Great. Funnily enough, I've yet to find a CD that wouldn't play! Even my old copy of Tom Waits' Swordfishtrombones, which was a goner in most players, seems to run through without a glitch. Die_Bogener: What else is defect on the system? The Beocord? Yes. It'll probably have to wait until after christmas. It makes a horrible noise when

I couldn't find a suitable cap at this hour of the day, but I concocted a horrible system of four 10u/16V caps in parallel, AND THE PLAYER WORKS! Woohoo I owe you a couple of beers I'll get a more suitable cap first thing tomorrow, but can I assume the player is now safe to use? Looks like my new Beosystem 6500 is a keeper...

Thanks again! I can follow that well enough. Now I only need to find those caps somewhere, hope there isn't any more damage... -mika

OK, warning duly noted. Time to find the service manual then. I've done this stuff before, but obviously not on this model (or any other B&O CD player). Do you happen to know any links to where this might have been discussed before? (I'll certainly spend some google time before doing anything, anyway, and I can probably manage in German

Thanks for the tip. The player was somewhat dusty inside, but the lens appeared clean, and cleaning didn't help either. However, some discs spin noticeably longer, but I've yet to find one that would actually display the number of tracks. What's the next step? -mika

Thanks, it works I didn't have the patience to wait until the keypresses timeout and it actually tunes...

Hi, am I just thick, or is it really impossible to tune in to anything else but preprogrammed stations on a BM6500 using a Beolink 1000? -mika

Hi, I just bought a Beosystem 6500 (sans the BG6500, but a VX-5000 thrown in, too) for the apparently perfect condition Beovox Pentas that were included in the deal However, the cassette player and CD were sold as not working, and that was also the case. I'd like to have at least the CD fixed or I might just sell the lot further. The problem is

Thanks, Peter! I live in Finland. I've got a few leads open on "new" equipment, so I might well end up with a Beogram and another cartridge to experiment with. This 2800 might be up for sale anyway due to lack of space (just found a Beomaster 1000 and a pair of working Beovox 2200s to go with it...). In the meantime, I think I'll try

Hello, some months ago I bought a cheap Beocenter 2800 which had several defects - non-functional sliders, sticking buttons, turntable arm would not rise nor lower, belt was missing, etc etc... I have been able to fix up pretty much everything (except for the cracked lid), but the phono sound is murky on the left channel (radio & tape from the external