I bought a Beo6 from eBay (I already have a couple, but wanted another). It was programmed for use with a Beosound 5 and several link rooms which I don't need, so I wanted to reprogram it. I have an old Win7 32-bit PC which I've kept specifically for this purpose.
Oddly though, when I connect the dock to the PC and put the Beo6 on the dock, the PC doesn't make the expected 'device connected' noise, and no configuration is created in the Beo5/6 config tool. I've tried both v6.84 and the earlier v5.12 of the comfig tool, just in case. I've also checked Device Manager on that Win7 PC and the Beo6 driver does not appear when that Beo6 is docked.
I know that the PC and config tool are working okay, as they work fine when I dock either of my other two Beo6.
The Beo6 seems to know that it is connected to a PC, as 'USB' appears at the top of the display when you dock it. If I use Standby+Go I can get into the settings and see that it has software version 3.00a. I can also see that the config has been updated 24 times in the past, so it was obviously working then!
It did need a new battery but I have successfully installed that already.
I'm at a loss - this is the first Beo6 (or Beo5) that I have not been able to rescue with a new battery and a software update. Any ideas?
Location: Liverpool
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