Moving swiftly-got the plastic off the cartridge, glued it in place, but as I tried to play a record no sound. I do fear that my attempts to place the cartridge in have damaged the film and the signal isnt being transferred...however, if it helps, when one puts ear close to the record i can hear the very low sound of the music playing from it. As for

Cheers Jacques, I did manage to get it out of the cartridge. I honestly did not remember that being there-but as i said earlier, the cartridge was replaced late 80s and wasnt really used after that due to the intro of cds. My guess is that this was stuck due to lack of use all these years and/or perhaps broke during some transport. Will try now to glue

granted-your pic is good, mine sucks. I will improve :)

ok, see what you mean-I cant really remember as this is only the second cartridge that replaced the original SP15. This is an MMC 20EN-this i can tell you, I did not do this. It is either like this in my model, or it stuck in there sometime during the 80's. However, let me show you the back of the original SP15. Do you have a beogram 4000? How on

wo, wo-what do you mean I actually broke the plastic??

Thanks fo response, the diamond shaped part is ok. It is the film that is bending in the effort to unsert the stylus. i see that to upload a pic i must used a 3rd party website, will do but pics arent as clear to help. what do you suggest for repair?

Thanks for replies-have done it, checked it, and it worked. Am now devastated though as I removed the stylus to brush it carefuly and it will not reinsert. It appears that the tape (if the word is correct) that slides in the stylus on the top part is damaged and now bent, and I cannot reinsert the stylus. I am suspecting that there is no workaround

cheers. This is what I have tried, but doesnt seem to work?

Hi all, sorry if there is a relevant post but havent been able to find it. My problem is the original "if it aint broken, dont try to fix it". I have just finished the restoration of my family old hi-fi system-a complete beomaster 4000 with beogram 4000, beocord 2200 and beovox 5702&2702. Playing records, i noticed the usual hum-tried