Don't try that. The old tape has no problems with adhesion (as you'll notice when you try to strip it away), but the foam backing material the glue rides on crumbles away. The panel removal & replacement is described in the service manuals which you can download from the site as you're a silver member They won't help with the repair

Excellent! If I win one, I promise to buy an iPod to hide that silly support paddle in the mid top instead of hacking it off!

Replace the electrolytics on the CPU board and also the small caps in the power supply. The +5V supplies needs to be stable for the processor to start properly. Resolder the connectors of the board as well. If this doesn't help, I'd suspect both the chips you mention... the CPU is dead or disabled as the receiver is essentially brain dead, but

[quote user="Agent00soul"]By the way, it seems some of you routinely replace the tantalum electrolytics. Why exactly? They don't have a liquid electrolyte that evaporates, do they?[/quote] No liquid as far as I remember, but these old drop tantalums still can go bad. And often in an unpleasant way, like transforming into a smallish resistor

[quote user="Søren Mexico"] Yes the MCP on top is just for photo. and the cover has sagged, but I will glue a 5 x 5 Mm. alumium angle to the under side, it will not be visible when the lid is closed, and when open it will look like its original. [/quote] Keep us posted on how that turns out - I've been thinking about doing something

Dunno about the bend, but I suppose the cutting should be done by a laser or water jet instead of a mechanical cutter. But #8? Really? That's over 4 mm for stainless steel!

Good work! Looks lovely, just like mine It's fortunate that the last non-functional item is the least valuable. If it proves too hard to fix, it won't be an impossible task to find another white Beocord 6500. Or just swap the case parts with another colour unit. I suppose you've just put the MCP there for the photo, but don't store it

I guess that can go then! Not so sure about the inside of the cover, there's a slim chance that it has been put there to prevent some odd radio interference or something... It won't hurt anything if it has been properly insulated so you could just as well leave it be. The CD50's can be a bit spiritual in their workings. I try to avoid touching

[quote user="Step1"] A toroidal transformer Evan, yes! Common in quite a bit of B&O stuff - I am sure more for it's dimensions than stability & regulation - strong points if you are wondering!. [/quote] A toroidal transformer also has a much smaller stray magnetic field than a regular E core (dunno if that name is used in English

And, if it doesn't, there simply will be a day when you have to let go. Your Beolink 1000 has served a long and useful life. It'll be like 150 years old in plastic remote years These can be repaired on component level to some extent (I think there's even a schematic somewhere), but if for example the custom microcontroller that is the "brains"