Dont see that specific manual, but I recall with that symptom on the units made in the mid 1990s, checking the PG/FG output pin on the cylinder driver IC would show very low DC voltage with no signal and measure low ohms to ground. always turned out to be the Syscon/servo IC. Jerry Silverman Greentron Inc 4 Newland Ave Greenville SC 29609 864 232 3889 Fax 271 2080 mailto:greentron@xxxxxxx ----- Original Message ----- From: "Phil Bader" <philbad@xxxxxxxxxx> To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, September 24, 2002 12:40 PM Subject: [TechAssist] Panasonic 20" TVCR PV-M2046 dead,now VCR shuts down] > > > > Storm. Dead. Found the usual two transistors shorted: Q801 relay driver > (2SC945) and the "excess current protector" Q523 (2SA564A). Replaced > both,now powers on,channels tune,TV section seems fixed. Insert a tape > and immediately hear a fast whirring sound increasing in speed,then a > flash of snow,and VCR shuts down. Push any VCR related button and > ignores it. No eject. Turn power off then on and push eject at once, > will eject tape. I think it sounds like the drum is run-away speed > spinning. > Phil Bader > -- > Philip Bader > Jan Phyl TV Inc. (estab. 1976) > 3420 Recker Hwy. Winter Haven, Fl. 33880 > Fax (863) 299-8821 > email: philbad@xxxxxxxxxx > > ------------------------------------------ > To REMOVE your email address, click here: > http://www.tech-assist.org/unsubb.html > To CHANGE your email address, click here: > http://www.techassist.net/forms/change.html > ------------------------------------------ > ***NEW*** Tips Added Instantly!!!*** > Submit Repair Tips here: > http://www.tech-assist.org/secure/tip/ > ------------------------------------------ To REMOVE your email address, click here: http://www.tech-assist.org/unsubb.html To CHANGE your email address, click here: http://www.techassist.net/forms/change.html ------------------------------------------ ***NEW*** Tips Added Instantly!!!*** Submit Repair Tips here: http://www.tech-assist.org/secure/tip/