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Re: ouverture doors

majand — Wed, 07 May 2008 08:06:43 GMT

Hi, I bought an second hand Ouverture and it arrived with the doors removed. The sliders seem to be on the unit and in the glasses there is just a residue of a glue of somekind.

My question is: What kind of a glue should I use to fix the doors to the unit? Any recommendations?

Re: ouverture doors

joeyboygolf — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 03:09:56 GMT

You can't!!!!

And if you don't know how to take the back off the chances are you will break something. That's why I recommend that you live with it or get a professional to sort it.

Re: ouverture doors

brunetto77 — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 20:29:19 GMT

Been trying to remove the back panel to access the metal wires but that proved to be very difficult. In the end I gave up because I was afraid of breaking everything. Why is always so difficult to open a B&O piece? When I tried to open my VX7000 oh my god before removing the lateral fascias

Anyway I noticed that my Ouverture has a gap of about 4mm on top and 3mm at the bottom. How can I adjust this without opening the whole unit?

Re: ouverture doors

brunetto77 — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 18:32:11 GMT

With my Ouverture the gap is almost 4 mm. Not too good isn't it?

Re: ouverture doors

joeyboygolf — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 16:37:03 GMT

Quite normal and I would leave alone if it were mine.

Re: ouverture doors

erikssmt — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 16:27:53 GMT

I´ve got a pretty decent gap too, 2-3 mm. Is it normal?

Re: ouverture doors

joeyboygolf — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 04:51:55 GMT

Dave:

Thank you all for the correspondence i will consider all of the above, unfortunately i'm plagued with extreme fussiness, so the gap really gets to me. Goldfrog88, i tried what you said but i don't see how this procedure could work. Seems impossible to me, The doors not closing is internal and the only way to fix it is to tighten those clamps inside.
I'm going to have to put up with it.
The sd tape deck sounds like a good idea, but how would it read an sd without batteries

The individual sliders are clamped onto the wire and the only way to adjust is to loosen the clamps. This involves removing the back of the ouverture, then removing the bottom electronic pack. This enables access to the clamps. Only adjust one door at a time or you could end up with a mess!!

Re: ouverture doors

joeyboygolf — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 04:46:46 GMT

Kokane81:

there is a rubber stop in the middle which stops you from making it possible to shut the doors together fully so doing what i say won't damage anything and got told to do this by B&O. What they said is you get slack in the metal cable which cause the doors not to shut properly and those clamps are there to make slight adjustments.

There is no rubber stop in the centre of older models! Adjusting older ones too tight may result in the doors contacting in the centre and causing damage. There is supposed to be a gap in the middle!!!! Specification for the gap on sliders with rubber buffers is 1.2mm +/- 0.6mm

Re: ouverture doors

Dave — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 20:01:02 GMT

Ah i thought so, well i should just stick to using the BS2 through AUX (as soon as i get the charger fixed).

Re: ouverture doors

Goldfrog88 — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 19:55:32 GMT

From my reading of the article, the Cassette MP3 is a unit in itself, with its own battery/ies (and so can be used as a pocket MP3 player). It would use the tape head on the Ouverture to transfer the signal from the player to the Ouverture as though it were a real cassette ... at least that's my expectation. The unit has shipped from China, so I expect it in a fortnight. Will let you know how it goes.

Re: ouverture doors

Goldfrog88 — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 19:50:18 GMT

Dave, it's some years since I did this, but I'm sure the tracks stay on the Ouverture and the clips (that clip into the tracks) are glued to the glass.

Cheers!

Re: ouverture doors

Dave — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 19:38:39 GMT

Thank you all for the correspondence i will consider all of the above, unfortunately i'm plagued with extreme fussiness, so the gap really gets to me. Goldfrog88, i tried what you said but i don't see how this procedure could work. Seems impossible to me, The doors not closing is internal and the only way to fix it is to tighten those clamps inside.

I'm going to have to put up with it.

The sd tape deck sounds like a good idea, but how would it read an sd without batteries

Re: ouverture doors

Goldfrog88 — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 19:14:43 GMT

Dave, it is possible to remove and replace the doors, putting them back a little closer if you must. The other respondents say 2mm is OK; my Ouverture is about 1mm, so 2mm is fair. However, if you want to take the doors off, switch off the whole system unplug everything and place the Ouverture with its doors up on a table. Grab just one of the glass doors and pull it upwards reasonably sharply, keeping it as horizontal as possible. It will appear to break out of the holder, (but can be put back with a little push). Take off the other door. Now push the doors back, one by one, trying to keep the central distance close. Et voila!

If you feel uncomfortable with the procedure, your local centre should be able to show you (at least the service will ... no more said). Hope you are enjoying the Ouverture. I've just ordered from China an MP3 player with SD card slot built in a cassette case that should enable me to play MP3s using the Ouverture's cassette bay. I saw it in a recent UK Stuff magazine. You might follow that up if it's of interest.

Re: ouverture doors

Kokane81 — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 18:50:56 GMT

there is a rubber stop in the middle which stops you from making it possible to shut the doors together fully so doing what i say won't damage anything and got told to do this by B&O. What they said is you get slack in the metal cable which cause the doors not to shut properly and those clamps are there to make slight adjustments.

Re: ouverture doors

ChrDH — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 13:47:02 GMT

If it is any comfort my 1996 ouverture also has about a 2-3mm gap...

Chr