Jeff: "if you are still fairly sure that it is the power supply canisters, I will try to find a source for them. I look forward to your answer." It's just a guess. It could be a resistor or a diode. I'm guessing capacitor because they are old and have a tendency to short out. Resistors typically don't fail/smoke unless there is

Jeff: I've never seen a 4000 before. On the 4002 deck, there are molex like connectors between the tone arm and the control board. This allows you to disconnect the tone arm from the control board. If you do this will the fuse continue to blow? Can you get the turntable to run in some state before it blows a fuse? Ie will it turn and switch speeds

Jeff: You aren't having luck with any of your turntables are you :( I suspect bad electrolytics. Start with replacing the big power supply cannisters. I'd do those first and see if the thing comes back to life as opposed to shot gunning and changing them all at once. The risk with shotgun approach is that you introduce more variabilty (putting

Hi Jeff: Happy to know you got it to work! Derek

Joost: Silly question, but it has happened to me more than I care to acknowledge... Are you absolutely certain that the noise is originating from the Pentas? Ie. with no signal cable plugged in, do you hear the same noise? Sometimes we over look the obvious; the problem could be originating from your Beomaster or from faulty signal cable and that the

Jeff: 2 things comes to mind. 1) Failing motor 2) Worn/dirty capstan bearing Dismantle tape deck and remove the main belt coupling the motor to the flywheel. Turn the deck on.. if it still "growls" its the motor. (B&O has a replacement you can buy but I am told it is not as nice as the original one). If it is a worn/dirty capstan bearing

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Jeff: Are you referring to the copper threaded rod? In most cases this can be corrected. Clean the read of all lubricants. Get two books for equal thickness. Place the rod across the book suspended by the edges of the rod. Using your fingers, roll the rod back and forth gently and note where/when the rod arches up. Carefully push/bend the rod at its

Jeff: So chop off the RCA connector and put on a din male. You can still use the adaptor to go back to RCA. I just don't understand why you need to replace the whole cord. The original B&O din connector was soldered on as well. You'd get the same effect less an inch :). All I am saying is you don't need to resort to replacing the entire

Jeff: ust get a molded cord from Radio Shack or your local electronic supplier and replace the entire cord as Mika suggests. As for the din connector, you can readily buy DIN connectors from electronic suppliers that you can install onto the shielded cable. Mouser comes to mind. And yes you can get them in grey too. Why gut a perfectly fine 4002 turntable