Just had a high and low myself. Bought an old Beomaster in superb condition. High.

Middle of night my Serene phone makes the pinging noise that it makes only when being plugged into or disconnected from the dock. (It was on the dock). Phone no longer seems to charge; looks like the charger in the dock failed in the night and the phone pinged as it recorded the disconnection. Low.

Graham

Thomas. How old is your Seranata?
Even if out of warranty, your B&O dealer may come to some arrangement (especially if you order your Beolab 9s from him!)

Graham. Check the fuse in the plug socket first. Simple solutions are often overlooked!
PS. where about in Liverpool do you live?

Andy T.

Earlier this year I bought a Beogram 7000 and Beocord 7000 and finally my Beosystem 7000 was complete (high). I knew the Beocord had some issues and when I tried to fix it, I essantialy made it worse and broke the thing (low, and it's my own fault [:'(]) I'm looking for a working one and I promise I won't ever try to fix it again!

Jandyt wrote:

 

Graham. Check the fuse in the plug socket first. Simple solutions are often overlooked!
PS. where about in Liverpool do you live?

Andy T.

Hi Andy,

I'm usually in xxxxxxx L**. The plug socket seems OK and the plug/ transformer still gets quite warm, so I suspect that it's an internal dock fault. I've got a travel charger that I should be able to try out later today (it's gone travelling to the Wirral!) Just hoping that its not the phone itself. (The phone still recognises that it's plugged into the dock because the screen image still turns over.)

Graham

Hi Andy T.

Good point - I should talk to my dealer about the Serenata screen issue. The thing is, I feel a bit guilty as I'd already bought this Serenata (about 4 months ago) from an Ebay seller. Unfortunately, and this is my fault, without a warranty. I then recently bought a BV8 40 at the low introductory rate with a free Beo5 AND a new Serenata! The problem is that the new Serenata is now (right now) on ebay - it's still in the box and with the security seal intact. I didnt have the heart to tell the dealer i already had one. Am I rambling, or does this make sense? I don't want to seem like a git, if you know what I mean.

Anyway, have been doing some research online and once a whole row of pixels goes, you need a screen replacement. I'll see if I can get that sorted - I'm happy to pay for it, if need be.

The reason I think this has been a particularly low point is that I'm in the process of selling my Beovision 6 20" on ebay - and I always find selling much-loved B&O stuff a bit painful. Thing is, I need to sell it to help fund the BV8 40...

I'm sure there'll be another B&O highpoint coming my way soon...

Thomas wrote:

Went to the Proms last night - had a wonderful evening. Was thinking about the Beolab 9s.

IMHO, the speakers cause few problems. There's no 'sw' built into the BL3s or BL9s. My Beosound 4 has never caused me a single problem. In fact, nothing bought before 2007 has caused a single problem, for me. Everything bought in the last two years, seems to have caused some kind of (mainly sw-related) problem or has completely stopped working and needs a repair.

Oh, nice thread...

My B&O Low: After just getting my Beosound 3 back from the service (control panel wasn't working) that bugger just quitted service 2 months later (again the upper control panel was non-functional) ..

B&O High: While being in my fav. B&O store getting my Beosound 3 back I was thinking of buying a B&O TV (7-40) someday..... and 2 weeks later due to some very special circumstances (pricing & availibility) I finally own a beautiful 7-40 on motorized stand with 7-4 attached.

AND I LOVE IT!!!!!

Stephan wrote:

 

Love the avatar!

i have to say the biggest low (disappointment) was when i laid my hands on my DVD1. The build materials are utterly c r a p. This machine feels like it cost £50 to manufacture. The front panel buttons are just horrendous and i dread everytime having to press that flimsy plastic button to eject a disc.

High, is owning every other piece that i have (bar serene which is starting to feel like it's going to fail on me, feezing and such), especially the BeoLab 4000's, my absolute favourite B&O product.