How do you get those hot enough to remove the caps without destroying things. The ceramic substrate draws the heat from the soldering iron. Jerry Silverman Greentron Inc 4 Newland Ave Greenville SC 29609 864 232 3889 Fax 271 2080 mailto:greentron@xxxxxxx ----- Original Message ----- From: <gulftech@xxxxxxxx> To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, January 07, 2002 10:21 AM Subject: [TechAssist] Re: Quasar TV-VCR > > Peter, > > Your first problem, not taking the tape, is a timing problem. Remove the > loader, manually operate the mode motor until the timing marks line up, > and reinstall the carriage. > > The second problem is a bad video IC. Don't remember the location > number, but it's a 40-pin circuit on the left rear of the VCR chassis. > Has a crystal on top. Panasonic number is VCRS0167A. Cost is about $40 > from Tritronics. It has s/m caps that leak and ruin the board, like the > Sony sound ckt SBX1637. Have fixed a very few, but better to replace. > > > Ken Smith > Gulf Technical Services > 3034 Gulf Breeze Parkway > Gulf Breeze, FL 32561 > 850-934-8324 (Voice) 850-932-0819 (Fax) > > > On Sun, 6 Jan 2002 21:35:34 -0600 pwblakeman@xxxxxxxx writes: > > > > This is a model VV1220A. The unit came in with a tape stuck in it. I > > found the cassette load/unload motor belt broken. I replaced the > > belt. > > Now it won't take the tape. Also the video on the TV is smeared and > > washed out. It looks something like AGC symptoms. On a strong signal > > the > > screen goes almost all white. > > Any ideas on this one? > > > > TIA, > > > > Peter Blakeman > > ________________________________________________________________ > > GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! > > Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! > > Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: > > http://dl.www.juno.com/get/web/. > > ------------------------------------------ > > Help make your TechAssist database better! > > Submit your fixes here: http://circuitwork.com/techassist/tip/#tips > > ------------------------------------------ > > 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. > > > > ________________________________________________________________ > GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! > Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! > Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: > http://dl.www.juno.com/get/web/. > ------------------------------------------ > Help make your TechAssist database better! > Submit your fixes here: http://circuitwork.com/techassist/tip/#tips > ------------------------------------------ > 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. > ------------------------------------------ Help make your TechAssist database better! Submit your fixes here: http://circuitwork.com/techassist/tip/#tips ------------------------------------------ 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.