If relay has not done the full cycle, door will not open. And...yes...I always get a hoot out of your "I haven't declared it fixed"comment.;-) -Ed- Tel-Tek Electronics Ontario-Canada teltek3@xxxxxxxxxxxx ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gary McCartney" <gary@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, May 31, 2004 10:14 PM Subject: [TechAssist] Re: JVC Mini Stereo MX-J10, cassette player jamming > Don, you have described the problem on my unit to a tee. "Cassette ''B'' > assy > would lock up intermittently. Sometimes you could not even open the > door." My customer even complained about the CD not working also, > although I haven't seen it act up while working on the unit. I did clean > the cd mech and motors. > > I have gone ahead and changed the 2 cassette drive belts as Ed > suggested. I used SBS 10.0 from Global. They are just slightly shorter > than the original belts in the unit. > > After installing the belts, I played with the cassette operation, > switching from deck A to B, back and forth, plus changing direction of > play. Also rewound tape to beginning, etc. I haven't declared it > repaired yet (Ed will get a hoot out of that comment) but I am thinking > that the belts were the cause of the lock up. I didn't suspect the belts > because they seemed to be snug enough, not loose. > > > > > Gary McCartney > > McCartney Electronics > Guelph Ontario Canada > Est. 1984 > email: gary (at) number63.ca > > > > > > > Don Hartigan wrote: > > > > Hay Gary;Just finished a MX-J50 with a similiar problem.Cassette ''B'' assy > > would lock up intermittently.Sometimes you could not even open the door.The > > other deck works great all the time.Customer brough the unit in for a bad CD > > player,ie wouldn't play disc's.A new spindal motor fixed that problem but > > didn't want to spend any more money on the repair.This seems to be a common > > problem with these shelf systems.The decks are seldom used on these units so > > I'm wondering if non use is a factor or just the manf's using poor quality > > tape decks?? > > Don of HARTS-TVCR''ASC'' > > 9 Robert St,Oromocto,NB,Can,E2V3N2 > > hartstv@xxxxxxxxxxx > > Tel-5063579785,fax-3576010 > > cel-4701719 > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Gary McCartney" <gary@xxxxxxxxxxx> > > To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > Sent: Monday, May 31, 2004 3:29 PM > > Subject: [TechAssist] JVC Mini Stereo MX-J10, cassette player jamming > > > > > I have this JVC Mini Stereo model MX-J10 in the shop. Every once in a > > > while, the solenoids in the cassette mechanisms will keep clicking. I > > > removed the cassette mech. and checked for sticky operation, etc. but > > > found nothing. I did change the solenoid driver transistors in case they > > > were intermittantly leaking. Now after it's back together I notice the > > > problem seems to occur when the cassette tape is at the end of travel > > > and attempts to start playing in the reverse direction. The solenoid > > > just keeps clicking and the drive doesn't go into play like it should. > > > > > > Does anyone have experience with repairing this problem? I have already > > > spent more time on it than I should have and will just return unit to > > > customer if I can't go any further on it. > > > > > > When the unit is working, it works perfectly. I can reverse direction > > > play, rewind, FF, etc. all ok. The motor speed is ok too. Just when it > > > decides to act up, the solenoid in one cassette mech. keeps clicking > > > > > > > > > Thanks for any help. > > > -- > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Gary McCartney > > > > > > McCartney Electronics > > > Guelph Ontario Canada > > > Est. 1984 > > > email: gary (at) number63.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/ > > -- > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- > 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/