Gary, If the UL# is 74K6, then it's a Funai. If after cleaning the mode switch, you still have a shut down problem, you are on the right track, with the regualtor ICs. You could also have a weak IR LED. You can use a Radio Shack 246-143 for the IR LED. I have found some IR LEDs weak, but the end sensors don't give much trouble, except for bad solder connections. You will need to pull the board to check the connections. Good hunting. Paul W From: Gary McCartney <number63@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Reply-To: techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To: techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [TechAssist] Citizen to Funai TV/VCR combo model cross refs? Date: Sat, 19 Jan 2002 18:38:16 -0500 I have a Citizen 19" TV/VCR combo made in June 1995. The model is JCTV3086. There is no FCC number. I suspect it's made by Funai because the picture tube is Funai. Does anyone know of a model cross or at least a list of Funai models made around the same time? I can provide pictures of the chassis if that would help identify this unit. Thanks. The problem I'm having is that the VCR portion accepts a cassette but then it shuts the unit off before it will play, and leaves the cassette in the machine. Unit came in dead and I replaced a bunch of high ESR caps in PS. TV now works fine. The VCR part worked ok until I removed it and cleaned the mechanism. Don't know what happened to make it act like this now. I have manually loaded a cassette into the VCR by turning the loading motor by hand. All seems normal. Cleaned the prisms and everything else except the mode switch which I am about to do. Will also check for a 6V reg. to see if voltage is low, and will check for bad connections on VCR board. -- Gary McCartney McCartney Electronics 7134 Fife Rd, RR 7 Guelph Ontario Canada N1H 6J4 Fax: (519)821-1530 email: number63@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ------------------------------------------ Make your TechAssist database better! Submit Repair Tips here: http://www.tech-assist.org/secure/tip/ ------------------------------------------ To UNSUBSCRIBE your email address, click here: mailto:techassist-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe Or send a BLANK email with unsubscribe in the SUBJECT field to the address above. _________________________________________________________________ Join the world?s largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------------------ Make your TechAssist database better! Submit Repair Tips here: http://www.tech-assist.org/secure/tip/ ------------------------------------------ To UNSUBSCRIBE your email address, click here: mailto:techassist-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe Or send a BLANK email with unsubscribe in the SUBJECT field to the address above.