Beosystem 2500 / Beosound Overture Light Bulb

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dsid2000 (archived2)
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Posted December 20, 2012 at 01:47 GMT
#1985257

Hello all,

I own a B&O Beosystem 2500 (aka Beosound Overture) and one of the 4 ambient lights surrounding the CD and tape player is burned out.  I verified this by taking it apart and indeed the filment is detached.  Does anyone know what kind of light bulb I need and/or who may sell them for the system?  I assume I can learn how to unsolder the light bulb and reattach a new one.  

Any assistance would greatly be appreciated.  My system is 20+ years old and I'm graceful that something so minor has happened but it really deters from the attractiveness of the system.

Thank you very much!

David

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joeyboygolf
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Posted December 20, 2012 at 09:09 GMT
#1985258

Good  Luck finding out, I never did. In the end I bought the spare part from B&O. They are sold mounted on the little pcb and are a HORRENDOUS !!price

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Leslie (archived2)
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Posted December 20, 2012 at 22:12 GMT
#1985259

Well, last year after Xmas has ended I bought several Xmas decoration lights quite cheap and maybe I can use these lightbulbs instead of those overpriced prices B&O is asking! Let's see how that works out!

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maxpawlowski (archived2)
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Posted December 21, 2012 at 19:13 GMT
#1985260

Does anyone can help me with replacement of the bulb? What i have to do step by step - any advice,or support? It seems to be covered by electronic board...or how to call this ;-)

Thanks in advance!

Max

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Leslie (archived2)
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Posted December 21, 2012 at 20:10 GMT
#1985261

It's just a little PCB with 2 tracks on it to keep the lightbulb in place. Nothing special, however I would advise you to keep the tiny PCB and replace it with an alternative lightbulb.

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maxpawlowski (archived2)
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Posted December 21, 2012 at 20:50 GMT
#1985262

OK, thank you for advise. But how to get to the bulb inside Ouverture? It seems to be covered by some components. Especially the bulbs dedicated to light up the tape are hardly accessible in my opinion...

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Leslie (archived2)
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Posted December 21, 2012 at 20:57 GMT
#1985263

I will post a pictured guideline on your thread how to do that as soon as I found the alternative lightbulbs. Probably this weekend! Cheers...

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maxpawlowski (archived2)
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Posted December 21, 2012 at 21:20 GMT
#1985264

Great! I'm looking forward!

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dsid2000 (archived2)
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Posted December 21, 2012 at 21:42 GMT
#1985265

Hi Leslie and Max,

Thank goodness I'm not the only one struggling with this problem.  I called a B&O repair center and they didn't have the part nor could they provide a part number.  To verify that the bulb is out, I followed this youtube video minus the laser removal.  

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bcrPJcZOwfg

Leslie, I would very much be appreciative if you can determine an alternative bulb to use and how to properly remove and reattach a new bulb.  B&O certainly doesn't make it easily repairable.

Thanks and happy holidays!

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Leslie (archived2)
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Posted December 21, 2012 at 22:04 GMT
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I saw and forgot that video! Pretty good, I like those kind of instructions, saves you lots of bla bla..

The first part shows you how to remove the frontplate in order to get easy acces to the lightbulbs.

I hope I can find a cheap alternative for the bulbs and will post my findings!

Happy Xmas holidays to you as well...

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