Seconded. The switch is connected a bit funny, but from what I can tell it short circuits the cartridge together in versions without a built-in RIAA preamp, and shorts the midpoints of a filter stage to ground in versions with built-in preamp. In either case, simply leaving the switch out should eliminate this possibility for channel mismatch. Anyway

Entschuldigung für Englisch, aber ich kann Deutsch nicht so gut schreiben :-) Is this RIAA board available from the dealer, and does it fit BM6500 too? I was thinking about buying an external preamp, so I could use my old Dual CS5000 until I find a suitable Beogram for my system. This internal solution would be much nicer. Does it have to be removed

Success again! I had to replace every single belt including the tiny one for the rotation sensor. The flat belt inside the mechanism was a tricky one to get in place, but everything seems to work just fine now. What a cool machine! I had never seen one in action before... -mika

Got it. Those designers are crazy :-) The belt was cut, so I guess I'll be happy until tomorrow when I go and get a new one (and for the transport as well) and see if there are any more problems. Hope not! Thanks a million, again... -mika

Unfortunately I don't have the repair manuals nor have I ever seen one of these machines myself, but a switch should be just a switch. If it reads anything else than open loop or 0 ohms depending on the position, there has to be something wrong with it (BTW, be careful when measuring! Some cartridges might not like the measurement current of some

OK, the Christmas is over, so it's time to take on this next challenge in my Beosystem 6500 :-) Long story short: the sled won't move. Or actually it moves freely, but not by itself. When I plug the recorder in or press the "open" button, the motor spins for a while (with an ugly noise), and then the unit gives up. I also found the

Couldn't you just bypass (i.e cut off) the switch until you get a replacement? Most other turntables in the world have never heard of a muting switch, and they still won't destroy the loudspeakers with a Bang, so to speak :-) Not quite as sophisticated, but at least the levels would be right... -mika

Regarding this other thread , I can confirm that it's worth at least trying. It was late in the evening and I was pretty excited to find out if the player was toast or not, so I grabbed the closest thing I could find in my storage: four pieces of run-of-the-mill radial 10u caps in parallel. I haven't listened to my CDs this much in years, and

Thanks, I got it; I never would've believed that was the place to pry (I tried first behind the copper, but luckily lost confidence before anything broke...). And the midranges were fine, too - I had some distortion in my test source...

How do you take off the front grilles (frets?) of Beovox Pentas without breaking anything? I think I have some midrange suspension problems to sort out... -mika