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Sony VCR repair in Atlanta -- seeking good tech
I have a Sony SLV-696HF VCR that won't playback or record. I can take
any tape (recorded by others, commercially recorded, anything) and it plays back only garbage video (looks like blank tape to me) but perfect audio. If I record on a tape in that deck and then playback on another good deck, the tape shows nothing (don't know about audio). I already tried a head cleaner Some scouring on the net resulted in finding the following on http://www.anatekcorp.com/faq/archvcr.htm : Question: Sony VCR #SLV-700HF no playback. Video unit will record fine (played back on another vcr). Jail bar picture. No signal output on IC801 on RP-149 pcb pin #20 + voltage does not vary from record to playback as it should. Sound is perfect. Does this chip go bad or am I overlooking another circuit? Logic voltages are ok. Answer: I found IC801, part#8-759-046-75 to be causing the jailbar playback. After replacing the IC on the head preamp voltage on pin #23 varied from record/playback as it should. Make sure you replace the ground shields around the pcb!!!! If you don't it still looks like you have a problem (noisy picture,no color,looks like tracking off or dirty heads!) This is the closest thing I found to my problem, although I can't even record so it's not the same. Further, my model is a 696 not a 700, but that's real close If anyone has any specific tips, or knows that the above path applies to my model, I'd love to hear it. I'm a electrical engineer so I just need to be pointed in the right direction with a few troubleshooting steps. It's otherwise a great VCR so I'd like to salvage it if possible rather than just buy a crappy new one that'll eat tapes in 18 months. Barring tech tips, can anyone recommend a good VCR repair shop in the Atlanta area? Sony doesn't list any authorized repair shops, just says they'll exchange it from their factory "with a comparable model". I'd rather find a good local guy and give him my money to do a likely easy fix on an otherwise solid machine. |
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No replies, so I'm doing a shameless bump. Any techs to recommend in
the Atlanta area? I've already been taken to the cleaners twice this month on car and appliance repairs, I really don't need to do it again with VCR repair ... |
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wrote: I have a Sony SLV-696HF VCR that won't playback or record. I can take any tape (recorded by others, commercially recorded, anything) and it plays back only garbage video (looks like blank tape to me) but perfect audio. If I record on a tape in that deck and then playback on another good deck, the tape shows nothing (don't know about audio). I already tried a head cleaner Some scouring on the net resulted in finding the following on http://www.anatekcorp.com/faq/archvcr.htm : Question: Sony VCR #SLV-700HF no playback. Video unit will record fine (played back on another vcr). Jail bar picture. No signal output on IC801 on RP-149 pcb pin #20 + voltage does not vary from record to playback as it should. Sound is perfect. Does this chip go bad or am I overlooking another circuit? Logic voltages are ok. Answer: I found IC801, part#8-759-046-75 to be causing the jailbar playback. After replacing the IC on the head preamp voltage on Have you inspected the video heads yet? pin #23 varied from record/playback as it should. Make sure you replace the ground shields around the pcb!!!! If you don't it still looks like you have a problem (noisy picture,no color,looks like tracking off or dirty heads!) This is the closest thing I found to my problem, although I can't even record so it's not the same. Further, my model is a 696 not a 700, but that's real close If anyone has any specific tips, or knows that the above path applies to my model, I'd love to hear it. I'm a electrical engineer so I just need to be pointed in the right direction with a few troubleshooting steps. It's otherwise a great VCR so I'd like to salvage it if possible rather than just buy a crappy new one that'll eat tapes in 18 months. Barring tech tips, can anyone recommend a good VCR repair shop in the Atlanta area? Sony doesn't list any authorized repair shops, just says they'll exchange it from their factory "with a comparable model". I'd rather find a good local guy and give him my money to do a likely easy fix on an otherwise solid machine. |
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If you record on this machine and then play it back on the SAME
machine, does that work well? If so, I'd say that the tracking is simply off. Nope, same behavior. Static pure as the driven snow Try adjusting the tracking while viewing a self recorded tape. If that doesn't seem to have any effect at all, then there must be a problem with the tracking adjustment/control circuit. Could a tracking problem, even a severe one, be bad enough to cause all videotapes to display absolutely nothing but static? Have you inspected the video heads yet? No. What should I look for? (note: I'm an EE but not a VCR repair tech) |
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On 8 Feb 2005 17:16:53 -0800 wrote:
If you record on this machine and then play it back on the SAME machine, does that work well? If so, I'd say that the tracking is simply off. Nope, same behavior. Static pure as the driven snow Sounds like there is no condition under which this plays any video back. I'd try cleaning the video heads first. Check repairfaq.org for instructions. I hope that's the right URL. Otherwise, there are lots of links in the video chain, and the problem could be anywhere along it. - ----------------------------------------------- Jim Adney Madison, WI 53711 USA ----------------------------------------------- |
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Otherwise, there are lots of links in the video chain, and the
problem could be anywhere along it. OK, thanks, I'll give it a shot. But assuming that goes nowhere, I'm back to the subject of this thread. Can anyone recommend a good repair shop in the Atlanta area? |
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what year is the vcr from?
i ahve had to replace recently the caps on the head preamp board (which had leaked) of a hitachi vcr from the early 90s which had similar problems to yours. You could try that first. -Ben |
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