Hi, this is a common problem of this otherwise nice piece of quality mechanics.....(but hey: after 30-something years....) Now the fix is fairly easy but a bit hard to tell in words, also depends on how 'clever' you are with fixing things. Once you open the BG up and try the lift (up/down) you'll see the problem: there's a 'damper'

:) Thanks, so now we'll have lots of aged MX's being given the kiss of life now ??? :):) But yeah, there are still lots of these around with the same problems, i guess with this info people can judge if they wish to spend money on it or not....i would say if one decides to fix it: go all the way (with the things i mentioned) because otherwise

Hi Christian, you're right: MX4500 isn't worth spendin money on these days but if it looks nice and was from first owner and has 'emotional' value for you....all can be fixed. However, i have to warn you if you're not experienced with fixing tv's ask someone to do it for you !! But i'll tell you what needs to be done: on

Yeah, it's cool isn't it ?? Actually this is what a beo4 should have looked like, about 80% of the display of a beo4 is always blank (i never understood the need for this big, empty display) so it could have fitted in this small display....:) and would have kept the 'bullit-proof' remote. (Wanna swap for....hmmm...let's say.....a

and audio mode....

Let me put some display pics here... @Henrik, the battery holder is still the same in the newer link 1000 so can be fixed by recycling from an old beolink or just order a new one from a dealer. (I replaced the completely gone ones on my terminal, this was the only thing wrong with it due to battery leakage, just replaced the metal bits with clean ones

A while ago i placed this in the Dutch section but didn't get much reply (maybe because it's uncommon ?) but i was wondering if anyone has or anyone has come across this long kind of link 1000 version with the little display in it. It looks really great i find, and it's from mid 80's so i would expect quite some to be made... Here's

More on the Master 38 offered again on Ebay: again it didn't get sold with a starting price of 250 euro. On the other hand, the earlier discussed beolit 500 was offered on German Ebay (with some damage) and sold for....4 euro 2 cents !!

Zie aub de data: met het 'omhoog' halen van deze posting wilde ik laten weten dat blijkbaar toch nu gekozen is voor het zichtbaar maken van 'te koop' voor iedereen, de opmerkingen van Eduard omtrent 'goud' stammen uit de begintijd van dit forum ! Wat ik er nog over wil zeggen is dat ik die verhitte discussie niet zo begrijp omtrent

Al met al begrijp ik uit het engelse deel hier dat de Admin in al haar wijsheid toch heeft besloten de (ver-)koop advertenties toch voor 'het brede publiek' toegankelijk te maken.......:). Overigens, tussen de kritische noten over 'de nieuwe site' door ben ik wel blij met het 'vintage' deel en het 'workbench' deel wat