Beogram 1602 Positioning Quirks?

[jermainejagger]

Hi all!! I’m new to the Beoworld but have been following it for awhile, since I’ve been in love with B&O design since a kid.. wont get too far into my enthusiasm & nostalgia for them in this post but..

I recently (finally)luckily acquired my first B&O piece, the Beogram 1602. Fully working with an actual functioning stylus(rare on the used market it seems). Ive noticed though that sometimes it misses the record & falls to the metal platter and scares me every time that the needle may damage due to this!

So question for you experts out there.. is there a way to bring the auto start point in somehow?? Or alternatively, is there a way to simply manually bring the tonearm into a starting position or track desired THEN hit the speed for the record?

Also any way to play 45rpm 12″ records on this model? Ive checked previous posts AND downloaded the manual but found no specific info for this. It seems finding info for the 1602 is more rare than other models like the RX2 somehow.

Please help me if you can it would be TRULY appreciated.

Thanks in advance!

[jermainejagger]

Never mind found the solution!

Still can not figure out how to play 12″ 45s at 45rpm on it though since it always goes to the 7inch position when 45 is selected.. luckily I recently acquired a linear turntable I’ll play those on for now though, but if anyone does have a solution to it let me know 🙂

Thanks in advance!

[M J Vink]

a 12 inch 45 record can only be played in a primitive way, put the disco-lp on, grab the tonearm and move it to where a single normally begins, start the player on 45 rpm and wait until the automatic system is completed, then move the tonearm to the 1st grove of the lp format single and sink it carefully!

The sinking position of the tonearm is simple to be adjusted, take of the lp platter and remove the thin black cover below it. Then you see what is on my added picture. The left adjustmentscrew (B) is to the LP size, turn it a bit  (½ turn!) anticlockwise and the tonearm sinks a bit to the left, if not ok, see what happens and repeat action.

The single size is the right screw A

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