Hi, When you plug in the AC cord, the display shows "CH 2" and in a few seconds that disappears and then reads (what looks like) "Auto" and keeps blinking this message contiually. The power button has no effect, the vcr will not accept a cassette (ie, won't take in the cassette), the head drum, capstan and loading motor all fail to run at any point with one exception.... if I manually advace the loading motor pulley till the loading gear is up in position around the heads, and then plug in the AC cord, the capstan motor runs briefly and also (driven by belt from capstan) the left reel rotates for that same time. Then it stops and goes back to flashing "auto" again. Sorry, no schematic and I haven't tried digging out any voltages from the power supply. Don't mean to sound lazy but could this be a bad cap in power supply or missing some supply voltages .... looking for anyone who may have some notes on this model/condition. ??? Thanks for any tips.....this unit is about a 1998 model I believe. Harlan ------------------------------------------ Help make your TechAssist database better! Submit your fixes here: http://circuitwork.com/techassist/tip/#tips ------------------------------------------ To UNSUBSCRIBE your email address, click here: mailto:techassist-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe Or send a BLANK email with unsubscribe in the SUBJECT field to the address above.