Dunno about the one on the spindle, only that I don't have one in my 6000 (or it is stuck in the bottom of the chassis side of the bearing, and I never noticed it). The other extra spring looks exactly like the one I found rattling about. Maybe someone who has seen more of these machines will tell about the plastic piece - I don't have the arm

Well of course not, but I just had to post the picture Got the stereo decoder working in my other 900K, too... I do have a question as well, though - what is the third speaker connection marked "+EKS"? I can see from the schematic that it's just an unswitched clone of the left speaker output, but what is the purpose for that? Does anyone

Does this ring any bells: Beogram 6000 mystery spring ? As for the pictures, you need to click the "options" tab and upload them there. I'm afraid it won't help much, though...

Well, I hope you were at least warned, Phil I believe there was a plethora of different variants of this model, but the main difference will be whether you have an AC motor (earlier types) or DC motor (later) driving the platter. AC versions will have four large caps lying neatly side by side near the motor, I presume the DC versions won't (I've

Given that selling the lot won't raise that much money, I also think it might be a good idea to keep at least the Beomaster, if your mother likes the looks of it. With just the addition of some nice speakers it will make a really good radio, and you can connect any make of CD player with an adapter cable if you wish. Any older B&O record player

Thanks for the hint - the old rectifier measured OK, but I replaced it anyway (and the cap) - no change. All the power supply voltages are OK and so is the tuning voltage, both from the dial and presets. I have replaced the bulbs with presumably correct types earlier. TCA420 still thinks it has no IF (pin 10 stays at ~0V). Time to haul this machine

Try clearing the CMOS memory. I've had some factory new motherboards that didn't do anything sensible until this was done. The instructions should be in the manual; typically you move a jumper to another position for a while. Also, check that the graphics card is properly seated in its slot (the non-functional fan suggests that it might not

I have this older type Beomaster 2000 I managed to fix up from a parts machine, but later the tuner suddenly failed; all I can get is static from all the presets and the main FM dial (AM probably works, but we don't have anything worth receiving over here so I can't really tell from all the computer and switched mode PS noise). I measured the

I have a white MX6000, a white VX5000 under it, and a complete white Beosystem 6500 (and a white MX2000 at the summer cottage...). I've been thinking how my Pentas would look like with white frets. I would try it out if the originals weren't in such a good shape... (no, my walls aren't completely white: http://forum.beoworld.org/forums/storage

No, the transport screws can remain open (and they have to, if you plan to take a look at how the belt is running or do other adjustments). The cartridge just pulls forward. Wiggling it a little sideways can help. They can be quite tight, so I try to leave them alone as much as possible.