Hi djebb & welcome to Beoworld,
what components, cables & speakers do you have? The components will all have captive leads which simply plug directly into the corresponding 7 pin DIN plugs at the back of the Beomaster tuner/amp, the sockets are marked up as "phono" for turntables, "CD" for CD player & cassettte player plugs into "Tape 1" (could be marked as TP1?). There are also 2 antenna connections for both AM & FM antennae which you cannot get wrong as the plugs are totally different. Speaker connection depends on whether you have passive (Beovox) or active (Beolab) speakers.
Chris.
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