Definitely ! Martin

Two thousand reasons. I'm sure you can see that you will have to tell us a little more. What works ? Are you using an external RIAA ? Martin

And I have currently on the bench: Beomaster 5000 serie 04 no. 16920 Palisander Martin

Pentas # 330517444311 & MCP7700 # 330517507134 Looking nice ! Martin

A white Beocenter 2800 is very rare. Actually, I'm not sure if I ever saw one before this. For a serious collector, this one is easily worth restoring ! Martin

Wow, that must be a new record. And he is the original owner so he must know its original cost from when he bought it back in the ... 70's ? Martin

It's a steel-wire with a spring at one end. It has a pressed loop at the other end and a tied knot at a certain place near the center of the wire to grip into a sequence gear. Sadly, I don't think I have a spare wire at the moment but I will take a look. The same part is found in Beogram 3000/3300/3500/4500/5500 and a couple others. Martin

Sounds like the spring has been twisted by a previous "repairer". You may or may not be able to twist it back. Take out the spring and note which way it should go in again. Twist both ends to give a greater tension and fit it again. If the spring was twisted several times already, as you suggest, it may have lost it's effect and we will

I am not sure about the CMOS versions. I seem to remember something about the remote control not working properly but it was many years ago and I may remember wrong. Anyways, I have a little stock of SAB 8032A-16-P and SAB 8032B-16-P (both Siemens) if everything else fails. Martin

Welcome to Beoworld ! The Beogram 1100 uses a round (cross section) belt. I can supply belts for most Beograms but I haven't yet found a producer capable of making suitable belts for this Beogram series. Size and friction is not the problem, the elasticity is. The elasticity is particularly essential in these decks since the belt should of course