My (80's type) Beogram 5000 has developed an interesting character trait, namely that it starts and lowers onto the record and then immediately switches off again. And then sits for a bit and starts itself again, before stopping once more. This it does a few times before stopping and staying stopped!

Well, that is until I go to take the record off and touch the top plate, when it switches itself on again and we go through the whole rigamarole once more!

I have disconnected it from the Beomaster 5000 in case some spurious Beolink signals were setting it off, but it still does the same when unconnected. Any thoughts anyone, before I delve into it - Capacitors? IC? Mischevious ghost?!

For now I have replaced it with a recently acquired Beogram 8500 and have to say that, with the same MMC4 fitted, the 8500 does not sound as good as the 5000. Interesting................