Hi Alf As the bulb is measuring about 40 Ohm it should be OK. Check 1 R 30 (15 OHM) and all tracing connections. About Transistors which are measuring off board in a good state.... If I pull one of these little BC5XX Transistors out I always put a new one in, cost only 5 to 20 cent and you're shure that the new one will work. Had already a lot of them measuring good, but a HFE about 20 or 100, too low in that case. Hope it will help a little bit. Kind regards Christian

Hi Christian, thanks for the input, very much appreciated. R30 measured 14.9 ohm ! i revisited that detector bulb, definitely not lighting up, so I put a “replacement” that lit up straight away as expected when 6.3V are present. However that “replacement” is not the correct bulb - my hope is Martin (Dillen) can supply a correct one ?! ALF

Alf Does the record detection circuit work with the replacement bulb....or are there still issues? Craig

Hi Craig, it worked before the original bulb went dead. The “replacement bulb” has a different filament type - it lights up but does not produce the correct light circle.p through the lense. the correct bulb has been ordered from Beoparts shop yesterday - now its the waiting game until it arrives. ALF