One Remote BEE2, beeLINK2 User Manual

User guide, English

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Beo4/ Beo5 Translation table.

Daily operations

Playback operations

OO OK/ enter

W*1 Functions

R*1 Display

Q*1 Top Menu

E*1 Return

m Menu
e Exit
Oe Option

*1
As the direct function of the coloured function
buttons has been assigned to other functions,

these have to be preceded with a o to

retrieve the actual coloured function.

oQ Green function
oW Yellow function
oE Red function
oR Blue function

o Play press 1 sec.
q Stop
oq Pause

oAS Search
oDD Next/ prev

Other operations

o1 Status
o2 Pop Up Menu
o 4 Remaster
o 6 PIP
o7 Audio
o8 Secondary audio
o9 Open

Special/ alternative operations

o 0 Play
o 5 Setup

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Congratulations

The beeLINK2 controller from www.oneremote.dk can fully
operate your device using your Bang & Olufsen remote con­trol terminal, via a beeLINK system bus.

Beo4 or Beo5 remote controls can be used. Beolink 1000 can
be used with reduced functionality. This guide explains how.

This beeLINK2 controller is ready for use, plug & play. See
the opposite page regarding daily operation.

Some operations can be altered, to improve interaction with
other controllers or to your convenience. Refer to the installa­tion section further on, if changes are needed.

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List of Contents

Beo4/ Beo5 Translation table ........................ page 2

beeLINK basics .............................................. page 5

beeLINK2 installation .................................... page 6

beeLINK2 connections .................................. page 8

Operation with OneRemote - OneRemote environment page 9

Beolink 1000 .................................................. page 10

Option programming ...................................... page 11

Programme zapping option ............................ page 11

Menu button option ........................................ page 11

Power off option ............................................ page 12

beeLINK2 active option ................................. page 13

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beeLINK basics

The IR data emitted from a Bang & Olufsen remote control, is captured with a IR­receiver. If there is already one IR-receiver in the room, this can also be used to feed
the BeeLINK bus. Normally there is no need for two IR receivers in the same room.

Data received by the IR-receiver is fed to a OneRemote Link Amplifier with built-in
power supply and 5 outputs for beeLINK devices.

If there is more than 5 beeLINK devices in the setup, splitters can be added.

The BeeLINK bus distributes the IR-data, received with the attached IR-receiver from
a Beolink 1000, Beo4 or Beo5 to any number of beeLINK controllers. It also supplies
the attached controllers with power.

The cable used between the link amplifier and the controllers is simple CAT5 type ca­ble with RJ45 plugs. This type of cable is inexpensive and a standard cable that any
installer are familiar with. Also it is well suited for data transmission. Finally many
modern house installations use the same connectors, making installation even easier.

Note !

A BeeLINK bus must ONLY be connected to other beeLINK components.

If connected to LAN or other systems, there is a great risk to damage these systems.

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The BeeLINK bus is a parallel bus type. Passive splitters therefore can be used, to
make a network of any shape. If many controllers or very long cables are used, it might
be necessary to add more power supplies.

Using this parallel structure each beeLINK controller receives the IR-data simultane­ously. Every controller has its own microcomputer, living its own life.

Although some of the controllers can ‘talk’ to each other, most controllers operate fully

on their own.

beeLINK2 installation

The beeLINK2 controller gets its power supply and control data, via the CAT5 cable
from a beeLINK amplifier. The beeBus.

Once connected to the beeBUS the beeLINK2 controller only needs an IR-emitter to
operate the device it has been designed for. The IR-emitter emits the same IR data as
the device’s own remote control.

Emitted IR data is in fact pure light at a frequency just out of the spectrum that the human eye is able to see.

It emits short flashes of light, a bit like when sending Morse codes using a flashlight.

The emitter must be stuck on the device, nearby the De­vices IR-receiver. It must be placed so the IR receiver in
the device is able to see the emitted light from the IR­emitter.

The beeLINK2 controller can be placed by the device or
in another room. IR emitters are available in lengths of 1,
5 and 10 meters. Additional extension cords can be used.
An IR-emitter can be extended to more than 50 meters.

The IR-emitter can be placed inside the device, if you want to avoid having it on the
outside, as long as the IR-receiver is able to see the light from the emitter. This requires
that the device is opened and the emitter is placed inside.

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A beeBUS CAT5 cable may exceed more than 75 meters without additional amplifiers.

Some beeLINK2 controllers requires not only a IR-emitter, to operate a device. If the

device is not able to power on and off via separate commands, the beeLINK controller

needs to measure the power status of the device.

This is done using special IR-emitters that either measures the status signal on a TV-

scart output or the presence of a video signal.

OneRemote 81108180 IR-emitter cable.
Measures the DC-status on a Scart TV-output.

OneRemote 31108182 IR-emitter cable.
Measures the presence of a video output signal.

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beeLINK2 connections.

The IR/ sense socket is output for the IR-emitter that sends IR to the device to be oper­ated. In some cases this socket is also used for sensing purposes. Sometimes the Bee­LINK2 controller needs to know if the device is powered up or not.

In some cases this socket is used for other serial communications like RS-232 instead
of IR control.

Prog switch is a push button that must be activated to initiate a programming se­quence, as described in the option programming chapters.

Do not use socket is for firmware updating of the controller, and connection to special
adapters. If used for anything else, the controller will be damaged.

LED indicates different operating states:

Red-green flash: No data has been received since power has been applied
Red flash: The controller is in option programming mode.
Red: The controller is active.
Green: The controller is inactive.
Short off: When the controller sends data, the LED turns off 1 sec.

