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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="https://archivedforum.beoworld.org:443/utility/FeedStylesheets/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>General Forum</title><link>https://archivedforum.beoworld.org:443/forums/13.aspx</link><description>The main Meeting Place for BeoWorld members, and the place for General Questions, Answers and things to say! 
If you have any questions about anything Bang &amp;amp; Olufsen related - please ask. If you have anything to say - please tell!</description><dc:language>en</dc:language><generator>CommunityServer 2008 SP2 (Build: 31104.93)</generator><item><title>Re: B &amp; O Beocenter 8000 damage</title><link>https://archivedforum.beoworld.org:443/forums/thread/69898.aspx</link><pubDate>Fri, 07 Dec 2007 02:32:38 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">41a2a90c-3a1e-4bd3-b144-3883695a7f38:69898</guid><dc:creator>Peter</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>https://archivedforum.beoworld.org:443/forums/thread/69898.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>https://archivedforum.beoworld.org:443/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=13&amp;PostID=69898</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;p&gt;It is a Philips CDM2 mechanism - unfortunately one of the most sought after ones! &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The following machines use something similar and can be cannibalised:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;MARANTZ CD273 - CDM2&lt;br /&gt;CAMBRIDGE AUDIO CD2 - CDM2 / 4xTDA1541&lt;br /&gt;MARANTZ CD45 - CDM2/29 / TDA1540&lt;br /&gt;PHILIPS CD-150/1 - CDM2/29&lt;br /&gt;PHILIPS CD-350 - CDM2/29 / TDA1541&lt;br /&gt;MISSION PCM4000 - CDM2-10 / TDA1541&lt;br /&gt;MARANTZ CD75NB - CDM2-160&lt;br /&gt;PHILIPS CD-360 - CDM2 //CDM4/25&lt;br /&gt;PHILIPS CD-460 - CDM2&lt;br /&gt;PHILIPS CD-560 - CDM2 //CDM4/25&lt;br /&gt;PHILIPS CD-650 - CDM2/29//CDM4/25 / TDA1541&lt;br /&gt;PHILIPS CD-771 - CDM2-0500//CDM4/11&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Look at this article about repairing components -&amp;nbsp; http://www.diyaudio.com/forums/showthread.php?threadid=7849&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;You will probably need an expert to sort this out for you. Where are you based?&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>Re: B &amp; O Beocenter 8000 damage</title><link>https://archivedforum.beoworld.org:443/forums/thread/69782.aspx</link><pubDate>Thu, 06 Dec 2007 12:00:35 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">41a2a90c-3a1e-4bd3-b144-3883695a7f38:69782</guid><dc:creator>TheTinman</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>https://archivedforum.beoworld.org:443/forums/thread/69782.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>https://archivedforum.beoworld.org:443/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=13&amp;PostID=69782</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;p&gt;I take it that a careful cleaning with 99% alcohol and a swab won&amp;#39;t fix it?&amp;nbsp; Was it physically damaged?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Marc&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>Re: B &amp; O Beocenter 8000 damage</title><link>https://archivedforum.beoworld.org:443/forums/thread/69771.aspx</link><pubDate>Thu, 06 Dec 2007 11:23:48 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">41a2a90c-3a1e-4bd3-b144-3883695a7f38:69771</guid><dc:creator>joeyboygolf</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>https://archivedforum.beoworld.org:443/forums/thread/69771.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>https://archivedforum.beoworld.org:443/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=13&amp;PostID=69771</wfw:commentRss><description>Your best bet is to look out for a cosmetically challenged 8000 on ebay. They do come up for sale quite often and usually don&amp;#39;t make very much money.&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>B &amp; O Beocenter 8000 damage</title><link>https://archivedforum.beoworld.org:443/forums/thread/69749.aspx</link><pubDate>Thu, 06 Dec 2007 09:55:41 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">41a2a90c-3a1e-4bd3-b144-3883695a7f38:69749</guid><dc:creator>PeterSmith</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>https://archivedforum.beoworld.org:443/forums/thread/69749.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>https://archivedforum.beoworld.org:443/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=13&amp;PostID=69749</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;p&gt;Hi, I have damage to my beloved beocenter 8000. My young son stuck his finger in the laser on the cd reader, been advised by b &amp;amp; o that the part is nolonger available. Any ideas on how I can get this repaired. or if anyone has a beocenter for spares and repairs, that i can salvage the laser from&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Peter Smith&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:ptsmith05@aol.com"&gt;ptsmith05@aol.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;01689 890345&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item></channel></rss>