Beogram 1001

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bushhammer Posted: Tue, Jul 8 2014 3:56 PM

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Hi everyone,

I've been looking for some answers re the 1001, but i haven't found specific help. Apologies then if I've missed what I need.

First, i need some help on transport. I would always remove a platter, but how does this one come off. It doesn't seem obvious, and I don't wan't to damage anything. Also for transport, I need to lock it down in some way, the four screws visible on the top plate fasten that to the wooden plinth, but I cant find a way of locking the wooden part to the moulded plastic base.

Thanks, Paul 

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Dillen replied on Tue, Jul 8 2014 9:36 PM

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Welcome to Beoworld !

Easily answered in that you cannot lift off the platter and the deck doesn't have any transport safety devices.

Pull off the counterweight and pickup cartridge and pack them separately.
Tie the tonearm to the tonearm rest using a cable tie, a piece of plastic bag sealing string or similar.
Place a block of foam on the platter. The foam block must be high enough to make a light sandwich squeeze
under the dustcover.
I like to put a length of packing tape around the deck with some sheets of paper underneath (so that the
tape merely holds the lid tight onto the deck but doesn't stick to the deck itself, only the paper).
Then bubblewrap, packing chips and a strong box.

Martin

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bushhammer replied on Fri, Jul 11 2014 5:02 PM

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Hi Martin, Many thanks for that. I was concerned about it being so springy, and I would normally think twice about transporting anything in that state. Removing the counterweight is also something I'd do as a matter of course.

I now have another question, this time concerning the speed selector switch. Am I right in thinking that it must always be turned anticlockwise, in the direction of the arrow? To pass through other switch positions without anything happening seems counter intuitive to me. In any case I need to look at this as I only seem to get one speed and the variable speed knob doesn't move at all. I think I've seen the mechanism illustrated somewhere on the web, but now I can't seem to locate it. Any help is much appreciated. Thanks again,Paul

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Dillen replied on Fri, Jul 11 2014 7:37 PM

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Yes, anticlockwise only.
It's because of the way the speed switching mech. has been made.

Martin