Why am I always the lucky one the writes up a request, gets 135 views over a months time, and gets not a single answer? Would someone please help me with this simple question?

You're not alone, my

Yes it is strange to get no replies on these threads. Must be something to do with the Beosound 2000/Century?

I saw this thread pop up last night and didn't open it . As I have never even physically touched this model before am not drawn towards it - I guess many others are the same. However, I do hope someone better placed to be able to answer your questions will be along shortly.🙂

Thank you gentlemen for chiming in.

BeoIce wrote:

You're not alone, my link about a Besound Century clamper problem hasn't been answered yet too.

Regards

Martin

Martin, I just read your thread. That is odd. I had an issue with reassembly of the cam box such that the pin of the clamper lift mechanism wasn't in the correct part of the groove in the cam the first time I assembled it. This caused the clamper to operate half way but stalled the complete mechanism at this point. I do recall a crunchy sound. After shifting the clamper-lifter pin to the correct point, it works as intended.

It seems as your mechanism is in sync such that it operates over it's full travel. Did you run it completely from fully open to fully closed by hand? If it works by hand, this brings me to another point. When I first started servicing mine, the doors would only open half way and with manual help. Everything looked find except the belt was slipping. Replacing the belt fully restored quick and easy operation. The belt p/n is 2732112, and should be available to you if you need it.

GuyTelefunken wrote:

When the glass comes to the fully closed position the motor continues to try to run for approx. 3 seconds and then stops.

Curiousity killed the cat, finally 😕

Opened it up. Yep. It runs for approx. 3 secs longer. Well, sort of; it tries to run (stops but you can see it's still trying to run). After 3 secs you can hear al little "knack" that shows it's stopping to get power. Obviously the belt is stronger than the motor...

   Gunther

BTW: The first radio I owned back then was a Telefunken Jubilate 😁

hemenex wrote:

Opened it up. Yep. It runs for approx. 3 secs longer. Well, sort of; it tries to run (stops but you can see it's still trying to run). After 3 secs you can hear al little "knack" that shows it's stopping to get power. Obviously the belt is stronger than the motor...

When I think about it, quite many motored B&O things are like that - shoe box Beocord trays, Beocenter 9xxx doors, etc. They just run the motor "long enough" to close / open whatever is operating, and rely on the belt slipping or the motor simply not being able to turn for the rest of the time. Unless there's a direct need to know the measured travel, this saves a limit switch or sensor (stuff that usually requires hand assembly and adjustment at the factory) and can actually be more reliable.

I believe the reason for these threads not being so popular is that DIY folks tend to favour vintage kit, and these later items are often still with their original owners who usually take them to the dealer. So it will take longer (unfortunately sometimes forever) before anybody who knows what the problem is about comes along. Me, for example, of these two products I know the Century much better... I have actually seen one! (not powered up, though)

I have fond memories of valve era Telefunkens as well 🙂 You saw a lot of them in Finland because they were license built over here.

tournedos wrote:

of these two products I know the Century much better...

In fact, I've never heard officially about a BeoSound2000 - for me it was always a Century... So probably having mentioned "century" instead might have had more replies.

tournedos wrote:

valve era Telefunkens

Well, to be honest it was a transistorized jubilate...

The first ever radio i came across was my father's Kuba Imperial music trunk with a phillips turntable and a 10-times-changer... (that I still own - waiting for restoration but I always was sort of "afraid" of valves and their higher voltages 🙁

And I don't have the original schematics - have been lost at my mother's home some years ago: I know where they WERE [:'(]

Another BTW: Is everybodies beoworld also THAT slow as mine yesterday / today? 😕

hemenex wrote:

In fact, I've never heard officially about a BeoSound2000 - for me it was always a Century... So probably having mentioned "century" instead might have had more replies.

Oh yes, the Century was Beosound 2000 in the US! Fooled me 😉 I was blindly thinking it was one of those Ouverture style music centers, once again called something else over the pond. Wonder what was the sense in that?

And yes, the forum seems a bit slower than usual. I suppose / hope it's due to Keith copying stuff over in preparation to the upgrade, or something.

@GuyTelefunken:

I don't think it's the belt. It worked flawlessly before I unmounted everything. I haven't moved the clamper manual until now, as I thought I might damage the mechanism.

I think I will reopen the Century and see if I can find anything wrong. I haven't worked on the Century for 2-3 month now, but perhaps, after this time I see the problem I haven't seen before.

Regards

Martin