Hi, I gave up trying to get any sound output on these "line out" phono outputs on the socket unit of BeoCenter 2, and am now using the "aux out" phono socket, however can anyone tell me how the line out is supposed to work/be activated? Is it because I have a Powerlink plug inserted? Or is it only working when activating "DVD" on Beo4?

Sometimes I wonder why B&O work so hard when they think about the user interface, because eventually you would like it to be on at all times..

Chrisreunion:

Sometimes I wonder why B&O work so hard when they think about the user interface,
because eventually you would like it to be on at all times..

*g* ... reading the user guide somtimes helps ...

BeoCenter 2 Guide – Socket Unit - page 7

Audio/Video connection without a 21-pin AV cable …

If your television is not equipped with an 21-pin AV socket,
you can still connect it to the music system.

This applies only if your BeoCenter 2 is equipped with DVD!

> Connect the CTRL socket on the Socket unit to the CTRL socket on your television.

> Connect the S-VIDEO socket on the Socket unit to the S-VIDEO socket on your television.

> Connect the VIDEO socket on the Socket unit to the VIDEO socket on your television.

> Connect the DIG.OUT socket on the socket unit to the digital input on your television.

> Connect the LINE OUT R and L socket for right and left channel audio output on the
   socket unit to the R and L sockets on your television.

PS: checked the line-outs on a BS2/DVD, they work - no volume control and regardless 
       PL beeing plugged in or not

Well, I could read the same lines in the user guide, that doesn't say if it is only activated for DVD playback or not.. What is the purpose of a line output if it only works on some sources and in some setups? The rest of the world manufacturers just make the line output as it should be, why limiting it to a connection to a TV?!

The purpose af all these RCA/Cinch sockets at the DVD version is offering an alternative way
to connect to a TV/Surround Sound Amp - for those markets (e.g. US) where SCART is not used.

There exist(ed) two versions of BC2 :

a "full" DVD/CD + Radio version and an "Audio Only" CD + Radio version (BC2 AU)
("Audio Only" is beeing/will be discontinued during this summer)

The difference has always been the Socket Unit - the master panel is identical - 
a DVD transport is being used for both versions - as far as I know.

My "test" was extremly simple - loading a CD to a BC2-DVD version, connecting a pair of active
(computer) speakers with built in volume control to the "Line Outs" and pressing "Disc" on the
master unit of the BC2 ...