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I've just picked up a Beogram 5005 with a minor issue, and I'd appreciate some advice on how to go about fixing it up.
When playing a 12" record, the tonearm tracks to the right spot, and lowers, but stops just short of the record surface. If I move the tonearm 1cm or so inward, it makes contact and will play just fine all the way to the end, as with 7" records.
I do have a copy of the service manual, but I'm not entirely sure which adjustment I should be looking at. If it were slightly too high across the whole record, I presume that tweaking the tonearm height down would solve it. But the fact that it doesn't seem to be quite parallel to the record surface makes me think that something else might be at play.
I'm new to tangential Beograms, but I've fixed up a few radial turntables of both B&O and other makes. Any pointers?
I would check if guides where tone arm assy glides are on their position, they might "pop up" from other end if player were transported.
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You were exactly right! The front guide had popped out of its retainer on the outside. Pushed it back into place, and everything works perfectly.
I like how those sets come apart, with the hinge at the side. It's nice to work on something that, for a change, was actually designed to be opened up!
Something else, that I'm curious about, is getting Datalink to work. As is so often the case (at least for me!), a previous owner has removed the extra pins from the DIN connector. Since I presume that the original part is hard to find, is there any way that I can make do? I notice that the schematic indicates that only one of the extra pins is connected - would it be sufficient to borrow one pin from another piece of equipment? Alternatively, if anybody knows the thread size, I suppose that would be another avenue to explore...
halkyardo:would it be sufficient to borrow one pin from another piece of equipment? Alternatively, if anybody knows the thread size, I suppose that would be another avenue to explore...
One pin is enough, and I have here some extra pins, as I made some new 7 pin plugs, but I´m in Mexico, so if you can find someone near you it would be easier, the thread is same as the pin D,
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