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Operating with OneRemote - OneRemote environment.

To be able to operate the device optimal with the Beo4 the user has to be familiar with
operations with the original remote control as described in the device’s user manual.

The beo4 remote control is not equipped with as many keys as most other brands are

using. We have designed a ‘layout’ that works logically, even when shifting between

different OneRemote operated devices. To get a common layout for many devices, we
therefore needed to redefine a few of the beo4 buttons to other functions:

Coloured function buttons.

To make room for easy access to more important functions, we have moved the col-

oured buttons, to a lower layer. To send a ‘color’ command from the device’s original

RCU, a O must be pressed before the coloured button.

This way we are able to assign other functions to the coloured buttons in direct mode.
In a OneRemote environment the coloured buttons are assigned to these operations:

Programme stepping, up/ down manoeuvring in menus.

Most set top boxes or TV’s has 4 arrow buttons for moving up, down, left and right in

on screen menus. In addition they have separate programme stepping buttons for zap­ping through programmes. B&O remote controls does not have separate buttons for
programme zapping. We therefore have chosen the blue and the yellow buttons to func­tion as programme stepping buttons, in direct mode. The four up, down, left and right
buttons have been assigned for manoeuvring in on screen menus, in our basic setup. It
is possible to use the up and down arrow for programme stepping, refer to the option
section, page 6.

Go or Record shifted operation.

Some of the buttons has 2 or three functions. To get to these they have to be preceded
with O or r. The buttons that has been assigned secondary functions on this
controller can be seen in the operating table on page 2.

Q

Guide, EPG or similar.

E

Back, Backup, Return or similar.

W

R

Programme zapping. P+/ P- ,
Channel up/ down or CH+/ CH-.

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Beolink 1000 and Beo4/ Beo5.

Beolink 1000 and other early Bang & Olufsen remote controls are not equipped with
the coloured function buttons that have been added to Beo4 and Beo5. The lack of
these buttons makes it difficult to make a good layout, transparent for controlling dif­ferent devices. Some operations therefore might be less logical or in some cases not
available, when using older remote controls in a beeLINK setup.

Some buttons on the Beolink 1000 remote controls, do actually send the same com­mands as differently named buttons on a Beo4/ Beo5. Other buttons simply has been
renamed, but still sends the same commands.

Beolink 1000 Compares to Beo4/ Beo5

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hZ Q
hX W
hC R
hV E

o P

v T
h v VTAPE2 /VMEM2 /DVD2

s f
h s d / CDV
h t a

y b
h y AMEM2

For compatibility with older remote controls, a typical OneRemote layout uses the fol­lowing buttons:

Beolink 1000 Typical BeeLINK use

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g Back, Backup e.t.c.
p g EPG, Guide e.t.c.
x EXIT.
p5 Menu.
p9 Manual power.

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Option programming

This controller has no programmable options.

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Power off option.

Most beeLINK controlled devices will automatically power on, when they are selected.
But it is not always practical if a device automatically powers off, when another source is
selected or the TV is turned off.

An example could be a Satellite receiver that is being used in more than one room. If a
user in a linkroom is watching programmes from the receiver, it is not practical that the
receiver automatically powers off, when the user in the main room turns off the TV or
selects another source. If a recorder has been timed to record from the receiver, it would
also be a problem if the system automatically powers off the receiver.

Many devices use so much time running a booting sequence that you might want them
to never power off, for this reason only.

The PowerOff option makes you select different ways to power off a device. This device
has following PowerOff options available:

Option Function

031 Power off using the w button. Press shortly.
032 Power off using the w button. Press 2 seconds for global standby.
033 Power off disabled. Use manual power button O9 to power off the

device.

An option programming sequence is initiated by pressing the little red switch on the BeeLINK2
controller, until its LED starts flashing. Hereafter the 3 digit option code must be entered with the
B&O remote control.

Tip.
In a setup with a TV, this should be set with option 031. Some or all set top boxes should be set
with option 032. When the user turns off the TV off after a session, a short press on standby will
turn off the TV only, and a long press on standby will turn of all of the set top boxes as well.

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beeLINK2 active option.

As all controllers on the beeLINK bus are receiving all the IR-data simultaneously,
every controller must know when to go active and when to go inactive.

Sometimes two or more controllers are active at the same time. A beeLINK2 controller
is used to operate a TV, a satellite receiver, a DVD-player, a projector or similar de­vices.

Each controller is specifically made for one device.

From factory a beeLINK2 controller is set to go active on a source button like t ,

d or other source buttons. The controller must be programmed to go active on an-

other source by setting the Active option.

The beeLINK2 controller needs to know when you want it to go active. You need to
program it with the appropriate Active option.

An option programming sequence is initiated by pressing the little

red switch on the beeLINK2 controller, until its LED starts flashing.

Then the 3 digit option code must be entered with the B&O remote control.

Option Function

f 0r f turns on the receiver.

f 1r f + 1 turns on the receiver.

f 2r f + 2 turns on the receiver.

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Up to 10 devices can be controlled this way, for each source. This is useful when
you have more than one device of the same type or simply run out of source
buttons.

When the beeLINK2 controller goes active, its LED will turn red to indicate this. When
another source is selected, the controller will go inactive and the LED turn green.

As a controller goes active, it will usually turn on the device, if it is not already turned
on.

If the HDMI switch in the example is a beeLINK operated type,

it will automatically switch to the last chosen source.

Setup with 3 receivers and a PS3
playstation, attached to both a TV
and a projector.

An example of operation could be:

t1 Operate projector
t2 Operate TV

f1 Operate DVB-S
f2 Operate DVB-T
T Operate DVB-C

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