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I took the BV11 plunge last week and thought some pics of how the wall bracket is installed might be of interest.
Stage 1. Put television template on the wall behind soon to be relocated BV5! (Also a BC2 socket box to be moved.... ) The 40" TV is a fairly precise fit at this location!
Stage 2. B&O Liverpool email me the hinge bracket instructions so that I can drill the wall. Each screw on the outer edge of the bracket must take a load of 100kg, so it's just as well that I'm going into a solid concrete block wall which, fortunately, has a void behind through which the cables can be routed.
Stage 3. Wall plugs ready to take 75mm No 12 screws. The edge of the bracket is 68mm in from where the edge of the TV will finish up.
I had arranged with B&O Liverpool that I could collect the wall part of the bracket so that it could be in position in advance of the TV being delivered. The bracket backplate is screwed to the wall.
Next, I drilled 20mm holes for the cables. I opted for two holes both within the 45mm zone at the bottom of the bracket position and that will remain covered by the TV. Aerial cabling etc is routed through a skirting board duct. Took a bit of fishing about, but once one cable was in the others were taped to it and added by pulling the cables back and forth. This was repeated for the second hole, and a string was put in ready to pull the power cord through which would be coming with that TV. Note that the STB IR blaster lines are also in position.
Now for the missing photo part!
The TV gets delivered and Nick & Lee fasten the bracket front plate with hinges to the TV. The front plate then locates onto two fixings on the wall mounted backplate, after which all the securing screws are fitted and the hinge covers to hide them. The motor is mounted in the area that has been identified in other threads as a good place to put an Apple TV unit. (I could still put an Apple TV unit in the opposite position for a left handed hinged TV!)
Still some tweaking to do on the satellite connections and an unreliable WiFi connection, but the finished job looks really good and the TV can be turned to be viewed from just about any position in the room. There is a special rear panel on order to replace the standard corner panel at the lower hinge position where the motor prevents the normal panel from being fitted.
The sound quality is really superb. I was expecting a lack of bass in comparison to the BV5 but that certainly is not the case.
Just can't believe the lack of boxes and cables in comparison with the BV5!
Graham
Awesome! Great job.
Borzoi?
A very clean install very nice.
Beoplay A2
liviu_o: Borzoi?
Greyhound!
Good boy
But keep in mind not to upgrade so often your BeoVision - otherwise your wall looks like Swiss cheese.
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Brilliant !
I saw the rear of a BV11 at the dealer last week and the whole assembly looks well designed - and you have certainly made great advantage of it.
I am guessing, but can you turn the screen through ~180 degrees and watch from the window seat ? If so, you have a great position to the unit - discrete yet fully accessible - really good work.
BeoNut since '75
elephant: Brilliant ! I saw the rear of a BV11 at the dealer last week and the whole assembly looks well designed - and you have certainly made great advantage of it. I am guessing, but can you turn the screen through ~180 degrees and watch from the window seat ? If so, you have a great position to the unit - discrete yet fully accessible - really good work.
Thanks Ed (and everyone else!)
I'll try to take a few detailed pictures of the hinge and rear panels. The hinge will only open 90 degrees... but that's actually enough for the window seat.
I had set myself up to get a BV5 once I had built an extension but looking at the pictures compared to the BV11, there is no contest, the BV5 looks so large and chunky and the BV11 looks even more like a work of art!
Lovely set up.
Looks awesome! Very well done!
I´m really tempted to replace my BV10 40" ....
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Hello! That was a very nice setup. Could you please provide a picture showing the cables leaving the wall and entering the TV? I am curious how to fit all neccecary cables (2 HDMI, surrond speaker cables, network and ML/NL cables etc. Your setup seems perfect, so I look forward to see a behind the scenes picture.Thank you in advance.
Only 90 degrees Elephant. Only the V-1 currently has a 180 degree wall mount.
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roarmo: Hello! That was a very nice setup. Could you please provide a picture showing the cables leaving the wall and entering the TV? I am curious how to fit all neccecary cables (2 HDMI, surrond speaker cables, network and ML/NL cables etc. Your setup seems perfect, so I look forward to see a behind the scenes picture.Thank you in advance.
OK. Picked-up the corner panel today to accommodate the hinge motor. The panel, as can be seen in the following pictures, actually leaves quite a large area open around the hinge, presumably to allow for a lot of cables coming in at an angle. The B&O instructions for the hinge actually show a vertical surface mounted duct with the cables all coming in from below the hinge... in which case you have to wonder why so much space is actually left open around the hinge. The top hinge panel has a small cut-out that you have to remove, leaving the panel completely covering the area around the hinge. There is a cable tie that is held by the hinge.
I currently have just one (flat type) hdmi cable coming into the TV. I would guess that the TV will have no difficulty accommodating a lot more, although in my particular case I might need another hole in the wall. One of the HDMI points is actually on the top of the TV behind a small accessories panel.
Photos follow:
I'm thinking about getting my BV11-46 wallmounted although i don't know if i want the original B&O mount with motor or STB brackets close to wall..
It all comes down to how visible the original hinge is... Is this a problem for you? I mean, can you see the hinge when you look at the tv slightly from the side?
selliah1992: I'm thinking about getting my BV11-46 wallmounted although i don't know if i want the original B&O mount with motor or STB brackets close to wall.. It all comes down to how visible the original hinge is... Is this a problem for you? I mean, can you see the hinge when you look at the tv slightly from the side?
The hinge is not visible until the TV is almost side-on to your line of vision..... at which point you can't see the screen.
I don't ever see the cables under the same conditions either. I chose to drill two cable holes some distance from each other. If you were bringing cables through the wall rather than from a duct below and you had all the cable connections ready then an alternative would be to drill a much larger hole in the wall, insert all the cables in advance, and then half cover the hole with the bottom edge of the hinge.
Just to add to the above..
In my situation a hinge is a necessity because of the TV's proximity to a corner.
If a hinge improves your viewing options then go for it. It is also one of the wow factor considerations that makes B&O stand out from the competition.
If you are not going to ever need to move the TV about then a hinge or motorised stand would be a waste and either a fixed wall or easel stand would be the thing to go for. Having said that I can imagine that some fixed wall brackets could be a big problem when you need to access the rear connection panel.
Looks perfect Graham!
The BV11 is really "tiny" compared to the monolithic appearance of the old BV5! Excellent.
Too long to list....
vikinger: Just to add to the above.. In my situation a hinge is a necessity because of the TV's proximity to a corner. If a hinge improves your viewing options then go for it. It is also one of the wow factor considerations that makes B&O stand out from the competition. If you are not going to ever need to move the TV about then a hinge or motorised stand would be a waste and either a fixed wall or easel stand would be the thing to go for. Having said that I can imagine that some fixed wall brackets could be a big problem when you need to access the rear connection panel. Graham
Cable management is what made me wonder most, but the price is the same for the two mounts so i went for the hinge and a pair of Beolab 12-3 instead of my beolab 9's :)