Beosound 1 (CD version) data link???

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As mentioned in this post in another thread  However there is no official indication that this Beosound should have any link capabilities, and also the specifications in the start of the service manual says that pin 6 and 7 are not used. My parents has this model of Beosound 1, so I have been able to do some minor testing to look into this. I have tried connecting a Beocord 3500 tape player and tried activating it with A.MEM which also activates the AUX connection on the Beosound 1, but no reaction from the Beocord. Just to see if the pins are even connected I tried to do a voltage measurement with a multimeter on pin 6 and 7 with pin 2 as ground. Pin 6 is reading 5.1V both in standby and when activating A.MEM. I am not seeing any fluctuations in voltage as I would on a datalink pin when a command is sent. Pin 7 Is reading 0V both in standby and when activating A.MEM, and also no fluctuations in voltage when a command is sent. I can’t really figure out if this has any potential use, or if it is just a function that was developed in hardware that newer got Into use in the final product. In terms of link room capabilities it is indeed only possible to set it in option 0 and 1. Any thoughts if this is just a dead end or something to pursue?

Location: Denmark

Strange that the data connections are shown in the service manual.  Perhaps they are disconnected internally and/or the software was never made compatible. If I get a chance this week I will connect my OneRemote radio to my BS1 aux and do some further tests using my adaptor to switch data between the two pins, plus trying the OneRemote in 'AAL' mode as if connected to a BL1611 (I don't think that I tried that before).

Location: Warwickshire, UK

My B&O Icons:

BeoCenter-9500.png BeoCenter-9500.png
Beoremote-Beo4.png Beoremote-Beo4.png
Beovision-10.png Beovision-10.png
Beotime.png Beotime.png
Beosound.png Beosound.png
Beosound-Explore.png Beosound-Explore.png
Beosound-Essence.png Beosound-Essence.png
Beoplay-P2.png Beoplay-P2.png
Beoplay-M3.png Beoplay-M3.png
Beoplay-H4.png Beoplay-H4.png
Beoplay-H3.png Beoplay-H3.png
Beoplay-Form-2i.png Beoplay-Form-2i.png
Beoplay-Earset.png Beoplay-Earset.png
Beoplay-A2.png Beoplay-A2.png
You can see something similar in the BS9000 service manual. On the connector board those pins are labeled with "data" but if you follow the path they are then marked with N.C. (not connected). Interesting that they actually routed it to the MCU on BS1. What confuses me a bit is that they are marked with "IN" and "OUT". Datalink is bi-directional / half-duplex. So there are no separate signals for in/out. Could also be that it's an undocumented service port. I have no BS1 unfortunately but you could hook up an oscilloscope to see if there is being some data transmitted.
Just remembered that the Beosound Century that also does not have datalink. It has the connections in the DIN connector for PIN 6 and 7 are wired like this: G31 ends at a pin on the MCU called TEST. Could it be that the Beosound 1 had a similar circiut?

Location: Denmark

It's not entirely clear to me. Is the BS9000 data pin functional or not?