Beosystem 4500 option settings

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Recently got a Beomaster 4500 and is trying some things. When I tried to enter option settings to option 2 I noticed that it displays OPT 2.5 This made me a little curious as I have only seen that notation of option settings on the MCL2AV before. Looking at the user manual for Beosystem 4500 I found some interesting stuff about both an option 3 to use if an other MCL unit is placed close to the Beosystem 4500 and option 4 (for the Beosystem) if it is placed in the same room as a MCL2 unit.   I am not sure what option 3 does if it will lower the IR sensetivity or what? Or has it something to do with 2 way communication? Option 4 is normaly used to put a unit in a mode where it only responds to Link + command. But this isn't mentioned in the user manual. Trying to set the BM4500 option 4 it responds to normal commands, so also here I am a little confused. Option 5 and 6 apperently indicates if it is a Master or a slave in a MCL 2  system. However the manual mention that option 6 is for future use and must not be selected. I wonder how the BM4500 should be able to work as a slave in a MCL2 system connection wise as it does not have the MCL input as the MCL2AV has? It sees wierd to be mentioned in the manual if the product is not hardware wise ready for it. Any insights are welcome. I will of course try to dive a little deeper in to this rabbit hole  

Location: Denmark

I currently operate a BM 4500 with sw 2.2. It is a 2-way terminal and I can set it to options 0, 1, 2, 3 and 4. In Option 3 it reacts to the remote. I cannot remember what it is for, it is not mentioned in the option setting list. Maybe I can find something in my archive. You may check the sw version of your BM. Talking about options 5 and 6, those were only available in earlier 1-way versions. 1-way function only had been included in the BM 4500 with a sw version below 2.1.  

Location: Germany

My B&O Icons:

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The inputs and the output are switching places whereas the data and the ground pins all connects to the corrosponding pins on the other connector I used a Beocenter 9300 as the Master unit (set to option 1) and the Beomaster 4500 as the slave unit (set to option 1.6). A picture of the setup And it works :-). I can control the radio channels on the BC9300 from the BM4500 when I use Link + commands. Next up I wonder how it will work if MCL2 link rooms are connected to the speaker 2 connectors on the BM4500. I guess there must be some kind of limiting factor somewhere since B&O says that option 6 must no be used.  

Location: Denmark

So to conclude, MCL link rooms can not be extended from the BM4500 while in slave/link room mode.  

Location: Denmark

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