QUICK VERSION - B&O 1985 CD Player BeoGram CD50 - Trying to FIX

[@eliedelorme9945]

I ended up fixing mine following your video but marked the wheels before removing them to replace the belt. I had to insert washers on the sagging silent blocks to enhance the laser plate. This machine was the first B&O CD player. It’s really well built with a Burr Brown 16bits dac and it is really pleasant to listen to. Now my B&O system is complete : Beomaster 5000 with a hinged facade hiding the main controls ( over the 5500 that has a fix facade), Beocord 5500 excellent, Beogram 5500 with the tangentiel arm and the famous expensive MMC4 cartridge, the Beogram CD50 and the fantastic passive loudspeaker Beovox MC120.2 - and the unmissable Master Control Panel 5000 that let you control from your sofa any fonction of any element of the system and also program hours of music from any sources...I am a happy man. Happy new year 2022 - today 2022-01-02

[@BluRay_4]

Man has an obsession with bang and olufsen, and thats good! I like seeing special stuff getting repaired. keep it up with b&o!

[@patrickmorgan7913]

I’m a huge fan of vintage B&O. It makes me very happy to see you breathe new life into these excellent pieces. Please keep the B&O videos coming!

[@38911bytefree]

You fell in love with B&O !!! such a nice gear and design, the 70 to 80s period was amazing. I would abolutely try to build a complete system, next the beogram !!!!

[@Stoney3K]

This machine was very ahead of its time -- hard to imagine it was built in 1985. If you connected it to the matching system amplifier (Beomaster 5000) it would start playing automatically when you switched the system on via the remote, or switch on the amplifier if you selected 'PLAY'.

[@38911bytefree]

@@Stoney3K The remote was GORGEOUS also ... not sure if the 5000 series, but I think it was bidirectional, I mean, you could read some info on the remote like tape counter or station ... NOT SURE. What amazes me more is the beogram 4002 .... it blew my mind on the complexity to be an early 80s turntable. I was about to buy one, but cartridges are not cheap and getting dificult to find. One of these piece ended in the MOMA ... logically.

[@countzero1136]

B&O products were always beautifully designed. Performance-wise they were no better than most other mid-range brands, but in terms of aesthetics, they were second to none. I think it's fair to say that B&O were the Apple of their era. Even today their stuff is incredibly desirable. I wish somebody made products that combined beauty and functionality like that these days, but sadly we all live in a world where everything is designed to be disposable and built down to a price, but I firmly believe that there IS still a market for quality, like Apple used to be while Steve Jobs was still alive - sadly since his untimely death, even Apple is now just selling poorly-made and poorly-designed products that are at least as unreliable as the cheap Chinese competition (even more so in many cases). Sad really :(

[@Stoney3K]

@@38911bytefree The Beosystem remote (Terminal 5000) was bidirectional, but it was also an enormous piece, about the size of an iPad. The Gram 4002 was a magnificent model but it was also overly complex if you compare it to the later tangential turntables like the 6000 or even the first series 9000 system. Still, being a microprocessor controlled tangential, quartz locked direct drive turntable in the early 1970s is an achievement worth mentioning.

[@donello430]

@@countzero1136 It's kind of accepted that Apple borrowed from B&O. The first iPod's circular wheel control is apparently very similar to an innovation B&O made on their telephones. Steve Jobs also had B&O systems in his home so he was obviously aware of them and admired them.

[@TheCod3r]

Loving these B&O videos bud keep it up

[@johnstone7697]

The "splattered paint" is normal and was done at the factory.That's conductive paint that was used for RF shielding. BTW, this machine was B & O's first stab at a CD player. It was only in the line for a very short time. The transport and most of the electronics were made by AIWA. B & O added their own control circuitry, for control and interface. It used the early 3 beam laser system. Truth be told, it was an awful machine, prone to laser and motor failures, with many circuit revisions. It had marginal tracking, and some discs it just plain wouldn't play due to subcode issues. It only used a single D to A converter which was toggled between channels. I worked at B & O in their service division when it came out. An absolute nightmare to keep going. They abandoned it rather quickly and moved on to the Philips based CD5500, a far better machine.

[@djamaldouar3544]

Nice video, you have done a good job in fixing your CD50, I tried once and finally give up by throwing it away... If If only I had KZbin in 2002...

[@Roger3803]

Ive been binge watching this channel for a week, keep up with the great work vince :)

[@jns8393]

It's frustrating when more than one thing wrong and when we create problems but you persevered!

[@davidbull7210]

A really nice minimalist design typical of B&O. A lot more attractive than other machines of the time.

[@BloodAsp]

THANK YOU for the quick version, it makes me quite happy! :D Edit, beautiful fix, how I wish things were designed to be repaired today!

