Martin, I am planning to tackle the switch question tomorrow. Right now the Beogram 4000 is all back together and from memory it seems to me that there are 4 or more wires going to this switch. (I may well be mistaken.) However, if there are more than 2 wires, which one do I solder off? I am asking now so that I might have an answer before I start this

Martin, Sorry for the confusion with the multiple switches. No I did not try soldering off one of the switch leads, but I most certainly will if this is what you want me to do. However, I thought the purpose of the switch was to lower the voltage once the tonearm reached the record. As such wouldn’t defeating the switch guarantee the fuse would

Martin, Thank you for all the information. However, there is a problem. The tonearm only once made it to the record before the fuse blew out of 6 tests. Thus I can not test the voltage after the tonearm is fully down because it doesn’t make it that far before blowing the fuse. I can test the voltage at the switch to see if it is at 0 as you mentioned

Hi Derek, You were exactly correct, the tonearm and sensor were slightly out of adjustment. A tiny nudge of the sensor to the left and the arms are parallel again. Thank you so much for such an easy fix. Jeff

Hi Martin, The results are in. With the lead disconnected and the multimeter in place I got a reading of -.34 amps . A second test had a reading of -.33 amps . After each test within a second or two the fuse blew. Is this the result you were looking for? Assuming that I need a replacement solenoid, could you kindly supply the part number? I have searched

Hi Graham, The seller was mistaken about the jacks. I have an external RIAA pre-amp for my Beogram 8000 which I use successfully with my Beomaster 4500. Thank you for the information. Jeff

I am considering a BeoCenter 9300 purchase, however the owner insists that there are NO input jacks on the BeoCenter 9300. I was planning to use the 9300 in conjunction with my Beogram 8000 with power converter. I checked the User’s Guide in the BeoWorld reference library and it says that there is a choice of: Radio, Tape, CD, Phono, Tape 2, &

Hi Martin, Will do. What sort of numbers do you expect from this test, that is what would be normal and what would be out of range, or a definite sige of a problem? Jeff

Martin, I hope that you will forgive yet another question, but how do I measure the solenoid current? Jeff

Hi Martin, The switch that you had circled in green engages first then the other two switches are activated in a delayed fashion. As such, it appears to me that all switches are working properly. I managed to get the arm to drop repeatedly in order to check the switches, carefully raising the arm within a second or so and the fuse did not blow . On