Center LED and end sensors BETCHA. Just change all three items . Hollis Bates Field Engineer-Retired, Lewiston, Maine Hswad@xxxxxxx In a message dated 4/29/04 5:13:25 PM Eastern Daylight Time, dntwntv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx writes: Ty, does this happen only when the tape has been run to the end, or will it act up if you stop it and eject? If it only happens when the tape rewinds from the end, how much of the tape is left out? It has to get at least to the leader to shut off. I assume you have tried more than one tape. If there is tape left out it sounds like the capstan or the mode sw is where to look. System control mcros are very seldom bad, but it does happen. Might try hot and cold on the board. Intermittent's are the most frustrating problems to deal with. Especially when they are so infrequent. Paul Ty <ty1k@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: Dear Tech Assist members, This Emerson EWC27T3 (2 weeks out of warranty) is driving me nuts. The tape transport (VCR) fails to take the tape into the cassette before final turn off. On the bench it never fails. In the chassis and without the cover on it has not failed. The test I perform is to let a tape play all the way trough, let it rewind and shut down. I press eject, it ejects ok, but randomly the tape is not pulled into the cassette although the loading arms are retracted. In other words, the capstan motor fails to turn on, or a brake fails to disengage and allow the tape to be pulled in. I have spent hours attempting to find a broken trace. Resoldered almost the whole board. Checked and cleaned the position censor switch, which was not dirty. Checked all mechanical components for cracks, burrs, hanging up. Ran the transport through its functions manually. Ran it in almost complete darkness, thinking that the additional light might be biasing the sensors. All this, and everything works normally. Put the cover on, it will run ok 5, 10, 20 times, than it will decide to fail. Problem is that recently I was affected by Kryptonite and my X-ray vision failed. Ty Tiberius Kraemer BLUE STAR ELECTRONICS 3312 Silverton Rd. NE Salem, Oregon Phone: 503 391 1491 Mailto:ty1k@xxxxxxxxxxx ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lost Password: http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Login Problems?". Email Archives: //www.freelists.org/archives/techassist/ Paul ,B Central TV&Video Grover Beach Ca. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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/