BeoWorld Beovox RL6000, Manual

Page 1: ...A WRITTEN GUIDE TO UPCYCLING A Beovox RL6000 ...

Page 2: ...two hours and we advise you to prepare for the project by having all the required items at hand PARTS Beovox RL6000 BeoCreate 4 Channel Amplifier Raspberry Pi 3 MicroSD card at least 4GB Power plug supply page 3 3D printed parts page 3 Two insulated wires for the power connector 45cm TOOLS Soldering iron Screwdrivers Wirecutters Wirestripper Electric drill 8mm drill bit 2 ...

Page 3: ... al power connector 5 5x2 1mm Files for 3D printing https www hifiberry com beocreate beocre ate doc 3 EXTRAS Recommended power supply 18 24V about 90W https www hifiberry com shop accessories mean well gs60a18 p1j Recommended power plug mouting hole diameter Ø8mm https www hifiberry com shop accessories coaxi al power connector 5 5x2 1mm Files for 3D printing https www hifiberry com beocreate beo...

Page 4: ...TAKING APART THE RL600 0 STEP ONE 4 ...

Page 5: ...From the back of the RL6000 unscrew two screws holding the plastic stip around the speaker Remove the two plastic strips 5 ...

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 6 ...

Page 7: ...7 LOCATION OF SCREWS ...

Page 8: ...Whilst being on the back of the speaker unscrew the old connectors Open up the back plate and remove the dampening material 8 ...

Page 9: ...Cut all the wires connecting to the old crossover Unscrew and remove the old crossover 9 ...

Page 10: ...CREATING A NEW POWER CONNE CT ION STEP TWO 10 ...

Page 11: ...Drill a 8mm hole where the previous con nections were located Screw the power connector to the back plate 11 ...

Page 12: ...you reserved for the power connector so that approximately 1cm of wire is exposed Check the polarity of the power supply which is and identify the correspond ing pin on the power plug Solder both wires to the power plug pins 12 ...

Page 13: ...ASSEMBLE THE PARTS STEP THREE 13 ...

Page 14: ...12 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 14 ...

Page 15: ...Using the existing mounting posts and screws attach the 3D printed frame to the inside of the speaker 15 Press fit the amplifier to the 3D printed frame ...

Page 16: ...12 Strip the wires coming from the drivers so that again approximately 1 cm of wire is exposed 16 The tweeter will require an extension to be soldered onto it ...

Page 17: ...17 Connect the drivers and power to the am plifier A detailed diagram is located on the next page Insulate the wires soldered previously ...

Page 18: ...18 AMPLIFIER OUTPUTS WIRES FROM POWER CONNECTOR BOTTOM WOOFER TWEETER TOP WOOFER ...

Page 19: ...CLOSING UP STEP FOUR 19 ...

Page 20: ...Connect the power supply Plug the power supply into a wall socket 20 ...

Page 21: ...sure a red light turns on on the Rasp berry Pi If it does not turn on you have switched the polarity of the power supply Unplug the power supply from the wall socket to further proceed with the up cycling 21 ...

Page 22: ...rt the SD card with the BeoCreate soft ware installed on it and proceed to set up the amplifier https www hifiberry com beocreate beo create doc beocreate first steps Install the sound dampening material 22 ...

Page 23: ...Attach the 9 screws on the back cover Mount the plastic stips removed in the first step 23 ...

Page 24: ...ENJOY 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 24 ...