The pictures have been restored..

It's not necessary, but recommended. The RF Amplifier does more than just amplify, it also ensures good "Impedance" matching which is very important to ensure the best possible analogue signal to your link TV. Also, if you also require the main aerial signal to your link TV as well, it is multiplexed with the RF output from the Beovision

You are correct, check HERE

It is possible to update the firmware, but before you consider getting that done, check the 4 digit "Type" number as previously stated as its more than likely that you have a US version which will not work even if the firmware in the base of the Beocom 6000 was updated.

No, provided you do not change the location of the program from the default, the old version is uninstalled and the new version is then installed. As with all new version installations, its always a good policy to create a "Restore Point" at least, prior to the upgrade and if you are like me, all my systems get full image backups every night

[quote user="hansb"]Keith...can you expand a bit on the screen formats? What does that mean?[/quote] Basically we are talking about number of Icons on a page and the format they are in. Previously there were a couple of formats with 4 x 3 being the most common which created 3 icons in a row and 4 columns down. Now when you create a new page

The following are the differences I have established to date:- Some of the New Features include:- New screen format types (1x1, 2x2, 3x2, 4x1, 4x2) which will please a lot of Beoworld members Support for Arabic, Chinese and Russian, but without the actual translation, I guess that will come with a future release. Support for Windows 7 (32 bit), but

[quote user="guffas"]If you upgrade from an old firmware version the Battery level is reset.[/quote] With previous firmware updates the above statement is true. However when you update the firmware to 1.42a the battery is unaffected by the update as some members have already noted.

You did not say what product these Pronto HEX commands are for ? Nevertheless, I have created an XML file for you to test HERE

You can download the XML file I modified HERE for testing with the latest version of the B&O Configuration Tool.