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Hi Eldrup and Martin,
Thank you for this lovely “ritornello”.
A bit kitsch for everyday listening but so fresh anyway.
Yann.
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Congratulations 🙂
Your enthousiasm remind me 2006 christmas, when 2 BL5 arrived at home.
Enjoy your BL5s, they are fabulous speakers either for music and video.
Kind regards,
Yann.
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Bonjour Christophe,
J’ai répondu à ton message sur le bon coin.
“Méthodes de mesure” est un petit (18 pages) manuel destiné aux techniciens.
Il décrit des procédures de test génériques pour amplificateurs et tuners FM.
C’est théorique mais intéressant.
Bon week-end,
Yann.
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Looking to the pictures of B&O’s website, I am rather mixed on the floor-stand.
Too imposing for my taste, it seems less airy and sophisticated than the Eclipse’s one.
While Eclipse floats in the air, Theater seems to be painfully extricating itself from the soil.
I agree, that’s a purely personal and subjective feeling which needs to be confronted to the in-the flesh product.
At last and if I read the specifications correctly, it can only control 2 products via the PUCs. It’s unfortunately too short for my current needs.
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Hello Mathieu,
Many thanks for your advice.
I do not have the CMD2 anymore, as I sent my Beocenter to be fixed by a professional.
But I still have my 2nd Beocenter’s CDM4 drive.
If you have any clue, I’m interested.
Kind regards,
Yann.Location: Brittany, FranceMy B&O Icons:
Hi Martin,
I completely agree with you.
That’s why I only did short tests and don’t plan to use this hybrid solution.
By chance, once the servos and lasers were paired properly, no further issues arose.
For now, I can’t go further without the help of someone in the know.
Kind regards,
Yann.
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Hello Beoworlders,
Following Matador’s advice, I tested the still “functional” drive with several discs.
There is no logic in the results, as some CDs with a lot of tracks work fine and some don’t.
On a few of them, the discs is read for a few seconds then stops.
In one case on a short disc, the sound was highly distorted.
I suspect that tuning of the CDM2 laser is not adapted to the CDM4 servo board.
Any advice?
Kind regards,
Yann.
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Hello Beoworlders,
To Matador: I did not test a lot of CDs as I was unsure that the mix between lasers and servo boards was safe.
To all: I went further on the CD150 alternative solution and found that the grey 14 pins connector of the Beocenter’s drive is split in two separate connectors (9 + 4 pins) on the Philips one.
The last option is to send my drives to someone who is able to repair them.
Anybody interested?
Kind regards,
Yann.Location: Brittany, FranceMy B&O Icons:
Hello Beoworlders,
To Martin: Sorry but I could not localize the smell.
I always carefully removed the ribbon cables using the ZIF connector on the servo board.
I agree with you, there are sharp angles on the CDM 4 and I hope that the seller took care when he recapped the unit.To all: Today, I exchanged the laser units from one drive to another, here are my findings:
CDM 4 servo with CDM 2 Laser: plays well on an 8 tracks CD except a noise when moving to a track at the end of the CD, but does not work on a 18 tracks one. This behaviour was identical on original CDM 2 unit before the “smell incident”. See these videos:
CDM 2 servo with CDM 4 Laser: same symptom as on full CDM 2 unit after the “smell incident”. See this video:
I come to the conclusion that something is wrong on both servo boards as no perfect result is obtained.
When it comes to lasers, I suppose they are still functional, but I suspect the CDM 2 one needs some tuning and I have neither knowledge and equipment to proceed. I have no idea for CDM 4.
So “I send an SOS to the world” and would be grateful if somedy with the know-how could take over this repair. Of course, I take all the costs.
Thanks by advance and kind regards,
Yann.
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Thank you Martin.
The set was VERY dirty when it arrived with a lot of dust inside that I removed with a paining brush and the aluminium lids also need a deep cleaning.
What product can I use to do this?
Kind regards,
Yann.
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Hi Beoworlders,
Recieved today my Beolink 5000 updated by Pilatomic.
Great job, everything works fine!
The remote control has now a Beo4 look with the screen always on.
Regards,
Yann.
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Hi,
Thanks Peter and Chartz for your informations.
As I am not particularly skilled with my hands, I’m not very confident in swapping the idlers.
Chartz, I understand what you mean, but I don’t see how to identify which idler is the loudest and how / where to put it.
I think it’s more sensible to digitize my tapes first and will update this thread once done.
Thanks again,
Yann.
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Hi Beoworlders,
That’s it, my BL 8000 are now finished:
After an extensive cleaning following Matador’s tutorial:
-New damping material placed,
-Foam tape exchanged with Beobuddy’s supply,
-Bushings of the main transformers exchanged by new ones supplied by Beoparts (part number RP-008 proposed for BL Penta, 3000, 4500, 5000).
They shine like new!!!
My warmest thanks to all contributors of this brilliant thread,
Yann.
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Thanks Omminp.
You were right… again 🙂
3 rubber buffers were broken in two parts, the 4th was the only still in one piece.
3 drops of loctite made the job, I feel more secure now.
While the set was opened, I took videos of the moving parts at the 3 speeds. The belt on the right side moves strangely. The set is more noisy when “closed”.
Videos are online on this playlist, if you can’t reach them just tell me: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL5Sdc5VmHaOJJCaNR6syj5EfxE5SZrQ_H
PS: The type stated on the schematic is 4136 50 Hz
Kind regards,
Yann.
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