Is the HDR-1 compatible with the Beovision LX5500/beolink 1000? No problems with the DVD1/V8000 but does HDR-1 specifically require Beo 4 or additional software present in more modern TV's.

Mine has been returned from the service engineer in good working order. The invoice only says that faults were "traced" but does not give details of any parts supplied - only that speaker connections were cleaned. I am assuming it was something more than these sockets at fault.

...And my point about older B&O sets from the 80's and 90's having longer lasting tubes?

Thankyou Martin. The 6000 is at my local B&O dealer and I am waiting to hear if they have repaired it. If they are unable to either carry out repairs or get parts I will be looking for further help. David

What is it about Avant tubes? Are they inherently shorter lived than those of the MX/LX? I have a 5102 and a 9000 both with very sharp tubes and no colour or convergence defects, so what is different about the later 16:9 CRT's? Which are the most reliable curved or RF?

My LX5500 supports RGB but is much better when fed with a normal PAL composite signal. Inputting an RGB signal via either scart also causes severe interference to the picture from the TV tuner

Mine obviously has the fault with the resistors. Checked all the speaker cables. The heat still builds up when disconnected from the speakers. My 6000 has always got quite warm after extended use so maybe you have nothing to worry about.

Thanks for the replies. I will try my local dealer for the repair although he makes it known he is not keen to work on equipment of this age. Is there anyone on beoworld specialising in the service of these in the north of England? Also just out of interest how does the beomaster 5500/6500/7000 compare with the 6000 amp?

I've not used it for a couple of weeks but normally it is on all day. I bought it new in 1984. When switched on it works normally for a few minutes and then the power is cut off - presumably by a protection device - and the amp returns to stand-by. There is a much greater than normal amount of heat from the sink even after a few minutes (it normally

I am noticing sound from the LX5500 TV tuner when the AV2 scart is selected - at medium to high volume levels. Is this normal? When playing quiet passages of music via my digital music player through this input the interference from the TV channel selected is quite noticable. Selecting AV2 when nothing is connected to the scart has the same result so