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Re: Just Bought A Beogram 1902

maxhoffa — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 19:23:21 GMT

Hello, another successful fix! Thank you for posting it.

In fact, I think this Beogram 2400 just might be the first piece of electronics I've ever managed to open up, fiddle with, and then close it up better than it was before.

That little pin was the culprit all right. NEVER would have figured this out on my own.

Re: Just Bought A Beogram 1902

v_klav — Sun, 16 Jan 2011 14:06:58 GMT

Hello everyone,

This is my first post here and I just wanted to say thank you for sharing all this knowledge and information here. I've gradually been infected with the Beovirus starting with a pair of Beovox RL-45 with wall mounts. After discovering a cheap way to restore the ABR foam (using silicon strips and silicon glue) I now have a pair of RL-60 with the original spiral black/read speaker cables, a pair of RL-45.2 and the CX-50.

And after reading this thread, my Beocenter 2800 is finally ready to play! The lifting mechanism was stuck and the previous owner hadn't noticed which had caused the stylus to wear out. I'm just waiting for a MMC20E in decent shape (ordered a used one said to be in good shape online) and then I'm all set!

Re: Just Bought A Beogram 1902

Jandyt — Sun, 11 Jul 2010 08:29:04 GMT

Nice one Rob! Glad we were able to help. Not quite sure what you mean by "returns a bit nervous to its resting position" though.

Andy T.

Re: Just Bought A Beogram 1902

Ben Metzner — Sat, 10 Jul 2010 15:30:42 GMT

Thanks so much for the info posted here. I found a BeoGram 2400 with an almost brand new, still in case MMC4000, but the lift was stuck as well. With a little bit of prying, and some oil, I got it fixed without any dissasembly other than removing the bottom. The brass pin is a little scuffed up, but other than that, it seems to be working fine.

Re: Just Bought A Beogram 1902

Robberth — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 15:41:30 GMT

Problem is solved meanwhile ! I have again applied one drop of sewingmachine oil on the brass lever pin and sofar the mechanism is again working properly. The arm however returns a bit nervous to its resting position. Wonder how that could be solved.

I own also a type 1600, from 1979 (on the motor !) That model is clearly a lighter version, platter and chassis. It has however a better contact piece near the brass pin and modified spring under the arm base instead of under the long channel. Shame tthough that the stylus was vanished from the cantilever (mmc10e) !

Rob

Re: Just Bought A Beogram 1902

Robberth — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 16:51:43 GMT

Hi there, it is quite silent here !

Robberth:

Now a small problem becomes noticable, the arm works great, lowers and rises quickly, but at the end of the lp the stylus seems to drag (very little though) over the grooves of the lp. Is the arm returning to fast or is it the lifting that cause this ??

What begun with a little drag is now a FULL DRAG across the record after it played !

A quote from Andy T. earlier in this threat : 'When you first try it, put a rubbish LP on. A common fault with this model means that at the end of play, it doesn't lift the arm and drags it across the record. It's an easy fix though.'

How can I fix this ???

Thanks.

Rob

Re: Just Bought A Beogram 1902

Robberth — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:50:26 GMT

Hi All ! I am Rob from the Netherlands and also recently bought an older 1902. Now I've been reading this threat with much interest.

Mine Beogram played quite well right away but the acryl innerwork of the pitch control was a wreck ! I managed to fix it fortunately.

Also I gave the brass pin a drop of sowing machine oil, it was moving up and down a little heavy. Also replaced the side panels (usually woodveneer this model originally white, but in misserable state) I still kept an old 1100 from 1976 that belonged to my father.

Now it played very nicely last two weeks on a almost new Cambridge phono preamp, also a second hand. I realy love the vinyl sound !

Now a small problem becomes noticable, the arm works great, lowers and rises quickly, but at the end of the lp the stylus seems to drag (very little though) over the grooves of the lp. Is the arm returning to fast or is it the lifting that cause this ??

Hope to hear from the experts soon !

Best regards,

Rob

Btw Beovirus stikes again, bought an old 1900 and a newer 2000 beogram as well !

Re: Just Bought A Beogram 1902

Robberth — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:41:47 GMT

Hi All ! I am Rob from the Netherlands and also recently bought an older 1902. Now I've been reading this threat with much interest.

Mine Beogram played quite well right away but the acryl innerwork of the pitch control was a wreck ! I managed to fix it fortunately.

Now it played very nicely last two weeks on a almost new Cambridge phono preamp, also a second hand. I realy

Re: Just Bought A Beogram 1902

Jandyt — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:07:40 GMT

Great news. Thanks for the feedback Oh, and welcome to Beoworld!

Andy T.

Re: Just Bought A Beogram 1902

48v — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 13:28:08 GMT

Thanks for this!! Just brought a Beogram 1600 back to pristine life using this fix.

The pin was reeally stuck down so for any others...just let the oil do it's work. I let mine sit for about 30 minutes working with the pliers about every 5.

Re: Just Bought A Beogram 1902

Craig — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 15:06:24 GMT

Thanks Andy, it is now working. All it needed was a bit of oil working in to it. No need to clean any of the old stuff out.

Craig

Re: Just Bought A Beogram 1902

Jandyt — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 14:16:46 GMT

Here is a picture of the little brass pin that needs freeing. as original picture is missing.
This photo' is actually from Martin, not me.
Good luck Craig

Re: Just Bought A Beogram 1902

Jandyt — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 14:45:05 GMT

Chris.
I am so happy you have got it sorted
I bet you feel a great sense of achievement. Glad I was of some help.
Enjoy!

Andy T.

Re: Just Bought A Beogram 1902

ChristophStone — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 13:59:25 GMT

The black plastic part was going down as far as it could, but the arm still wasn't lowering enough. Looked insiade and teh crew was down as far as it would go, so simply wound it up a few turns, pressed play, and voila!

Any tips in terms of adjustments to get it sounding best?

Thanks everyone!

Re: Just Bought A Beogram 1902

Jandyt — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 18:56:42 GMT

Chris,
This is a (bad) picture looking down the arm (blue arrow)
When the arm lowers, the black plastic piece (green arrow) should lower enough to leave a gap between itself and the screw (red arrow).
If it doesn't, then either the black bit isn't going down enough (most likely) or the screw needs adjusting (doubt it)
If the black bit isn't going down enough, the brass pin isn't free properly in it's sleeve and the arm will still be resting on it. You won't be able to test balance on zero, nor feel whether horizontal movement is free and easy.

Martin, how am I doing?

Andy T.