Job done successfully! Jeff, anytime. How much do I owe you by the way? One last (I dare not say final!) problem: I think the level of the deck is far too low, although the two pots underneath the deck are set for max output. Also, and this may be related, hiss from the output amp is too high (I can hear it through the speakers when there's no music

Hello, I have just received Jeff's part, but I will have little spare time to install it till next week. The part looks great; I just had to slightly draw the bearings out of the housing (yes there are two!) by one third of a mm (the actual height of the chamfers) because both pulleys were rubbing against the top and the bottom of the housing. A

Yes I think the idea that worn LPs come to life again with a bright cartridge is a clever one; it makes sense. You could always tame a bright cart by lowering the value of the resistor at the input of the RIAA module in the Beomaster. If someone with knowledge in measuring cartridges had a go perhaps... So be it—two arms on a Beogram anyone?

[quote user="hpersson"] By the way I took the refurbishment route, because the original cartridges look much better. [/quote] Very true, but I've got used to that black prominence at the end of my arm. When funds allow, I will have mine re-tipped too, and I will give my conclusions then. Happy New Year to you and your families!

Hi Martin, Problem solved! Not very elegant perhaps, but I just cut off the plastic part where the old IR diode was, and soldered a new, 5 mm one I had in stock. No trouble, no fuss. You're the best. Grazie mille ! [quote user="Dillen"]If you like to make sure, you can put a voltmeter across the servo motor leads and compare the two decks

No luck! The trick was so obvious... You are an ace Martin! The LED doesn't shine at all (I checked on a remote control and it shone violet). There is voltage though, but it's high at 4.9 V. Can one change it easily? It's not a common type, and the detector seems specifically designed in one item (the LED and the receptors). So, is this

Platter pattern okay, as per SM. I'm confused. I also checked the three transistors that amplify and shape the signal. The cap (C15) is new. What about the carriage motor sensor counter then? Does this fail? Does it send any information to the processor that could be related to my problem? The platter will turn forever in pause mode (33 or 45),

CPU box solders (I saw one bad, but I did the lot anyway) done. Still no go. I'm afraid the scope isn't with me now. Anything else I can check upon? I can activate "play" with no disc!

Good morning! Well after opening the deck to measure a few things, the arm detection has suddenly stopped working on the 6006. Damn. No disc detection, no 45 detection, no end of side detection. Detector bulb okay. All solders, continuities and contacts triple checked at least.

Thanks. The belt is fine. The shaft turns very freely (I checked that on my other deck), and the carriage moves accordingly too. There is nothing else that can be adjusted? If I remove stylus pressure it needs a fair amount of pushing the arm towards the detector arm for it to react (I'd say one good millimetre). You can see that at the end of side