Hi all!! I'm new to the Beoworld but have been following it for awhile, since I've been in love with B&O design since a kid.. wont get too far into my enthusiasm & nostalgia for them in this post but..

I recently (finally)luckily acquired my first B&O piece, the Beogram 1602. Fully working with an actual functioning stylus(rare on the used market it seems). Ive noticed though that sometimes it misses the record & falls to the metal platter and scares me every time that the needle may damage due to this!

So question for you experts out there.. is there a way to bring the auto start point in somehow?? Or alternatively, is there a way to simply manually bring the tonearm into a starting position or track desired THEN hit the speed for the record?

Also any way to play 45rpm 12" records on this model? Ive checked previous posts AND downloaded the manual but found no specific info for this. It seems finding info for the 1602 is more rare than other models like the RX2 somehow.

Please help me if you can it would be TRULY appreciated.

Thanks in advance!