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Posted on June 26, 2024September 30, 2025 by Multicare

BeoCom 9500

One of B&O’s first mobile telephones was created in partnership with Ericsson. The basic design was Ericsson’s while B&O contributed its expertise within sound reproduction. Technically identical to Ericsson’s own model, the B&O version had its own special design feature in the shape of its inclining buttons.

” Always there for you but never a burden – BeoCom 9500. Because of its extremely small size and low weight, you could easily forget that you were carrying around an extremely powerful communication tool in your pocket. The pressure chamber loudspeaker gave an extremely clean sound when you received calls.”

Designed for GSM systems the BeoCom 9500 had a pressure chamber loudspeaker; display, including status indication, a high number of numbers in memory dependant on the SIM card, redial function, volume control, microphone mute, adjustable tone ringer, keypad lock, phone lock, intelligent security lock, battery low warning, SMS, call hold/wait function, CLI (Caller Line Identification), call forwarding and DTMF tones.

Batteries: Standard battery giving 100 minutes talk time or 20 hours stand-by. Plus battery giving 180 minutes talk time or 30 hours stand-by. Light battery giving 80minutes talk time or 15 hours stand-by. Charging time: 1 – 2 hours depending on battery types

Weight: approximately 225g depending on battery types

Posted on June 26, 2024September 30, 2025 by Multicare

BeoCom 600

BeoCom 600, the classic telephone from Bang & Olufsen… what else is there to say?

A well-equipped telephone with superb sound quality. The design is truly timeless. BeoCom 600 is a simplified version of the BeoCom 2000 and lacks the extensive display and memory facilities but has the same sound quality. In addition to high sound quality and ergonomic design, it has a display, short number memory, call waiting loudspeakers, listening-in function and volume control.

The ergonomically arranged keypad with large easy touch buttons makes using BeoCom 600 a delight from the very start. With a bass reflex speaker in the handset, 10 numbers in memory, 3 quick call keys, last number redial, volume control, microphone mute (for secrecy), tone ringer with 2 settings plus off.

Posted on June 26, 2024September 30, 2025 by Multicare

BeoCom 2500

With BeoCom 2500 means of communication couldn’t be simpler. The display on the phone allows you see the caller’s number, the time of the call and even the caller’s name if it’s listed in the 121-number memory. And if you can’t get to the telephone, or just don’t want to be disturbed, BeoCom 2500 can act as a passive answering machine registering the numbers of the last 24 callers.

BeoCom 2500 also has optional volume control for recent B&O AV equipment and is available in a good choice of bright and bold colours.

BeoCom 2500 features:

The display informs you of the duration of a call and gives status information on the functions available
All primary functions are available directly from the keypad of the BeoCom 2500
the ultra-light handset weighs only 115 g and is comfortable to use even during the longest conversations

Posted on June 26, 2024September 30, 2025 by Multicare

BeoCom 2400

At the time of its introduction, BeoCom 2400 was a completely new concept from the company. Since it was first released, it has become a classic – one of many from Bang & Olufsen’s design studios.

The telephone was really more than just a phone, featuring a 121-memory alpha-numeric phonebook which built up as new numbers were dialled. It also had redial for the last nine numbers. Searching through the BeoCom’s phonebook was extremely easy due to integrated search functions. When found, the phone dialled the number by itself after obtaining confirmation from the user.

All primary functions were available directly on the keypad, and secondary functions are accessed via a simple menu system. As with all other Bang & Olufsen telephones, BeoCom 2400 was equipped with a bass reflex speaker giving clear and easy recognisable voices. An infra-red module was available as an optional extra, giving the user the ability to control the volume on other Bang & Olufsen products.

Posted on June 26, 2024September 30, 2025 by Multicare

BeoCom 2000

Beocom 2000, the classic telephone from Bang & Olufsen… what else is there to say?

Beocom 2000 was unlike anything which had been introduced by Bang & Olufsen before.

