Portico Quartet - knee-deep in the north sea. Heard it on Radio 4 when the Mercury awards were being discussed - very pleasant sound and sounds great in the car. Even better on my Grado RS1s though!

ChrDH: Peter : You clearly frequent a better class of flea market than me! £150 is a heck of a lot for a BC5000! £1.50 for a non working one would be more like it! These are not easy machines to service! This is the one device that my old dealer (Windows of the Arcade) refused to service for me. they said that even if there is only one problem

Just connect it to the Aux socket. No Datalink on the BS9000 though so I am afraid it is manual operation only.

Sounds good to me! Though I doubt I would be brave enough to do it!

You clearly frequent a better class of flea market than me! £150 is a heck of a lot for a BC5000! £1.50 for a non working one would be more like it! These are not easy machines to service! This is the one device that my old dealer (Windows of the Arcade) refused to service for me. they said that even if there is only one problem before you

Has he given you the PIN code? Having said that, normally the display would read PIN rather than Wait.

You need an adapter - your dealer should be able to provide one. You will also need an audio cable.

In the first event, a damp cloth with a small amount of water at detergent. If that is not getting you anywhere, a small amount of alcohol on a cloth can also do it. Nothing abrasive. The wood will clean with some linseed oil and white spirit mixture and then use either Danish Oil or beeswax. These are splendid music centres and well worth getting working

Penelope: Dear Peter, I inherited a beautiful B&O Beogram 4002 turntable from my parents. It is in beautiful, working condition, but I really do not know much about the value of turntables. Do you have any advice? Is it worth anything? Penelope Agree with above. The Beogram 4002 is one of the flagship models that will always have some value. Much

All becomes clear!! Have you downloaded the Product configuration guide? It may offer some insight? Only works on PCs though. I would have thought Option 4 which will allow separate control of both the 3000 and the Beoport - or are you connecting them together?