8903 / BAIRD [Video recorder]

• No PB colour. Verticals bent and grainy.
• No EE, no playback picture.
• Intermittent incorrect line speed.
• Poor picture. Poor sound.
• Sound intermittent on playback of own recordings, also intermittent erase.
• Beat pattern on E-E and PB pictures.
• Noise when any function selected. OK after 6 secs.
• Noisy PB. Black stripes. Poor definition.
• Defective clock display.
• Line wobble during PB.
• No loading when PB selected.
• Stop solenoid pulses after few hours.
• During PB picture wobbles horizontally.
• Incorrect PB line speed. Audio OK. (BAIRD - 8903 information)
• No functions. No eject.
• No video REC.
• Noisy PB picture. Black stripes. Poor definition.
• Noisy PB picture. Possibly with 25Hz flickering.
• Weak and noisy E-E and direct TV signals.
• Picture ringing.
• Function keys do not stay down. No eject.
• Automatically stops after 6 secs.
• 1-2 secs after pressing the play button, appliance stops playing.
• Drum speed is incorrect.
• White spots and streaks appear randomly on picture.
• Snowy picture in PB.
• Noisy picture in playback mode, EE ok.
• Intermittently picture moves sideways.
• Intermittent low audio REC.
• No clock timer function.
• Tape sounds fast.
• Bent verticals. Poor sync.
• Dead.
• Intermittently auto stops during PB.
• E-E buzzes.
• Weak video, audio OK.
• Ringing on picture.
• No E-E or PB picture.
• Parts of old chroma signal remain on new recordings.
• Bits of previous chroma signal appear on new recording.
• STOP solenoid pulses during PB or FF. REW OK.
• No audio REC. Old audio not erased.
• No on or off with timer.
• Severe side-to-side wobble on picture in PB and REC.
• PLAY button jumps up at end or during loading cycle.
• Poor sync. Verticals bent. (8903 BAIRD repair tip)
• Chewing/damaging tapes. (service info for BAIRD -8903)
• No PB picture, just noise.
• Bent verticals and white marks across bottom of screen.
• PB button jumps up at the end or during loading cycle.
• Intermittently stops during PB.
• No or faulty clock display.
• No tracking control.
• Does not load when PB selected.
• Very noisy when selecting a function. Stops after a few seconds.
• No function keys will hold down.
• STOP solenoid pulses after few hours.
• Incorrect head speed, may be intermittent.
• Capstan speed varies.
• No audio. No tracking.
• Intermittently no field lock.
• Poor field lock during E-E and PB.
• Tape folds along one side.
• Incorrect PB audio.
• STOP solenoid pulses when PB, FF or REW selected.
• No video signal REC.
• Beat pattern during E-E and PB.
• No colour REC on one or more channels.
• Intermittent audio REC and ERASE.
• No or intermittent PB colour.
• Noisy E-E picture.
• Incorrect PB speed.
• Interference on left side of playback picture.
• Rolling picture and noise bands.
• Intermittently incorrect line speed.
• Cassette flap will not go down when a tape is inserted. (service info for BAIRD -8903)
• Tape does not move when PB selected. Loads OK. (BAIRD - 8903 information)
• Cassette housing does not press down when cassette inserted.
• No E-E or PB video.
• Sound level varies in playback.
• Wow and fluttering.
• STOPS after 6 secs.
• Poor sound. Poor picture.
• One edge of tape gets wrinkled or folded.
• Poor, over modulator E-E picture. Buzzing. Poor colour.
• No function when Play is pressed.
• Audio PB level varies.
• Stop solenoid immediately pulses when PB, FF or REW selected.
• Noisy PB picture. Possibly 25Hz flicker.
• Low PB audio.
• E-E buzzing.
• Clock skips numbers.
• No or intermittently no PB colour.
• Machine records the sound but fails to record the picture in either the SP or LP mode.
• Negative picture. Poor colour.
• Wow and flutter.
• Clicking noise.
• Intermittent stopping during playback or record modes.
• Poor field lock on E-E and PB mode.
• During PLAY colour is missing.
• Very weak picture. Sound OK.
• Fuse blowing and (.47R) series resistor in the capstan motor circuit O/C.
• Bent verticals at bottom. Moving white marks across bottom.
• Stops after a few seconds.
• Drum servo mistracks during PB. (8903 tips)
• No audio REC. Previous audio remains.
• Low sound on playback.
• E-E or playback video signal is missing.
• Function keys do not stay down.
• Weak and noisy E-E and TV signals.
• Assembly mode info.
• Intermittent white dots/streaks during PB.
• Noise bars across screen. Poor field sync.
• Incorrect E-E audio level.
• No picture only noise in playback.
• Poor sound and picture.