[@ElfsGaming]

I have been here from nearly the start and I love this channel is your editing amazing no or is the camera the best quality no but u have a real Talent at fixing stuff and making an interesting video and ye great video once again 👌👌👏👏👍👍

[@evanparton734]

Just a quick tip for any future repairs of this type Vince...ANYTHING that involves a Cam Gear is usually timing critical. If you dont have a service manual...ALWAYS mark the positions of all moving parts ascociated with the cam gear should be marked with a permanent marker (for reference prior to disassembly) to avoid the timing issues you experienced.Well done btw for successfully fixing this B&O CD.rgds Evan

[@countzero1136]

I used to do VCR repairs in the early 80s and that was good advice then and still is today. Of course these days it's actually easier as we all have a high-resolution camera in our pockets to make a record of every step of the process :)

[@evanparton734]

@@countzero1136 Dont know about you buddy ..but in the days of VCR service one of the worst ones for me was the panasonic (K deck if memory serves) ...the one with the planet gears ..3 gears inside a gear .. I got cold shudders down my spine.. every time one landed on my bench. lol

[@countzero1136]

@@evanparton734 Yeah Panasonics could be a pain but one of the worst regular offenders were the mode switches on Toshiba VCRs - Really difficult to get to - you had to pretty much strip down the whole machine to get at them, resulting in lots of time and higher labour charges. I still hate hose damn things. I don't think we ever had a Toshiba deck come in that didn't have some sort of issue with that damn switch :(

[@evanparton734]

@@countzero1136 I think I remember the one you are talking about ..no access to the mech from the bottom ..amd had a metal cover that you could remove but underneath the metal plate was a plastic base.So totally mislead you into thinking its removal would give you access...a right misleading PITA.

[@davidgranger3628]

I agree,I think the problem is your you're one cog out of alignment on the cog that moves the carriage and the cam connected to it ,it was making the carriage move in to far .If you keep it you may lose a cog as its now being held back by the screw who's job is to only adjust the door by a fraction to align it to look perfect on your stack

[@jjhellis100]

I love watching these videos

[@countzero1136]

Agreed. This has definitely become one of my favourite KZbin channels (Though I do think he has focussed a bit too heavily on games consoles in the past, but all credit to Vince for diversifying a bit recently)

[@adamsimmons631]

The number "1" on the right hand side of the display is the "index" number. It will normally only display one index marker on a CD. Some classical music CD's had more than one index point to help find different parts of very long tracks 👍

[@Pistoletjes]

It's a shame that that functionality wasn't used more often. Then again, who still uses CDs?

[@ncr_gamingyt5583]

@@Pistoletjes i do

[@juanandrada6651]

Thank you. Have the same unit with the same problem. Will be using your video as a guide to fix mine!

[@tomandkayleebutcher9218]

Great job Vince, Well done 👍. If you are going to keep playing with B&O stuff definitely get yourself a BeoRemote 4 they are the best and most universal with in the B&O product range. Little bit of a warning though B&O is very addictive. I see it very often and am also addict 😁

[@juan170294]

Great to see the years problem, nice video.

[@igjyroxal5696]

Yes vince I love your videos!

[@hwntwww]

You did it, you fixed a B&O CD 50. Please fix mine for me (for money)

[@DanielChristiansen]

For those interested, B&O still designs nice stuff, check out their beolab 50 or beolab 90 speakers.

[@sharp270]

can you dock the swich light if you put the chip in that's missing

[@geirendre]

Nice repair. When you had the mechanism apart, I would have removed the old grease and re-lubricated it. The grease is probably dried up by now, and it would move even more smoothly (also a few years on) if it was replaced.

[@springy-2112]

Great fix again . I reckon it's time to find some b&o speakers now ..All my b&o is from the 90s with active speakers and that gear is very reasonable now used. The passive speakers are super low prices now . Maybe there are some which need a bit of tlc that would make a great video . Peace and love brother 👍🏻☮☮

[@kjellnilsson3748]

Great Work !! Bang & olufsen is Amazing produckts ! Militaire kvalitet !! But complex to work whith !

[@expertadvice4u]

Sure let’s of extra work but really liked shorten one. Your videos great hard to commit an hour though

[@buddyweiz]

Can it play index 0 of track 1? For an example Skunk Anansie: Stoosh has one extra song hidden there on index 0, track 1.

[@Marie579]

Hi vince you need to remove that dark brown grease completely of the cam drive wheel after 20+ years it's wat to thick i can see that by how slow it ejects the tray if you don't you will labour the motor which isn't a good thing, it's either a akai or awai cd mech/ servo decoder setup which is why you have to insert disc upside down so to spea. hope this helps you

[@Hoover111162]

I’ve been looking out for b&o repairables but trouble is now so is every else lol.

[@davedrew9328]

Great job well done.

[@jakemlg1398]

Hey Vince (if that’s your real name) can you tell us how to fix a pro or joycon anolog stick that won’t work but it’s connected ( my pro is fine but one stick can’t sense when I’m moving it down. up left and right expect down)

[@jonlaws4493]

I think this uses the Philips TDA DAC. Well worth the effort to save it. Edit, just checked, it uses the Burr Brown PCM53JP-V .A very decent 16 bit NOS DAC.

[@petergerkman244]

The paint under the top cover is zinc paint, it eliminates electrical interference.

