General information

 

Job Number

 

0304-82

 

 

 

 

Equipment type

 

VCR

Made in:

Japan

 

 

 

Maker/Model/Chassis

 

Panasonic

NV-777 EG

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dates

 2003

 

In

Repaired

Out

 

Thu.10.Apr

 

 

 

 

 

Comments

 

Abandoned for some years.

 

 

Symptoms observed

 

 

1

No Fast Forward / REW / Play

 

 

2

After fixing symptom 1, picture was black and white – sometimes patches of dirty colour appears. Also picture is slightly unsharp.

 

 

3

 Sound Ok

 

 

Repair notes

 

Full repair description and observations

 

1

The FF / PLAY / REW problem was solved by changing belts, pinchroller and idler tyre.

 

 

2

Then on testing the VCR, the picture produced was without colour and some how unsharp. I asked help from internet and they asked if Electronic to Electronic test was in colour. This involved passing the signal via RF or Video in from the video and see if the video output was in colour. This resulted in a colourful perfect picture both from RF and from Video in.

 

 

3

They suggested that the problem was in chroma circuit, but I was still sceptical and believed that the problem was in head. Louis of HE also agreed that it could be the head. Well I could afford to buy a head for this video since it was quite cheap. Then if B&W remains I will dig into the Chroma circuit until I find the fault.

 

 

4

 

 

 

5

 

 

 

Repair summary

 

 

 

 

Precautions, fouls and advises

 

1

N/A

 

 

 

 

 

Other measurements and technical comments

 

1

N/a