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Bang & Olufsen Penta. How do I connect it to other systems? Ep.11
How to connect all types of Penta to all types of amplifiers. What suits what amp best and ways to make connections.
This video doesn’t have many frills but answers a question that is quite tricky!
EDITS :
1. You can plug a 2 pin din into the 4 pin din socket. Just set the sensitivity according to your amp.
2. If you have a failed amplifier in the penta you can convert them into Beovox Pentas by removing the amp and use them like a conventional speaker. There are + / - posts hidden under the amp!
This video doesn’t have many frills but answers a question that is quite tricky!
EDITS :
1. You can plug a 2 pin din into the 4 pin din socket. Just set the sensitivity according to your amp.
2. If you have a failed amplifier in the penta you can convert them into Beovox Pentas by removing the amp and use them like a conventional speaker. There are + / - posts hidden under the amp!
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Replacing top mount bushes on a Jaguar XJ-S, similar to x300, xj40 as well as other XJ6 XJ12 Ep.02
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Replacing the top mounts on a Jaguar XJS, similar procedure to other jaguars so may be relevant to you!
We bought two Jaguar XJ-S “ex-jay-esses?”. Random parts everywhere, seems okay. Ep.01
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In partnership with ua-cam.com/users/LlewelynTV
Removing Scratches from Bang & Olufsen panel speakers (similar to) Penta. Ep.10
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Removing scratches from the fine brushed stainless on B&O. This technique will work on speakers such as beovox/beolab 3000, 5000 panel speakers as well as pentas. Do not use this technique on a lacquer finish like on some beocenters or on the course stainless on earlier B&O. If unsure please ask below and I can try to advise on what finish you have. If at all possible try an inconspicuous area ...
Gloria the Jaguar x300 XJ6 up and running! Ep.05
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Finally put back together and complete, hopefully a helpful series of videos for anyone planning on taking their head off their aj16!
Bang & Olufsen Beomaster 6000 display repair, applies to 8000 & Beocord 8000, 8002, 8004, 9000 Ep.09
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I repair my Beomaster 6000 display, a similar process can be applied to other units such as the Beomaster 8000 and beocords of the same vintage (8000, 8002, 8004, 9000) A special thanks to Rudy from Beolover for his tutorial online which aided me in this repair and the making of this video. beolover.weebly.com/displays1.html #b&o #bangandolufsen #repair #electronics
Bang & Olufsen Penta. No more foam new rubber surrounds! Ep.08
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Guide on how to refoam penta speakers. #bangandolufsen #beolab #speakers #hifi
Jaguar X300 XJ6 AJ16 head rebuild and gasket part 2 Ep.04
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I finally make some progress on the Jaguar. Parts are disappearing off the floor and out the boot and going back into the engine bay. #jaguar #engine #classiccars #mechanic
Bang & Olufsen Penta repair and review. Ep.07
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A video showing the construction of the beolab penta, some advice on how to transport them and how to disassemble. Some guidance on the different models and how the penta sounds. #bangandolufsen #hifi #hifireview #speaker #repair
Bang & Olufsen CD players (beogram) a short history. Which CD player do you prefer? Ep.06
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A video to help maybe help someone decide on which (If any) B&O CD player would be best for them. Obviously a little bit dry but… I like CD players… maybe you do to? Who knows. 🤔.
Jaguar X300 XJ6 AJ16 head rebuild and gasket part 1 Ep.03
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Part one of rebuilding my head on the x300. Installing the cams and getting the prep done to install the head. Hopefully these two videos may come in handy for someone else doing the same job someday :) #jaguar #engine #classiccars #mechanic
Cheap quick fix rust repair Jaguar XJ6 Ep.02
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This looks like a how to guide… 🤔… and I guess it kind of is. However you should treat it as a guide and take some further advice from people who actually know what they’re doing especially if your cars worth something. However if you’re totally new to this and you’re working on a project car that you don’t want to sink a lot of cash into… this may be for you. I did have some success with this ...
Gloria the Jaguar x300, it’s not good… sad news. Ep.01
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My Jaguar x300 needs a touch of TLC. Introduction into the project here… #jaguar #engine #classiccars #mechanic
Beogram 8000/8002/6006 tachodisc replacement/service position guide. B&O Ep.05
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I put my Beogram 8000 into service position and swap the tachodisc. Not a hugely exciting watch unless you’re looking at doing this yourself and are not sure how it’s done or maybe you’re one of the people who enjoyed James Mays the reassembler and enjoy seeing inside items without actually taking something apart yourself. Check out beoparts.com and beoworld.com for more info on where to get on...
