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Apollo
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Hie all,
I have a 3-year old JVC HR-A57U VCR which has been well-used but
well-maintained. When I play a cassette, the VCR plays for 2-5 seconds
and shuts down. Sometimes a few more tries gets the VCR to play
normally, sometimes it doesn't. Fast-forwarding, rewinding and pausing
my tapes worsens the problem. From my experience with audio cassette
players, I'm guessing this is some self-protection mechanism to stop
the VCR from chewing tape. This intermittent problem happens with all
cassettes - both store-bought and home-taped; both SHORT-PLAY and
EXTENDED-PLAY recordings; new and old tapes etc. Updating channels,
setting the timer recording and the clock and all the menus all work
fine; just the cassette won't play.
What can I do about this problem since repair shops are so expensive
compared to the cost of a new one? I'm a VCR-newbie but a
computer-techie so I'm very comfortable following instructions,
finding and tweaking/replacing components.
Thanks..
I have a 3-year old JVC HR-A57U VCR which has been well-used but
well-maintained. When I play a cassette, the VCR plays for 2-5 seconds
and shuts down. Sometimes a few more tries gets the VCR to play
normally, sometimes it doesn't. Fast-forwarding, rewinding and pausing
my tapes worsens the problem. From my experience with audio cassette
players, I'm guessing this is some self-protection mechanism to stop
the VCR from chewing tape. This intermittent problem happens with all
cassettes - both store-bought and home-taped; both SHORT-PLAY and
EXTENDED-PLAY recordings; new and old tapes etc. Updating channels,
setting the timer recording and the clock and all the menus all work
fine; just the cassette won't play.
What can I do about this problem since repair shops are so expensive
compared to the cost of a new one? I'm a VCR-newbie but a
computer-techie so I'm very comfortable following instructions,
finding and tweaking/replacing components.
Thanks..