2SB3108 / PHILIPS [Video recorder - VHS HiFi]

• Cassette is not retracted. Display lights up. No function.
• Picture quivers vertically. Colour fails.
• Tape sticks during forward and rewind and occasionally during PB according to the type of cassette.
• Worm gear repairing set installation.
• Service info: PSUs MSM1 and MSM1A are fitted with 2 different ICs.
• No loading or unloading. Stuck half way.
• Poor tracking.
• Squeaking from the appliance and waves in the picture after some time.
• Cassette is briefly accepted, laces up a little bit, then fast forwards briefly and cassette is ejected again.
• New compartment construction WD22.
• Occasionally, after cassette has been introduced, pre-loading does not occur. Cassette has to be ejected again. If PLAY button is pressed, appliance switches off. It can be restarted only after disconnecting mains.
• Correct adjustment of the clock frequency on MDC board.
• Service info: modifications of the lacing motor and its holder.
• Tripping.
• No picture. in PB. Audio OK .
• Cassette is ejected.
• No mechanism operation.
• OK for short time from standby or when tape inserted; then immediately ejects tape and goes back to standby.
• Tape spillage at times.
• Lift does not stop by eject.
• Head sticking (binding). (2SB3108 tip from PHILIPS)
• Incorrect detection of cassette playing duration.
• No fast rewind. Slow FF.
• Dark display.
• Drive does not work correctly and is noisy.
• Does not load tape.
• No deck functions when cassette inserted.
• No audio record or old recording is not erased.
• Power supply no function. (2SB3108 PHILIPS repair tip)
• Locks up during REW.
• Slow or no loading (2SB3108 PHILIPS repair tip)
• Lift does not come low enough, cassette is rejected.
• Mechanism blocks.
• Brake does not function when winding. Tape loops at beginning after REW.
• Service info: New deck processor.
• No sound after recording, sound from previous recording is not erased.
• Previous sound is not erased with a new REC and new sound is not recorded. (picture attached)
• Poor tape guide at pinch roller. (2SB3108 tip from PHILIPS)
• Creases tapes. Noise bands on screen. Displays "TRACK".
• Intermittent FF and REW. Tape loops on EJECT.
• Occasionally chassis does not carry out functions. (service info for PHILIPS -2SB3108)
• Does not load tape. intermittently.
• After inserting the cassette, display shows "LOCKED". (2SB3108 tips)
• Drive is blocked.
• Does not lace up correctly. PB only after pushing play button twice. Tape loops. Cassette is not always accepted
• Tape is not fully laced into the cassette when ejecting (tape loop with tape damage). Slow FFW and switches back to picture search
• No eject.
• New cassette lift drive with Turbo drive from WD22
• PSU tripping even in standby.
• Tapes tangle, sometimes eject and sometimes just switch off when PB. (2SB3108 tip from PHILIPS)
• No PB. Eats tape.
• Back tension arm does not return to correct position when unloading.
• Ejects cassette after one second in PB.
• No FF. No REW.
• Part no. info: Drive Repair Kit. (2SB3108 PHILIPS repair tip)
• Cassette is ejected and is immediately retracted. This way it gets stuck once in a while. PSU must be pulled in for turning off.
• Reel brakes not operating.
• Slow lace up. No eject.
• No OSD. (2SB3108 PHILIPS repair tip)
• Defective components after defective PSU.
• Tape looping intermittently.
• No audio (via SCART). (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• No REW. Goes into CUE instead of FF.
• Chassis does not reach half loading position after accepting tape.
• Lound noise from mechanism. When ejecting tape, lift loads again and ejects by itself several times.
• Poor eject then goes into safety.
• New capacitors 2620 and 2622.
• Rattling in fast forward.
• Half lace arm does not return to correct position.
• No eject. Does not accept cassette when manually wound; PB and REC OK.
• VCR 1 - VCR 2. Adjustment of VCR; adjustment of RC. The adjustment must be performed if the VCR works via front keys and it displays VCR 1 (or 2) via RC.
• Intermittently chews tapes. (2SB3108 tip from PHILIPS)
• Cassette deck doesn't come to HALFLOAD position when cassette is inserted.
• No loading. Arms go back and forth then ejects.
• Chassis does not respond to anything. Display OK.
• FFWD faulty.
• No brake (supply spool) at end of REW or FFRWD. (2SB3108 tip from PHILIPS)
• FF and REW do not function correctly or not at all.
• Deck jammed.
• Loads tape then ejects immediately.
• Defective driver, clatters, accepts no tape.
• No audio.
• Tape stuck inside when switching from REW or FF to eject.
• New lift design from WD22. (PHILIPS - 2SB3108 information)
• No REC function from standby position.
• No tuning. Black screen.