index.html
I have the following to help my friend:
1) BS4 or BS3200
2) Beosystem 2 without IR Eye
3) Any cabling need I'll source from Steve at Soundsheavenly (I actually shoot an e-mail to him already).
My questions are:
a) If I go the BSys2 route, do I just simply need an optic cable to connect the TV to the BSys2 and the the labs 9 to it? Do I need the IR eye? Do I need to set a jumper between pins 2-3 in the RS-232 connector at the Bsys2?
b) The Beosound option, is there any way to make it work wit it?
c) Will a simple headphone cable work connecting the TV to the labs? Will this cause the labs not to turn them on and off as needed?
Thanks a lot for your wisdom!
Gustavo
Hello Gustatvo,
To make the Beosound option work:
To connect VT50 to Besound you can use analoge sound from AV1 as it is in/out (see BeoIce's post here http://archivedforum2.beoworld.org/forums/t/227.aspx?PageIndex=16
To make BS2 work:
You will need an ir-Eye to control BS2
You will need a converter from optical digital sound to coax. digital sound
You will need a jumter between pins 2+3, otherwise BS2 will not start
You should use 3 speakers with BS2 (Center + Stereo)
to connect Beolabs directly:
you have to get analoge sound signal (see answer a) and connect to BeoLabs' line in. They will turn on/off as line signal is present.
hfat
.... or you can use a much cheaper alternative with a Panasonic to BeoLink converter like the one below: