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I have acquired a Beosystem 6500 and would like to control it with a Beolink 1000 remote. I can control everything but the Beogram CD (I can get CD to appear in the master unit, but the CD does not start and I cannot e.g. skip through tracks with the remote).
Anybody know what might be wrong?
Krgds
Thomas
It's a Beogram CD 6500? Unplug it from the receiver and count the number of pins. There should be 7, 2 of which are for remote control capability.
Hi Thomas and welcome to Beoworld.
Beolink 1000 will only give you the basic functions. The best remotes are the 2-way Beolink 7000 or especially the Master Control Panel 6500 which was really for this system and will give you full control of all of the 6500 system.
Dave.
Dave Farr:Beolink 1000 will only give you the basic functions.
Operating the CD player IS a basic function.
MediaBobNY: Dave Farr:Beolink 1000 will only give you the basic functions. Operating the CD player IS a basic function.
Absolutely.With a Beolink 1000 you can play/stop/pause - skip track - jump to a track etc.
- so (assuming the CD player IS playing when operated on the frontpanel) it must be those 2 pins missing in the DIN plug...
Many thanks for the inputs!
It is indeed 1 of the 2 pins that is missing in the DIN plug. When looking at the DIN plug it looks as if those 2 pins are somewhat separate from the rest and screwed in with a small screwdriver. Can a new pin be bought separately and mounted or will I need to have the whole DIN plug changed?
@skibonitten
I've sent you an email :-)
/Dennis
You just need to track down a pin.
skibonitten:It is indeed 1 of the 2 pins that is missing in the DIN plug.
Before you do anything more complicated or expensive, try swapping the remaining unscrewable pin into the free hole and try again. Only one of them (which one, depends on the type of the unit) is actually used to carry the data signal. Somebody may have just removed one of them to disable the remote function for whatever reason.
If that doesn't make it work, there is probably a real connection problem or fault somewhere. We can then troubleshoot further.
--mika
Agree completely - you only need one pin. Also check that the CD player is plugged into the correct socket!! The sockets are not labelled very well! Will it play if you start the CD player manually (press the front panel) with the Beomaster set to CD. The Beolink 1000 should do everything you want for the CD player.
Peter
I have as suggested tried swapping the remaining pin to the empty socket and it did the trick! Once again thanks for all the inputs and suggestions.
krgds
Good to hear, enjoy your system
Come to think of it, the most plausible scenario is that somebody just needed a pin for another cable, removed one at random, and never cared about whether the CD worked after that.