2SB5703 / PHILIPS [Video recorder - VHS HiFi]

• No eject. Does not accept cassette when manually wound; PB and REC OK.
• In PB goes to fFF or REW by itself. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• EE picture occasionally has no content also no test picture generator. Occasionally the picture is not present, only white disturbance lines (picture attached) (2SB5703 tip from PHILIPS)
• Cassette is accepted but the appliance does not initialise. In service functio A5 the tape laces up and both capstan motor and video head turn.
• SECAM Bd.1-AFC-tuning adjustment.
• Ejects cassette after one second in PB.
• After a time the sound is intermittent, therefore it is either loud or quiet or the level varies. (2SB5703 PHILIPS repair tip)
• During record the playback picture can be seen, no EE picture and no test generator. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Slow or no loading
• No PB. Eats tape.
• Part no. info.: IC7051 (LA7437)
• The appliance runs in the service function A 5 without a cassette. (with circuit diagram extract) (2SB5703 tip from PHILIPS)
• Signal electronic IC LA7437 (Pos. 7051) part no. info: Corrections in the customer service instructions. (2SB5703 PHILIPS repair tip)
• During playback the appliance switches back and forth between AV picture and the HF modulator picture. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• No brake (supply spool) at end of REW or FFRWD.
• No audio. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• In record mode, set switches accidentally to E1; display gets confused.
• Reduced back up time. (2SB5703 tips)
• In service function A5 the cassette is not taken. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• After running for a long time in EE mode the bands go off tune.
• Cassette is not retracted. Display lights up. No function.
• Playback does not work. The tape laces up but no tape transportation. After a while F3 appears in the display. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Poor tracking.
• The tape is cut at the lower edge of the tape on the guide flange (exploded diagram nr.147).
• New family board part no. info: Corrections in the customer service instructions.
• Sound hums on prerecorded cassettes. During own recordings no sound. (picture attached)
• Picture is badly distorted, bars are visible. (with circuit diagram extract)
• OK for short time from standby or when tape inserted; then immediately ejects tape and goes back to standby.
• No colour. in E-E.
• The right reel table does not run, appliance forms tape loops and shows F6 on the display.
• No test generator, no EE picture and no initialisation. +12V protective switching has responded. (+ extract of circuit diagram) (service info for PHILIPS -2SB5703)
• Cassette is ejected.
• Defective driver, clatters, accepts no tape.
• Intermittent FF and REW. Tape loops on EJECT.
• Locks up during REW.
• Creases tapes. Noise bands on screen. Displays "TRACK". (2SB5703 tip from PHILIPS)
• Timer frequency adjustment.
• Occasionally there are interference lines or disturbances across the whole picture with no sound.
• The brass tape lever next to the pinch roller twitches during play, the take- up reel runs jerkily. (PHILIPS - 2SB5703 information)
• No audio.
• The picture jumps from left to right (picture attached)
• After playing for a long time the appliance does not unlace.
• During playback of the recording there is only noise in the picture. Occ.an old recording can be seen in lower part of the picture. (extract of circuit diagram attached) (2SB5703 tip from PHILIPS)
• No colour in PB. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Head sticking (binding). (2SB5703 PHILIPS repair tip)
• Horizontal lines. in PB. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• No picture during EE or record. In playback interference lines run through on the screen (no picture). (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Display blinks, and/or a few segments light. (picture attached)
• Cassette occasionally will not eject and remains in the compartment.
• FFWD faulty.
• Tape winds round capstan shaft when cassette has lowered. Display shows F1. In service function A5 the compartment goes down, capstan shaft turns immediately and transport ring turns slowly when lacing up. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Volume varies. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Deck jammed.
• Occasionally no Y signal in PB then only colour present or wide white horizontal stripes appear in the picture. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Occasionally the colon between the hours and minutes in the time do not flash (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Cassette deck doesn't come to HALFLOAD position when cassette is inserted.
• With some cassettes the appliance does not initialise.
• Interference zones repeat periodically in the picture and the sound is intermittent. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Appliance does not take any function, the display does not light but all voltages are present. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Disturbance bands run through during picture search function. (picture attached)
• Rattling in fast forward.
• Appliance does not initialise correctly. Tape loops form on the pinch roller and the display shows F1 or F7.
• Changes in the customer instructions (see S.3-23).
• No audio. via AV. No picture. via AV. (picture attached) (service info for PHILIPS -2SB5703)
• Display dark, motors turn but no function.
• Cassette compartment does not lower with the cassette inserted. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Tape stuck inside when switching from REW or FF to eject.
• Distorted audio and tracking lines.
• 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.
• Switches between SP and LP at playback. Time-indicator changes.
• No fast rewind. Slow FF. (2SB5703 PHILIPS repair tip)
• Reduced backup time (> WD10).
• Tape forms loops. When operating in service function A 5 the appliance laces up, but the video head and capstan do not turn. No further functions are taken. (picture attached)
• No picture. in REC. PB OK . (with circuit diagram extract)
• Lift does not stop by eject.
• Poor picture, set blocks.
• Appliance lowers the cassette, initializes jerkily and sometimes forms tape loops. The tape is torn or not enough tension on the reel table. Appliance shows F7 or F8. (2SB5703 tips)
• Switches off REC and PB sometimes, unlaces and rewinds.
