THE ANSWER TO MY REQUEST 

Dear Mr. H

We are pleased to see that you are the owner of several Bang & Olufsen products. The setup you described is not possible, as you cannot do this with datalink cables. You will need to use Masterlink cables.

Kind regards
Bang & Olufsen a/s

Christian Nielsen
BeoCare

MY REQUEST:

I upgraded my BV 3-32 to a BV 4-50 + BeoLab10. Now, I'm having a problem with my old Datalink cable.

My BV 3-32 was linked through a BeoLink Video Converter and Datalink cable and a coax cable to a MX 5500.
Now, I want to link the BV 4-50 with the BV3-32. I know that this usually is done by the Masterlink cable.
Unfortunally, I can't replace the old Datalink cable with a Masterlink cable so I have to stay with the Datalink + coax cable.

Now the question: Is there any possibility to link the BV 4-50 with the BV 3-32 through a datalink cable (7 pins) and a coax cable, like it worked perfectly before ???
Can I use for example a second BeoLink Converter to convert from Datalink again to Masterlink? Does the Beolink Video Converter work in both ways?
=> Masterlink in the mainroom -> Beolink Video-> Datalink -> linkroom Beolink Video converter-> Masterlink -> BV3. Coax connected as usual.

RESULT:

so I had to test this by my own: the described setup with the datlink cable works perfectly!

This was my first request to the B&O support during the last 20 years. Is this the usual quality of the responses?

BTW: Thanks to this wonderful forum: after downloading the installation manual for Beomedia1, the configuration was done by fly...

Claus

Perhaps they did'nt know wether this is possible and never tried ? so now If someone [else] asks B&O questions about MCL / ML combinations they certainly will suggest not to ask Christian but ask Claus..................

Claus,

Unfortunately, the response you received is not unusual, which is a considerable pity, given the general quality of B&O products.

Nevertheless, your tests prove that this is a valid configuration and maybe useful to other members in the future.

Thank you for taking the time to provide this feedback.

Congratulations Claus,

Congrats Claus,

I'm afraid I'm going to have to agree with Keith here. You don't have to spend long on the official B&O site, following the threads with questions from customers, to understand that B&O support is sloooooow & often wroooooong when it comes to what can or can't be done with their equipment.
That was some smart lateral thinking you carried out there! I'll make a note of it - not in need of it now, but could come in handy.