Just picked up a BeoCentre 4000 (twin tape version) off the bay for £15.00 GBP.

 I thought it was too good to be true at that price, but I could use it for spares if it was a no goer.

Imagine my surprise when I arrived to pick it up from near where I live and I saw it was almost mint and fully working, got it hooked up to a pair of C75's that I got for £30.00 off the bay.

Using it in the bedroom, sounds and looks great for a 45 quid system

Ben_S wrote:

Beaker, where on earth do you find these rare things?

Looks lovely though! Does it work? Even better to find it with the manuals and catalogues as well!

Ben

It does work even though I'm sure it hadn't been used for many, many years. It was filthy when I got it too.

The owners manual actually belongs to my other TR26 Beo which I got off eBay a couple of years ago or so. The brochure was one of those lucky ones where I bought a Bm900 cheaply from a terrible eBay description and when I collected it it was from the elderly original owner, was pristine and it had all the paperwork and the brochure. I handed him the money and left very quickly!

the_o_master wrote:

Dillen wrote:

Anthony Garza ...

O, I see....

Interesting story. Was he aslo the Beoworld member?

No, it was long before Beoworld really took off.
Well, I suppose he could be a silent member, I can't say.

Martin

I found this beautiful beogram 1800 last week. I cannot think of a better looking turntable. I love the combination with the "updated" beomaster 900.

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After some oiling the shade of the wood will be the same I think. Unfortunately the plexiglass of the lid is quite scratched, is there any way I could replace this? Furthermore, the SP element that came with (not the one in the picture) it is completely blanc and there is no colour code on it as well...

It looks as if you are using it with an SP 6/7? I believe the proper cartridge was the SP10.

I have one of these as well, they aren't very common but I absolutely love mine. Sounds brilliant with a Beolab 5000 system too. I take it you have the RIAA in the 900 or you have been extra lucky and have the pre-amp in the turntable?

Ben

Ben_S wrote:

It looks as if you are using it with an SP 6/7? I believe the proper cartridge was the SP10.

I have one of these as well, they aren't very common but I absolutely love mine. Sounds brilliant with a Beolab 5000 system too. I take it you have the RIAA in the 900 or you have been extra lucky and have the pre-amp in the turntable?

Ben

I almost forgot about that! I don`t know whether or not I have a preamp in the 900, but unfortunately the bg 1800 came without the preamp. Is there any chance of ever finding one? Were they used in other models as well? 

I got the service manual (:

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I believe it is the GF4 unit that was used in a few other models such as the Beogram 3000.

They aren't common to find on their own (I don't have one for mine sadly!). There was one on eBay.de fairly recently though so they do exist.

Ben

Hi Wouter, Im new on the forum but i noticed your photo illustrating a "blueprint" in great detail of the gf3 or gf4 preamp.

I would like to obtain such a document, is it in the workshop manual, or is some separate sheet?

Please if you have a little more detail as to this document featured in your photo so as I may search for another original.

I have a Beogram 3000 without the preamp; and would like to build this board.

your system is very nice, looks very retro but I bet the sound is great.

all the best

Matt

matthewkiernan wrote:

Hi Wouter, Im new on the forum but i noticed your photo illustrating a "blueprint" in great detail of the gf3 or gf4 preamp.

I would like to obtain such a document, is it in the workshop manual, or is some separate sheet?

Please if you have a little more detail as to this document featured in your photo so as I may search for another original.

I have a Beogram 3000 without the preamp; and would like to build this board.

your system is very nice, looks very retro but I bet the sound is great.

all the best

Matt

Matt,

 

Welcome to beoworld! It is the service manual, in most older products you can find it in a brown enveloppe on the inside. Have a look inside of yours. If it isn`t there I`m more than happy to scan it for you. How it sounds I don`t know yet since the din plug is missing, but that`s a nice job for next weekend.

Hi Wouter

Thanks for the (two!) replies, and the welcome, much appreciated.

OK, so that is the diagram supplied in the envelope glued to the inside of the base of your excellent Beogram 1800? it includes that PCB diagram of the G4 preamp? Thats great.

My 3000 didn't have any diagram, just a little patch of brown paper where it had been removed… yet I now have two for the Beomaster 1000's I'm trying to renovate! I guess more people opened up the Beograms than the Beomasters….

I would be very grateful for full scale color scans of the front & back of the g4 board you have, including any components list & any other relevant info please.

If that is OK, my email address is 

mattk@blueyonder.co.uk

Its interesting to see the continuity of design between your Beomaster 900 and the Beomaster 1000, i can see similarities in the controls and the tuning meter even seems to be the same component.

Thank you so much for your help.

Best regards

Matt