Just out of interest... I've never seen this part in situ but I can see from the link that Graham posted the bag contains a number of bits - if only the plastic cap was re manufacturered would this solve the problem and you could use the original spring etc? Steve

Aw blast, missed due to circumstances beyond my control. Congrats to all and well done Andy you jammy bugger. I'm off to buy me a more comfortable settee.

Hi Dave, Collect it anyway. I have no real idea what's wrong with it but from reading other threads about failing tube problems it is my understanding that normally you get a green or pink hue - not the problems you describe. Therefore it my be an easier fix and hopefully someone else with a bit more tech knowledge will assist. I used have a BV3

[quote user="joeyboygolf"] Yes, my first thought was "options" but the BM won't accept ANY remote commands, not even STBY! [/quote] Not sure if this help but some time ago I had a BM5500 that did the same and I took it to Neils (nobby) who put an ocilloscope on it and the conclusion was an IC (?) chip was playing up. I know you

[quote user="Dillen"] Don't ask how I know. [/quote] Martin, you make me feel so much better

The Maldives was great although a little plastic. My favorite is Borocay Island in the Philippines - not so well known but it has everything.

[quote user="hemenex"] Stonk, remember that you'll also record each and every "blink, beep, dong, tadaa..." that you create while working on this PC :-( hx [/quote] Ha that's true....and the way I work there's lots of them!! However I'm not too fussed as it's only a talkshow :)

Thanks Peter. By line out I take it you mean the speaker mini din socket? So I guess I need a splitter for that to feed the PC speakers and the BC5500 and then I'll need a cable that is mini din to 7 din female for the beocord.

I have noticed an obvious delay too Seanie. It gets through in the end but is just slower than elsewhere.

I have boxes of old audio B&O gear that haven't seen the light of day for sometime and decided to have a bit of a clearout. In there I found an old Walkman style cassette player and some brand new cassettes. As I recently purchased a Beocenter 9500 for my dad I wanted to test everything before I sent it to him so I recorded a radio show that