Charlie Bress:

Unplug your soldering iron and put away your DVM.... and don't get dressed
up..... there are NO discrete switches or components that have anything to
do with the tuner setup for off air TV antenna or CATV modes..... that went
away many years before your VCR was built..... it's all done with internal
software and your "factory remote control."

With the "factory remote" you can select TV (antenna) or CATV modes by
pressing the "CH MEMORY" button and the "1" button simultaneously and then
press "1" to make the selection..... or if your VCR is slightly newer you
can enter the on-screen menu by pressing "MENU" and select "set up
channel/auto set" and then select "Antenna system", then select "CATV"

If you do not have the factory remote you are SOL.
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Best Regards,
Daniel Sofie
Electronics Supply & Repair
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"Charlie Bress" wrote in message
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This is a good old VCR that works just fine after 17 years with just one
glitch that just occurred.
The antenna system selection circuit seems to have gotten stuck on the TV
position and will not cycle through the choices that let you watch cable
above channel 13. The indicator for the antenna system selection no longer
lights.

I've opened the cabinet and this VCR is mostly discrete components and the
various circuit boards are fairly generous in having component
identification marking.

It has already been replaced, but here I am, well retired, and willing to
dabble if only I had a clue of where to look. I have a DVM and a soldering
iron (all dressed up and nowhere to go).

Does anyone still have any service information on this VCR? It is well
built
and has features that the new ones don't have. It seems a pity to just
relegate it to the recycle bin. It probably has many more years of life.
Of
course, If I knew somebody that was still tied to an antenna it would
make
a nice gift.

Thanks for any insight

Charlie