Spoke with seller again. If arm manually placed on record, sound works so cartridge/stylus ok. The problem is just that the unit shuts off after a 5-10 seconds.
Looking at getting Beogram 6500 on ebay, but it has a problem...
All of the original MMC cartridges will fail some day - even if they sat unused all these years - and it can happen during the course of a few LP sides. I really wouldn't put much value on a working original MMC, other than that you won't need to get a new/refurbished one until in the unknown future, instead of right away... Of course every interested eBay buyer doesn't know this, so you'll need to pay for the privilege anyway in order to win the bidding.
The most likely problem in the Beogram you're looking at is described link, and this
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