Pile of MCL equipment

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Madskp
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Posted January 9, 2025 at 17:40 GMT ? Edited January 10, 2025 at 15:46 GMT
#689656
I just bought a pile of old MCL equipment out of interest in parts of it. First the newest MCL 2A type 2046 and X-tra speaker kit type 2047 Then 2 MCL30 type 2050 complete in box, one of them unused with protection film still on the IR eye. I will scan the manual mail it to Multicare for upload to the product archive. 1 MCL82 type 2041 unit with IR eye 2 more boxes without markings that are probably also MCL82 units although on the inside the components are different than on the unit above:     And now it gets interesting. The next box is also without markings, but I have a feeling it could be a MCL-Beolab kit type 1006/1007 for control of Beomaster 6000 and 8000 with MCL30 and MCL82. I hope someone can verifiy if that is correct? The IR eye is missing. There was also a bunch of MCL and Aux cables: But one of them is a mystery if it is indeed for a B&O product:   One of the connectors is a 6 Pin DIN and the other on is a 5 pin, but with the pins in cross formation. Does anyone know what that could be for?  

Location: Denmark

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Madskp
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Posted January 11, 2025 at 13:07 GMT ? Edited January 11, 2025 at 13:07 GMT
#713292
There are many similarities, but the PCB has some changes to the layout and some component are newer. I seems like the one on the left also has a footprint for the large relay that is on the other one though.   And just while I was at it I also took a photo of the inside of one of the MCL30 boxes. Looks even newer component wise than the 2 MCL82 boxes:  

Location: Denmark

Guy
Guy
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Posted January 11, 2025 at 21:01 GMT
#713295

Location: Warwickshire, UK

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Madskp
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Posted January 13, 2025 at 17:24 GMT

Location: Denmark

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Glitch
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Posted January 13, 2025 at 18:12 GMT ? Edited January 13, 2025 at 18:13 GMT
I got this as a part of a bundle of other B&O stuff. I hadn't given it much thought until I saw this thread. It appears to be unused since the display still has the protective film attached. I don't think the original owner knew what it was for and I'm not that much different. Anyway, here is a picture of the circuit board in the off chance that it is useful to you. Is this useful for hooking up to anything other than the equipment listed on the diagram? Glitch
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Madskp
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Posted January 13, 2025 at 18:32 GMT
#713326
it can also be used with a Beomaster 8000, but aperently some modification of the link boxes are needed and also the MCL-Beolab kit type 1006. So not that versatile as the newer Beolink 1000 compatible MCL and ML link systems.    
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Glitch
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Posted January 13, 2025 at 23:45 GMT ? Edited January 14, 2025 at 00:06 GMT
I hope that I'm not hijacking your thread. If so, I'll "cease and desist" and maybe start a new thread. I was vaguely aware of the ability of using the MCL82-2041 with the Beomaster 8000, and also the Beomaster 6000 of the same era. The functionality gained for these additional devices seems minimal. My (likely incomplete) understanding is that it just supports a subset of the remote commands that are relayed via a IR->wired->IR chain. The documentation that I've found isn't exactly clear and concise. I've found this old thread, https://archivedforum2.beoworld.org/forums/p/14327/126573.aspx which answers some questions.
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Madskp
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Posted January 14, 2025 at 08:59 GMT ? Edited January 14, 2025 at 08:59 GMT
https://archivedforum2.beoworld.org/forums/p/14327/126573.aspx which answers some questions.
I have also looked into that thread and there seems to be some confusion which I can understand as the document about the code converter not is 100% clear in relation to product names and numbers.
Hope this makes sense. I might try to hook up a MCL82 link room unit and the MCL-Beolab kit with a LED connected to see if remote commands are passed through to the LED.        

Location: Denmark

MA
Madskp
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Posted January 14, 2025 at 14:25 GMT ? Edited January 14, 2025 at 14:25 GMT
#713336
Just did a wire up of a MCL82 box with IR tranceiver and the MCL-Beolab kit. I set the jumper in the MCL-Beolab kit to 8V as the other option of 5V did not give enough power to the MCL82, so also the role of the MCL-Beolab kit is to power the MCL network. As I only have a Terminal 5000 remote i set the switches in the MCL82 to Beomaster 5000 So what I can do is to activate the speaker relay in the MCL82 box with the speaker button on the tranceiver so the relay part is working. With the remote all buttons except mut seems to active the relay to active, and the mute button will turn the relay to inactive. On the MCL-Beolab Kit I can measure that the data signal from the MCL82 is dropping in voltage when a button is pressed, and also on the pins for the IR diode I can see a little drop in voltage when a button is pressed, so it is probably working. I wonder why all button presses except mute makes the speaker realy go active but of course the terminal 5000 remote was not intended for use with the Beolab MCL kit, so with the right data connection to a Beomaster 5000 it might react different. I do not have anymore ideas for testing it right now as I do not have any of the other remote types and/or music systems for this to work with. I still have it wired up so can try to test something if you have any ideas

Location: Denmark

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Glitch
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Posted January 14, 2025 at 17:28 GMT ? Edited January 14, 2025 at 17:30 GMT
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Thanks for the explanations. They make sense to me.
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