Summary

High-end 26" television by Bang & Olufsen, a successor to the MX5000, released in 1990. Primarily sold to wealthy television enthusiasts, the MX5500 is one of the very few sets released in North America with a SCART input wired for RGB. Also has RF, composite, and s-video inputs with stereo sound. Designed by David Lewis, the case came in black, blue, red, and white colors. B&O licensed the brand name to Hitachi to manufacture the chassis in California.

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Manuals

• MX5000 (NTSC) Owner's Manual (Closest Equivalent)

Articles

• Sound of Music, Danish Style : Bang & Olufsen Survives by Selling Slim, Elegant Electronics to the Wealthy

Notes

According to Beoworld.org:

Bang & Olufsen’s second television in the North American market was a minor upgrade of the previous MX 5000 NTSC. The major difference was a different CRT tube and a software upgrade to allow bidirectional Infrared communication with the BeoLink 7000 and BeoLink 5000 remote controls.