1	VCR goes to standby after some failure in the mechanism

2	Take up reel rabits jammed!!!

Full repair description and observations

1	It was noted that the left pick up rabbit was jammed. This casued the whole mechanism to jam and so VCR would switch off to Standby mode.

2	The jammed rabbit was released, but then it would jam again because the Video erase head would come in the middle when the rabbit tries to move back from Play to Stop mode. The erase head should move to the left side so that it makes way for the rabbit to move back to the Stop position. Thus I concluded that the VCR lost the mechanical alignment.

3	I spent hours and hours trying to fix the alignment (without the help of any manual) and eventually I managed to do this challenging job perfectly. The trap was in the control switch gear. I was pulling it far anticlockwise and that would mean eject mode, while it had to be Stop mode. This involved rotating a bit the gear until a smooth ‘click’ is felt in your hand. When the alignment was done the video erase head would move back automatically when the take up reel was retracting back. It is very difficult to explain by writing the whole alignment procedure from scratch !!!!

4	I also changed the belts and the mechanism was working perfectly, however picture was full of snow L

5	I had to replace the video head as well.

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