In answer to the second question, you don't. The only connection is that between the head unit and the switch unit. The ML cable attaches to the switch unit.

I think we have been here before. The 7000 acts as you were told with 5 presses activating loudness - the 5500 needs either the MCP5500 or a Beo4. Ridiculous really.

For that sort of money, the bargains are in the older equipment - a Beomaster 8000/6000 can come up at a low price but do remember that it was almost definitely need work. If you are relatively useless electronically (like me!) you will need to factor in the repairs. Remember that old systems travel badly - what works at one end may well not when it

I do agree that this thread has meandered slightly! I also completely agree with John that £1500 is one heck of a lot of money, especially when one can get a very good system for next to nothing - and sometimes nothing! I have had a Beogram 3000, Beomaster 3000-2 and a suitable pair of speakers for less than £50 and these are items that

I would suspect that there is a component failure rather than a software problem here. I have an AV9000 as well and although it is really a very smart MX6000 in many ways, I think it would be well worth fixing - you may well find it is a very cheap component - and LX of mine did much the same and it was a 20p capacitor in the power supply. Cost more

£600 was for the Beolab 5000 amplifier I think. That was an initial quote - I cannot remember what I paid as I had the Beolab, Beomaster, Beovox 2500 and Beogram 3000 Thorens all restored. Unfortunately my equipment had been poorly stored by a friend and most was in Frede's view not worth restoring, despite it being in very good condition

He has been busy - I am in contact with him though.

Do you mean the tape for setting the heads? The TDK-MAR one? I would suggest that you may need a bit more than this.

I confess to being of exactly the same mind as you for many years! £600 to restore my Beolab 5000 which I had bought for next to nothing seemed crazy when I first investigated it - especially as my good friend Tim did it for nothing. But having mulled it over for several years, I took the plunge and don't regret it at all. I do have the full

If you go for a Beolab 5000 system, it is a false economy to do anything but get one from Classic Audio. I have been there and the performance from a Frede special is simply better by far than a mildly restored one. The finish will also be of another class. £1500 is not that much when compared to a modern system and this system will certainly