Hi all, although i have the service doc i can't really find the answer to these...

-is it possible without further changes to exchange a 14 bit CDM2 with a 16 bit CDM4 , so both the cd mechanism and the decoder board are swapped...?

-how to change the setup of these so it will react to a remote, this one doesn't probably because it is set up as a slave in a link setup, i'd like it to work standalone on a remote (link 1000 / beo4)?

Thanks.

ipaul:

-is it possible without further changes to exchange a 14 bit CDM2 with a 16 bit CDM4 , so both the cd mechanism and the decoder board are swapped...?

Accoording to the specs of the 9000 on this site, the 9000 should have already a 16 bit mechanism.

The 9500 has the CDM4, so you could download the service docs from the 9500 and just compare.

ipaul:

-how to change the setup of these so it will react to a remote, this one doesn't probably because it is set up as a slave in a link setup, i'd like it to work standalone on a remote (link 1000 / beo4)?

Thanks.

Does the instruction: Sound store 1 store work? Or Sound 1 Store?

By resetting the Ram, the BC goes back in option 1. So you could try the described route for a 9500 in the manuals?

Thanks, will try this sound-store-1 or other ways and see....it should be something like that :).

I have the doc on the BC9000 including the additional doc for the 14 bit version cd mech as well as the 16 bit version as well as the conversion of the decoder board if a CDM4 is installed instead of a CDM2 (well, this is what i can make of it) so for sure both versions exist.

Now in any case, the CD is already fixed but...while repairing the faulty CDM2 with a spindle motor of a CDM4 i found out that the actual cd mechanism (the 'turntable' and laser unit) actually has a label CDM2 on it, which imlies that CDM2 and 4 laser/pickups are the same but the servo/decoders are different.

Anyway, it works...only the 'option' thing to solve :).

There was a thead recently where it said that the very early Beocenter 9000's were 14 bit. Later ones were 16 bit.

Craig

Just found the thread here. So yes, both 14 bit and 16 bit versions do exist.

Craig