Hi, I have been comparing my newly acquired Beomaster 5500 to my 8000 and it sounds much duller, a bit uninteresting exactly as Tim Jarman describes it. The tuner section is also less sensitive! Any thoughts please?

Thanks Mika!

Hello, I can't figure out how to keep display settings on the panel. I want it to display the tuner frequencies at all times, but I only get the station number... Same thing for the CD player, how do you set it to display the real time counter as soon as a CD is playing? Is there a way to have keep the display illuminated longer than 5 seconds?

1. I have around 22V at 0TR1, and a little less than 6V at 2TR6. 2. I don't know. 3. Ditto a little less than 6V, obviously. On my BG 4000 the lamp was cut at its glass base. A bad sensor lamp will affect the functions you mention. After replacing the lamp, these functions returned to normal. As for the contacts themselves, they have a little red

Here. They look very nice, these... Good luck then!

Menahem, I shall be watching this attentively (and of course provide my help should you need it!), since I also restored a Beogram 4000 not so long ago. I think I know it (and its caveats) inside out! Cheers,

Oops I had missed that one! Thanks for the pointer. Case dismissed!

Hello all, Tim Jarman says about the 5500 and its siblings in his Workshop notes that " you will have probably noticed that thesse models give a slightly disappointing sound when used with passive loudspeakers when compared to some of the earlier designs". Then, " The only substantial difference between the Beomaster 5000 circuit and

[quote user="Llewelyn"] The other fault which I forgot to mention is that it has an intermittent LED on track"13", sometimes displays, sometimes doesn't. Sound like a dry joint? [/quote] Yes, it could be a dry solder joint... However my CDX had a defective display. I had to change it —you'll have to find someone who

Thanks Graham.