Hi,
just acquired loads of B & O equipment. Added some "modern" HiFi (relative to my original collection all 70s Amps decks and cassette decks).
Hoping to slowly work through the equipment :
Beomaster 5500 x2 + 1 Beomaster 5000
Beocord 5500 and a beautiful BC 7000
Beogram 5500 and a Beogram 5000
A master control panel 5000 and a 5500 MCP with a Beolink unit.
It has taken over a year or so but at the moment I am simply admiring their beauty and wonderful construction and attention to detail, absolutely marvelous.... they look so light and modern but are deceptively weighty....
Main point of of the post was that I have just now started to go through the units and the first to be tested was the BC 7000.
Everything lights up on the front panel but the tape does not move at all.
Once I press play the head is locked into position and no movement. will not dis-engage when I press stop.
no forward, no reverse or "turn" of the head.
opened it up today, what a marvel, even more impressive on the inside.
found the capstan roller needs to be helped to rotate, then it just disengages the head and then stops rotating, is the normal ?
is the main roller just to engage and disengage the head ?
then i finally got it to fast forward but no reverse or play.
the heads do not rotate when auto reverse is pressed. is this a separate issue, electrical on top of mechanical ?
Sorry for the long winded introduction and problems but am just so excited and happy to have finally acquired some class " modern" HiFi.
now looking for some 8000 MK II speakers to complete the system (s).
Any help or advice most welcome.
Thanks in advance, appreciated.