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Hi everyone
I have a Beomaster 1200 and I would like to get the best possible radio transmission as possible. What should i do? would a regular light cable do the job?
Best regards,
Jeppe
A normal dipole is normally plenty. However, if you are in a poor reception area for FM signals, you may need to consider an external ariel and amplifier. Try the dipole first as it's only a few pounds to buy.
Don't forget that the FM scale only reaches 104MHz.
Dave.
Dave Farr: A normal dipole is normally plenty. However, if you are in a poor reception area for FM signals, you may need to consider an external ariel and amplifier. Try the dipole first as it's only a few pounds to buy. Don't forget that the FM scale only reaches 104MHz. Dave.
I agree. Normal dipole. At the time that the BM1200 was introduced B&O recommended long external wire aerials suspended between insulators for also picking up the medium and long wave stations, but such aerials were also prone to pull-in lots of interference.
if radio reception is a problem you could also consider an internet radio receiver with its output connected to the Beomaster. I have done this in the past with an inexpensive Roku/ Pinnacle unit. I curently use an Olive One to feed an early BM2000 in preference to the Olive's own amplifier, partly because the BM gives better control over the outputs.
Graham
Big thank you to our friend on the Wirral, read your post with interest as I had a sound bridge pinnacle in the cupboard for about nine years, never really got on with it
anyway I connected it up to my Beomaster 1200 and after a bit of fiddling it works , great sound and I would never have thought to use it like that, many thanks