The innards of the cartridge are identical - I would have the CL rebuilt.

The Beocom 4 is a stand alone phone and will not work with the Beoline or PSTN base used by the 6000. The 6000 and Beocom 2 are the two system phones, soon to be joined by the Beocom 5. You can tell a Mark 2 6000 by the fact it has a socket for the Earset on the top - a hole with 3 brass contacts on one side and one on the other. The Mark 1 has two

I would get it serviced - I agree that I too would be concerned.

A little cruel but Karel does have a point - a bit more information is needed - remember we are not there so all our information has to come from you.

The problem with this is that it would run the batteries down very quickly. If the dock was a charging station, that would be different. I use my Beolink 7000 in this mode.

We received a complaint - the information is interesting and hence I left the thread but in an edited form. I apologise for any misunderstanding on my part. Best wishes,

Martin (Dillen on site) can no doubt supply these. Probably worth doing the capacitors whilst you are there!

I think I have a VX7000 surplus to requirements if you want one. It worked last time I looked but if you are interested, I will test it. It will need collecting!

I would suggest a Pro-ject Debut . Reasonable quality, takes easily replaced and cheap cartridges and will be very easy to use. If you are just using to transcribe, you want something cheap but good sounding. This one can also come fitted with a built in phono amplifier.

The plexiglass will probably just pull off - it is held by doublesided tape which will probably have rotted!