Final update!! Dear all - problems finally over! I remembered a long while ago now sajpratty kindly donated me a Beocord to help with wow and flutter problems I was having initially. So I dug this out of storage and swapped out my tape mechanism into his old deck. Swapped my inner tray (mine has the B&O HX-Pro logo, rather than the standard one

Update: So I took the bonnet off the Beocord and found two little adjuster screw type things underneath the upper PCB. They're laballed 'output level'. They were a smidge off being at full whack, so I turned them to full whack. One screw controls each stereo channel - one for left and one for right. I was able to do this while a tape was

Great pic Soren - what a beast!! Glad to hear I'm not alone with this issue. I'll take Mika's advice and have a little look under the bonnet for any sign of adjustment capability. It'd be good to fix this - it plays on my mind when I'm trying to enjoy my tapes.

Hi - thanks for your post. Yes the playback sound is fine, it's just the VU display that's just not hitting high enough. I did notice a couple of adjuster screws inside the unit, for bias I think, for each tape type setting. Is this what you're referring to? I've taken the tape mechanism out of the deck many times, perhaps this has had

Beovox 3000 are a welcome addition to any living space - sadly at the moment I'm cash poor otherwise I'd make you an offer. Hope you find a buyer soon.

Hi everyone, I picked up an x-tra speakers kit recently and consequently wish to change my Beomaster 5000 for a receiver which uses a Beolink 1000. It is therefore time to move on from my much loved Beomaster 5000 I would like to swap my Beomaster and the matching Master Control Panel 5000 for a Beomaster 3500 or 4500 with a Beolink 1000. PM me if you're

Hi Steffen, Thanks for your post. An interesting idea but I'm no wizard when it comes to inner electrical gubbins; much more mechanically minded sadly. I'll wait and see if anyone else comes up something, which seems unlikely.

Update: I've since cleaned the deck properly and the sonic aspects are as once were previously, as in my tapes sound good, clear and free from wow and flutter. The peak level meter is still a worry. As stated before none of my tapes will show the red peaks as they once did (I liked to push the HX-Pro circuit hard and record everything into the red

That's hilarious! I'm almost on the floor laughing at that pic after the other comments. I have a pair of 1702s too, sans frets I'm afraid. And joking aside I have to agree they sound the billy business compared to a lot of modern equiv's. Getting back to the ad on eBay though, I love the use of 'boot still in shot' in the photograph

Update: I sent my MMC4 off to Axel. He fixed it and sent it back. I unpackaged it and excitedly attached it to my 5005. Placed a little Mozart on the platter and hit go. It sounded dreadful. I was gutted. Then I clicked back the stylus protector thingy and played the record again. It sounds just perfect! I'm still kicking myself for not setting