Thanks for the tip. Indeed there was still a bit of goo on two of the legs. I didn't unsolder the chip but used a q-tip with isopropyl alcohol and after removing and adding the components of the system, everything, including RDS started working. Yay. Can you believe I only paid 25 pounds for it?

The only issue now is that the BL has a buzzing sound. Seems to come from near the battery compartment.

Good job, and a very nice price for a BL7000 🤒

If the buzzing is faint and only heard when the display is on, I'd say that was normal (due to the backlight high voltage coil resonating) and mine does that too.

For those still looking for the white luminescent film for the display that is no longer available at Conrad, I found another supplier: www.reichelt.com in Germany. Part number: EL-FOLIE 1010WS and HS-Code 94059900. I bought 2 of them to replace the bad ones in my Beolink's 7000 and they work great. 

Alain Verbeke wrote:

For those still looking for the white luminescent film for the display that is no longer available at Conrad, I found another supplier: www.reichelt.com in Germany. Part number: EL-FOLIE 1010WS and HS-Code 94059900. I bought 2 of them to replace the bad ones in my Beolink's 7000 and they work great. 

Hi Alain.

Interesting Do you have picture of how you did the replacement?

Thanks

/steffen

Hi Steffen. I used exactly the same procedure as described in this post. I did not take pictures during my repair. Sorry.

Alain Verbeke wrote:

Hi Steffen. I used exactly the same procedure as described in this post. I did not take pictures during my repair. Sorry.

Hi Alain,

Recieved the white luminescent film a few days ago and you are right. Just use exactly the same procedure as described in this post.

Thanks for the tip.

/steffen

Thank You Alain,

will order as well.