Hi Geoff, thanks very much for the input. I really appreciate it. I couldn't find IC5 on the partslists or on any of the PCBs. Do you mean P5? The manual says to adjust "Screw A and B" until 620mV is measured on pins 4 and 6 of P5. I believe it's actually P5, not IC5. Anyway, I adjusted those huge screws so as to get 620mV on the pins

Hi folks, I have a Beogram 8000 which exhibits "non-standard" cueing/lowering behavior. Fortunately there's a simple work-around but I'd still like to investigate fixing it. When I press play, the tracking arm light comes on, it spins up OK and automatically cues the tone arm to the start of the record (works OK with any diameter,

Hey folks, I have the same problem as Andy with my Beogram 8000. It cued OK before I replaced the belt. Now with the new belt it still cues up in the proper place but it just won't move down onto the record. Perhaps I jarred something during the process. I found that by bending the backstop switch I was able to directly affect where the stylus stopped

One more thing, I got a new belt (OA 3.3) and it seems to have done the trick. Now I have a strange new problem which wasn't present with the old belt (cuing problem). I'll address this in another thread. Thanks for all the help, folks. It's been fun restoring this amazing piece of engineering!

Auric, thanks for the input. I must disagree, however, based on my observations. Perhaps my unit is an early model and the defect was fixed in a later revision. As an electro-mechanical design engineer, I'd be surprised if a problem like this wasn't promptly corrected in production. Anyway, the photos show how the pin prevents the back cover

Hey Martin (and others), thanks so much for the info. Duh, I overlooked how to get it into "service mode" in the repair manual. Installed the encoder. It works! I funked out to the soundtrack for Shaft - can you dig it?! OK, I used that as an expendible test record - not my favorite. Turns out the back panel wasn't cracked at all, just

Thanks, Auric, I appreciate it. Actually, I had done a pretty good search for the procedure for removing the hub/tacho disc. Still can't find anything specific. As I said I've tried lifting the hub but it only comes up around 1/4 inch and stops. It won't quite clear the top of the right-angle metal keeper bracket, so that's how far it

Hi Beo people, I'm hoping someone could help me or point me to more info. I'm restoring my Beogram 8000. I believe it's an earlier model since it uses the plastic litho opto encoder disc (not stainless steel). Plus the chassis is cracked arouind the upper right hand corner due to stress on the hinge of the metal panel cover. I obtained a