I went to play the BC 7000 the other day.  Pressing the "play" button on the front of the unit resulted in a double click where only a single click is usually heard.  It appears that the heads have engaged the cassette tape but won't play, rewind or fast forward.  I have tried unplugging the unit from the mains/electrical outlet to no avail.

Any advice will be gratefully received.

Worn belts. Depending on the version of tapedeck used in your Beocord I may have a new set in stock.

Martin

Hi, Dillen.

Thank you.  Please give me a day or two to look up the serial number and type number.  I will then send you a PM.

Again, thanks.

That won't do any good, I'm afraid.

I am not at home at the moment, I will PM you details to look for as soon as possible, which probably means thursday.

Martin

Hi Martin,

 I just aquired a Beosystem 7000 that was supposed to be in perfect condition. (demo unit from a shop)

Everything is fine except for the Beocord. In one direction it's fine, when I chnage the play direction the sound is OK but there is a clicking noise coming from the deck.

Do you have any ideas as to what this could be?

 Andrew

There are some tiny brake arms that grips into teeth at the circumference of the reels base.
If one gets too close it will "ride" on the top of the teeth, producing a clicking sound.
It will eventually grip into a tooth and block the tape travel.
You need to dismount the deck and take it apart to see what I mean.

Martin

Hi Martin,

I have similar problem - I purchased a Beosystem 7000 on the e-bay.

On last Monday, when I picked up personally the system from the seller the Beocord 7000 was working fine.

At home it was able to play in any direction and rewind only for one-two seconds and then stops automatically. Fast forward works eventually.

Could it be a belt problem or something else ? Maybe something could happened during the travel? I carried it as hand luggage and of course with the four plastic fixation screws. Thanks in advance !

Tibor 

It could be the above mentioned brakes and it could be the belts.
It could also be other things, it's always hard to diagnose without hands-on.

Martin

Thanks for the prompt reply ! Today afternoon I will check the brakes & belts and give feedback. 

Hi Martin,

Yesterday evening I disassembled the Beocord. Fortunately almost immediately I found a broken wire on an open PCB on the bottom of the drawer. It was the lower red wire on the attached picture.

 
After I soldered it back the fast forward, rewind and playing in reverse direction was fine. Then I checked the whole winding mechanics - the forward direction rubber roller assembly was loosen ( fortunately not broken ). I mounted it back ( at first I missed the lower tiny spring... ) and then the unit was working fine !

I would not believe that this unit is so sensitive to transportation. It happened despite I took it as hand luggage wrapped in bubble foam to avoid the shocks...

 
Tibor
 

Tibor,

Well done !

Noone knows if this is the first time it travelled, it may not have been packed and transported this careful previously.

Martin

Hi Martin,

The life is not so easy... Mechanically it is fine. But yesterday I connected it to the BeoMaster 7000 and recognized that the left channel is deaf [:-(]

At the weekend I have to trace the audio signal...

Tibor 

Don't forget to check inside the DIN plug for lose wires.

Martin

Thanks for the advice !

It seems you won [:-)] There is a broken wire inside the DIN plug. I will solder and check it tomorrow.

It is clearly visible on the cable's plug fixation that a previous user pulled out the plug from the BeoMaster's socket taking the cable, not the plug [:-(]

Tibor

Dillen:

That won't do any good, I'm afraid.

I am not at home at the moment, I will PM you details to look for as soon as possible, which probably means thursday.

Martin

Hi, Dillen.

When it is convenient, please send me a PM with the details.  Thank you.

Wings

PM sent !

Martin

Hello, I/m Gabi from Romania and I also purchaised a Beocord 7000. The defects are similar to Wings. I've opened the deck and reachead the mechanics. I would love, if possible, to have an mechanics manual in order to see any potential problems. Till now, i presume that the belts are very old and that's why no answer when a cassette is inserted. Can anyone help me with this document? Or some details about the belts? Specially the bigget one which is old. Sorry about my English and I hope I've been clear enough. If you find necessary I'll post some pictures next days. Thank you!