I'd let it run today.

Was it sold as working? Did you see it work when you picked it up? I suggest that maybe that was why it was in storage?

I think you probably have not registered the handset with the base completely correctly. I would rest the hand set and start again making sure you register it with the base - Have you got the full user manual and do you know the reset method?Press the red dot and then enter 70009 follwed by OK to reset the handset.

No, but I am the moderator and have been since this forum first started. As you have said, action seems rather more important than words. I have donated already and I imagine so have quite a few people.

Ridiculously cheap - the Beomaster is not that tricky to repair - as long as the damage is not cosmetic and the ICs are OK. Not a lot to lose really! This is a big system though! I sold mine as I simply didn't have the space and I never used it.

I would suggest you donate directly to the Japanese Red Cross - that is what I have done. You should be able to do it via your national red cross site.As stated before, this is the most cost effective way of giving.

Have you tried all the outputs? I would suggest it is the cable.

To be fair, the UK is not sitting on a fault line. Not really comparable.

That cable has no chassis earth. You need to run a wire from the metal casing of the DIN plug to the earth of your amplifier - That will get rid of the hum. Although I am definitely not a cable enthusiast, the cable from a record player to an amplifier carries a very low level signal and need to be as short as possible and shielded. I am not sure that

The Japanese Red Cross site would appear, not surprisingly, to be down. Will try later.