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Hello,
I was given a 6500 Series B&O system by a friend of mine. I just ordered new Powerlink cables for the speakers (Beolab Penta II's) because before we had spliced together some cut 4-pin speakerlink (poorly I might add). When we hooked it up, the radio ran just fine, but when we used the Beogram CD 6500, we only got static. The CD player shows what track is playing, and the master control panel shows the track is playing, and even the time of the song, but only static comes through the speakers. Could this be due to a damaged laser? Maybe the format on the CD was unreadable by the player?
If anyone has had this problem, or can provide some input, I would love to hear from you!
Regards,
Dubblewubble
If the radio is working its definitively not the speaker cables. Sounds like a bad connection of the audio signal cable/connection from the cd or a bad DAC.
//Bo.A long list...
Thank you! Do you think it would be worth it to clean the connections with some DeOxit?
Well it worth trying if there are contacts. It might as well be a bad solder joint.
I'd add that if the disc is playing and the counter is incrementing properly the laser is working fine, it's reading data odd the disc, any problem is probably in the outputs.
Jeff
I'm afraid I'm recovering from the BeoVirus.
What Jeff just said.And, depending on the exact board version in your deck, this fault is usually caused by missing voltage(s) to theopamps IC11 and IC12.That's the +/- 15V supply.Typical culprits are C102/C202 (shorted) and R101 (68 Ohm) burned.
Martin
Thank you all for the responses. Is there an easy way to check the the board version? I am handy with a soldering iron, so I may try to do this myself.
dubblewubble: Thank you all for the responses. Is there an easy way to check the the board version? I am handy with a soldering iron, so I may try to do this myself.
You can check if it matches the components/designators I mentioned.And check the voltages.
Great, thank you Martin. There is a B&O store about 45 minutes from me, maybe I will give them a call and see if they can look at it.