Hi all,

My tape recorder stops functioning occasionally, i.e. it does not
eject, play, rewind or forward, until I open the bottom cover and
rotate the main pulley which drives the big pulley.

Also I can not get the tape status indicator any more. Can anybody
please help. Thanks.

check and clean the mode switch, also check and replace both reel motion
sensors.
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Best Regards,
Daniel Sofie
Electronics Supply & Repair
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"bigdaddy" wrote in message
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Hi all,

My tape recorder stops functioning occasionally, i.e. it does not
eject, play, rewind or forward, until I open the bottom cover and
rotate the main pulley which drives the big pulley.

Also I can not get the tape status indicator any more. Can anybody
please help. Thanks.

On Tue, 12 Jul 2005 14:18:21 -0700, "sofie" wrote:

check and clean the mode switch, also check and replace both reel motion
sensors.


Thanks for reply. I found out that the counter is ok, the button on
remote control has to be pressed hard

As regards the mode switch. I have no idea where it is. I would
appreciate it very much if you could help me a bit more to locate
this, or if I could download the schematics from Internet.

After locating it, with what one should clean it and what other parts
needs to be cleaned while I am at there.

Regards,

bigdaddy:
The "counter" has nothing to do with the reel motion sensors.... the
counter actually counts control track pulses from the A/C head and
converts them to hours/minutes/seconds. If the reel sensors are
indeed bad, they can produce the symptoms you described...... check
them and replace them as neccessary as the reply post by Sofie advised
you to do.
This is not a "newbie" repair item.... maybe you should find a small
shop that still does reasonably priced VCR repairs or find a
technically inclined and VCR repair experienced friend to assist you.
electricitym
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