I kind of suspect it has something to do with the reel sensor. Will pull it apart again when I have another unit in for comparison. -Ed- Ed Gaidies Tel-Tek Electronics Ontario-Canada teltek3@xxxxxxxxxxxx -----Original Message----- From: techassist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:techassist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of support@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2003 9:32 PM To: techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [TechAssist] Re: RCA VCR VR634HF Ed, What I do for those problems, remove the reels, clean the shafts and the mirrors on the bottom of the reels. If one of the mirrors are dirty, FF/REW will not be affected, but the slower speed of PLAY will be. Jeff Dougherty Intrepid Video TV/VCR 263 S Front St Steelton PA 17113 fax...717-564-4952 www.intrepid-video.com www.tech-repair.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ed Gaidies" <teltek3@xxxxxxxxxxxx> To: "TechAssist" <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2003 3:22 PM Subject: [TechAssist] RCA VCR VR634HF Have an intermittent problem with this unit. (My own unit). Periodically this unit will go crazy. You insert a tape...Push Play..will play a couple of seconds, then display says.."Bye" and shuts off. When you re-apply power tape ejects. Seems to be OK on FF and Rew. I have disassembled the mode switch, cleaned and lubed it. Worked OK for a couple of sessions, then goes back to the same problem. This unit has the Commercial Skip on it. Today I brought the unit into the shop, and has been running for 3 hours, no problem. Any ideas? -Ed- Ed Gaidies Tel-Tek Electronics. Ontario-Canada teltek3@xxxxxxxxxxxx ************************************************************************ ***** Lost Password: http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Login Problems?". Email Archives: //www.freelists.org/archives/techassist/ ************************************************************************ ***** Lost Password: http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Login Problems?". Email Archives: //www.freelists.org/archives/techassist/ ***************************************************************************** Lost Password: http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Login Problems?". Email Archives: //www.freelists.org/archives/techassist/