"JVC dude" wrote in
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Hi Vincent,
Is there a lot of light getting in through the top/side? these decks
have optic sensors and can be tripped into doing strange modes with
light otherwise sounds like a faulty switch contact or something
similar. when you say play button do you mean on the set or the
remote. ~Its possible the remote if someting was spilt into it may do
that. if its not related to the remote then there may be a faulty
switch on the front panel. its certainly not a common problem.
I presume you've unplugged and plugged in again to reset the machine!

Other possible causes, dirty mode switch contacts, or poss a
capstan motor control fault , but that would be very rare. its more
likely to be one of the above.

hope this helps
AW

Hi AW:

Right now, there has to be a lot of light as I was trying to see if things
are working with the cover off but originally, the cover was on when the
problem happened. What is weird is that randomly, it will decide to play a
tape correctly. As for the play button, I'm talking about the button on
the front panel and not the remote as I haven't used my remote in a few
years. I've already did the plug/unplug a few times just to make sure that
wasn't the problem. I'm just trying to figure out will this be a expensive
repair since I see a lot of repairers that aren't factory authorized but
don't most problems need a service manual or will equipment tell them what
is wrong? Since it seems lots of places have a fixed labor rate but then
you have to pay for parts and I hope they don't randomly change out parts.

Cheers,
Vince