Repairing my grandparents' B&O setup

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Hi everyone,

I am new here and hope this is the right forum to post in. My grandparents gave me their old B&O setup, which has been sitting on the shelf for a while:

- Beocenter 9500
- 2x Beovox CX100
- Beolink 5000

While everything is kind of working, there are a few things that have to be fixed. I really want to treat this awesome setup nicely and hope to get some advice from you:

Beovox CX100:

The foam surrounding the actual speaker is partially torn due to aging, I have already ordered replacement parts. Once they are glued in the speakes should be fine again.

Beocenter 9500:

The device is in really good shape, no scratches or broken glass. However the sliding lid of the CD-deck sometimes gets stuck while opening or closing. I guess I have to disassemle the gliding mechanism, clean and regrease and maybe change the belt?
The cassette-lid is moving without any problems, however my grandparents told me they never really used it - that might be the reason.

Next question in this matter: When pressing the Power-Button (red LED far right) of the system ist shuts of and then makes a whirring sound coming from the CD player. Is this normal behaviour or do I risk damaging something if I continue using the system?

While all buttons work some require a considerable amount of pressure to trigger, others react if only touched barely - is this a common issue?
For example the Power switch reacts very well, the volume buttons have to be pressed more firmly.

I have also noticed while cleaning that the top glass panel isnt glued in properly anymore and can be slighty lifted. There also is a small plastic part in the center of the front that is pushed inside due to the bad glue...I will provide pictures later. I have very thin double sided foam tape designed for installing screens of smartphones, do you think I can use that to re-glue the glass parts?

Beolink 5000:

I do not know any remote control that feels as high-quality as the Beolink. Although my grandparents never really used this particular device, the display came off and lost contact with the connector in the remote control...seems to be a very common problem.
I did some research, but apparently there is no way to fix a bad connector cable? I will add pictures later, but the conductor lines ("wires") look really bad.

In the worst case: can I use the remote control without the screen working? E.g. just for adjusting the volume.

Thank you all!

I have tried to post a lengthy reply to this but it disappeared, perhaps to moderation!  If it doesn't appear soon I will re-post (as I saved a copy of the text 🙂).

Location: Warwickshire, UK

My B&O Icons:

BeoCenter-9500.png BeoCenter-9500.png
Beoremote-Beo4.png Beoremote-Beo4.png
Beovision-10.png Beovision-10.png
Beotime.png Beotime.png
Beosound.png Beosound.png
Beosound-Explore.png Beosound-Explore.png
Beosound-Essence.png Beosound-Essence.png
Beoplay-P2.png Beoplay-P2.png
Beoplay-M3.png Beoplay-M3.png
Beoplay-H4.png Beoplay-H4.png
Beoplay-H3.png Beoplay-H3.png
Beoplay-Form-2i.png Beoplay-Form-2i.png
Beoplay-Earset.png Beoplay-Earset.png
Beoplay-A2.png Beoplay-A2.png

I just tried to re-post and it didn't work.  In the meantime, here are some threads related to the panels:

link  (includes links to 2 other panel threads!)

link

Location: Warwickshire, UK

My B&O Icons:

BeoCenter-9500.png BeoCenter-9500.png
Beoremote-Beo4.png Beoremote-Beo4.png
Beovision-10.png Beovision-10.png
Beotime.png Beotime.png
Beosound.png Beosound.png
Beosound-Explore.png Beosound-Explore.png
Beosound-Essence.png Beosound-Essence.png
Beoplay-P2.png Beoplay-P2.png
Beoplay-M3.png Beoplay-M3.png
Beoplay-H4.png Beoplay-H4.png
Beoplay-H3.png Beoplay-H3.png
Beoplay-Form-2i.png Beoplay-Form-2i.png
Beoplay-Earset.png Beoplay-Earset.png
Beoplay-A2.png Beoplay-A2.png

It went to moderation. Now cleared. 🙂

Martin

Thanks Martin 🙂

Location: Warwickshire, UK

My B&O Icons:

BeoCenter-9500.png BeoCenter-9500.png
Beoremote-Beo4.png Beoremote-Beo4.png
Beovision-10.png Beovision-10.png
Beotime.png Beotime.png
Beosound.png Beosound.png
Beosound-Explore.png Beosound-Explore.png
Beosound-Essence.png Beosound-Essence.png
Beoplay-P2.png Beoplay-P2.png
Beoplay-M3.png Beoplay-M3.png
Beoplay-H4.png Beoplay-H4.png
Beoplay-H3.png Beoplay-H3.png
Beoplay-Form-2i.png Beoplay-Form-2i.png
Beoplay-Earset.png Beoplay-Earset.png
Beoplay-A2.png Beoplay-A2.png

a whirring sound might be slipping door belt, unit ensures that doors are closed when powering off.

Hi everyone,

sorry for my late reply, but I was busy with other stuff...first of all huge thanks, especially to @guy! Really appreciated your effort to get that answer to me 🙂

Just to give you all an quick update: I refoamed the CX100s without any probs! Hardest part was to remove the  disintegrated old foam...there were rubber ones available, however I decided to stick to the foam one.

For the Beocenter, I removed the lower glass panel - or actually simply lifting it up, as the glue was completely gone. Removing the old glue was a total disaster, just using my fingers and water was enough to scratch of the coating. Did only what was absolutely necessary and glued it back in place with double-sided sticky tape used for glueing phone screens onto the frame. I consequently decided to not touch the upper panel as there are no buttons...the lower ones work perfectly now btw! I also managed to get hold of a belt!

Now after I made some space in my room I managed to put the system on a shelf and wired it to my Technics SL turntable. Need to do some adjusting there..anyways I have a couple of questions left:

- Every time I start the Beocenter and touch "sound" the bass is put to minimum. Is that a factory setting? I checked the user manual but without success.

- There is a humming (electrical) noise comming from the area where the inputs are, above the tape deck.

- For above reason I used a plug with a switch, so I can shut of the device as it is also making the noise in standby. However when switching on the speakers will make a short cracking noise - is that in any way harmful? I do not know this behaviour from my other system

Thanks in advance once again!

 

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