I have acquired a used Beolab 3500 MKII. As described in this thread
Location: Denmark
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Beolab 3500 MKII ML error
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It's a long shot but the behaviour would be similar if the Beo4 was in permanent LINK mode with the BL3500 in non-LINK mode - I seem to remember that you can still change L.OPT settings but that is about all. Is there any change in behaviour if you put the BL3500 in L.OPT 4?
But given that you are getting error codes I think the problem is more complex.
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You are right that it behaves like it is in opt. 4 or 0 for that matter
however it is currently in opt 6, and then there is the errors related to ML
Location: Denmark
Oops didnt read your reply correctly. Will try with L.opt 4 later and report back
Location: Denmark
A few observations:
- I can not change option settings when the BL3500 MKII. is not connected to ML. This is possible on the MKI
- When I have it connected to ML (BLC1611) and change the option setting to L.OPT 4 also the service commands can not be done with normal commands.
- Measuring voltage levels on the 20 pin connector on the IR board all seems normal except for -5V which I can only measure at -4.3V, so here might be something
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The service manaul for the MKII states that in case of an error 4 on should check the cables and the signal path (amplifiers in the data transceiver circuit).
As the MKII service manual don't have diagrams I am using those from the MKI servicemanual.
In that there is shown a transmitter and a reciever circiut for ML on the IR board. The transmitter part has some transistors where the reciever par has some IC's. So I choose to focus on the transmitter part.
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I tested all transistors and diodes and found that TR14 is not recognized by my component tester (so might be faulty) and D8 is short circiut.
Here is a picture of the placement (D8 is removed when I took the picture)
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The placement of D8 is not the same as shown on the PCB layouts in the MKI service manual.
Now I will try to source these components and see if replacing them makes a difference.
Any insights as tho why the might have gone faulty are very welcome if I am overlooking something.
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Login to view image So now it's back to the other thread for testing again.Location: Denmark
Great result finding and fixing the ML fault - looking forward to seeing developments on the other thread!
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