Hi guys,

I am very new to the B&O owners' club. I picked up an Ovuerture last night and am very excited to start on a voyage. I have had mobile and home phones for years but as a recent graduate, the price-tag has always been out of my reach.

Two things I'd like to raise;

a) I am from the UK, is there a UK section to this group as I do not want to frustrate users by posting on the wrong section but I cannot find it!

b) Just until I have enough funds to buy some BeoLab 6000's can someone tell me where to pick up the cabling to connect the Overture to an amp so I can play music through my existing speakers and to connect my ipod to the Ouverture too.

Thank you in advance!

Welcome to BeoWorld!

Islanders uses the general forum. Feel free to place your questions there.

Islanders!! Is that what you foreigners call us?

Welcome to Beoworld John! I'm sure you will enjoy your Ouverture (check spelling, not Overture) and can easily connect an MP3 player to the Aux socket. You will need a cable with a 5 pin DIN on one end, and they are easily available. Try Steve at Sounds Heavenly 

Andy T.

This is a UK based forum John so all UK posters use the general forum in the main.

I've moved this thread over there to save confusion amongst our friiends across the pond.

Chris.

Jandyt:

Islanders!! Is that what you foreigners call us?

Welcome to Beoworld John! I'm sure you will enjoy your Ouverture (check spelling, not Overture) and can easily connect an MP3 player to the Aux socket. You will need a cable with a 5 pin DIN on one end, and they are easily available. Try Steve at Sounds Heavenly 

Andy T.

I'm sure that Steve at http://soundsheavenly.co.uk/default.htm will also help with a lead to connect to your amp but you will need to email him and he will make it specially depending on your amp.

Welcome to the forum!

You will not bother us .... just shoot

I'm remember how I was exited when I brought my first B&O home a years ago, it was BS 2300 ....

And I'm still exited !!!

Try www.lifestyle-av.co.yu and iconic-av.co.uk they will help you with everything about B&O...

Thank you guys, what a fantastic response!

I shall try the chap out...if I were to buy a pair of Beolab 6000's for instance is there a way of using them with a pair of non b&o speakers?

Thanks!

Ideally you need either MCL2P or ML/MCL converter or Beolink Passive. These are all B&O amplifiers designed to allow Ouverture types to work with other manufacturers Passive speakers. They're regularly available on eBay and the cheapest will cost around £75-100 plus a suitable lead.

Jandyt:

Islanders!! Is that what you foreigners call us?

Yes, we have (from north to south) Rockall Island, Shetland Islands, Orkney Islands, Hebrides, Ireland, Isle of Man, SEW Island (Scotland, England and Wales), Guernsey and Jersey. All surrounded by water.

Hi johnking,

Welcome to the forum!

(Yet another Brit answering, so I'll keep out of the islands argument!)

You can connect your iPod into the Aux socket on the Ouverture and select A.Aux to play this through your B&O system.  The cables are easy to obtain.  If you are using a non-B&O amplifier and passive speakers instead of Beolab speakers, just look for a Powerlink to Amplifier Cable and connect this to one of the Powerlink outputs, then into a line level input on your amp.  Set whichever volume control you DON'T intend to use regularly (ie. the non-B&O amp) to around 75% and then use the other control (ie. the Ouverture) as normal.

Any B&O cable specialist should be able to provide the cables you need.

Best regards,

Steve.

nmartin771:

I'm remember how I was exited when I brought my first B&O home a years ago, it was BS 2300 ....

And I'm still exited !!!

Spelling???? exited or excited?

Great work guys! I am on it and will let you know how I progress...