BeoWorld Beovox RL6000 Manual

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Beovox RL6000

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Page 1 A W R I T T E N G U I D E TO U P C YC L I N G A Beovox RL6000...
Page 2 I N T R O D U C T I O N This is a guide on how to upcycle a Beovox RL6000 loudspeaker using a BeoCreate 4-Channel ampliﬁer and a Raspberry Pi. The upcycling process will take roughly two hours and we advise you to prepare for the project by having all the required items at hand.
Page 3 E X T R A S E X T R A S Recommended power supply Recommended power supply 18-24V, about 90W 18-24V, about 90W https://www.hiﬁberry.com/shop/accessories/mean- https://www.hiﬁberry.com/shop/accessories/mean- well-gs60a18-p1j/ well-gs60a18-p1j/ Recommended power plug Recommended power plug mouting hole diameter: Ø8mm mouting hole diameter: Ø8mm https://www.hiﬁberry.com/shop/accessories/coaxi- https://www.hiﬁberry.com/shop/accessories/coaxi- al-power-connector-5-5x2-1mm/...
Page 4 TA K I N G A PA R T T H E R L 6 0 0 0 STEP ONE...
Page 5 From the back of the RL6000 unscrew two Remove the two plastic strips. screws holding the plastic stip around the speaker.
Page 6 Unscrew the nine screws on the sides, cor- ners and the center. The location of all the screws are shown on the next page.
Page 7 L O C AT I O N O F S C R E W S...
Page 8 Whilst being on the back of the speaker, Open up the back plate and remove the unscrew the old connectors. dampening material.
Page 9 Cut all the wires connecting to the old Unscrew and remove the old crossover. crossover.
Page 10 C R E AT I N G A N E W P O W E R C O N N E C T I O N STEP TWO...
Page 11 Drill a 8mm hole where the previous con- Screw the power connector to the back nections were located. plate.
Page 12 Strip the insulated wires you reserved for Check the polarity of the power supply the power connector, so that approximately (which is +/-) and identify the correspond- 1cm of wire is exposed. ing pin on the power plug. Solder both wires to the power plug pins.
Page 13 A S S E M B L E T H E PA R T S STEP THREE...
Page 14 Place the Raspberry Pi upon the BeoCreate 4-Channel Ampliﬁer. The supplied spacers will not ﬁx the Pi to the board, but just pre- vent it from ﬂexing and touching any com- ponents on it.
Page 15 Using the existing mounting posts and Press ﬁt the ampliﬁer to the 3D printed screws, attach the 3D printed frame to the frame. inside of the speaker.
Page 16 Strip the wires coming from the drivers, so The tweeter will require an extension to be that again approximately 1 cm of wire is soldered onto it. exposed.
Page 17 Insulate the wires soldered previously. Connect the drivers and power to the am- pliﬁer. A detailed diagram is located on the next page.
Page 18 A M P L I F I E R O U T P U T S W I R E S F R O M P O W E R C O N N E C T O R T O P B O T T O M T W E E T E R W O O F E R...
Page 19 C L O S I N G U P STEP FOUR...
Page 20 Connect the power supply Plug the power supply into a wall socket.
Page 21 Make sure a red light turns on on the Rasp- Unplug the power supply from the wall- berry Pi. If it does not turn on, you have socket to further proceed with the switched the polarity of the power supply. up-cycling.
Page 22 Insert the SD card with the BeoCreate soft- ware installed on it, and proceed to set up Install the sound dampening material. the ampliﬁer. https://www.hiﬁberry.com/beocreate/beo- create-doc/beocreate-ﬁrst-steps/...
Page 23 Attach the 9 screws on the back cover. Mount the plastic stips removed in the ﬁrst step.
Page 24 E N J OY Your Beovox RL6000 is now upcycled. You can ﬁnd the further software features here: https://www.hiﬁberry.com/beocreate/beocre- ate-doc/beocreate-software-documentation/...