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Beogram 7000 datalink not working

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MrRoast Posted: Tue, Dec 26 2017 1:28 PM

Father Christmas was kind enough to bring me a Beogram 7000 this year as a present.

It's playing beautifully but there is an issue - the datalink doesn't seem to be working. I've connected it up to both my BM7000 and BM4500 and pressing PHONO doesn't start the turntable and pressing play on the Beogram doesn't turn the amp on.

Any suggestions would be appreciated!

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Dillen replied on Tue, Dec 26 2017 2:44 PM

How many pins are there in its DIN plug?

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MrRoast replied on Wed, Dec 27 2017 7:35 AM

There are 7 pins in the DIN connector Martin.

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Dillen replied on Wed, Dec 27 2017 10:04 AM

Check for broken leads inside the DIN socket.
Check for bad protection diodes in the datalink signals.

Martin 

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MrRoast replied on Thu, Dec 28 2017 9:36 AM
Thanks Martin - I’ll check the connections first!
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Dillen replied on Thu, Dec 28 2017 9:49 AM

If you have another Beogram and/or Beomaster with datalink support, you could try swapping the units around to see if the
problem is related to the Beomaster or the Beogram (or both).

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MrRoast replied on Thu, Dec 28 2017 9:18 PM
I’ve tried with my 7000 and 4500 but will give it a go with a 6500 to check.
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MrRoast replied on Sat, Jan 13 2018 7:15 PM

Here’s the culprit! Thanks for the advice Martin - gives me a job to do tomorrow.

Looks like I’ll have to desolder the connector and then shorten the rest of the wires to get enough length on the datalink wire.

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MrRoast replied on Sun, Jan 14 2018 1:10 PM
All done and datalink working again but soldering DIN plugs isn’t my favourite job! Big Smile Very fiddly!
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joeyboygolf replied on Sun, Jan 14 2018 4:19 PM

MrRoast:
All done and datalink working again but soldering DIN plugs isn’t my favourite job! Big Smile Very fiddly!

It is a balls aching job, how Steve Marriott does it for a living I shall never know!

Regards Graham

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MrRoast replied on Sun, Jan 14 2018 4:38 PM
I guess Steve has three or perhaps four hands Big Smile I definitely needed more than the two I’ve got!
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