This comprises a control box, an IR receiver and a mains lead.
This allowed the connection of active BeoLab speakers which would then have independent control of volume and tone settings. Both audio and video sources could be selected and there was also the option of using the Beolink receiver to enable the Timer, alter the volume and enable play or initiate Stand By.
Very rare deck produced for the Dutch and UK market in place of the Thorens based Beogram 3000 and also designed to partner the Beolab 5000 range, this deck was actually made by Acoustical of Holland.
In 1967, B&O found themselves with a world leading Hi-Fi system in the Beolab 5000 but no suitable source for the reproduction of LPs. In a move now commonplace, they simply outsourced and used the motor unit of the Thorens TD124 Mk II – probably the best available to them at this time. They added their own ST/L arm and re-christened it the Beogram 3000.
This deck was sold in those areas allowed by Thorens which initially did not include the UK. A different model was supplied there.Highly sought after by collectors now despite really having little to do with B&O! Some even dispensed with the B&O arm and use an SME tone-arm.
These days the Beogram 3000 Thorens is a sought after model, offering probably the best performance of any Beogram. Because it is basically a Thorens deck, parts are readily available in re manufactured form.
The standard arm was the ST/L but a few were fitted with the rare ST/P arm. This was a 12″ arm but used the earlier SP2 cartridge rather than the SP8 which was fitted to the ST/L when used in the Beogram 3000.
The lid fitted was a lift off device and was high to clear the lift mechanism of the arm.
Beogram 3000 was a specially designed tangential record deck with a lightweight tone arm featuring the patented suspension system – Optimum Pivot Point – which prevented internal vibrations from interfering with sound reproductions.
Beogram 3000 was a specially designed tangential record deck with a lightweight tone arm featuring the patented suspension system – Optimum Pivot Point – which prevented internal vibrations from interfering with sound reproductions.
Beogram 3000 had an MMC 4 pick up for optimum sound and minimal record wear. A record sensor automatically record size and with it, the correct speed. The platter reduces static electricity and thereby dust in the grooves, and the pendulum suspension made Beogram 3000 ‘danceproof’. The search system worked both forwards and backwards and the new Active Light system was all automatic, giving you light when you needed it, for searching and changing your records etc.. A repeat function allowed you to play the same record up to 7 times in a row.
Beogram 3000 was designed to be used within Beosystem 3000. Beogram 3000 does not have a built in RIAA amplifier and relies on this being in the receiver used with it. Beomaster 3000 – which this deck was designed to work with – has the RIAA built in as do almost every receiver before this time, including the Beomaster 8000. Later equipment such as the Beomaster 7000 and Beomaster 3500 and Beomaster 4500 transferred the RIAA to the record player as this allowed a longer cable to be fitted to the record player and gave better siting options.
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Master Control Link 30 makes it possible for you to have music all over the house from a BeoSystem 3000
Remote control of all primary functions in the BeoSystem 3000
Can also be used for the BeoSystem 6000
Connection of up to 4 link units
Easily mounted with only one cable
wide range of installation accessories
MCL30 can convey the operation from the terminal 3000.
With a loudspeaker button on the Master Control Link you activate the loudspeakers in the link room, and not you can operate all the functions from the terminal 3000.
There is a wide range of accessories. How and for what they should be used is described in the Master Control Link handbook.
Note that there can be connected 4 link rooms, and that the total length of the cable should not exceed 150 meters.
When connected to BeoMaster 6000, MCL-kit type 1006/1007 should be used as well.
“The device appears as a well-formed cabinet from the front. From the rear, the encapsulation of the picture tube is so well done that the device may be enjoyed from all angles. The stacked-build of the device makes it possible to place it in a corner. Technically it contains many new functions, including the integration of a contrast screen that reduces disturbances from incoming light.”
So wrote The Danish Design Council when presenting their 1986 ID prize for exceptional design to David Lewis and Bang & Olufsen for the Beovision MX 2000. Launched in season 1984/85 as Beovision M20, the basic conceptual elements of the Beovision MX exist virtually unchanged into the 21st century, with 2002’s release of Beovision MX8000.
