I think you paid to much $ or Euro's for this machine in non working condition especially if you add the cost for repairing the unit and MMC2.

Yes I agree,  I was suppose to be working fine.  So I can get refund or maybe a partial refund. 

Seems many people that own these turntables don't understand basic packing and cartridge protection measures.   It was in USA dollars not Euros.

Try to get a refund, it's not worth the money you paid for it for a non working TX. Seems that lots of B&O stuff in the US is a bit overpriced.

Well I did get a BEO 8002 with mmc2 for 200.00 in US.   The TX2 was for my son and was suppose to me in great shape.   MMC2s are a bit rare and yes I think overpriced.  I dunno why, I really like B&O turntables.   Probably the 8002 best, have a nice RX2 tone arm model that works great.

If the tonearm is not secured properly the pin in the middle of the pic, may be broken, a "normal " failure if packing is done badly. The tonearm hangs low and wobbles all over the place. And yes you payed too much for a non working deck. A MMC2 repair is some Euros 180.00 by Axel.

I'll second what Leslie said - you greatly overpaid for it ($560 with shipping) - even if it was in perfect working condition.  'Looks quite pristine tho, and the tone arm isn't drooping in the photo.  He states in his

Nice detective work!  Yea I'm the dummy that bought it :)

It was like 230.00 and some sucker jacked up the price to 530 in the last minute then quit.  But I had autobid set high as I just wanted a working unit not a broken one.  

I'm not sure how he should have packed the tone arm.  He did not have a foam block under it to support it.  He just had bubble wrap above it pushing it down to the top plate.  It did not move much but now its floppy, side to side and up and down.  Probably snapped the pin when he packed it.

Does anyone know if a TX2 works without the cartridge inserted?  I mean should it be able to power up, turn on and off as well as move the arm?

It just spins and won't even power down.

My BG 6500 (which has the same mechanism) moved the arm to the record, released the tone arm (which didn't drop due to no cartridge mass), then tracked rapidly acrosss the record to the end, at which point it returned and shut off.

Re: Tone arm preparation.  You should place something under it such as a styrofoam peanut.  Then use a piece of scotch tape to secure it to the deck to prevent lateral movement.  And you do need bubble wrap under the lid to prevent the sub-platter from coming loose and sliding around.  The platter should be removed of course.