What is it with B&O decks and "melting" of belts? I had a 7007 unit that had defunct tape deck, thought it was belts only but was the motor as well unfortunately. But when I stripped the unit there were small fragments of belt about 1cm long, but the rest was literally a sticky mess all over the motor pulley, even to the point of having

Too right, mine were that bad as well, in that the belt had basically turned to a sticky mess, no way of determining the length from a pool of black stuff! Have now got to try and determine if the motors work. The solenoid engages but not sure whether it will all work even if a new belt is fitted.

Hi Does anyone know the "length" of replacement tape player belt that is needed for the 7007 tape deck? Any help would be appreciated as the one in mine has literally melted? Anyone seen that before? Jerry

Hi Can you link or give me details on replacement belts and things to look for in getting a Beocenter 7007 tape deck working? Your assitance would be appreciated Jerry

Hi There is no dedicated CD input but you can as many suggest use the 2nd tape input. If you have a B&O CD player then the DIN connections should be ok. See this thread: http://forum.beoworld.org/forums/post/20813.aspx Jerry

Thanks for the welcome and of course the reply, that was helpful. I reckon these speakers will be ideal for what I want but didn't want anything that was cosmetically poor or incorrect spec. Cheers Jerry

Hi to all I'm a new member to the forum and have a couple of questions relating to the RL45.2 flat panel speakers. 1) Should the speakers have Red bands on the front? If so are they painted or are they some form of separate band? A general trawl of stuff on ebay is inconclusive as most pictures show either grey bands (is this due to missing separate