Beolit 12 Repair Tutorial Replacing Battery and Door Latch / Lid Catch

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You love your Beolit but the battery needs to be replaced and/or the door latch is broken? There is no battery available from Bang and Olufsen (B&O), however, there are companies replacing the cells in the battery pack. Check out https://akkuplus.de/Akkureparatur-Zel... (non-affiliated link).

For the Door Latch I kindly contacted Bang & Olufsen (see contact details below) and they requested me to send the serial numbers of my two Beolit 12 speakers. Guess what happened: They sent me two DOOR LATCHES FOR FREE!! I did not even have to pay shipping! Try that with your no name mobile speaker after 9 years!


In this video I show you the steps of disassembling the housing for replacement of the door latch assembly and the battery. The steps should be easy to follow even with no explanatory language. Take care when detaching the compartment in order not to bend the metal grill too much. And take your time when detaching the door latch (black part) from the compartment. You may whish to make use of a third hand in order to simultaneously bend both snap tabs opposite to each other.


Do not overtighten any of the screws.

As you can tell from the infrared-receiver on the front the speaker, I filmed the repair of the Beolit 12. Please note, that the successors Beolit 15, Beolit 17 and Beolit 20 have a different battery and may be designed slightly different. So please take even more care when referring to my video in connection with the younger Beolit models!

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UPDATE:
Contact details of the really kind
Bang & Olufsen Support
E-Mail: [email protected] | Hotline: +49 30 22 40 90 23
BANG & OLUFSEN

Bang & Olufsen a/s | Gl. Lundtoftevej 1B | DK-2800 Kgs. Lyngby | Denmark
www.bang-olufsen.com