Just purchased my first Beogaram1000 vintage

[Heidi Romppanen]

I found this at a recent estate sale the turn table turns but no sound …I honestly haven’t used a turn table since 1995, I can’t recall what a needle looks like 🫣 I think it has one…turn table turns the arm doesn’t lift with the lift handle that moves it doesn’t go low or high enough and the arm seems to be missing a part towards the needle in front of where it rests…I thought since it doesn’t have a output it would just play when I connect to speakers…I really don’t understand this forum and what section to post in so help would be greatly appreciated

thank you from Heidi in Finland

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Hello Heidi,

The Beogram 1000 is a lovely old turntable. When balanced correctly the tonearm moves beautifully down and up on and off the surface of a record.
This Beogram does not have a built in amplifier.

Sound output is achieved by connecting the Beogram to a Beomaster, or any audio amplifier with speakers attached. There should be 2 cables coming from the rear; the power cable and another with a 5-pin DIN plug. This would usually be connected to a Beomaster 1000 or similar. (Any audio amplifier with speakers may work though.)

The photo you shared seemed to show some damage to the black plastic clamp which a) holds the tonearm in place and b) activates and deactivates turntable rotation.
The clamp should hold the tonearm snugly and stop it moving around.
It might be a good idea to find a local audio repair tech and ask to have the Beogram inspected.

Good luck – keep us updated with your progress.

Julian

 

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