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Re: Beolink Passive and Powerlink

bab — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 10:21:59 GMT

Ok, thanks. I was unaware of this basic feature of PL! I learn something new every day. This makes life even easier.

Re: Beolink Passive and Powerlink

Vienna — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 07:44:31 GMT

bab:

The Beosystem has Powerlink Rear Left and Powerlink Rear Right outputs,
I believe, but the Beolink Passive only has a single Powerlink input,
so how would this need to be connected?

Hello and wellcome ...

Every PL plug/cable/socket is carrying both (L+R) channels - there is no "left"
and "right" PL socket on BeoSound/-System/-Master - the system does not need
a 2nd socket - but a 2nd socket makes wiring easier in many cases.
(A single output and a 1>>2 "Y" splitter does the trick too).

ATTENTION: To connect a ML/MCL (or a BeoLink Passive without IR "eye")
via PL a FULLY MOUNTED (8 wires) PL CABLE IS MANDATORY!

!! PoweLink Cable MK3 as well as the brand new 5mm (6-wire) PL version DON'T WORK
in this case !! (no wire for the on/off signal available)

Re: Beolink Passive and Powerlink

bab — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 11:06:16 GMT

I'm curious how I would use a Beolink Passive to drive the two passive rear speakers in a 5.1 setup, with a Beosystem 1 as the audio source. The Beosystem has Powerlink Rear Left and Powerlink Rear Right outputs, I believe, but the Beolink Passive only has a single Powerlink input, so how would this need to be connected?

Any and all advice welcome!

Regards,

Beolink novice

Re: Beolink Passive and Powerlink

sjmcguckin — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 11:18:39 GMT

Vienna,

Thanks for the comprehensive advice. The options I have are pretty clear and I will be able to design something appropriate.

Stephen

Re: Beolink Passive and Powerlink

Vienna — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 12:46:46 GMT

sjmcguckin:

The BV7 only has a Beolab 7-2 connected at the moment. I thought I could connect a couple of passive speakers via a powerlink to the beolink passive to function as rear speakers.

If I was outside I could then move these speakers out an have audio from the BM5 (connected to the Beolink passive by ML). I am trying to optimize the use of the speakers.

If you connect a BeoLink Passive to the "Front-PL-Out" and
a second BeoLink Passive to the "Surround-PL-Out" you'll get a
Dolby System with BLB7-2 beeing the "Center" and
"Passive-Speakers" beeing the "Front" and the "Surround" speakers.

You'll need 2 PL-Cables to connect both "BeoLink Passive" or "ML/MCL Converter"

(a ML/MCL-Converter is identical to a BeoLink Passive - but IR Receiver
and IR Cable are not provided)

To use the speakers temporarily "outside" you need a ML-Cable, Power, IR-Cable
and eventually speaker wires prepared at/for the "outside place"

To get a flexible "on the fly solution" I'd recommend the use of a ML-Distributon Box
and ML-Cables of the required length.

When you want "outside music" you'll have to disconnect your "Rear BeoLink Passive"
from the PL-Cable (coming from your TV) and connect it at the other place to the ML-cable
as well as to IR-sensor- and speaker-cables.

WARNING:
at the same time a "BeoLink Passive" should only be connected
EITHER to PL (from TV)
OR to ML (MasterLink-Network)

Re: Beolink Passive and Powerlink

sjmcguckin — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 11:48:00 GMT

Hi Hagen,

Thanks for your reply. The BV7 is connected to the BM5 by DVI-I and SPDIF sockets so I get good sound and pictures.

The BV7 only has a Beolab 7-2 connected at the moment. I thought I could connect a couple of passive speakers via a powerlink to the beolink passive to function as rear speakers.

If I was outside I could then move these speakers out an have audio from the BM5 (connected to the Beolink passive by ML). I am trying to optimize the use of the speakers.

I suppose I am being too cheap!

