Beo4 Enabled Commander Remote Control: Seamless Integration of Beogram 4002 or 4004 with More Recent B&O Systems

A few months ago, Dirk, a fellow Beolover in Berlin, contacted me and suggested that it would be a nice thing being able controlling his Beogram 4004 with a Beo4 remote control. He has a Beosound 9000 in his living room, and wanted to integrate his Beogram in a way that it ideally would behave as a 'Beolinked' source.

I appreciated this idea and figured out how to modify the existing Beolover Commander remote. Basically, it needed a 455kHz capable IR receiver for communicating with a Beo4 and then I had to figure out how the Beo4 'ticks' in terms of codes it sends out in certain operational circumstances and rewrite the firmware.

Since the Beo4 is a fairly complex remote control with many modes, this was not trivial. But in the end I think I was able to arrive at a useful point, where the Commander equipped Beogram would pretty much behave as if it were connected to the Beosound via Beolink. 

I made a short video that demonstrates this system. The video contains footage that Dirk sent me. It shows how his Beogram interacts with his Beosound. He even figured out how to make a Beoremote One work with the Beo4 Commander! Very awesome! Enjoy:

The Beo4 Commander is available at the Beolover Store if you want to try this at home!..;-).