Beware, free enough is probably not enough. You just can’t say till it’s done.

Dan75 wrote:

Am I wrong or is the Beomaster only compatible with a certain type of B&O speaker? I see that it has no common speaker

connectors like other audio brands have.

B&O has never used "common" speaker connectors. They used 2 pin DIN connectors for their passive speakers, and later Powerlink 8 pin DIN connectors for their active speakers. In between they used some 3 or 4 pin DIN connectors for their active speakers. (those are quite rare today).

But you can still buy the 2 pin DIN plugs. With those you can connect any passive speakers (not only B&O) to your Beomaster.

(EDIT) Sorry - I can see this already has been answered by Martin 😕 - I didn't notice "page 2" 😳

You can use any passive speakers within reason - the connectors on the Beomaster are DIN connectors, which are a standard audio connector that is widely available, but no longer very common for some reason. Any 2 pin din plug will work, but you’ll notice the sockets on the Beomaster have 3 pins. That is to allow for a special 3 pin speaker link connector for certain B&O speakers with data displays. The Beomaster 5000 is a good amp and tuner - you hit a great deal there!

Ha - I made the same mistake 🤣

Thank you though :)

And thank you to all.... !! :)

The strange, at least to me, din port on the Beomaster (being a 3-pin) got me assuming that it only accepts special B&O made

speakers. But now that is cleared I now know that I can order those connectors and finally hook them up.

Because I would like to test if it all works off course, I already changed out the belts on the Beocord cassette deck and took it apart

cleaned and lubricated it. It plays, but I can't hook it up. The DIN connector is different than most others, it is not a 5 pin but more, 7 if I remember.

That is not a fit to my adapter cable (5-pin DIN to RCA) so I cannot hook it up to another amp I have.

Two things for now are those connectors and getting the CD-50 up and running. That is still an issue I have to get sorted.

chartz wrote:

Beware, free enough is probably not enough. You just can’t say till it’s done.

Does the upper part, the one you see spinning back and forth in the video, also come off?

I mean, I took the clamping part that sits underneath off but can the upper part also be removed from that board?

The Beocord 5000 will connect to the Beomaster 5000.
If you want to connect it to something else, you can unscrew the outermost two pins from the plug with a small (watchmakers) flat-bladed screwdriver..

Martin

Done :)

This worked, I have tested after completing the procedure in the link you had given and it plays a cd 😁

Only thing that I encountered is something else, it was not loading and ejecting well. The tray I mean.

I noticed that a bracket that holds the long slider to open and close the lid on the front, has a crack in it. This causes the slider to sit out of

it's normal path and therefore the tray tends to hang when it is inserted or ejected.

I guess I will have to come up with a fix of some sort, like epoxy glue. The bracket is plastic and when you tighten the screw which holds the bracket to the base it will tilt one way and therefore bent the slider which causes the irregular functioning of opening and closing /ejecting.

The bracket