Beosound Century / 2000 CD laser repair and review / thoughts B&O Ep.04
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I fix a beosound century 2000 that I’ve found locally for sale. Not a lot of technical specs in here I would recommend looking at beocentral for more detailed specifications and information on the unit. Hopefully this video is useful for someone looking at replacing the laser themselves on their unit. The laser is a CDM12.4 in this particular model (it’s quite a late one) but they did change th...
Beolab 6000s. Good or Bad? 🤔🤔 B&O Ep.03
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Beolab 6000s. Good or Bad? 🤔🤔 B&O Ep.03
Beocenter 9000/8500/9500/9300 overview. B&O Ep.02
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Beocenter 9000/8500/9500/9300 overview. B&O Ep.02
Beomaster 8000 overview. (Bang & Olufsen, Beomaster 8000, MS150, Beocord and beogram. B&O Ep.01
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Beomaster 8000 overview. (Bang & Olufsen, Beomaster 8000, MS150, Beocord and beogram. B&O Ep.01
Thank you!! That was extremely helpful as I tackle my ‘96 VDP. 😎👍
Haaa! Found you! You buggahs can’t hide! Time to update some vids maybe? Lol. Need some vids of you guys rockin out too. Cheers
@@gsmith207 back with my old XJ! Maybe we will drag her out the barn and sort her out again next year.
It's easy.
If you don't have the master control unit you can't control the array of possibilities with the 5500.
@@michaelc821 indeed, you can only play skip eject and turn off…!
@@chrisbaker121924 I have a master remote control, it does everything. It's designed to be used with that remote.
Thank you. I have been totally bamboozled by the fact that my beomaster 3500 has a combination of 4 and 5 connection apertures for the speaker terminals, instead of just the normal 2 for the double din speaker connection that I am familiar with. I love the sound that Bang Olufsen units produce but as time goes on I am becoming increasingly aware how quirky their equipment is (that is unless you are a B&O technician or very technically minded haha).
i Have both the CDx and the CD50 ..both were restored ..new caps etc .The CD50 is better ..yoy can hear things that the CDx cant reproduce ..I think it has better DACS
@@ladronsiman1471 I agree, I think the CD50 sounds amazing!
You forgot the 8000 in that row!
@@leslienelwan how could I forget the beocenter 8000! Well as you know they’re basically the same as a 8500 sans mic input if I remember correctly! Plus the panels look slightly darker grey than a 8500…
Too be able to use the Penta with its amplifier one need to understand how that works, and it is not strait forward. There is two transformers in the amp, one for st. by, and the other is to power the amp itself, keep that in mind, you need to turn on the amps power transformer. One way is by using the PowerLink and set the selector switch to "Link" then the amp will turn on and off when the PowerLink signals it to do so. Next way is with the selector switch set to "Auto", then there is a few ways to turn the thing on, one is a audio signal on the line input (do not always work that great) another way is to connect an other amplifiers output to the "Speaker" input, it is important that it is a low impedance output that you connect to the speaker input because the Penta amp sense the low impedance and will only turn on if a low impedance is present on the speaker input, but this function had be redesigned a few times and it works better or worse depending on the model you got and there is to my knowledge no way to determinate what version of this input sense circuit you got with open the thing and check it up against the schematics. It is also worth to remember that you can only use one input in auto mode at the time, do not connect anything to the other input at all when using line/speaker input. There have been many problems with these line/speaker inputs, unwanted noise, strange turn on/off with any reason and a lot of customers that simply do not understand how to use it because it is not as easy as B&O claims.
@@K2teknik. I agree. I rarely have good success with line input. It kinda works but it’s not as good!
I do think you should upgrade you sideboard for the 8000 system . it really needs a danish modern Brazilian rosewood sideboard . this one really doesn't do it justice
@@justinlinnane8043 I disagree, it has excellent storage and is period correct. Beaver and Tappley make very sturdy furniture. All solid teak.
@@chrisbaker121924 thought it was something like that . Wrong in almost every way for a vintage B&O system But hey if you're happy with mediocrity? fine
@@justinlinnane8043 what is wrong about it? What would you recommend. To be honest I don’t find the B&O factory furniture all that good.
I have a pair of Penta’s and love em. Connected to Beocentre 9500
I have beomaster 5000 series beomaster and beogram with aluminum + plastic looking top surface. Can I grind them?
@@youn9suk283 they’re usually coated so I would say no… unless you want to remove all the coating/lacquer.
Dont you have a manual?
They were certainly not the first decks to use Dolby Noise Reduction. But B&O did invent the HX-Pro system and the Beocord 8000 was probably the first deck to be equipped with it.
Here in the USA, these components are much more difficult to find. Would love to find a pair of MS150, but that’s probably not happening.
