Took off the remaining packing and ta daaaaa. There it was. Once plugged in it demanded to be fed with a PIN before play. Argh no PIN. Too late to phome LifstyleAV I'll have to PM Lee but as it's after hours now there's no way he'd know the PIN until work tomorrow. Lee responds later, calls himself a plank for not remembering to put

...but not quite. Still more packing..

Dug deeper and I can finally see my new toy...

I set about unwrapping it, found a lead and to my surprise a mint Beo4!!

Beoworld's monthly Prize Draw was on a Friday last month and yay I was in. Unfortunately my home network was playing up - it worked sometimes then died. Each time I tried to get online during the draw it refused to play ball & I was missing all the fun. Finally, I managed to get online just as Botty was announcing the winner of the 2nd prize

[quote user="burantek"]@Stonk: PIC17? Is that black multi-splined center bit the piece that goes kaput?[/quote] Jaff, yes on Pic 17. Having never seen one I assume it's the center piece of plastic surrounded by the spring.

[quote user="brunetto77"] Thanks DrDimitris but the link you gave me doesn't work I'm afraid [/quote] I'll try linking it HERE

[quote user="Leslie"]Lots of pictures of each part I took out can be seen on my Picassa link [/quote] Oh that's the first time I have seen the CD clamp widget/spring thing that holds the CD in place. Hasn't put me off having a go at recreating one - when I get a sample! The CD assembly is probably the most valuable part though!

[quote user="rghaleb"] its a name, "mohammed rafee hussein ma'refy" I'm not 100% sure about the name my arabic isnt very good. [/quote] Well done! He must have bought a shed load of new B&O to get that. I'm more likely to get my name on a beer can

Still gobsmacked. I'm going to show Mrs Stonk our new Kitchen TV!