Beosound 3200...need help

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11048437 (archived2)
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Posted September 29, 2017 at 23:02 GMT
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Hello everyone,

 

My BS3200 is acting very strange.  When I want to copy a CD to HDD, it says LOADING and nothing happens.

It worked this morning only 1 time , but I cannot access the HDD anymore. It says LOADING and that is all.

 

I tried to run a Service test TM 27 and it seems that everything is OK. 

When in STBY, if i press CD MEM, nothing happens. 

 

 

Any help is kindly appreciated!

 

Thanks in advance!

 

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Posted October 2, 2017 at 21:24 GMT
#2094318

This can be caused by a dying harddrive or a slowly degrading powersupply.These IDE (PATA) harddrives are already at least 10 years old.

What does the BS3200 do after several minutes, going  into standby?

Location: Utrecht

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Posted October 3, 2017 at 10:33 GMT
#2094319

Thanks for your answer! Really appreciate.

 

Most of the times it goes into standby after 8-9 seconds( screen is ON but CD MEM not showing).

 

If i disconnect from power, then CD MEM is showing but that is it.

 

Exceptionally, I tried to copy a CD to HDD few days ago and it worked. But only one. COPY OK at the end of the process was showing. But after no way to acces the HDD.

 

I have the service manual but there is no schematics for the power supply. 

The Beosound is made in 2006.

 

 

Thanks

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Posted October 4, 2017 at 21:34 GMT
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The BS3200 is pretty much the same as the BS3000 when it comes to the basics.

For the harddrive part there is an additional capacitor and regulator. But I would around the +5V lline.

Location: Utrecht

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Posted October 5, 2017 at 00:45 GMT
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Thanks!

 

Thanks for pointing me to it. So, bottom line, I should check the voltage! I have a spare PATA HDD that I will also install it just in case. 

 

As soon as i have time I will open it and check what I can. 

 

Thanks again!

 

 

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Posted October 13, 2017 at 05:35 GMT
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Hi,

 

Just managed to remove the HDD. It is in perfect working condition. I used a CLONE HDD and the outcome is the same.

 

It is probably the voltage. I will try to open it one more time and check the voltage.

 

Regards,

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Posted October 13, 2017 at 15:53 GMT
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picture of the HDD...

 

After running the TEST MODE 27, error is CD MEM 18( HDD access error).

 

HDD has been cloned and I have the image in case someone need it.

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beomedia
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Posted August 22, 2020 at 19:01 GMT
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Hello!


I would like to clone my HDD in  my BeoSound 3200 as a precautionary measure so that I can move this image along to a new HDD when I need to install a new HDD.

 

Which piece of software did you use please? When I connect it to my computer via a USB cradle it does not mount. Probably doesn't recognise the format (I have tried on Mac and Windows). So, was wondering if you could guide me as to the approach you took? Software used etc.

 

Many thanks, BeoMedia 

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bigbruggsy
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Posted February 21, 2021 at 21:11 GMT
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Hi 11048437, This might be a long shot, but do you still have that HDD image for the Beosound 3200 saved somewhere? My HDD has just died. Thanks

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Posted March 4, 2021 at 07:05 GMT
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Hello,

I have been looking into cloning my HDD as a precautionary measure. I’ve found a cloning device but it was for SATA drives and the one in BeoSound 3200 is IDE. However with IDE to SATA converters I managed to clone the drive perfectly yesterday.

However, when I fit the cloned drive into BeoSound 3200 and try to play it it displays “HDD LOCK”.

I then looked into more detail of the drives. The original (and cloned) has 5 virtual drives on the HDD. One for each color and a fifth one. The clone has the correct serial number for these virtual drives. (I could look at the drive that would mount in WinXP. Could even play the music files but as I didn’t have the right codecs it sounded awful).

Long story short, I suspect the music hardware looks at the hardware serial of the drive and will only play if it matches. This is probably why my clone won’t play.

As it looks we will need to find a way to change the hardware serial of the IDE hard disk to the one that was originally in the caddy.

Does anyone know how to do this?

If so I suspect any BeoSound 3200 can use any clone drive out there once the serial has been changed to the original one.

If anyone knows how to change the hardware serial please share.

Regards BeoMedia
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