All the parts of the phone were made by the company itself and not imported from other manufacturers. A well-equipped telephone with extraordinary sound quality, a tradition carried on with all of the Beocom range of telephones.

The design is truly timeless. The display gave information on which number your were calling and the time connected. All standard functions were of course, also available, like volume control and numeric memories, and for the more advanced user there was a special headset available!

This phone was also available in a more simple version, Beocom 600, which didn’t have the display but had the same sound quality.

The memory bank of the Beocom 2000 enabled you to store your personal top twenty, and at the touch of just a few buttons you were connected. With display, bass reflex speaker in handset, 20 numbers of memory, quick call key for an often-use or ’emergency’ number, redial of last 3 numbers called, pause function, adjustable volume control, microphone mute (for secrecy), built-in speaker for listening, adjustable tone ringer with 8 settings plus off. There was even a hidden note pad which could be used by raising the lid on the right-hand side of the unit!

Up to 1993 Beocom 2000 was produced with different coloured keys. However, from this time a more mellow design was offered with all the keys complementing each other. On its bright display with large characters the Beocom 2000 could offer you the last three numbers for redialling

Posted on June 26, 2024September 30, 2025 by Multicare

BeoCom 1600

BeoCom 1600 was a tabletop telephone which combined a modern design with ease of use and was the same telephone as the BeoCom 2400 but without the alpha numeric memory functions. It however, did have the normal numeric memory functions. Using this phone was easy.

As with all other Bang & Olufsen telephones, BeoCom 1600 was equipped with a bass reflex speaker giving clear and easy recognisable voices. An infra-red module was available as an optional extra, giving the user the ability to control the volume on other Bang & Olufsen audio and video products. It was designed by the Swiss industrial designer Martin Iseli.

The vertical placement of the BeoCom 1600 handset made it easy to answer a call. Making a call was equally simple due to the position and curved surface of the keypad. The ultra light handset ensured that even long telephone conversations never seemed tiring.

Design

Reach out to towards BeoCom 1600 and enjoy a telephone that was simple to understand and easy to use. The ultra light handset weighed only 115g – which made it comfortable to hold even during the longest of conversations. The intelligent layout of the sloping keypad also ensured that your fingers moved intuitively and easily from button to button and from function to function.

Features

With BeoCom 1600’s built-in memory you could store the 10 telephone numbers you used the most and enjoy quick one-button access to them. As well as a volume control that allowed you to adjust the sound level during a call, BeoCom 1600 also offered a built-in loudspeaker function and the possibility to mute the microphone in the handset.

Colours

There was a choice between black, blue, red, yellow, green, terracotta, and grey.

A/V Control

With an optional A/V volume control incorporated into BeoCom 1600, you could adjust the sound on your Bang & Olufsen audio-video products directly from the telephone.

Posted on June 11, 2024October 2, 2025 by Multicare

BeoCord VX7000

Beocord VX7000 video cassette recorder was operated and programmed with the Beo4 remote control (although could equally, if not be better controlled, through the previous two-way Beolink 5000 remote control unit) through Beovision MX models.

All channels stored on the TV were simultaneously stored on the VX7000. In 1995 a new model was released specifically designed to operate through the Beo4 remote control unit and lost the two-way communication that had been one of its greatest selling points.

Features: hi-fi stereo VCR; NICAM/A2, PAL/NTSC converter; Beo4 remote control (1995 models onwards); black fascia; cabinet in the same colour schemes as the Beovision MX7000 plus black.

Posted on June 11, 2024October 2, 2025 by Multicare

BeoCord VX5000

Designed by David Lewis, Beocord VX5000 was the flagship of the range in the late 1980’s, with the ability to display live pictures from up to nine different channels simultaneously. A TV guide that was hard to beat! The VX5000 worked best with a Bang & Olufsen TV, simply because they were made for each other. You could choose from either the contemporary MX or the classic LX series.

