Hi Julian,
Thanks for the reply.
Yes its an awesome system!. I’ve got two other B&O systems(complete 8000 and a Beocenter 9300) – I got the 3500 system cheap and really just for the record player, but now its has become my favourite one. Like you said its beautiful and I love that I can play both my CDs and records on the same system.
I tried pushing down on the grille of the CD player like you said, but it made no difference, so I don’t know.
Regarding the beocord; when I got it, it only played back on the right channel – it turned out that a couple of wires had come loose in the DIN connector of the link cable, so I solded those back on and then that problem was solved …..I wonder if that strange issue with the level bar display could be with that crappy connector too?.
But at least the CD and tape recorder both still work, so the biggest problem is with the record player. It looks like the arm assembly doesn’t move while the record is playing – i.e. the stylus arm follows the groove of the record with a growing angle to the sensor arm and when it cannot move independantly of this anymore, it just stays at this position on the record.
Anyway, I have no skills in this department, so I don’t think having a service manual would help me much – I will probably need to seek professional help.
Jens
