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Dear all,
i have a beolink 7000 that I bought second hand. When I got it the two way comms had failed, due to the common problem with the capacitors in the IR section. I used the excellent posts on that repair to overhaul the remote (all new caps everywhere, new battery etc) and it's been plain sailing since then...
that is until a couple of nights ago when the remote started behaving strangely. It is as if someone is touching the mirror panel every minute or so, the remote 'wakes up', gets its status, displays the info as usual for a while, turns off the blue LCD screen, returns to the clock display and then repeats this with about 30 seconds between each cycle. It's an intermittent thing, and is quite an annoying light show in the middle of the night! It happens whether the remote is on the charger or not.
I've tried cleaning the panel, and looked for any obvious shorts or contaminants on the inside of the panel but can't for the life of me work out what is going on. Has anyone experienced anything similar?
all the best
Luke
slightly off topic Luke but can anyone recommend who can carry out the cap replacement in the UK. I've tried an authorised B&O dealer and two B&O non-authorised but specialists to no avail.
we tend to forget there is more to design than designing.
Luke,
looks pretty much like a broken down battery.
Voltage too low - switches off - voltage rising again - starting - voltage too low - switches off - ....
Changing batteries is easy but there will be a problem as NiCd-batteries get harder to obtain.
NiMH are said not to work for long as they have another charge method as the old NiCads.
If you own a DVM just check the battery voltage which could easily prove the above mentioned error...
Good luck,
hx
Many thanks for the advice - I'll certainly check that later on; however the battery pack was replaced when I overhauled the unit (about 9 months ago) and the fault still occurs when it is on charge. Still worth a look though.
Many thanks for this - I'll certainly check that tonight, however it did replace the batteries when I overhauled the unit (about 9 months ago) and the fault still occurs whilst the unit is charging. Worth a look though!
Did you use NiCd or NimH cells?
NiCd is hard to get, NimH do not work for a long time... at least most of them. NimH tend to destroy their seals and spread the acid inside the BL7000, seen several times. They do not like the loading logic. But also on very old NiCd... so, it's a matter of time.
I have had very good results with the Eneloop cells, up to now 2 years are no problem.
Die_Bogener:I have had very good results with the Eneloop cells, up to now 2 years are no problem.
Now that sounds good - in lack of NiCd I just took the risk of using NiMh - exactly the eneloops.
As this was only a week ago there are no long-time experiences. I'll keep an eye on it.
Thanks for sharing,
Apologies for the multiple replies earlier - I can't work out how to delete them!
anyway, you were of course absolutely right - I used NiMH batteries which are shot so I'd better whip them out before they splurge acid all over my beloved remote! Many thanks to Die Bogener for the tip on better replacement cells
thanks again for all your help