[@vfletes1]

Do you sell any of the items you repair if you do plz let me know.

[@ncr_gamingyt5583]

@My Mate VINCE Imma tell you a feature on the switch....if you hold the home button the switch turns on...it takes about 7-9 seconds till it turns on..its probably a feature with the pro controller...but i dont have it...instead i got the beboncool 3rd party pro controller...since i dont...i do it with the joy cons : )

[@jonevans392]

I think you might need to clean off some more of that old grease and re-lube it, the disk tray should move at least twice as fast as that

[@JasonBoon02]

I'm slowly regretting buying that B&O CD player for 5 bucks seeing that he does more B&O stuff...

[@pwissink1]

I remember back in the day that wanted to buy one...

[@alexandrosel1131]

Mediogry components for the price you have to pay. Its heavy - as all of that era - because there in no IC's back then. Just good design to impress your guests.

[@andrewkoines6389]

What could this be sold for now that it is repaired?

[@countzero1136]

B&O still has good market value among collectors, particularly the stuff from the late 70s up to the mid 80s. Having said that, if I was in Vince's shoes, I'd keep it for myself because there's simply nothing this beautiful on the market today

[@ryanholmes1970]

Good job

[@vincemorales9068]

Hi! My name is vince too!

[@Stoney3K]

Did you manage to get the entire 5000 system? I mean, you have the Beogram CD and the Beocord, time to get the other bits as well?

[@boehm1888]

Beosound 9000 next please 😀

[@DogRox]

Nice fix doode! :-) oh and by the way what is the name of that CD I actually like it? :-)

[@DogRox]

Does anybody know what the name of that CD is? I like those particular classical songs. I think it's cool since they're all on one CD. But I don't know the name of it I've been looking around since I saw your video.

[@Jimbaloidatron]

I wonder how many of these have been tossed out over the years because people put in CDs label side up like they have become used to doing?

[@paulbedson5675]

Great video vince tho I'm bloody annoyed I selected the quick version without knowing lol . By the way whats the name of the cd your playing .

[@TerrorizedRabbit]

Let's fix it!

[@pompshuffle562]

The background music at the beginning of the video is kind of distracting it almost takes away attention from the narration

[@NatureOkie]

You said "Track16 Disc 1" Actually It read INDEXED CDs. Say you played Toccata and Fugue. It would display 5 1 on Toccata, and as the Fugue began it would display 5 2. (Track 5 Index 2)

[@twcali]

The DVD player is cool

[@nalinux]

It would be perfect with my Beomaster 1600 from 1980 :)

[@edwardsfamily6184]

Hi Vincent I have 2 video players 1 is a dvd and vhs player but the dvd player doesn't work well plus the other vhs player it jumps all the time if you want them for your channel you can have them for free if you want em mate but I live in the west Midlands Walsall 1 is Samsung and the other is LG

[@notroch5464]

Its cool we have the same name

[@JuicyJakeRepairs]

seems so weird to put the discs up that way haha

[@UHF43]

I guess it prevents the read out surface from being scratched, but forces you to flip the disc.

[@thepartyguygamer8853]

Hi vince

[@Mymatevince]

Hi :-)

[@ncr_gamingyt5583]

@@Mymatevince lol

[@thepartyguygamer8853]

My Mate VINCE :-) pssst I love your videos

[@ncr_gamingyt5583]

@@Mymatevince u are the best youtuber i know...and im a gamer lol

[@ncr_gamingyt5583]

@@Mymatevince ive got a very bad pro controller for switch...i wish i could send it to u but idk how to

[@X320riginal]

@My Mate VINCE Hello Vince, I want you to eat some Surströmming fish in the next video. Okay?

[@X320riginal]

*EAT SOME SURSTRÖMMING VINCE!*

[@ncr_gamingyt5583]

Errrr no...vince dont...*USLESS COMMENT*

[@allandag9794]

To Paul Bedson He plays Beethoven: Bagatelle in A Minor, WoO 59 "For Elise"

[@jumeme378]

Niceeee

[@mrflippyfish6868]

Hi

[@mortenwinslw2785]

Go look at dba.dk (Danish eBay) there are lot's of bang & olufsen there.

[@allandag9794]

To Paul Bedson Ups! He plays Beethoven: Bagatelle in A Minor, WoO 59 "Für Elise"

[@djayantikalloemisier9166]

cool

[@jacquesmertens3369]

Underneath it was just a cheap Aiwa. Marketing and design did the rest. Everyone happy.

[@pauldavies6037]

B&O=over complicated and under reliable and difficult to repair

[@christ05roberts]

You should buy a faulty desktop PC and try to fix it you've done a laptop before I wonder if you could fix a desktop PC

[@ncr_gamingyt5583]

Do you mean a laptop????

[@SuperJeffyLoganSJL]

2:05 Bruh I live in the us

[@nyprince5922]

B&O stuff are lovely to look at but I always thought they are more form over function. Their sound quality is mediocre and way overpriced for the features offered. Nevertheless, collectors don’t seem to mind.

[@UrLocalMaja]

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[@callumruston5769]

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