General Forum

Re: Beomedia 1 problem - WindowsXP Admin screen?

beofan — Sat, 15 Oct 2011 08:18:36 GMT

hfat:
Sorry I forgot you have to extend the setting menu. Please highlight the option settings in thr configuration menu. Then press 0 0 go (beo4) or 0 0 enter (keyboard) and new options will appear below. You will see the option network settings.

Hi there

Thank you very much for all your useful advice on setting up the Beomedia, that last message was the key to the puzzle. I managed to set a new password and then the Mac mini could "discover" the Beomedia through Beoconnect, even managed a quick "test transfer" of some songs off iTunes, all successful. Many thanks - I can now spend some happy evenings settings up a selection of music.

Re: Beomedia 1 problem - WindowsXP Admin screen?

hfat — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 23:46:48 GMT

Sorry I forgot you have to extend the setting menu. Please highlight the option settings in thr configuration menu. Then press 0 0 go (beo4) or 0 0 enter (keyboard) and new options will appear below. You will see the option network settings.

Hfat

Re: Beomedia 1 problem - WindowsXP Admin screen?

beofan — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 11:20:28 GMT

hfat:

Press the red button or the key "r" on the keyboard. The configuration menu is displayed, where you will se the selection network settings.

Activate network settings an set the client password. I think this should work without knowing the old pwd.

I have got to the Configuration menu and it has 4 options "Systems Info/Network Info/ Maintenance/ Setting" - under "Setting" there are 5 lines , "Display timeout/Display timeout darken level/ N.Music sound icons/ N.Radio sound icons/ Extend character set" - no reference to password or change password ? Checking the other 3 options I cannot see any mention of password selection/change there either. Is this configuration screen the correct one, or is it different according to which software edition in loaded on the Beomedia ( this is 3.00.15 - firmware 0x189 ?).

Re: Beomedia 1 problem - WindowsXP Admin screen?

hfat — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 00:26:50 GMT

Glad to hear BM1 is working again. Assuming you need to set a new client password in BM1 you can do it within the configuration menu.

Press the red button or the key "r" on the keyboard. The configuration menu is displayed, where you will se the selection network settings.

Activate network settings an set the client password. I think this should work without knowing the old pwd.

hfat

Re: Beomedia 1 problem - WindowsXP Admin screen?

beofan — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 07:19:09 GMT

Update - well the good news is that I have got the Beomedia unit back to it's "operating" screen and can now select from the "N.Music... etc".

The answer was to buy a ps2 type keyboard to enable the selection of "Beomedia Recovery" (which took about 10mins to run) - so don't try using a usb keyboard as it is only partially functional. Thank you to all the people that came up with suggestions/help.

Now, the next problem - I'm using the Beomedia with an Apple Mac mini, I've loaded Beoconnect but on N.Radio I get the message "cannot find server", so it is not yet fully connected. In Beoconnect, under "Manage Products" I've typed in it's IP number and a description name (it wasn't "discovered" automatically) and now I get asked for a password - since I have not set one up anywhere is this a password that the previous owner has logged? (in which case how do I clear it and put my own in?).

Re: Beomedia 1 problem - WindowsXP Admin screen?

beofan — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 12:59:34 GMT

Seanie_230:
does the beo4 up and down not move the cursor?

Unfortunately it does not, tried that early on - I'm wondering if the Beomedia is meant to respond to a B & O TV remote control at this stage of loading ?

Re: Beomedia 1 problem - WindowsXP Admin screen?

beofan — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 12:56:54 GMT

hfat:
The screen with the two lines is the xp boot screen shown in a multi boot environment. So at this time no operating system is loaded. That's maybe the reason why the usb keyboard is not dedected.

Ok, so in that case how would one select the Beomedia recovery option, since that involves moving the hightlight line down and then selecting it ?

Re: Beomedia 1 problem - WindowsXP Admin screen?

Seanie_230 — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 10:05:06 GMT

does the beo4 up and down not move the cursor?

