It astonishes me why anyone would bother with a product like this anymore...

Because it is in good condition and I hate to throw away things that are still meant to work.

And also because people sometimes bother with products like these and with time they become part of any little history.

madskp wrote:

Hope this will help

Thank you madskp,

Will try tomorrow.

Yes I did. 
It did restart the unit, the screen showed "beosound 6 - starting up" but then nothing happened.

I'm really concerned about the cable, but with no means of checking it more than I did (wiring, continuity…) 

matador43 wrote:

Because it is in good condition and I hate to throw away things that are still meant to work.

And also because people sometimes bother with products like these and with time they become part of any little history.

Did you try to clean the connection socket for the data / charging cable on the player? Best done with clean high pressured air.

It's a rebranded Samsung YP-Z5, maybe you can try another cable and/or a new battery for your B&O beauty.

Good afternonn TWG,

The problem about the cable is that the one I have looks to be fully wired (see picture) and the ones sold around are phisically the same (connector, socket, wire guide) so I doubt it will change  anything.

The battery looks good because is doead charge and it does hold the charge enough to play music (the music already in the device). 

Nevertheless i'll try to clean the contacts while trying the Madskp advice.

I wonder if it could be anything in the BS6 that prevent it from working with generic cables. The original B&O connector seems to be very large and may have something in it ?