You need to replace C2103 on the servo board.

Suggest you search C2103 on the archived general forum and you will find much info.

Hi Graham,

Thank you for the suggestion to replace C2103.

As you know long distance diagnosis is difficult at best, so I thought a bit of additional information might be useful.

This 9000 was left at a recycling station and did not have the transport screw engaged as the unit was regarded as trash. As such I imagine it was tossed about a bit before coming to me.

Being a fan of British cars I am prone to “tinker” with my aging collection of B&O products. While I know Danish electronics have nothing to do with Lord Lucas and British auto electronics, I still wanted to tinker with this errant CD player.

What I discovered was the CD player shudders badly when first beginning play and then plays flawlessly.

I went from one CD to another and the 9000 played each one perfectly. I then tried the CD that the 9000 refused to play previously and after the initial shudder, it played it over and over again, changing tracks, etc.

I am by NO means a technical expert, just an enthusiast. If the CD player needs much more than lubrication I rather suspect I will need to send it out for proper repair.

Jeff

Hi, am sure you know this, but still: make sure you set the springs in the right setting depending if it is standing up hanging or lying down. This is done by turing the screw in the back (gently with a screwdriver if you don't have the tool). I did not do this and caused similar issues.

holly42 wrote:

Hi, am sure you know this, but still: make sure you set the springs in the right setting depending if it is standing up hanging or lying down. This is done by turing the screw in the back (gently with a screwdriver if you don't have the tool). I did not do this and caused similar issues.

 

I am not sure what you are talking about. I suspect you might be confusing the Beocenter 9000 with the Beosound 9000!!!!!

..stupid me, you are correct, sorry for the confusion.

Not stupid at all, we all make mistakes. However reading the initial post at 6:00AM had all kinds of "confused" ideas going on in my foggy brain. That said, you sarted me off with a smile on my face and I thank you kindly for that!

Jeff

We must be on opposite sides of the globe. I was sitting with a wine in my hand in the evening. Maybe a wine too many.. Hope it all works out for you.  

Sitting with a glass of wine in hand….. sounds good to me.

I am “hoping” that the root cause is a lack of use and oxidation. My gut tells me that the problem is more mechanical than electronic….. however that is only a guess.

Jeff

Jeff,

the C2103 is a standard fault that happens to all of these if they have been used at all. That is almost certainly the reason the device was in the recycling center to begin with (if the CD hub hasn't broken yet). Occasional warm-up problems and refusal to play certain discs is a 100% typical symptom.

Replacing it will take half an hour for somebody who knows what he's doing, and 1-4 hours for a handy first timer (while a not so handy first timer in a hurry will just botch everything up).