Hello and welcome to Beoworld.

I am fairly sure that a replacement CD unit is not available.  However, changing the electrolytic capacitors on the CD unit and its control board will probably be enough to bring it back to life.  I have made the replacement to two BC9000s and it was 100% successful; they even played CDRs after the repair...

Richard

I agree with Richard.
Depending on the exact version of deck used in your Beocenter, capacitor kits are available.

Martin

My B&O type is 2501. Can I find right capacitor kit with type number or should I check this CD unit type.

Anyway you still can find these CD units from web... if someone just would tell the right type.

Sami wrote:

Anyway you still can find these CD units from web... if someone just would tell the right type.

I don't think you can - the one used is mechanically B&O specific as far as I know. It may still be designated a CDMthis/that, but it wasn't used in any other device. B&O spares haven't been available for a long time now.

You could probably transplant the laser arm from another type of mechanism, but that would be a silly way to start as your problem most probably isn't the laser!

The Beocenter type number is not enough to tell which type of drive is mounted.
I need the 5-digit number etched in the copper tracks near one corner on the servo board.
Something like f.e. 17011 or 34114.
Alternatively a photo of the board.

Sami, I would also like to know where you can find these modules ?

Martin

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I have this same problem in Beocenter 9000. CD just spins couple of seconds and then opens the door.

How many capacitors there is to change? And what are the values of the capacitors?

I work with electronics so I should have the skills to do job. If I just know which capacitors to work with.

 

Best regards

Pete

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Pete, welcome to Beoworld !

If you know electronics you will easily be able to count the electrolytics and read their values on the
servo board, there's about a handful or so, depending a little on the exact version of board.
Problem is that at least one of them needs to be a specific brand and type for the focus
circuit to work. That one being the blue Philips axial which has proved a problem to find since Phillips
stopped producing capacitors but a cap kit has been put together for convenience and it contains
the correct cap for the job.

Martin

tournedos wrote:

Sami wrote:

Anyway you still can find these CD units from web... if someone just would tell the right type.

I don't think you can - the one used is mechanically B&O specific as far as I know. It may still be designated a CDMthis/that, but it wasn't used in any other device. B&O spares haven't been available for a long time now.

You could probably transplant the laser arm from another type of mechanism, but that would be a silly way to start as your problem most probably isn't the laser!

I believe it's the servo board that is B&O specific and you cannot source these on the web. B&O no longer supply them.

The capacitor kit is the way to go as long as it contains a working substitute for C2103 which is a Blue Philips axial type 33 micro farads 16volt. For some reason, as yet unknown, it would appear to be the only type to work reliably.

If you search the forum for C2103 you will find a number of threads which discuss this at length.

Hi,

Yes i know that i can read the values from caps. But the problem is that the player is in my other apartment in another city. So i can not get it under work now.

Can i order the Cap kit from this site? And what is the price?

Thanks very much for your help allready :)