It could be set to option 0 - it needs to be option 1. With a Beolink 1000, with the system in stand by, Sound, 1, Store.

Get it retipped - Look at the top article in the Beogram section and click on the link to Axel.

The problem is that as a buyer, Paypal is wonderful. I have never returned anything or made a claim (though I should have done once - crooked US seller never sent anything and tried to con more money out of me) but the ability to pay instantly is a huge bonus. There are good sellers and good buyers but there are also dishonest sellers and buyers. If

Not quite that simple as the chassis is the original Philips 101 ( the 100 was a prototype) but the electronics are the trusty 104, one of the best CD players of its time. The CDX was made in the Philips factory but the control mechanism is bespoke to B&O. The laser assembly and DAC circuits are all pure Philips though so I think there should be

Why not look for a Philips CD104 - same machine in an electrical sense. Much easier and cheaper to find. The CDX is a 104 in a 100 type set up.

You need to assign the Scarts to your various devices. You really need the reference book - you can get them on here but you will need to be a silver member or you can possibly get them for nothing at the official B&O site. It should really have come with the manuals.

The Beogram 6500 is an OK deck but if he does not have many records I would suggest blowing £1500 just to have a go seems a bit excessive. Beolab 4000s are again an OK speaker but they can work with any amplifier with a variable line out so I would use something he has first to see if he likes them. You have identified an issue in that the cartridges

I doubt the 7 is that much better! Given the choice, Beolab 4000s are pretty good!

Not a silly question at all! I believe it does as the Beosystem 1 is essentially the innards of an Avant repackaged! The recommended centre speakers were a pair of Beolab 4000s.

No converter that I know of. There is a code converter for the 5000 system and the 6000/8000 system but I don't think it works with the 3000. The MCL30 system will allow you to work the system in another room but you need the connection box and the IR eye. I have seen them on eBay but only very rarely. The system allows full control - but you get