Noseyjoe

Those round cartridges always seem to be missing anyway! Picked up an old turntable at a boot sale some years ago and sat on it for ages until finally gave up hope of finding a cart. Found a service manual for my Beogram 1700 online; covers the 2200 also and I think the 2400, both of which ingeniously incorporated weigh scales into the platter to tell whether record is 7, 10 or 12ins - amazing! Not sure it applies to my 1700 though... I still have to pretend 12" singles are 33rpm before changing speed up when needle hits the groove

Many thanks Skonopa think that's all my problems now solved! And hum was just my dumb failure to remember that turntables needed an earth wire to the amp chassis in the old days. Now to re-veneer the plinth in rosewood...

Thanks Cal I think you must be right, because I can't see any sensors or laser beams or other way for the deck to ascertain the diameter of the record. Guess I will have to get happy with 'semi-automatic' operation. The button that still mystifies me is the 'Turn' one, which just spins the platter for as long as you hold it down, almost like a DJ facility... can't see the Beogram, nice as it is, being exactly suitable for the dancefloor!

Terrific Steven, looks like the Holy Grail! Is there any way to train it to cope with 12-inch 45s, 7-inch 33s, or 10-inch records of any speed?

Thanks 'thebes' that's really helpful. It's starting to improve already, what a great turntable such precision engineering I can't believe the sound quality and tracking ability for something that looks so spindly and slender

Thanks a lot mate that sounds like it might do the trick, already (with renewed use) the arm is starting to lift a little higher Now to sort the hum! Cheers Andrew

Just bought a great Beogram 1700 turntable off ebay for a few quid... tickled pink with it generally (a masterpiece of 70s Scandinavian design), but getting it across London on the back of my bicycle may have been traumatic for the old girl. Although cartridge and counterweight were removed for transit the veneer took a bit of a battering. Re-veneering is within my talents, but does anyone know how to adjust the tonearm height? I've experimented with every counterweight position and tracking weight but the arm still skates across the record when I press the reject button. Naturally this is alarming as it creates that horrible racket and may also be damaging to both record and stylus. Can't find any obvious way to raise the arm height during the reject process. Also I have a bit of buzz through cartridge. In the past with turntables I've usually managed to cure this by just disconnecting and reconnecting cart or manipulating it slightly, but this isn't working with the Beogram. I assume it's a shielding problem of some sort but where's the usual seat of the problem on B&O decks, does anyone know? Thanks Andrew