The lid of my 6000 used to make noise as well (more like a creaky door) when nearing the top position. Stuff like that doesn't bother me much so I never did anything about it... and now, almost three years later, it is completely silent!

There is only one data signal. On the Beomaster, it goes to pin 7. On the CD end, you need to connect it to whereever the pins 6 and 7 of the original cable used to be... I can't remember how it looked, but hopefully it is rather obvious; the PCB might even have the solder points for a DIN socket although one is not installed. EDIT: but by all means

If you really have only those five wires in the cable and they really have been connected like that, the cable cannot be original or somebody has rewired it. In that case the colours can be anything. Since you get sound out, 2, 3 and 5 are correct, but I'm afraid the only way to trace the data wires is to open the CD deck and see where they go.

The original pins have a thread. If you try to stick something else in there it won't stay. Try to get hold of the original detachable pins or replace the plug. Sounds like you're also missing the dummy plug from the line in/out socket... without it, the preamp and poweramp of the Beomaster aren't connected together at all, thus no sound

The CD won't need audio input lines, so even the 7-pin connector will have two pins unused. Therefore the cable only needs five wires (ground, L out, R out, data, and data ground). If you take a closer look, you should find that the non-connected pins are 1 & 4, not 6 & 7. So unless somebody has been in there rewiring the plug for some unknown

Oh, how could I forget: embracing

I wouldn't be surprised if the Beolink or the receiver you're controlling with it had some kind of a "long range" calendar bug similar to Y2K (remember how the world was going to perish 11 years ago unless you hired enough high rate consultants?), and year 2011 somehow rolls over internally so that the timer works again. Since the

Sounds like the actual circuit board (or the contact foil) need cleaning. Could be corrosion from a leaked battery or finger grease oozed through the rubber mat

I would've remained quite happy with the old year, it hadn't been used that much and it looked nice. Nevertheless, it's now gone in Finland. Happy new year everybody!

I don't usually like modifications to rare kit like this, even if it's just a paint work. But when it looks that much better than original, who could resist