My life! Such a rapid deluge of helpful responses! First off: thank you to all. Secondly: Jan, I will look into all you mentioned. Some great advice. I've actually taken the 2500 apart and thoroghly cleaned dust off very surface (including those between the IR Tx/Rx LEDs) and all seems better ... for now. As to the key-pad, I'll be popping in

Hello! Newbie here; so please be gentle! If I'm outta line - or simply ask something which does not belong here - my apologies: simply let me know ... I have owned a Bang & Olufsen BeoSystem 2500 since they were first sold in the early nineties (it nearly broke me!). Apart from a few minor troubles along the way, it's been utterly superb