Ah!
Thanks for the help. My old eyes didn’t see that two were screws and I am not sure I would have drawn that conclusion even if I had seen them. With some readers and an eyeglass screwdriver, I was able to remove the pins, plug the CD into the tape main port and play a CD. I don’t get datalink auto controls, but at least everything works. Which is mostly fine since I don’t have a Beogram turntable either.
Since I only have one tape port, though, I am starting to think I will want to upgrade to a later model so that I can get datalink, remote features, etc. Maybe. Plus have a dedicated CD port and be able to use the tape port for the Beocord 8004 – if I can ever get it working correctly.
I got into the B&O world by accident. I had gotten rid of my hi-fi equipment years ago because it was old and not working well and I never used it. Many years later the kids got me a turntable for Christmas (because I got rid of the equipment but kept the media – go figure). They didn’t realize I needed a receiver and speakers to make it work. A buddy had the Beomaster 3000-2 that a client had given him. He passed it on to me and after I found a set of speakers (Pentas that needed refoaming and that were a bit rough but only $50) I was off to the races.
Still, if it weren’t for the BeoWorld forum, I think I would have just been frustrated enough to just sell it all.
