Have an old (ish) B&O system comprising Beomaster 2000, Beocord 2000, Beogram 2000, and Beovox CV100 speakers. Had it since new in late 1985 early 1986. Although it has always been in the house, it has not been used much in the past 11yrs. I have recently purchased a USB DAC and adaptor lead from Soundsheavenly as I wish to use the old B&O system to play my tapes and records and record them onto my laptop and save as a WAV file.
The USB DAC & leads arrived all ok.........but unfortunately the Beocord then showed its age by trying to play the tape then stopping! Had a good look and managed to download the old service manuals.......several minutes later I had the covers off and yes you guessed it....the main drive belt had stuck and stretched and triggered the torque stop! Noticed that the other two belts are showing signs of distortion!
Questions:
- Are the three belts still available? If so where from?
- Having looked through the service manual and all the tech adjustments (lots) would I have to get anything reset like the speed???? (due to fitting a new belt)
- I presume the belt (is there more than one?) in the Beogram would/could do the same, so where to get a belt for that??
- Not managed to find as detailed a stripdown manual for the Beogram, so is replacing the belt easy?? Again would anything need adjusting like speed??
- Read about the problems of the drivers/cones foam edge disintegrating. How do you remove the grills to check for this?
- Also where to get repair kits, and is it DIY?
- Also I will try to clean the whole set of light dust, clean the contacts etc with IPA, lubricate moving bits with special plastics grease (used this on old VHS recorders)...
Anything else to do or check??...also approx. costs for repair items and links/contacts
I am fairly competent at DIY, watch repairs, soldering etc........just a bit scary if you make a mistake due to new replacement costs!
Thanks, .....David 🤒
