Hi, I wouldnt normally ask so close to home ... but am in need of a favour ... bought an ebay item (BM6500) in NW3 (London) and some kindly old lady has just smacked my car for me and so am unable to collect. Is there anyone who wouldnt mind picking the item up for me and storing it until next week when I can get my car sorted? Your help would be greatly

Sounds as though the horizontal deflection has a problem I am in Farnham near Guildford if you would like me to take a look. Regards, Neil

No. But I bought them from www.cpc.co.uk

I recently had this experience with output transistors for a BM5500 ... no npn junction inside at all! It made a horrible mess.

I'm not sure ... I would say that around 40% of people that I have sold to are female. Neil

Well, dare I say it? After 2 years of looking at mine, I find the styling a little "boring". Ouch ... I can feel the flames coming my way already! Neil

I have done one of these. The fit was perfect, but i never got around to performing the full setup. Find yourself a good TV engineer (not B and O) and I am sure that you can work something out for a lot less than 1200 ! Failing that ... just buy a later one ... they do not seem to have the problem Neil

Thanks Peter, I hadnt spotted that I put user manual, rather than service manual in the title!

Did I miss a trick? I only saw "user manual"

That was nuthin, i have had two MX5500s two MX3500s and the wife in there before!