Hi Mike & welcome to Beoworld🙂

1. It sounds as though the cords which open & close the lids have come off the pulleys or the mechanism need freeing. Really quite difficult to work on if you don't know what you're doing. Graham our resident expert on these beocenters (member joeyboygolf) will confirm this and will probably give you better advice than me although it will probably require a service centre attention if you aren't well up on these. If you are confident however then I would strongly advise downloading the service manual which is available for download to silver & gold members, it's huge and in 4 parts I believe. Gold membership also automatically enters you for the monthly

Thanks for the advise guys.  I know you said prices verry but do you think we are talking $100's or $1000's in repair costs?

Thanks

Mike

I would say $100's rather than $1000's.

Chris.

Jeff

You said you have done the door thing.  Any pointers,tips or dont let this happen to you?  I have looked at the manual and it looks like something I might try.  What should I use to lube the tracks?

Thanks again

Mike

Mike, any update on your amplifier issue? One of the two channels on my 9500 seems to have failed this week after several years of excellent performance. I, too, am running the output to a subwoofer that then passes on to the satellites. I wondered if it was a wiring option or s sub problem so I ran every possible iteration with the same result -- full sound from only one channel. Oddly, though, there is enough leakage that the subwoofer picks up some signal no matter which of the four powered outputs is used.

 As I'm 5 hours' drive from the nearest service center I'm looking at one channel for the foreseeable future. Or maybe just buying some penta's and bypassing the amplifier stage altogether...?

Thanks, Colin
 

i seem to have missed the beginning of this thread somehow. My apologies!

For info that I gave re lubrication see this

Graham

           I just got your anser on the channel one problum, Thanks.  Would the mute relay only go bad on the right speeker?  Because the left one will play and mute fine.  Both speekers play fine on channel two.

Do you know were I can get parts?  I cant find any one on line.  Parts like the drive belts for the doors, The  plastic channels that the glass pannels sit in, A clip for the prop rod and a batery wile I'm in there.  The batery still works but what the heck who knows how old it is.  Buy the way, Do you know wear it is?

Thanks again for all your help

Mike