I wonder if somone can help me please I switched on my 5500 amp this morning and it went straight into standby when I tried to access the CD player, tape deck or radio.

It played the Cd player briefly then there was a loud burping noise through the speakers, and smoke started emitting from the back, I have been under the hood and it looks as though the relay that switches it into Standby has burnt out, whether it has taken anything else with it I don't know.

I am a mechanic retired) not a radio engineer so i may be clutching at straws, either way I need to have it mended, the problem is I now live in France (dept 36) and I don't know where to take it to get it repaired. ideally a B&O recommended service agent or somone who is conversant with 5500 Amplifier.  Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you in advance

Joshua

I have had to resort to my old trusty Beolab 1700 ( which could do with a facelift but at least it works.)

If it is indeed the standby relay that has burned, there has probably been a serious short circuit on the secondary side of the power supply. I would start with checking the main rectifier which may have shorted. If there was smoke, you should find the suspect circuit areas just by looking around...