thanks for your help much appreciated terry

hi peter tried what you suggested the humming has now gone,thanks very much, i am a bit disappointed that such a heath robinson [no disrespect] cure was required. the only thing now is poor sound quality i suspect the stylus is shagged any advice would be gratefully appreciated

hi chris tried the earthing between the deck & amplifier with no differance i disconnected the deck totally pushed the phono button and got the same noise its as if the deck is not connecting to the amp any ideas regards terry

thanks chris i will give it a go and let you know the results terry

Thanks Jeff - from where to where would the ground wire go?

I've owned from new a Beocenter 4000 and a Beogram CDX which given years of great service. I've just been given a Beogram 3000 (type 5901) which I was told played ok. My first problem was that the Beogram 3000 had a five pin connector & the Beocenter 4000 had jack plugs. After a visit to the local B&O shop an adapter cable was bought