I have a BeoMaster 3300 purchased back in the 80s. I bought the set: BeoMaster 3300, BeoCord 3300, BeoGram CD 3300, 2x ,RL 60.2 Loudspeakers Plus stands, and the Remote controller.

I recall early on (within a 2 yr period) the BeoGram CD 3300 stopped working, and I had it repaired.

The Beomaster 3300 + speakers have been in use over the last 35 yrs without any issues.

The BeoGram CD and the BeoCord have been boxed up for past 35 yrs, and last week decided to give them the light of day.

This is what happened when I try using/operating the CD and Cassette player.

1) BeoGram CD 3300: The CD spins up its rotation briefly and then abruptly spins down and stops.I've opened the bottom casing and all the wonderful Danish electronic wizardry is exposed and looks pristine. However, I have absolutely no clue how to proceed to figure out what's wrong. Any suggestions are most welcomed. I did remove the circuit board above the laser unit, and all looked good, but of course I dunno what to look for.

2) BeoCord 3300: I place a cassette into its position and Start playing and nothing happens. I've opened up the bottom casing and found the drive belts are just a sticky black gooey mess. So I assume this is the reason nothing happens. I've ordered a new BeoCord 3300 drive belt kit from a UK site and hope with the kit I can get things going again. I also have obtained an original BeoCord 3300 Service manual off eBay... so hopefully with the new drive belt kit and the service manual I get things working again.

3) FYI... In past month I have also been able to pickup a B&O 1800 turntable with an MMC3 cartridge that had been tested. It works very well using a DIN adapter with my BeoMaster 3300. The 1800 has RCA two wires and a grounding wire. I could not see where to connect the ground wire to the BeoMaster 3300 unit, so simply loosened one of the screws on the back of the BeoMaster 33000 and attached the ground wire to it and tightened down the screw. So far I've not had any issues playing records on the 1800 hooked up this way.

As an aside, I also have in the last month been able to pickup a nice BeoMaster 4500 system with its BeoGram 4500 turntable, BeoGram Cord 4500, BeoGram CD 4500, 2x RL 60.2 Loudspeakers + stands, and the very heavy long Remote control, all for a very reasonable price off Craigslist. Also a full set of B&O literature, and User manuals for the 4500 system.

1) The BeoMaster 4500 works with really no significant issues at all - except for changing radio for AM & FM stations, and radio frequencies...(see 6 below)

2) The BeoGram 4500 turntable works well.

3) The BeoGram CD 4500 works wonderfully well.

4) The BeoCord 4500 runs/plays the cassette but produces no sound at all.

5) The RL speakers are awesome and are in good condition.

6) I note that I have to use the 4500's Remote to be able to select AM and FM, and to set radio frequencies on the BeoMaster 4500 unit. I cannot do this directly on the BeoMaster 4500 touch panel as indicated in the User manual. I also note that my BeoMaster 3300's remote also works for the BeoMaster 4500... Niceeee.

So, where should I look to try and figure out what's wrong with the BeoCord 4500 ?

Thanks for any help. 🙂