@@SinnerSince1962 they’re not easy to find in the UK either tbh! They’re a great speaker :)
Hi great video. You are spot on with what you said! Can you please tell me the name or do you have a link for the sticky back foam. Thx
i’ve JUST considered which cd to choose to complement beosystem 6000/8000. thanks. also, just brought home a beocord 8000 to start building my system
@@anatolbaskak awesome! Yeah it’s hard to choose, really with such an already large system it depends on what fits best in the space!
@@chrisbaker121924 the space is not a problem, however i just bought the jarmans’ „bang & olufsen” guide and learned about the remote control issue
@@chrisbaker121924 but perhaps best space saver would be a 5000 series cd player mounted underneath
@@anatolbaskak quite possibly! It happens that my unit has a draw which works quite well for the CDX. Depends on what your unit is like really. Most situations a rack kind of CD player will work best.
@@chrisbaker121924 thanks!
Where can you find the aux input?
7 pin din socket round the back :)! Need a 7 pin to mini jack.
@@chrisbaker121924 Thank you! 😊
just got a 6500 what cord do I need to convert the 7 pin factory cord to orca plug. Thanks!
I’m not sure what an orca plug is. Might be best to get a 7 pin din to RCA and then another connector RCA to Orca
I have an issue going on with getting my Penta speakers to show the display. Before they didn't work at all I used to have to crank the volume up very loud then cut it back sometimes teasing it a second and third time but then once the receiver seemed to work out for maybe the amplifiers did themselves it worked fine. Is that a receiver issue a pin cable issue or speaker issue? How do I get to the bottom of this? The best they sound for me is through the four or eight pin connections. That also turns the displays on and the speakers on and off now the speaker's run all the time with the speaker inputs on them.
When I moved from San Diego with my pentas back to Connecticut then to Massachusetts I just stood them up and wrap them with blankets and made sure they were ratcheted to the body of the moving truck. The one trip from San Diego I had my own cargo cutaway van that I could easily stand these things up inside. Thankfully all the shocks from the roadway didn't do any damage to them on the long trip.. but with all the crap I was carrying it was pretty loaded down and was pretty soft of a ride.
These things get so loud you'll lose your mind.. standing too close to them the further you get away from them the better they sound. And they can even drown out a phone call on volume 2 its lowest volume and I think it tops off at 50 or 60. Anything around 50 is where you start losing your mind..
There's a huge difference in Penta sound and response using a speaker cable next to their data cable. And it must be connected to a bang & Olufsen receiver.
Yes if you want data to work it must be connected to a B&O receiver of similar era Not sure what you mean by the speaker cable being next to the data cable. They’re all sent down one 8 core cable.
@@chrisbaker121924 my Panthers have the 8:10 and then an option to do speakers which is a 3 or 4 pin the nice thing about the eight-pin cable is you can hook one speaker to the other. Opposed to having them both hooked up to the receiver. Absolutely love these speakers.. but I am having a little bit of an issue with the data. I have to turn the volume way up in order to get the speakers to come on and now it doesn't work at all. So I'm running the speaker cables positive negative from the back of the 6500 receiver to the speakers. I also have a 5500 receiver and CD player. And the remote that goes to that the volume wheel doesn't work. So I usually use remote for the 9000 CD changer. Something I dream of..
I believe I bought the last pair of pentas sold in the United States from San Diego in 1998 or 1999. It was a Mark III Penta built-in 1989. Still listen to them almost all the time. Pink Floyd songs so incredible it's like listening to them for the first time. When you hear it through the speakers connected through B&O cables into the receiver..
Thank you so much
Hi mate I have lost all base on my left side Penta can it be fixed please? They are the passive speakers
I would imagine the problem is within your crossover. It can definitely be fixed! I would check for any dry joints in the crossover or loose connections.
how do they compare to beolab4000
Having heard both (though not at the same time) the 4000s imo are a better all round speaker. Seem to have a little more low end.
Any of them have digital connectivity? Is it possible to upgrade the 14 bit, or single converter systems to 16 bit etc?
I believe the CD5500-7000 have S/PDIF As for the second part I guess anything in theory is possible… but why you would want to is beyond me 😅, enjoy them for what they are. The CD50 is a single converter, but it switches between the channels to be stereo. The 14 bit CDX is part of its charm. They all sound decent but if that kinda thing is your bag then probably something more modern is probably going to suit you better I would guess!
@@chrisbaker121924 Thanks for the response. Shame the top loaders don't have S/PDIF, I love their aesthetic as well as ease of repair and play any size disc. And no stuck discs inside. I'd have liked to keep a purely digital connection going. I'm going to guess the one with a single decoder is a Sony based system, as the 101 did that trick, unless other players did it. Funny how back in the day, no matter the brand, it was either a Sony, or a swinging laser Philips inside every player. In the 1990s Tascam DAT machines were rebranded by Pioneer and Fostex, just with different colours and connectivity out the back.
