Hi:
This is not a post intended to massage my ego or blow my own metaphorical trumpet. I hope that it does however, provide inspiration for people to "have a go" rather than spend money unnecessarily.
I have a GCSE in electronics and have built PCs and stuff before so I am fairly tech savvy. However, I would not want to mess around building or repairing power supplies etc. Thus I do not have as much knowledge as many of the people that belong to this forum.
Anyway, yesterday I repaired a B&O vhs replacing a non-functioning power supply board with a working one. This did not require much electronic knowledge, rather the ability to use a screwdriver and to slot the old board and cable out and connect the new one up. The whole process of fault finding and sourcing the part etc took in total about two hours (thanks Solderon for the part). All of which would have been much more difficult if I did not have the forum members to help me.
By my estimate, if I had taken this into B&O this might of cost in the region of £80!
Thus, it really is worth having a go on your own if you think you can. Obviously I do not recomend it if you have no experience as I do not want to get sued if you blow yourself up. However...
Thanks
Graham