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Quick look into my second Beogram 8000.
in BeoGram · Feb 1, 2017 23:05Today I finally got to take a look under the hood of my second Beogram 8000 table. What I found was that when plugged in nothing happens and the last digit shows a faint 3 and that's it. I opened it up and the inside is …
Beogram 8000 arm won't lift up.
in BeoGram · Jan 31, 2017 05:17Actually I bought it to repair and refurbish. I have always liked the look of the B&O tables especially the 8000 series. I love linear tracking tables and these are probably the best non air bearing linear trackers out t…
Beogram8000 platter spinning out of control
in BeoGram · Jan 31, 2017 01:53One thing to remember is even though the solder joints look good, there sit may be a problem with them. Cold solder joints or intermittent solder joints are hard to see. You would be safe to just unsolder and resolder al…
Beogram 8000 arm won't lift up.
in BeoGram · Jan 31, 2017 00:41I can't remember who was here in the forum that said they replaced every component in that circuit and it still didn't fix it, the arm still lowered at the same speed as before. Mine does the exact same thing as yours, d…
Beogram 8000 arm won't lift up.
in BeoGram · Jan 30, 2017 21:33Update: Today I finally got back to my Beogram 8000 arm lift problem. It turned out to be the coil some how got turn a little where the wires that go to it were turned upwards and it some how got caught or hung up on som…
Beogram 8000 arm won't lift up.
in BeoGram · Mar 12, 2016 21:19yes, I meant he seller told me the platter spun freely and for a long time. So from that statement hopefully the Thrust plate/breaing are fine and that I can use this second BG 8000 I have if that coil in the malfunction…
Beogram 8000 arm won't lift up.
in BeoGram · Mar 12, 2016 19:53ProGram, Thanks for the help and info. My next question is, Can this part be repaired? or does it have to be replaced? Could it be just a simple lubrication to lossen it up and move freely again or once stuck there is no…
Beogram 8000 arm won't lift up.
in BeoGram · Mar 12, 2016 16:57I was looking at that Coil cylinder and from what I can remember from when I worked on it last time, that is supposed to move freely in and out. Correct? if so, it's not moving and is stuck in the out position against th…
Beogram 8000 arm won't lift up.
in BeoGram · Mar 12, 2016 01:03I just put on a brand new Sound Smith SMMC 20CL cartridge and was playing my BG 8000. I was on the second album when I went to pause it. The arm lifted up and after a few seconds moved to it's resting point like its supp…
Motor Drive Transformer noise
in BeoGram · Feb 23, 2015 04:44At idle, how loud should the transformer/s noise be? I hear a very faint noise from the transformers when the table is not in use. I mean I have to put my ear right up to the platter area to hear this. Is that normal? I …
My Beogram 8000 is up and running but......
in BeoGram · Feb 19, 2015 20:32Well, after a few months of my Beogram operation fine and after listening to a few records my BG 8000 platter just stop functioning. The arm moves out to the LP and drops where it's supposed to when the play button is pu…
Beogram 8002 Repair
in Imported Content (Unmapped) · Feb 16, 2015 07:21Today I readjusted my VTF and made sure with my Mana spirit level that the table and platter level which I found out the table itself was not level. Leveled the table leveled the platter. Put an LP and I was in sonic hea…
Beogram 8002 Repair
in Imported Content (Unmapped) · Feb 15, 2015 02:31sonavor, What did you find for the platter height to sound best? Some say the aluminum platter part level with aluminum surround or slightly higher. I have been trying to adjust mine for best sound with zero record surfa…
Beogram 8002 stylus arm not behaving / returning properly
in BeoGram · Jan 1, 2015 21:31First, I was looking over the previous post you did on the broken wires. It looks like there is a short on the pad where the jumper wire from the right pad is connected where the blue wire is soldered on the ribbon cable…
8000/8002 spring under platter surround cover for static dischage.
in BeoGram · Dec 21, 2014 16:35I just wanted to share something with all the 8000/8002 owners out there. You may know this trick already but I had lost my spring and I just took a spring from a ball pin pen. cut I to the properly length and it works f…
Beogram 8000 issue/s
in BeoGram · Dec 18, 2014 21:51The 7 pin DIN to RCA adapter cable was bought off ebay from a seller named "AV cablesandmore".
Beogram 8000 hum in right channel
in BeoGram · Dec 18, 2014 21:48well, I didn't want it to get buried in a long thread, but will post back to the original post of my BG 8000
Beogram 8000 hum in right channel
in BeoGram · Dec 18, 2014 12:57My BG 8000 is connected to my Musical Paradise MP-P1 Phono Preamp. The 7 Pin DIN to RCA adapter I bought on ebay. I have a feeling it's either adapter or its a bad connection internally since the cartridge The cartridge …
Beogram 8000 hum in right channel
in BeoGram · Dec 18, 2014 06:37Well, my Beogram 8000 is running fine but I just got my 7 pin DIN to RCA with separate ground today. I hooked it up and the table sound ok but I get a hum from the right channel and the upper highs seem to be missing, th…
I Fixed My Beogram 8000!
in BeoGram · Dec 13, 2014 17:47I just noticed that this schematic in this technical note is different from the circuit in my Beogram 8000 Service manual. Mine has R61 10k ohm resistor between R58 220K resistor and pin 6 of 1IC1. Also the supporting ci…