You can place shorts where the end sensors were, but I dont recall seeing the mode switch information in a Funai manual. Jerry Silverman Greentron Inc 4 Newland Ave Greenville SC 29609 Fax/Phone 864 232 3889 greentron@xxxxxxx ----- Original Message ----- From: "LeRoy Westlund" <llw@xxxxxxxxxx> To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Sunday, April 24, 2005 8:47 AM Subject: [TechAssist] Re: Sylvania SSC130 TVCR will it work without tape deck plugged in ? > John, and Jerry; > The VCR deck had broken gears in the loading basket, and the main cam gear > was out of alignment and jamed. I damaged it more by ripping it apart with a > pair of pliers, cause I got pixxed off at it. I want to just leave the deck > removed from the set completly, and use the TV. > > I removed the end sensors, the center LED, and the mode switch, so their > couldn't be any light causing problems. I realize that by removing the mode > switch, I need to hardwire it into the standby mode, but, I have no > schematics to show which pins to jumper. > > Also, I need to know which pins on the micro-p monitor the end sensors, > cause I probably need to apply a high (+5), or a low (ground) to fool the > micro-p in to thinking the deck is just in the standby position. > > If this could be done, it would be a good thing to know for future problems, > cause I hate to throw away fairly new sets, when they can still get some use > from normal TV reception, and external input could be used for hooking up a > DVD player, which most people want these days, anyway. > > LLW > > LeRoy Westlund > Westlund TV & Electronics > 97 North Main " I forgot,..to remember,.. > Centerfield, UT 84622-0087 to forget " > Ph./Fax 435-528-3822 > mailto:LLW@xxxxxxxxxx > > -----Original Message----- > From: John Mielke <maintv2004@xxxxxxxxxxx> > To: techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Date: Saturday, April 23, 2005 1:39 PM > Subject: [TechAssist] Re: Sylvania SSC130 TVCR will it work without tape > deck plugged in ? > > > >Yes, you have the mechanism from hell, the MK9. I don't think there is a > >way to make the TV stay on without the deck. Your best chance is to set > the > >mechanism to a stable position, either in eject or in stop. Or you may > need > >to leave a cassette in the mechanism. I think you need to leave the load > >motor connected so the mechanism can do it's sub-routine each time power is > >applied. Actually that mechanism is not that hard to repair, it is always > >the mode switch and maybe the gears on the side of the basket that are bad > >unlewss the mechanism has been forced. John. > >John Mielke > >Main TV > >636 Main St > >Longmont, Co 80501 > >303 776 6955 > >303 776 0792 fax > >www.longmontmaintv.com > >maintv2004@xxxxxxxxxxx > > > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: "LeRoy Westlund" <llw@xxxxxxxxxx> > >To: "TechAssist" <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > >Sent: Saturday, April 23, 2005 1:04 PM > >Subject: [TechAssist] Sylvania SSC130 TVCR will it work without tape deck > >plugged in ? > > > > > >> Hi members, > >> This TVCR has VCR deck problems. > >> Customer just needs it for TV use only, and does not want the VCR deck > >> repaired. > >> How can I keep the TV from shutting itself off, with the tape deck > removed > >? > >> I have tried taping the end sensors, and repositioning the mode switch. > >> Nothing seems to help. It still shuts off after about 10 seconds. > >> There is nothing wrong with the TV part of the set. > >> > >> TIA, > >> LLW > >> > >> LeRoy Westlund > >> Westlund TV & Electronics > >> 97 North Main " I forgot,..to remember,.. > >> Centerfield, UT 84622-0087 to forget " > >> Ph./Fax 435-528-3822 > >> mailto:LLW@xxxxxxxxxx > >> > >> > >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > - > >--- > >> This Email List is Public. Remove: http://www.tech-assist.org/remove.htm > >> Lost Password: http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Login Problems?". > >> Appliance Repair List: > >http://www.tech-assist.org/secure/tip/chatjoin.htm#app > >> Email Archives: //www.freelists.org/archives/techassist/ > >> > >--------------------------------------------------------------------------- > -- > >This Email List is Public. 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