@@jameslaidler2152 nope the single decoder is a Awia unit. The 14 bit is a Philips 101 I believe! The more modern players are B&O ground up designs but use a CDM4 laser. They have a digital out in the form of S/PDIF.
@@chrisbaker121924 Guess Aiwa was copying Sony then, if not directly, at least in cost cutting philosophy, as their first player, the 101 did that exact thing. Funny how today we can go to Mouser and pay $14 for a Texas Instuments Burr Brown DAC chip which can handle 192 Kilohertz sampling rate etc, when back then a single 16 bit chip cost a fortune to make.
@@chrisbaker121924 Guess Aiwa copied Sony's idea, as their first player, their 101, did the same thing. Funny how Philips also later used Sony's tracking system too.
hi , only you can help me because you know the mk3s like the back of your hand, basically I sent the midrange panels to a specialized center to renew the suspensions, unfortunately when I removed them I didn't catalog the wires with the various colors, I was wondering if you could give me a hand. Greetings from Italy
The colours should be the same as mine. What I would say is the wires kind of have a memory so you’ll have limited options for where they can go. In terms of… where they’ll reach and where they naturally want to sit. The colours should be the same as my video on refoaming the midranges.
thanks a lot I'll try
100% confirm this is not really portable. For the unit it weighs a tonne. Had mine for over 20 years, and its still going strong. I love it.
Yeah it’s portable in a “maybe move it room to room somewhat occasionally” kind of way. Rather than take it to a picnic kind of way.
I see that each Penta is 150 watts and the amplifier that connects them is 100 watts per channel. Would it affect?
No a 100watt amp powering it is fine. Your speakers are fine unless you hear distortion. Thats what burns them out rather than an arbitrary number.
I decided to eliminate the amplifier that they come with at the bottom and connect them directly to a Sansui amplifier of 100 watts per channel... would it affect the Penta in any way?
They’ll be very happy connected to that. I bet they sound good! Just listen for distortion as now of course the protection system isn’t there.
Now I plan to eliminate the amplifier that it comes with and connect directly to a Sansui amplifier that has 4 100 watt outputs.
My penta speakers are 150 watts and the amplifier it comes with is 300 watts... how is that possible??...
One question... I want to eliminate the amplifier and I'm seeing that on the bottom part of the speakers it says 150 watts and on the part of the amplifier it says 300 watts....
The 150 watt is the DIN norm output effect, the 300 watt is the so-called music effect.
interessantes video...
will it work for Beolab 6000?
No because they are coated/lacquered. You could strip the entire coating… and re lacquer… or if they’re really bad wrap them in a new colour!
I'm so glad your bolts came out nicely. Watching the water rail pipe come off brought back my PTSD. I broke 3 bolts due to the coolant leaking past the gaskets and corroding away the base of the threads. I have an 89. Took me two weeks of multiple attempts from breaking an Easyout, then breaking a carbide drill bit into the Esyout🤦♂( my anxiety went through the shed roof at this point), welding 16 nuts and using tinfoil as a spark shield. Then one time catching the engine on fire from the oil and grease built up ! Eventually I had a win but had to insert a Heli coil and carefully torque up new bolts and made my own gaskets. I replaced all the hoses and to prevent any issues in the future I now run evens waterless coolant and converted the cooling system to a breathable non pressured system. Car drives beautifully. As for the double gasket, some came out with a plastic spacer so they ran with two gaskets. I think it was to extend the manifold distance for helping with better torque.
Tbf I was amazed how well the whole thing came apart and went back together. Wouldn’t have believed it was an engine with 140k miles on it. Looked brand new inside! Glad it got sorted! Sometimes these things are nightmare.
explain for me power link 1 power link 2 ,speaker link what doing ? for me clip video, i am from Vien nam
very good
looking forward to your mail
guide connect penta then display of speaker penta
what doing video and audio ?
what doing power link 1 or power link 2 ?
guide to connect with penta bang olufsen what doing?
Check out my other videos. One there!
help me
you help connections penta 1,2,3
Can you put a Bluetooth adapter into this ?
Of course, just use an 5 pin din aux to mini jack cable and put in a Bluetooth receiver of your choice.
@chrisbaker121924 thanks brother 👍
My tape doesn’t work. When I push TAPE, the HEAD didn’t move up. How can I fix it?
It’s probably a bad cap or poorly lubricated, they gather dust in these mechs.
Beautiful system.. considering making a similar journey. Might you know if it is easy to connect a computer system (a Mac) into the Amplifier the be able to utilize modern apps such as tidal?
Vi got a cd50 then a cd 6500, this one is a true jewel in term of sound and reliability