Beocord VX5000: the multi-role video recorder

Step by Step

When you wanted to analyse a Wimbledon championship down to the last detail you would find the slow motion facility a real boon. And of course it was superb for picking up tips to improve your sporting style. You could also freeze frames, not only on video, but also in the middle of a direct broadcast; the picture quality remained at its impressive best.

We all know how complicated programming some video recorders can be. With the Bang & Olufsen range you don’t need a degree in pure maths to succeed. A ‘menu’ on the screen gave you straightforward instructions. So easy that you would want to take advantage of programming that lets you preset recordings of up to six different programmes up to one year in advance!

There was a very handy Search function too; acting like the ‘Track Searching’ on an audio cassette recorder, it took you to the programme you want with minimal fuss and bother.

Video or all-night music

The VX5000 gave you the choice of either four hours of video, or up to eight hours of top-quality hi-fi sound to last the whole night through!

Beocord VX5000 was designed specially be use in conjunction with Beovision MX5000 TV when, together, you could pull in a live picture from another channel on the screen while you continued with the programme you were already watching. Very handy when you were waiting for a specific programme on another channel to start. Much the same could be done in later years with the advent of Picture-in-Picture – a module bought as an accessory for fitting into your television.

Posted on June 11, 2024October 1, 2025 by Multicare

BeoCord V6000

Beocord V6000 was a hi-fi stereo video cassette recorder designed to work with Beovision models ME6000 and MS6000.

Together they formed an integrated unit in which TV and video cassette recorder automatically share all commands and can be operated by the same remote control. This combination was designed to be used as a standalone TV/VCR combination. The VCR had all playback facilities as any standard VCR. It also had VPS/PDC and NTSC playback. The video recorder was controlled via a Beolink 1000 handset through the Beovision television.

Bang & Olufsen’s new generation of TV and video systems at the time that the V6000 was released, made it simpler an more comfortable to watch TV. All data stored in the TV: time and programme channels, were automatically stored in the VCR as well. The same applied when you connected your TV and video recorder to a Beolink system – the clocks on the various units within the system were automatically synchronised.

Posted on June 9, 2024September 29, 2025 by Multicare

BeoCenter 2300

Beocenter 2300 was dedicated to the CD enthusiast who, for example, like to store the titles of favourite CDs, or permanently skip unwanted tracks. It was known as Beosystem 2300 when connected to the BeoLab 2500 active speakers. It was eventually surpassed by BeoSound 3000 when it included more features and received a facelift in 2001.

Beocenter 2300 was developed from the idea of a flexible music system that could compete with the sound quality of heavy music systems. Thanks to the advent of active speakers, this was a possibility with both Beocenter 2300 and its similarly-equipped sibling (which also had cassette tape recording and playback) the Beocenter 2500. With active speakers, each of the powerful bass and treble units were equipped with their own separate amplifiers. In addition, the electronic cross-over network ensured full bass reproduction.

The loudspeakers were located on both sides of a centre console, where two clear glass covers automatically glided to the side when a hand was passed in front of them. Behind the glass covers there was access to the operating panel, receiver, CD player and a cassette recorder.

The receiver allowed the option of presetting 2 x 20 FM/AM radio stations. The cassette recorder featured Auto Reverse, Automatic Recording level, search function and Bang & Olufsen’s HX-PRO recording system, a system which ensures that the sensitive treble range is captured in recording. The memory in Beocenter 2300’s CD player allowed you to edit up to 100 CDs.

Both systems could be operated via their operating panel or a Beolink 1000 or Beolink 5000 remote control. There were sockets for headphones and connection to additional sound sources; extra loudspeakers can also be connected.

Beocenter 2300 was available with loudspeaker panels in cobalt grey, black, white, cerise or jade and could be made up to the Beosystem 2300 when incorporated with the BeoLab 2500 active loudspeakers.

Mounting Options

This classic design was reincarnated over a 21 year period with various mounts and stands. Floor stands were available with a pole stand or CD and tape storage, wall mount solutions allowed for the Hi-Fi only, or with BeoLab2500 speakers until these were discontinued