Beogram CD 5500 won't play

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paul-mck
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13 posts
Posted October 23, 2023 at 10:13 GMT
#1642807
Hi, I have a Beogram CD 5500 which won't play. It powers up, opens/closes, displays "Track", but there's no spinning sound and no track numbers showing, so it's just not playing. Any ideas on what could be the issue? Thanks,    

Location: NY 11238

filip_kbh
filip_kbh
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326 posts
Posted December 1, 2023 at 01:10 GMT
#1660566
The main suspect is always C2103 for these types of decks. Once that has been changed, the troubleshooting can go into other capacitors.

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Dillen
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Posted December 1, 2023 at 08:22 GMT ? Edited December 1, 2023 at 08:25 GMT
#1660568
What Filip said. And there is a convenient kit for the servo board for exactly this. Here. Martin
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paul-mck
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13 posts
Posted December 1, 2023 at 17:53 GMT
#1660572
Thank you, I'll order that kit and take it from there! P.  

Location: NY 11238

BellerophonBKK
BellerophonBKK
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Posted January 21, 2024 at 18:19 GMT ? Edited January 21, 2024 at 18:24 GMT
#1661921
It is definitely worth trying something I picked up on one of the Bang and Olufsen forums (probably here) which worked for my white BeoGram 5500 before going down the capacitor route like I did (bought the one in the link) but luckily didn't need to have. Just cleaning the CD lens, only took a few minutes then my white Beogram CD5500 sprung back into life.

Location: England

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