They made lots of records and CD's. Demonstration, adjustment, alignment and other test-records and give-aways. I believe one of the earliest is the Lyttervalsen (Listeners Waltz) from 1932. http://users.cybercity.dk/~dsl42943/lyttervalsen_clip.mp3 "Og hør, lille ven, vil du lytte med mig ? (And listen my little friend, will you listen

If a tape is stuck in the Beocord 5000 tower series, leave it there (don't force anything) but: - Open the tape drawer and let it reach out over the edge of a table or similar. - By inserting a finger into the square hole underneath the tapedeck mechanical section you'll be able to reach the edge of the large grey flywheel. Gently rotate the

Welcome to Beoworld ! The perspex part is only for protection. Will your Beocenter play in both channels on other sources (radio/tape)? If so, the cartridge is probably dead. Do you have another cartrige to try with ? If not, take of the cartridge, play a record and touch the cartridge socket contacts on the tonearm and listen for a healthy buzz from

Sounds as if the tapehead does not rotate fully to it's correct positions. Check if something is blocking or binding the rotation and/or if something has been bent or similar when you replaced the belts. Martin

A shot of contact cleaner won't hurt. No WD40, 3-in-1 or other rust-loseners, please. And then a bit more exersize. Martin

Check the solder joints at the connectors on the processor board. Check also the shielded cable that runs from the tuner to the processor board, it's very short and will easily pull out of the tuner unnoticed when the processor board is swung up to service position. Martin

Is the frequency readout OK ? Martin

Have you checked that all connectors are correctly seated ? In some versions, the plugs that connect to the mainboard can easily go on offset one pin unnoticed. Also check for cracked solder joints at the connectors on the mainboard. Martin

A capacitor kit exists but there is another issue that you can check; In some BM8000's a screw holding the metal bottom plate is too long. It sits near the front edge, just below the tuner board (near the center of the Beomasters front edge). The screw is metal and grounded throught the bottom plate. It can reach a copper trace on the underside

Rozel, Welcome to Beoworld ! I suggest you exercise the Hi/Lo switch at the rear (left side) a couple of times. Do it while unpowered or you will get a hefty noise from the speakers. This switch is often not used for longer periods of time and the contacts oxidate. It will often result in a fault like this. Of course there can be other reasons but this