Bang & Olufsen LX 2802 destruction

After getting over the debacle I had with the Bang and Olufsen LX 2802 a couple weeks ago, I decided I'd gut the thing and see what was inside it before I took it to the e-waster container down the road:

Rear

Input board

Spot the pots!

More pot shots

Pots up close

The whole TV is constructed in a modular way

Check out those fat gold caps!

RF board

Flyback and power input

Philips A66EAK50X02 tube

Finally, the speakers in this TV are pretty awesome! Far nicer than those found in a Grundig or Loewe. The cool thing is that the 2-way speaker system is contained in it's own ported package. I pulled them out and hooked them up to my Denon amp. Sounded pretty good!

LX 2802 sound system!

Overall, I reckon the B&O LX2802 would be an awesome TV for use with GroovyMAME. There are plenty of image controls that could be patched to external pots and the build quality is sensational. Combined with the excellent sound system and wonderful aesthetics this is killer SCART television.

BANG! & Olufsen

Found a beautiful looking Bang & Olufsen LX 2802 on eBay recently. The seller had listed it as "For parts or not working" but after some enquiries it turned to be working.

$20 dollars later it was mine! However, 5 mins later this amazing looking machine – that had survived from the late '80s and cost $12,000 new – sustained a nasty injury... the TV tipped over in the back of the wagon at the red lights and the smoked glassed cracked. Nasty!

Bang & Olufsen LX 2802

Crack!

Oh, the shame!

I was pretty pissed off at myself but it turned out I shouldn't have worried too much. After leaving the unit on for around 15 mins the deflection totally collapsed. Just a faint dot in the middle of the screen. Shame. This TV seemed really promising: B&O quality, great cosmetics and analog adjustment pots on the inside. This model would look like a great contender for GroovyMAME usage since the vertical size has the potential to be controlled by a retrofitted external knob.

This one is probably gonna go in the bin. However, I'll make sure to upload some photos of the insides before that happens though...

Oh well. Another near miss.

BeoVision LX 2802 info at Beoworld
BeoVision LX 2802 info at BeoPhile