Beogram 5000 Tone arm touchdown adjustment

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Oleros (archived2)
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Posted July 9, 2020 at 12:44 GMT
#2140960

The tone arm on my Beogram 5000 hits the record a few mm to far out, i.e on the blank part of the record.

The manual simply says:
"Adjust the eccentric N until correct 30 cm touch down point."

"Adjust with arm P until correct 17 cm touch down point the eccentric N until correct 30 cm touch down point."

  • Is eccentric N the small screw behind the tone arm? See picture
  • Are these two settings fully separate? So since I won't be playing 17cm records I can just leave it as it? is?

 

 

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ProGram
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530 posts
Posted July 10, 2020 at 08:13 GMT
#2140961

No, it's not that area on the first picture (That's for hight of the needle to the record). You find the adjustments on the lever (1606 etc) which moves the tonearm. You have to open the cabinet to get access. But more often, I have seen a broken tonearm hinge, which is the culprit.

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Oleros (archived2)
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Posted July 10, 2020 at 10:09 GMT
#2140962

Ok, would be a broken tonearm hinge be easily visible? See pictures. Also, if I have to open the cabinet, how do I do that? There are some screws on the backside, can't see any other. 

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ProGram
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530 posts
Posted July 10, 2020 at 10:33 GMT
#2140963
Oh! That’s looking bad! The silver and the black part should look aligned and sit a little lower. You mentioned the service manual. There you find disassembling instructions on page 7-1.
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Oleros (archived2)
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Posted July 10, 2020 at 13:54 GMT
#2140964

OK..not exactly the answer I was hoping for.. By the silver and black part do you mean on the front of the arm just behind the pickup? Is something broken and needs a spare part or can it be adjusted if I open the panel?  

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ProGram
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Posted July 10, 2020 at 14:28 GMT
#2140965
You will have to disassemble the hinge and therefore you have to lift off the top plate and desolder the very thin wires of the tonearm. I have no Beogram 5000, but a similar one with a slightly different appearance. I mean it should look like this.

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