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BeoCenter 1800

BeoCenter

Production: 1975 - 03/1977

Documents: Schematic, Service Manual

As another product based upon the Beomaster 1100, Beocenter 1800 met DIN 45500 hi-fi standards by a sizeable degree. Offering 2 x 22 W of good-quality sound with minimal distortion, the first thing one noticed was the turntable on top of the machine. This automatic record deck could play both 33 and 45 RPM records as standard with an MMC 3000 cartridge being fitted. The ease of an automatic record deck meant that the user just put on a record, pressed ‘play’ and the machine did the rest! A special spring mechanism ensured that the unit was free from vibrations and external shocks.

The unit was certainly space-saving, but if cassette tapes were required then the Beocord 1100 unit was the player recommended.

Again, radio reception was of high quality, with AFC holding FM stations steadily for you while you listened. There were the necessaryconnections for a pair of headphones, a cassette recorder and two sets of stereo speakers.

When connected to a pair of suitable Beovox Uni-Phase passive loudspeakers, it was known as Beosystem 1800.

BeoCenter 1800 technical specifications

Type: 2610 (1975 - March 1977)

Sound system and loudspeaker 2 sets of stereo
FM pre-tuning: 4
Power output 1000 Hz RMS: 2 x 22 watts / 4 ohms
2 x 19 watts / 8 ohms
Music power 2 x 40 watts / 4 ohms
2 x 25 watts / 8 ohms
Speaker impedance 4 ohms
Harmonic distortion: 1000 Hz 50 mV DIN 45 500 < 0.1 %
Intermodulation DIN 45 500: < 0.1 %
Frequency range +/- 1.5 dB DIN 45 500: 20 - 30,000 Hz

Bass control at 40 Hz: +/- 17 dB
Treble control at 12,5000 Hz: +/- 14 dB

Power supply: 110 - 130 - 220 - 240 V
Power consumption: 20 - 170 W
Dimensions W x H x D: 50 x 12 x 37 m
Weight:13 kg

Tuner: FM range 87.5 - 108 MHz

Speeds: 33 - 45 rpm.
Automatic pickup movement: Yes
Automatic speed selection: Yes

Wow and flutter, DIN: < +/- 0.12 %
Rumble DIN unweighted: > 37 dB
Rumble DIN weighted: > 60 dB
Speed deviation: < 0.1 %
Speed control range: > 3 %
Dial for speed strobe: 120mm

Tangential tracking: 0.126°
Lift system: mechanical
Antiskating Inclined channeling, inside bearing
Motor Asynchronous
Drive system Idler wheel and belt
Turntable: 30cm 1 kg

Pickup: MMC 3000
Stylus Spherical diamond
Stylus pressure range 0 - 2.5g
Radius of curvature 15 µm
Recommended stylus pressure 1.2g

Connections: Headphone jack
Tape recorder DIN

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