I agree, clearly phishing ! Martin

The battery was discussed recently regarding the Beomaster 2400. Do a search and I'm sure it will come up. Martin

You cannot lift off the platter. Or at least that would be very hard. From within, losen the belt from the pulley near the motor and feed it through the hole in the metal base plate. Catch it from above and loop it free of the platter. Mounting is the reverse. Take a look inside (2 screws to remove the bottom cover) and I'm sure you will see how

The radio restorer will almost always prefer to lay hands on an untouched radio but since the radios often have several decades of daily use on the odometer, it's very rare to see a 70 year old radio that hasn't had service of some kind at some point in its life. This little beauty is no exception. A brief look on the top side of the chassis

Let's take a look inside. The rear cover is made of bakelite like the rest of the cabinet. It's normally held by five screws but only two are present in this radio, only one of them being original. It's quite normal for a radio of this vintage to see the odd screw missing so no reason to sound any alarms. Removing the back cover also disconnects

Assessing repairs to a radio like this, there's always good and bad things. Let's start with what is obvious; The good things are that the cabinet parts, the speaker grill and dial frame are all intact and in extremely good condition. The speaker grill and dial frame are often found cracked or chipped on this model but not here. The radio is

Is it that big ? One thing that seems to strike everybody is the sheer size of the radio. Its 24cm height, 25cm depth and full 52cm width surprises most people who only ever saw it in photos and figured it something the size of a bread-box. This photo shows the Beolit 39 (chassis no 45403) together with a Beolink 1000 remote control for size reference

It's a kind of sun-film or anti-reflex coating. I don't know how to replace it but you can polish it to remove the rest and it won't look so bad. Martin

Yes, the large PCB mounted cap ! I also remember replacing one of these. If that is indeed the problem, you should also check (or replace) the associated rectifier. Martin

Chris, If it blows as soon as the mains plug is inserted into the wall outlet, it could be the mains transformer that has shorted windings. If the fuse first blows when taken out of standby it's probably a shorted output stage. Martin