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Re: Beogram Tangential arm problem

mafanni — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 06:55:35 GMT

Hi,

thanks a lot all of you. The photocell was the problem. It was still working, but the adjustment of the arm was not OK, the sensor did detect.

Unfortenuately that is only one problem, the next I adressed in a new post.

Mafanni

Re: Beogram Tangential arm problem

joeyboygolf — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 10:41:02 GMT

A bad photodetector shows up, in my experiernce, by the arm not moving at all once it is lowered onto the record.

Make sure that the tracking force is set to 1.2g.

I still think that the OP's problem is a bad stylus/cartridge, the only remedy is to "bite the bullit" and replace or refurbish it.

Re: Beogram Tangential arm problem

ridax — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 10:02:27 GMT

It is not pulled to the centre with any force at all. The tip of the arm is tracking the LP track and this force the front of the arm to bend to the middle. After some time the arm is no longer at 90 degree angle from the base and this is detected by a photo detector which activates a motor until it becomes 90 degree again.

Bad tracking force or bad stylus. I don't remember anymore how a bad photo detector will show up, does it show up as arm not moving or arm always moving? Maybe Dillen will know, although I guess the 5500 is too modern for his taste... ;)

Re: Beogram Tangential arm problem

mafanni — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 08:43:02 GMT

it's not a broken stylus. can I somehow adjust the force the arm is pulled towards te centre?

THX <mafanni

Re: Beogram Tangential arm problem

chartz — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 04:15:39 GMT

Yes, or a broken cantilever...

Re: Beogram Tangential arm problem

joeyboygolf — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 16:10:35 GMT

This is usually, but not always, caused by a defective stylus.

Beogram Tangential arm problem

mafanni — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 14:41:59 GMT

Hi there,

my beogram 5500 wont work anymore. The tracking arm lowers at the correct point but than just skids all the way to the end of the record. Any idea what this can be?

Thanks

Mafanni