Hehe, I was just wondering, they look quite odd as they weren't a part of the Danish catalogue. I am in plenty of MMC20-style carts for now, just buying cheap non-working Beograms (there is a surprising amount of Beogram 1902's over here) with fine carts if they are needed

They look similar, the only difference being the plastic guard over the needle which is black instead of transperant.

Have a look at this: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/B-O-BANG-OLUFSEN-MMC10E-CARTRIDGE-STYLUS-TESTED-/220755210756?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3366093204#ht_2077wt_1139 I have never heard about an MMC10 series?

I had a Beogram 1902 doing the same thing. I didn't find the problem source, but I suspect that the "arm lowering" lever got stuck under the mechanism.

It runs at a steady 60-63 degrees centigrade, I think the CCC system is heating quite a bit, eh?

My other BC9000 are also working a little hot, but this one is almost burning my fingers. I can take a temperature reading with my optical thermometer when I come home from work.

Just got the Beogram 4000 back from repair, the original SP15 cart actually plays fine for a 38 year old unit, but there is a little too much distortion, it is going to get retipped by Axel in a couple of weeks. I even have the original test charts and the caretaking set with brush, fulcrum style weight, 45 adaptor and stylus cover

Hello, I have encountered this problem in one of my BC9000's. It plays and records well, but after abot 20 minutes left on, the rear cooling fins are too hot to touch. I suspect that some sort of output transistor gets too much current (bias problems). Is it an ordinary problem on the Beocord 8000 range? -Søren Hammer

Using my Form 1's for recording with my band on a Zoom R16 interface/SD card recorder. Works like a charm!

My 25 Year old Beogram CD50 also reads CDRW's with no problems