Re: Beolink Passive and Powerlink

Hagen2000 — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 05:26:10 GMT

Hi Stephen,

as far as I know these two operating modes are mutually exclusive and the BeoLink Passive is detecting upon power-up which mode is to be selected by checking its connections.

Isn't it possible to just add your BV7 to the ML bus?

Or using AUX in of the BM5 for the TV sound?

Re: Beolink Passive and Powerlink

beoaus — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 05:14:22 GMT

Just saw this post.

Presume you mean connecting Powerlink and ML at the same time. Unfortunately I have no experience with this.

sorry, beoaus.

Re: Beolink Passive and Powerlink

sjmcguckin — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 09:59:11 GMT

Dear Beoaus,

I've had BO products for quite a while but never tried to distribute sound around the house until recently. I have been browsing old posts to learn as much as I can.

I have a BeoMaster 5 and I am planning to use a BeoLink passive to drive speakers on the patio. I assume the masterlink connection will route the sound from the BM5 to the passive speakers. Could I also use the same BeolinkL passive to take powerlink output from my BeoVision 7 and drive another set of passive speakers. I would not require to have both the BM5 and BV7 operational at the same time.

Thanks for your help

Stephen

Re: Beolink Passive and Powerlink

The Stig - ver. 1.7 — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 15:15:22 GMT

Think you will be better off with another brand amp. look here...

Re: Beolink Passive and Powerlink

Hagen2000 — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 14:32:45 GMT

Your bi-amping and bi-wiring solution should work. However you have to take into account that both amplifiers will supply both high and low frequencies as there is no crossover network before or in the amplifiers. You have to be sure that your speakers have the required crossover networks activated (included in the signal paths) even when connected via separate wires.

On the other hand you will not obtain much higher volume using two amplifiers. If I am correct, doubling the power should increase the volume by +3db. But I fear that even this will not apply to your configuration because each amplifier will only be used for a part of its frequency range. The BeoLink Passive is not so weak at all, just give him a try...

Re: Beolink Passive and Powerlink

Keith Saunders — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 10:15:02 GMT

Your question was:-

If I have the Beolink Passive connected via the powerlink cable as a simple amplifier for passive speakers, is it on stand by when I don't listen any music or is it in a permanent work ?

Answer, when you switch to standby, the passive amplifier switches to standby as well, subject to a correctly wired powerlink socket

Re: Beolink Passive and Powerlink

TVigier — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 09:47:36 GMT

I'm interested to buy a beolink passive and I would like to use it to drive front passive speakers of my BV7 that is linked to a BS3000 in the same room. Due to the power of the amp that could be not sufficient I imagine to connect 2 Beolink passive, one from the first front PL outpout of the BV7 directed to the L and R connections of the bass of my speakers and the second Beolink passive from the second PL front outpout of the BV7 directed to the L and R connections of the trebbles of my speakers (biamp). Do you think it can work ?

If I have the Beolink Passive connected via the powerlink cable as a simple amplifier for passive speakers, is it on stand by when I don't listen any music or is it in a permanent work ?

Thanks

Re: Beolink Passive and Powerlink

Xseries — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 15:59:30 GMT

I have just connected a set up as you describe here (MCL2Av to Passive to a pair of CX100s). It works as I expect - except that the volume level does not go very high - reasonable to listen too but no spare capacity at all!

The other problem is I can't adjust the bass, treble or balance as my MCP5500, BL 7000 both come back with a ? and the Beolink 1000 and Beo4 do not want to play either!

Any ideas? The MCL2AV is the slightly later model as there is no control to protect less powerful speakers against overload. Does anyone have a set of hints and tips beyond the standard B&O set up guides that I have??

Thanks for any help

Re: Beolink Passive and Powerlink

Peter — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 08:14:39 GMT

The only way that can work is to run MCL to a MCL2AV then powerlink to the Beolink passive and then to the speakers. This has the advantage that the volume level in the link room is independent (to all intents) to that in the main room. The cheaper way to do it is to run MCL to a MCL2A and to passive speakers. In this case the volume in the main room, if on, will be the same as the link room.