On an otherwise fully functional Bg 4000 5215 I am getting the following behaviors:-
1) when pressing the ^ button the tonearm does not stay up once the ^ button is released - it just drops as if the down button had been pressed. Same behavior on < and > buttons - is this a keypad problem or should I be looking elsewhere?
2) from time to time the tone arm drops suddenly instead of the normal smooth drop that is expected. This is not a persistent problem.
Any thoughts and guidance greatly appreciated.
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Bg 4000 tonearm behavior
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Hi
Cold be a keypad problem, regarding to the SM the \/ button is normaly closed and the /\ button is normaly open.
So as there is a bad contact at the \/ button the tonearm will only stay up as long as you push any other button.
Cleaning the contacts is recommended, look here for further information:
https://beolover.blogspot.com/2017/10/beogram-4004-type-5526-keypad-contact.html
Kind regards
Christian
Thanks Spassmaker I will look at that.
Just spotted this post justin, picked up a chest infection from soewhere ;¬(
The tone arm dropping sharply sounds like not enough dampoing, try winding the srew in very slightly.....and I would check out the down switch contact.....if its playing up the tone arm will dot stay up when ^ is pressed
Great Craig. Thank you. I hope you make a speedy recovery.
Fixed. Thank you Craig and Christian. The down switch contact terminal was oxidized and bent - after cleaning and straightening it works a charm. Tone arm is dropping smoothly now. Sweet sounds are emanating from the deck and its owner. Thanks again.
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