Hi. Thanks very much for your response; with a bit of help from Dillen the problem seems to be solved. Positioning and holding the tonearm further back than it's normal resting place seemed to trigger the turntable to stop revolving. Dillen mentioned that it could be that the mechanics were 'out of sequence' and I think that was the key

Hello I bought a Beocenter 5000 from eBay a while back and immediately fell in love with it. For the last couple of months it has worked fine (I only really use the turntable). However, today whilst the power was on (and the PH was visible on the display) the turntable activated itself and the platter started turning. This is according to my wife, who