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Hi all,

I have replaced the belts inside the Toshiba VCR, (it's about 15 yrs old)
and got the mechanics working to load and eject the tape. However, it won't play the tape. Makes a noise for four seconds then shuts off. I've been reading around the www to find out what might need attention and so far haven't found out too much. I'm thinking it might be one of the rollers sticking but they all seem to spin nicely.
Anybody want to take a stab at this? Comments? Advise?
thanks








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On Monday, February 25, 2013 3:26:04 PM UTC-5, wrote:
Hi all,



I have replaced the belts inside the Toshiba VCR, (it's about 15 yrs old)

and got the mechanics working to load and eject the tape. However, it won't play the tape. Makes a noise for four seconds then shuts off. I've been reading around the www to find out what might need attention and so far haven't found out too much. I'm thinking it might be one of the rollers sticking but they all seem to spin nicely.

Anybody want to take a stab at this? Comments? Advise?

thanks

















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Try inserting a tape, wait until it loads, then lift up the vcr, hopefully you still have the access plate off, and gently move the largest cog wheel back and forth. This should free up a jammed mechanism and the movie should play. Let the vcr down gently. If you haven't replaced the belts with ones of the same size, this won't work.

Toshiba VCR restoration help needed - Toterack
 

Let the VCR down gently.

"This isn't going to work out. Can we still be friends?"

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On Monday, February 25, 2013 4:29:47 PM UTC-5, wrote:
On Monday, February 25, 2013 3:26:04 PM UTC-5, wrote:

Hi all,







I have replaced the belts inside the Toshiba VCR, (it's about 15 yrs old)



and got the mechanics working to load and eject the tape. However, it won't play the tape. Makes a noise for four seconds then shuts off. I've been reading around the www to find out what might need attention and so far haven't found out too much. I'm thinking it might be one of the rollers sticking but they all seem to spin nicely.



Anybody want to take a stab at this? Comments? Advise?



thanks



































.



Try inserting a tape, wait until it loads, then lift up the vcr, hopefully you still have the access plate off, and gently move the largest cog wheel back and forth. This should free up a jammed mechanism and the movie should play. Let the vcr down gently. If you haven't replaced the belts with ones of the same size, this won't work.

Hey, thanks. It worked. Plugged in the tv and picture and sound is good. How did you know how to do that?
The mechanism was jammed from all my mucking about I guess.
Thanks again.

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Hi all,

I have replaced the belts inside the Toshiba VCR, (it's about 15 yrs old)
and got the mechanics working to load and eject the tape. However, it won't
play the tape. Makes a noise for four seconds then shuts off. I've been
reading around the www to find out what might need attention and so far
haven't found out too much. I'm thinking it might be one of the rollers
sticking but they all seem to spin nicely.
Anybody want to take a stab at this? Comments? Advise?
thanks

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Under supply or take-up or both spools, slotted opto device that is dirty or
malfunction?
With dummy "eviscerated" cassettte in place and pressing play , manually
turning supply or takeup spool should keep the deck in play mode








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On 2013-02-26, N_Cook wrote:
I have replaced the belts inside the Toshiba VCR, (it's about 15 yrs old)
and got the mechanics working to load and eject the tape. However, it won't
play the tape. Makes a noise for four seconds then shuts off. I've been

Have you tried cleaning the mode switch?

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"Roger Blake" wrote in message
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On 2013-02-26, N_Cook wrote:
I have replaced the belts inside the Toshiba VCR, (it's about 15 yrs old)
and got the mechanics working to load and eject the tape. However, it
won't
play the tape. Makes a noise for four seconds then shuts off. I've been

Have you tried cleaning the mode switch?

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killfiled.)

"Climate policy has almost nothing to do anymore with environmental
protection... the next world climate summit in Cancun is actually
an economy summit during which the distribution of the world's
resources will be negotiated." -- Ottmar Edenhofer, IPCC
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Don't forget - lots of vcr's from that period had crappy power supply caps;
failing motor supply voltages might cause this.
Also, do we know the drum was turning? IF not, the mech would start and shut
back down.

Sometimes the drum bearings seize and one just needs to free up the upper
cylinder and run it a while, though I would not trust it long-term.

Mark Z.

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On Wed, 27 Feb 2013 06:11:48 -0600, "Mark Zacharias"
wrote:

"Roger Blake" wrote in message
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On 2013-02-26, N_Cook wrote:
I have replaced the belts inside the Toshiba VCR, (it's about 15 yrs old)
and got the mechanics working to load and eject the tape. However, it
won't
play the tape. Makes a noise for four seconds then shuts off. I've been

Have you tried cleaning the mode switch?

--
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Roger Blake (Change "invalid" to "com" for email. Google Groups
killfiled.)

"Climate policy has almost nothing to do anymore with environmental
protection... the next world climate summit in Cancun is actually
an economy summit during which the distribution of the world's
resources will be negotiated." -- Ottmar Edenhofer, IPCC
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------


Don't forget - lots of vcr's from that period had crappy power supply caps;
failing motor supply voltages might cause this.
Also, do we know the drum was turning? IF not, the mech would start and shut
back down.

Sometimes the drum bearings seize and one just needs to free up the upper
cylinder and run it a while, though I would not trust it long-term.

Mark Z.


JVCs from that time period also had the bad 3.3 uf surface mount
capacitor on the cylinder motor board which caused playback problems.
If this unit has one, I'd replace it because it will fail sooner or
later. Chuck

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On 2/27/2013 9:09 AM, chuck wrote:
On Wed, 27 Feb 2013 06:11:48 -0600, "Mark Zacharias"
wrote:

"Roger Blake" wrote in message
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On 2013-02-26, N_Cook wrote:
I have replaced the belts inside the Toshiba VCR, (it's about 15 yrs old)
and got the mechanics working to load and eject the tape. However, it
won't
play the tape. Makes a noise for four seconds then shuts off. I've been

Have you tried cleaning the mode switch?

--
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Roger Blake (Change "invalid" to "com" for email. Google Groups
killfiled.)

"Climate policy has almost nothing to do anymore with environmental
protection... the next world climate summit in Cancun is actually
an economy summit during which the distribution of the world's
resources will be negotiated." -- Ottmar Edenhofer, IPCC
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------


Don't forget - lots of vcr's from that period had crappy power supply caps;
failing motor supply voltages might cause this.
Also, do we know the drum was turning? IF not, the mech would start and shut
back down.

Sometimes the drum bearings seize and one just needs to free up the upper
cylinder and run it a while, though I would not trust it long-term.

Mark Z.


JVCs from that time period also had the bad 3.3 uf surface mount
capacitor on the cylinder motor board which caused playback problems.
If this unit has one, I'd replace it because it will fail sooner or
later. Chuck

If he didn't have it working already, I would have suspected bad idler
wheel or a defective reel sensor.
Mikek
*11,000 vcr's serviced in ten years, when the price of a vcr dropped to
$200 I packed up and moved to Fl.