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Re: BEO4 stuck on V.TAPE

beoaus — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 00:25:17 GMT

I'll see what the price is, looks like the board has failed.

Re: BEO4 stuck on V.TAPE

ajames — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 06:28:07 GMT

I tried to swap the screen out on one and it's done the same thing - can I just get a board then? or will a dealer swap it for a reconditioned Beo4?

Re: BEO4 stuck on V.TAPE

9 LEE — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 04:24:58 GMT

It's a common symptom indeed - on the DVD (Mk2) Beo4's..

If i get a failed one, i just order the later VMEM/AMEM PCB and button pad - it costs the same as the older one!

Lee

Re: BEO4 stuck on V.TAPE

.......... — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 04:03:23 GMT

Sorry to be the bearer of bad news but this is a common symptom of the PCB failing :(

Re: BEO4 stuck on V.TAPE

beoaus — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 19:26:39 GMT

I'll try this... Thanks.

Re: BEO4 stuck on V.TAPE

hemenex — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 15:34:03 GMT

probably as easy as a really stuck "V-TAPE"-key?

Take a digital camera and aim at the IR-LED of the BEO4

If there's a periodic blueish blinking light it continuously sends a command; this would look like a stuck key.

Then a little dismantling & cleaning of the keyboard might help.

EDIT: Just found out that V-TAPE doesn't repeatedly send. Press "5" and release: if it blinks on releasing the "5" the V-TAPE key hangs.

BEO4 stuck on V.TAPE

beoaus — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 04:47:02 GMT

I have a strange problem with a Beo4. It only responds to V.TAPE commands. I have changed the batteries but the remote only displays V.TAPE . No other commands work. I can't even turn off a TV, select CD, RADIO or anything else.

Any idea's other than the remote is fried?

beoaus.