I have a customer who brought in this Samsung multistandard VCR, model# SV5000W, after moving here from England, that she claims was working okay until one day she connected a camcorder to it and there was some type of spark. Her complaint when she brought it in to me was that it plays back okay but would not record. That is not entirely accurate, in fact it plays and records normally using external video/audio inputs/outputs but does not output anything from the tuner/RF modulator unit. If I try tune in from the tuner but view it on my monitor in A/V out mode (since I have no RF output), I have very distorted noisy video with no color or audio. There are also these "interference lines" in the picture that modulate with what would be the respective accompanying audio. I thought this would be an easy one figuring I had a bad tuner/RF modulator given the symptoms and customer description of what happened but I just installed a new tuner with the same results. I do have the AL 33 volts, AL 5 volts, PC 5 volts to the tuner as well as clock and data line activity that looks "normal" and unremarkable. All measureable power supplies are on the money and clean. I do have good video out of the tuner back to the syscon/servo section (the audio out from the tuner is SIF). I am hoping one of you may be my saviour on this one!
Bob Waterman, CET� #RI-28 Master Technician License #9109 Service Manager / Parts Manager Gemini Computer, TV, & Security Alarms (508)695-7302 (508)695-7769 FAX [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.geminicomputertvsecurityalarms.com _______________________________________________ Tech Repair CD...order your just $49.00 plus shipping...One year of updates free. www.intrepid-video.com www.tech-repair.net Techs mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://intrepid-video.com/mailman/listinfo/techs_intrepid-video.com
