trying to repair 2 vcr's, one 14 year old mitsubishi and one 5 year old
jvc, when i remove the covers and shine my work light inside to clean,
inspect them they both eject the tape and shut off, is this common?, is
there a light sensor inside that is meant to prevent the average joe
from opening them up and tinkering with them?

will wrote in message
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trying to repair 2 vcr's, one 14 year old mitsubishi and one 5 year old
jvc, when i remove the covers and shine my work light inside to clean,
inspect them they both eject the tape and shut off, is this common?, is
there a light sensor inside that is meant to prevent the average joe
from opening them up and tinkering with them?


You have to cover the "end of tape" sensors with some small bits of opaque
tape. At either end of the light path from the central IR transmitter that
goes inside the cylindrical recess at the bottom of the cassette when in
place to play.
System cuts in when the transparent ends of the tape are reached or you
remove the top cover in bright room light.

vcr repair tips
http://www.divdev.fsnet.co.uk/repair.htm


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Diverse Devices, Southampton, England
electronic hints and repair briefs , schematics/manuals list on
http://home.graffiti.net/diverse:graffiti.net/

will wrote:
trying to repair 2 vcr's, one 14 year old mitsubishi and one 5 year old
jvc, when i remove the covers and shine my work light inside to clean,
inspect them they both eject the tape and shut off, is this common?, is
there a light sensor inside that is meant to prevent the average joe
from opening them up and tinkering with them?

You're not very familiar with vcrs, are you?
post the symptoms of the fault and someone here will be able to give
you some guidance. see also www.repairfaq.org vcr troubleshooting
section . Read that information to begin with.
regards, -B,.