[TechAssist] Re: RCA DVD Recorder

  • From: "Jerry" <geiting@xxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 12 Oct 2005 20:34:30 -0400

Thomson considers this a field repairable unit, although the service data on
in is limited, but the DVD drive and the major pc boards are replaceable, so
a service center should be able to repair this unit.

Jerry Eiting  geiting@xxxxxxxxxx
Christian's Electronic Service
Troy, Ohio


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "jonas miglinas" <miglinasj@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, October 12, 2005 6:49 PM
Subject: [TechAssist] Re: RCA DVD Recorder


| 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
| ----- Original Message ----- 
| From: <MDileo0000@xxxxxxx>
| To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
| Sent: Wednesday, October 12, 2005 4:51 PM
| Subject: [TechAssist] Re: RCA DVD Recorder
|
|
| > 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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