Re: Beomedia 1 problem - WindowsXP Admin screen?

tournedos — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 09:31:34 GMT

hfat:
The screen with the two lines is the xp boot screen shown in a multi boot environment. So at this time no operating system is loaded. That's maybe the reason why the usb keyboard is not dedected.

You're right. Dunno about the Beomedia, but many motherboards have direct USB keyboard support (emulating a PS/2 interface until the OS takes over). The only problem is that it usually needs to be explicitly enabled in the BIOS setup, and you can't get there without a keyboard!

Regarding the keyboard adapter, it would be wiser to use a keyboard that has been proven to work in PS/2 mode. Unless somebody can confirm the Apple keyboards are like that, I think it might save some trouble to go looking for a native PS/2 keyboard ($1 at a thrift store, and half your friends have one stowed in a closet) instead of an adapter.

Re: Beomedia 1 problem - WindowsXP Admin screen?

hfat — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 09:14:36 GMT

The screen with the two lines is the xp boot screen shown in a multi boot environment. So at this time no operating system is loaded. That's maybe the reason why the usb keyboard is not dedected.

hfat

Re: Beomedia 1 problem - WindowsXP Admin screen?

beofan — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 08:55:01 GMT

tournedos:
I can't see why an USB keyboard wouldn't work, though. Do the numlock LEDs etc. work? If not, the keyboard isn't even receiving power and you might try another USB socket.

Well I have had a chance to have another attempt using the Apple keyboard and the other usb socket (before getting a ps2 adaptor) - I have discovered that the direction arrow keys do work, but only at the point that the second screen (WindowsXP Admin log on) has appeared. For some reason (maybe the unit is taking too long to detect the keyboard) by the time the "countdown" has finished on the first screen (it's less than 5 seconds) the unit switches to the Admin log on screen and there doesn't seem to me a way to get back to the first screen where it is possible to select "Beomedia recovery". Would anyone know if it is possible to stop or change the length of the countdown on the first screen, so that the unit will have time to detect the attached keyboard. I don't understand the purpose of the countdown anyway, why is it needed?

Re: Beomedia 1 problem - WindowsXP Admin screen?

hfat — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 05:23:49 GMT

yes, i mean that the procedure does not delete any of your music files.

hfat

Re: Beomedia 1 problem - WindowsXP Admin screen?

tournedos — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 04:37:33 GMT

beofan:
Ok, thanks for doing that keyboard test, I don't know why the direction arrows are not doing anything on my keyboard , but I will try plugging it into the ps2 socket with an adaptor.

A word of warning: an adaptor alone won't necessarily solve this. The USB and PS/2 keyboard interfaces aren't compatible at the signal level either; the keyboard needs to be a special multimode model for an adaptor to work. I don't know how the Apple keyboards are, but knowing that Macs don't have PS/2 keyboard interfaces...

I can't see why an USB keyboard wouldn't work, though. Do the numlock LEDs etc. work? If not, the keyboard isn't even receiving power and you might try another USB socket.

Re: Beomedia 1 problem - WindowsXP Admin screen?

beofan — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 04:16:57 GMT

hfat:

I did a quick test: on my XP PC a mac keyboard connected via USB worked correctly.

The recovery procedure reinstalls the BeoMedia software in it's partition to factory settings und the N.Music/N.Radio... screen will reapear. This will take serveral minutes after that you have a fresh beomedia installation. Usually short after that beomedia updated itself to the latest version. Your media will stay unmodified.

Ok, thanks for doing that keyboard test, I don't know why the direction arrows are not doing anything on my keyboard , but I will try plugging it into the ps2 socket with an adaptor. One question, when you say "your media will stay unmodified" you mean that the procedure does not delete any of the music that is loaded on the machine ?

Re: Beomedia 1 problem - WindowsXP Admin screen?

hfat — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 03:29:58 GMT

I did a quick test: on my XP PC a mac keyboard connected via USB worked correctly.

The recovery procedure reinstalls the BeoMedia software in it's partition to factory settings und the N.Music/N.Radio... screen will reapear. This will take serveral minutes after that you have a fresh beomedia installation. Usually short after that beomedia updated itself to the latest version. Your media will stay unmodified.

hfat