In message , Jim Walsh
writes
Anyone here good with electronics? I have the world's most unreliable
VCR and will either have to fix it myself or bin it now that it is out
of warranty. I can't recall the model number (but will check and post
if required), but the machine is about 2 years old.
The problem is as follows: any time the power is cut off and then
restored, the eeprom values go haywire. Playback becomes impossible to
watch and the display language changes and cannot be put back through
the menu options.
The vid went back for repair 4 times during the warranty period and
each time the eeprom values were reset. However, nothing was done to
cure the apparent extreme sensitivity of the machine to power surges.
I am wondering whether resetting the eeprom values is a simple process
(e.g. can be accomplished using the remote control and on screen
display) or whether it requires specialist equipment. Anyone give me an
idea?

Just because it's out of the (12 month) warranty doesn't necessarily
mean you don't have some comeback

You have to consider whether what you were sold was fit for the purpose,
from what you say, it wasn't

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geoff