Thanks for that! My internet has at times been slower - I wondered if it was Time Machine hogging the resources.

There is a strobe pattern on the platter - much bigger and heaavier than the 4002 one. To attach a photo, go to the Option tab when replying to a post and simply add a file attachment.

I think I recognise my pictures!!

You suddenly realise how easy it is to change the belt!! For years I had one heck of a struggle!

Can't find that! I have one of the new Airport devices though.

The Beogram 4000 really is my very favourite bit of B&O. It is just so well made and is an engineer's delight. The 4002 is a great deck, but has been stripped of some of the delights of the 4000. The control surface of the 4000 is wonderful - by the way, it is not supposed to be loose - a lot are! - and the weight and precision of all the parts

And this one is of the strobe window - I couldn't get a decent focus down the window - but you know what a strobe looks like!!

This one is of the pointer scale.

You need the service manual!! It is on site and is a beauty! The 4000 uses its own signal generator which varies the frequency to alter the speed. I'll do some pictures of the two windows. One is the pointer which is directly attached to the arm - this points to a linear scale so you can accurately describe areas of interest on an LP. The second