“Beovision MX2000 gives the impression of lightness and extended freedom of positioning. Now, all of a sudden, the TV could be positioned anywhere – even in the middle of a room”
The MX concept began as Beovision M20 in a modest grey cabinet and without a contrast screen. It sort of heralded what a monitor television by Bang & Olufsen might look like. Basically, a monitor is just a screen with a box around it. In the mid-1980s, the emphasis was on the picture and efforts to achieve a monitor look. The clean screen. Bang & Olufsen elected to make the television slim by placing the loudspeakers below the screen. This broke with the practice of several decades of placing the loudspeakers at the sides of the picture tube.
The latest MX 8000 model incorporates active loudspeakers and the sound has become even better. Previously, and with its Beovision MX 7000, Bang & Olufsen introduced yet another element that, so far, is unique to he company: a motorised base. Now the television turned to face the viewer – not vice versa.
Bang & Olufsen had a lot of difficulty explaining Bang & Olufsen’s picture quality, which comprises many individual factors that have been optimised over the years. In 1985 – 86, the decision was made to combine everything that came under the term “picture quality” into a single concept – VisionClear. MX2000 was born out of the ideas for the M20 and was further equipped with VisionClear, including a contrast screen. The MX family became extremely popular and remains so (it is still being produced and sold). Designer David Lewis created a cabinet that fitted around the back of the picture tube, thereby achieving the purely psychological effect of making the picture tube appear smaller than it actually is. Beovision MX 2000 gave the impression of lightness and extended freedom of positioning. Now, all of a sudden, the TV could be positioned anywhere – even in the middle of the room.
Bang & Olufsen’s first television in the the US market was a variant, Beovision MX 5000 US. But, because of sales factors and market conditions at the time, it was not a great success.
Big sound
In 1984, TV sound was produced by passive log-line loudspeakers, producing either stereo or mono sound. Whether coming from a television programme or VHS, Betamax or Video 2000 VCR, it was only experienced as coming from the TV itself. Today, multi-channel surround sound systems provide enveloping sonic experiences in the home. Back then the user listened to two 7-watt speakers in the TV itself. Today six powerful active speakers are becoming more and more popular.
In 2002, important dialogue emerges from the powerful active loudspeakers which, following the original MX design, are sill located directly below the screen.
Both Beovision LE 6000 and ME 6000 were equipped with Black Line picture tubes, which made the picture sharper. A toned-contrast screen in front of the tube enhanced the contrast level, making the picture more pleasant to watch. And Bang & Olufsen’s Colour Transient Improvement improved the sharpness of colour transitions, which eliminated irritating shadows. The powerful loudspeakers – under the screen on Beovision ME 6000 and to the side of the screen on Beovision LE 6000 – were based on the full-tone bass reflex loudspeaker system that gives sound power and fullness. Both were equipped with A2 and NICAM stereo systems.
They had Teletext that could be operated with the help of the remote control. The same remote control operated all video functions, if you connected a Bang & Olufsen video recorder.
Beovision MS6000 was basically an MX 6000, but the bass reflex loudspeakers were replaced by full tone units and it had no connections for Beolink® and A/V integration. It did however, have stereo loudspeakers and its equipment was otherwise similar to the MX 6000. It was controlled by the remote control Beolink 1000 handset and was available in a dark grey finish. Later editions featured the MS6000 in a silver-grey finish. Teletext was included, together with the option of Beo4 control.
The TV was an upgrade from Beovision ME6000 in 1996 and was a TV featuring all the fundamental Bang & Olufsen qualities, at the same time representing “simplification, innovation and common sense”. With the slightly tinted contrast screen and the VisionClear system with Automatic Picture Control, it offered excellent, sharp pictures under all lighting conditions.
The MS6000 could be placed on an optional motorised BeoStand and could be fitted with an optional BeoSat LM receiver.
