[TechAssist] Re: RCA DVD Recorder

  • From: "jonas miglinas" <miglinasj@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 12 Oct 2005 17:49:23 -0500

I would not muck about with this DVD recorder. Just take it to a Thomson
service center and have them exchange it for you. (did a fast search on its
parts availability and there are no circuits or laser assembly available).

Jonas Miglinas
Miglinas TV
Chicago
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> You may have a spindle motor bearing seizing up. If you can access the
motor,
> try a drop of thin oil right at the top bearing and mop off any excess
with a
> wick made from a piece of twisted newspaper.
>
>
> Dominic DiLeo
> Atlantic TV
> Freeport, Maine
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
> In a message dated 10/12/2005 2:21:20 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
> pkthorpe@xxxxxxxxx writes:
> Hi All
> I own a RCA DVD recorder model# DRC8040N still in warranty,I am not a
Thomson
> service center . I do not have any experience on DVD recorders at all
.Here
> is what happens can record 2-3 movies then I start getting disk error,disk
> error detected, and fan failure. I cleaned the fan with some canned air
started to
> work,but still disk error.I called RCA CSR said to use lens cleaner it sat
> around about a month cleaned lens,it worked fine for 3 movies recording
the 4th
> disk error. Do I have something heating up or do the CPU's in these things
> need a hard reset often. Any of you that work on these all help would be
> appreciated.
> Thanks
> Perry Thorpe
> Thorpe's Electronics
> Beattyville,KY 41311
> pkthorpe@xxxxxxxxx
>
>
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