Beosound 3200 Reset?

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CharlieWednesday

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Posted February 24, 2026 at 18:07 GMT

Can anyone tell me it it's possible to 'reset' a Beosound 3200? Mine will record CDs to the HDD but will not play them - if I try to play from HDD it says 'HDD Lock' in the display. I've tried Testmode 37 (from the service manual) which should reset it, but it just shows 'TM Error' when I try that, and also the service manual says that TM37 doesn't reset the HDD anyway.

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Madskp

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Posted February 25, 2026 at 17:45 GMT

#718034

Have you tried testmode 27? If I read the servicemanual correctly this should among other things tell if the HDD has an error (page 4.8 in the servicemanual)

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CharlieWednesday

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Posted February 25, 2026 at 17:52 GMT

#718035

Ah yes, thanks, it shows CDM Error 18, which is 'HDD Access Error'. Seems strange that it still records but doesn't play though. Does anyone know if there is any way to 'reset' the HDD?

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CharlieWednesday

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Posted February 25, 2026 at 17:56 GMT

#718036

Oh by the way, I did also run testmode 37 again after running testmode 27, and it worked that time and reset the system to default settings, but the HDD still won't play - I still get 'HDD Lock' in the display if I try to play from CD Mem.

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Madskp

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Posted February 25, 2026 at 19:13 GMT

#718037

Based on the HDD acces error and the age of the sytem it might be likely that the HDD has failed. The Servicemanual indicates that the HDD can not just be swapped, but might have to be transferred and/or setup by the use of the B&O service tool which to my knowledge is not available for other that dealers and servicecenters.

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CharlieWednesday

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Posted February 25, 2026 at 21:05 GMT

#718039

Yes I think you're probably right, I was just hoping that the fact that it will still record but not play might mean the HDD is okay. It's probably not worth the cost of replacing the HDD, to be honest I use a Beosound 5 for digital music anyway. It's just nice to have things working fully.

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