I have had several and in most cases the best senereo I've come up with is the mode switch failing intermittently and so far every one that I have removed, cleaned and lubed the mode switch has kept working. Dave Routson ----- Original Message ----- From: <gulftech@xxxxxxxx> To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, September 24, 2001 12:19 PM Subject: [TechAssist] Sylvania TV/VCR SSC130 Won't eject tape > > Friends, > > This combo is made by Funai. Mfg. date, March, 2000. The mechanism is > the same as the Sylvania SSC090. The poorest mechanism I have ever seen. > > I have had about six of these sets in the past two months with the same > symptom: Won't eject tape, TV shuts down. In each case, I removed the > mechanism from the board and found it jammed. I manually turned the belt > operating the worm gear. After hearing a click, the jam was gone and I > could finish removing the tape, set the mode switch timing, and return > the mechanism to the base. > > Insert a tape, run through the paces, and eject ten or twenty times. All > perfect. Well, almost. One unit came back a month later. > > Sorry I can describe this no better. Like I said, a lousy mechanism. > Has anyone seen this and know what is locking up the gears? (Not a > foreign object.) > > Thanks, > > > Ken Smith > Gulf Technical Services > 3034 Gulf Breeze Parkway > Gulf Breeze, FL 32561 > 850-934-8324 (Voice) 850-932-0819 (Fax) > > > > ________________________________________________________________ > GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! > Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! > Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: > http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj. > Help make your TechAssist online repair tips > database better! Submit your fixes here: > http://www.circuitwork.com/techassist/tip/#tips > To unsubscribe write to: > techassist-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > with unsubscribe in the subject line. Help make your TechAssist online repair tips database better! Submit your fixes here: http://www.circuitwork.com/techassist/tip/#tips To unsubscribe write to: techassist-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with unsubscribe in the subject line.