Hi everyone, Yesterday morning I woke up and in a still dark room I saw some unusual lighting. I rushed in there. My Beogram 4000 was spinning, even though it was switched off the evening before of course! What was going on? Was my house built on an old Indian cemetery? I unplugged it. Plugged it again. To no avail. Before reaching for some paracetamol

Finally, a small video to illustrate the problem... (Am I being thick or what?) After 97.3 the tuner is ordered to go directly to 108 and it obeys: this is what you can hear. I'm sure that if there were a radio station there I could hear it (the last one is at 107.7). By the way, I can continue all the way to 108 manually and the display is correct

Hi, The cracking noise will probably be down to a bad solder joint somewhere in the Beomaster. I had a similar symptom with my Beomaster 8000 and this was te solution (several dry joints on the amplifier circuit board)! As always, a new set of caps should be contemplated!

Hi, Having just worked on a Beogram 5005 (thanks to those who helped! ), I now know how these machines work... But yes, Martin's questions will have to be answered, you have to tell us more.. Since we know you use a BM5500, tell us more about the turntable itself please, and send us nice pictures!

Olly, I've got a better-looking-than-yours pinch roller if you want! Not new, but relatively flat and grippy. Or there: http://cgi.ebay.fr/Bang-Olufsen-2804041-cassette-deck-pinch-roller-rare-/150219226601?pt=Vintage_Electronics_R2&hash=item22f9c37de9#ht_500wt_918

Thanks Nick for your specialist's input! I agree the rectifier looks small-ish! This was actually taken from an old NAD 3020... A KBL02 (4 amp/200V, see datasheet here ). The original B80C5000 was given for 3.3 amp/80V with 5000µF max! I have been thinking of a toroïdal too. And a separate coil will be needed for the tuner and preamp

Squash? What's that? Thanks Peter.

By the way, the humming from the transformer couldn't be cured, even by inserting rubber grommets. Its vibrations resonate into the chassis (I use the 240V setting) and on to the shelf which amplifies it... It is almost inaudible on the carpet ! Any ideas please?

Update! The noise I had on the phono left channel turned out to be a bad pol. 270k resistor, at the input stage (base of TR34). I'm glad to report that this gorgeous Beocenter now fully works (it has been hard work), and boy, what a sweet and sophisticated sound! Just plain enjoyable, especially with LPs, which do sound fabulous! A wonderful machine

Hi everyone! My Beomaster has worked for three months now. Almost always on, and never more than lukewarm at most! I have tried very hard, but I haven't found any solutions for the tuner problem. I know the tuner boards are good for sure, since Martin kindly sent me spare ones (now back to Denmark of course). Processor board anyone? Or some lead