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[Multicare]

T.W.G wrote:

Did you replicate the original Bang & Olufsen fonts

Thanks, we tried to get as close as possible but as its a recreation it is was not something we felt that needed to be an exact match.

Location: Leeds, West Yorkshire, UK
Favourite Product: BeoGram 400x
Signature: Multicare Electronics - Authorised Bang & Olufsen repair.
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[Glenn Hargreaves]

Hi

I’ve just finished recapping a Beomaster 2400 and refurbed a 1202 turntable which both work very nicely, so nicely my son decided he’d like them! Fortunately I’ve acquired 2 Beomaster 5000s, one worked on everything but phono input and the other was a bit more damaged with a receiver board in two pieces. How that happened I’ve no idea. I also acquired a non working MCP 5000 that’s been extensively bodged (see picture ) so I’ll have to unbodge it. Anyway there’s enough there to keep me going for a while !

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[Evan]

Just doing a small test run of a rig I put together for a friend’s house party. I needed a small stereo rig that I could fly with (checked bag here, though – no batteries) but packed a decent punch. I’ll be running them through the 3.5mm aux from a small Motu sound card connected to my laptop so I can circumvent any app/wifi nonsense. Test run conclusion from my apartment: a pair of BeoSound 2s bring plenty of slam 😎

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Location: San Francisco

[trackbeo]

Nice, and sleek looking for the party too.  Are you simply running Apple Music.app thru the MOTU M2, or something DJ-ier?

[Evan]

trackbeo wrote:

Nice, and sleek looking for the party too.  Are you simply running Apple Music.app thru the MOTU M2, or something DJ-ier?

Yeah! These things will definitely raise the profile of the party. I’m not a DJ in the slightest, so I am just bringing a playlist and if people feel like making requests, they can cue them up on the computer instead of a mobile device etc. But yes, Apple Music (iTunes) or Tidal played through the M2 via USB.

Location: San Francisco

[Guy]

I had a visit from a couple of my cousins yesterday and they dropped off some B&O for ‘repair’ 😀

I powered each up briefly yesterday.

On the left a BeoSound 3000 – I think the only problem is the doors being very slow to open.  CD and radio worked well.  I’ll strip it down, give it a good clean (remove white paint specks!) and replace the door drive belt at the least.

On the right BeoSound 4 with DAB.  This seems pretty dead other than red standby light showing.  The glass door opens, and moves further for CD loading as it should, but that’s about it!  I can’t even put it in Service Menu.  I have never worked on one of these before, so I had a quick search of the earlier forums and think there could be an ‘unrepairable’ problem with PCB06 (the main microprocessor board) so I don’t hold out much hope!  (It’s not a PIN problem – I do have the PIN but it is not being requested, and I an unable to enter the PIN menu)

Anyway, I won’t have any time to look at either until September, so I will get back to the forum to let you know how I get on …

Location: Warwickshire, UK
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[Madskp]

Guy wrote:

and replace the door drive belt at the least.

My recommendation would be to also replace the clamper belt while you have it open since it is relatively easy to do.

 

Guy wrote:

I have never worked on one of these before,

I had one for a very short while which had an issue with opening the glass door. I newer figured out what was the problem before I passed it on to another owner. But my short experience with it is that it is not as easy to work on as the BC2300/BC 2500/BS Ouverture/BS 3000, and the plastic parts just feel more fragile in my opinion.

One thing I did while I had it was trying to remove some of the sticky coating on the surface of it. On other products my experience is that you can rub with IPA until you have removed it and get to a ok looking plastic surface. On the BS4 front panel it was like I could rub down to an ok looking surface, but if I was rubbing to much I came down to a very blank looking plastic surface that was not as nice to look at. So be careful if you try to remove the coating on the front panel

Location: Denmark

[Guy]

Madskp wrote:

My recommendation would be to also replace the clamper belt while you have it open since it is relatively easy to do.

Good idea – yes I think I will do that also.  I’ll probably need to place a Danish Sound Parts order so best to get a few extra spares.

I think on the BS4 I will leave the sticky plastic as it is – it’s not mine!  If I get it working that will be enough of a success!

Location: Warwickshire, UK
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[YannChris]

Hello Beoworlders,

The belt of the arm carriage of my Beogram 6006 (type 5625, 1984, with linear motor) was broken and I replaced it.

Unfortunately, the detection arm was damaged during the disassembly  and I had to fix it by gluing the plastic holder where the arm is screwed on the carriage.

I managed to have it horizontal.

Now, when I play a record, the carriage moves to the beginning of the record (it also makes a complete cycle with speed change if no record is present) and the stylus descends. So it seems that the detection system is OK.

But when the disc reading starts, the arm does not move and the stylus jumps as if with a scratched disc (see attached video). Same problem if I move the arm in the middle of the record.

What could it be and what can I check?

Thanks by advance,

Yann.

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Location: Brittany, France
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[Dillen]

Wrongly set tracking force?
Bad stylus tip?
Defective lamp or LDR for the tracking system?

Martin

[YannChris]

Update:

• The stylus is new (Soundsmith SMMC20 EN)
• The lamp of the tracking arm and the photo control are glowing.

I tried to adjust the tracking arm’s height at 19,5mm as explained in the service manual.

I noticed that a small tap on the tracking arm starts the playback (I can see the , as if there is a focus issue with the sensor that is solved by the tap. But it has to be done for each disc and I fear that it will harm the tracking arm.

What could I do to go further?

Kind regards,

Yann.

Location: Brittany, France
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[YannChris]

Hi,

Attached a new video with the issue and what happens when I tap slightly the chassis.

You can also note the carriage motor on the right of the video.

It stops moving at 13′ of the video and goes back after the tap. First rather fast, then by steps following the move of the reading arm.

Same issue with my 3 cartidges, so I doubt that the stylus are involved.

Tracking arm set at 19,5 mm from the aluminium part of the platter and tracking weight at 1,2 g.

So I wonder if something is mis-aligned in the carriage, but I don’t know how to remove it from the rails and would avoid to break anything.

May someone explain the process?

Kind regards,

Yann.

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