Dear all,

i have and old beolink 5000,i would know if i can upgrade it with a new version of the firmware getting the same funtionality of a Beo4.

Help Please :)

Which functionality are you missing?

well  actually i don't know!:)

Now the beolink 5000 display is temporary broken,but i guess that a 15 years old remote control lack of the functionality of "modern" beo4,and since they have a similar display,i wonder if i can have format,speaker,p in p,clock....as for the beo4!

i also wonder if beolink 5000 display can be repaired...:(

The Beolink 5000 and Beo 4 are in fact very different remotes. Their software are incompatible.

The Beolink 5000 is in fact a more advance remote, the screen has 2 rows plus some symbols (AV, LINK), and can display from both side.

Moreover, the Beolink 5000 is a 2-way remote, so it can display a lot more information coming from your equipment.

You can do a lot of things with the Beolink 5000 that seems to only be available on the Beo4.

Colour keys can be emulated by Shift + Up or Down or Left or Right.

Random: Use Shift + 1

Repeat: Use Shift + 3

For Speaker, Use Sound

For Stand, Format, use Picture

For P and P, also use Picture

...

thanks for your professionality!

you convinced me,now the only question is repair it.I will ask to my dealer if is this possible...

Best Regards

You can still get new one from your dealer, so I suppose it is possible to get parts.

Which remote is best depends on your equipment. If your equipment is 2 way, the Beolink 5000 is way better. If you have a more recent equipment, maybe a Beo 4 is more adapted. You could get a 2nd hand one.

I agree with Phil - remember that a 2 way remote is actually not very useful with a one way system. I actually don't think the 5000 is actually a very good two way remote either - the 7000 is far superior.

well actually my home theatre configuration is a Beosystem3 with Beovision 4-50,...5.1(beolab3,7.1.beolab 2)...so it could be useful?

f------I i couldn't resist,so i opened it ...it was very dirty,as you can notice the display has the link broken in the left side..but i suppose this shouldn't bother in the overall functionality of the remote control...and also in the battery link there is oxidation....i fixit it today and i will let you know..

Enjoy for vojeuristic B&O fun

andreabang:

well actually my home theatre configuration is a Beosystem3 with Beovision 4-50,...5.1(beolab3,7.1.beolab 2)...so it could be useful?

 

 

To be completely honest, no. It can work as a rather difficult to use Beolink 1000 but a beo4 or 5 would be far superior. Still a fun thing to have though! And not as useless as a Beo1!