I think I would check with a scope for noisy mode switches. Similar sounding problem some years back was blamed on salt air encountered during shipping reacted with the mode switch metals. Cleaning doesnt help. Jerry Silverman Greentron Inc 4 Newland Ave Greenville SC 29609 864 232 3889 Fax 271 2080 mailto:greentron@xxxxxxx ----- Original Message ----- From: "preston McGiboney" <pmcgiboney@xxxxxxxxx> To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2002 7:18 PM Subject: [TechAssist] new vcr mechanisms > > Has anyone out there figured out what goes wrong with > these new chassises? There in just about every tv vcr > and they get a tape stuck in. Sometimes if you back > out tape manually it will go in and start playing but > when you try to eject the tape gets stuck again. Most > have year 2000 or newer date codes and are in > symphonic-sylvania-philips-magnavox just about all we > see. sometimes the center prism is broken but I think > thats when a customer may try to remove. Anybody had > any luck with these? > > Preston > > Thanks > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Greetings - Send FREE e-cards for every occasion! > http://greetings.yahoo.com > ------------------------------------------ > Make your TechAssist database better! > Submit Repair Tips here: http://www.tech-assist.org/secure/tip/ > ------------------------------------------ > 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. > > ------------------------------------------ Make your TechAssist database better! Submit Repair Tips here: http://www.tech-assist.org/secure/tip/ ------------------------------------------ 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.