• Wavy verticals in playback and/or FF/REW picture search.
• Picture comes too late when you switch to playback (4-5sec). (picture attached)
• Appliance does not accept the cassette (not even in service function A5)
• No FF. No REW.
• Erratic picture. Poor tracking. Coloured spots.
• Occasionally the appliance does not go to forward, playback or other tape drive functions. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• During recording the sound is distorted or hums. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Counter runs the wrong way.
• The top segments in the display light continuously. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Worm gear repairing set installation.
• Video heads get dirty each time the cassette is ejected. (2SB5703 PHILIPS repair tip)
• No picture in viewfinder, mainly on UHF high channels.
• PSU whistles. after start-up. No display. (picture attached)
• During playback and EE operation the Y-signal is missing but the colour is present. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Tapes tangle, sometimes eject and sometimes just switch off when PB.
• Tracking ok in normal play. After REV defective tracking at tape exit. FM carrier shows pinch effect. Picture ok in CUE.
• Appliance lowers the cassette compartment, does not initialise and laces up immediately. Capstan motor does not run. Appliance unlaces and shows F1 in the display.
• No power supply or LCD display on the front panel. (2SB5703 PHILIPS repair tip)
• Vertical ripple line jitter.
• How to clean video head.
• Capstan runs in intervals either too fast to stops.
• After switching on the capstan and reel motors run. (picture attached)
• Defective components after defective PSU.
• Appliance takes the cassette in, laces up, but the video head does not come up to the correct speed.
• Drive does not work correctly and is noisy.
• No audio (via SCART). (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• No function after inserting a cassette. "No cassette" in the display. Lacing motor does not start up.
• The appliance does not lower the cassette. In service function A5 the cassette is accepted, laced up and appliance goes to playback. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Poor picture.
• During playback the FM carrier are missing. The picture appears black and white or shows sometimes black and white lines. Occasionally the sound is present.
• Erasing frequency adjustment.
• Sync level frequency adjustment.
• During playback of prerecorded cassette occasionally the colour goes totally and the picture folds over in the top third.
• No time and date indication on the display. Tape time indication does not change during playback or forward and rewind. (with circuit diagram extract)
• No tape length indication, the counter is ok.
• FF and REW do not function correctly or not at all. (2SB5703 tips)
• Mechanism blocks.
• Sound drones and picture has interference lines. (2SB5703 PHILIPS repair tip)
• 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.
• Poor eject then goes into safety.
• Cassette is accepted and then ejected with tape loops. REW appears on display.
• Appliance takes the cassette in and the reel motor runs jerkily. (picture attached)
• No loading. Arms go back and forth then ejects.
• Accepts tape, but no mechanical operation. Not eject.
• Occasionally interference lines or disturbances across the whole picture and also no sound.
• Interference lines appear in the picture after 1 -1.5 hrs, appears like picture search. Sound oscillation can be heard in the background.
• Bias current adjustment. (PHILIPS - 2SB5703 information)
• Poor tape guide at pinch roller.
• PAL/SECAM-AFC tuning.
• When the appliance is set to playback it laces up, but the video head does not turn. Appliance unlaces and shows F 4 on the display. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Starts up ok but noise coming from the power supply relay. Cassette is not loaded.
• Reel brakes not operating.
• Appliance does not accept HF recording. (extract of circuit diagram attached) (2SB5703 tip from PHILIPS)
• No loading or unloading. Stuck half way. (PHILIPS - 2SB5703 information)
• Sound is muted in the search or ATTS modes. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Output voltage +5V adjustment.
• The reel motors do not brake after the cassette is ejected or after switching on. (with circuit diagram extract) (2SB5703 tips)
• Does not load tape.
• The cassette compartment lowers and the appliance laces up and the capstan motor does not turn. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• The appliance accepts the cassette but does not correctly initialise and shows F7 in the display. The capstan motor does not turn.
• No tuning. Black screen. (2SB5703 tip from PHILIPS)
• The test generator picture is the wrong way round and distorted, no EE picture. During playback there is sound but no picture. (picture attached)
• PAL chrominance REC current adjustment
• Appliance does not accept any functions. If the keys are pressed the display disappears. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Does not lace up correctly. PB only after pushing play button twice. Tape loops. Cassette is not always accepted
• No sound during playback, sound is muted. During EE operation it is not possible to receive a station. Test signal is missing. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• New lacing motor for decks with production code WD43 and higher.
• Timing of the Show View REC.
• No functions. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Occasionally chassis does not carry out functions.
• The first few minutes after receiving power appliance does not accept any commands. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• No mechanism operation.
• When unlacing the tape lever remains pressed on and the threading ring does not go to its starting position.
• Timer REC with a SAT receiver.
• No test generator picture and no EE operation. (picture attached)
• Tape sticks during forward and rewind and occasionally during PB according to the type of cassette.
• No sound after recording, sound from previous recording is not erased.
• Dead. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• After changing the ERASE/REC/PB head, REV picture search does not function.
• During playback of own recording the picture is not erased, the sound can be heard. (PHILIPS - 2SB5703 information)
• The reel tacho pulses are too small.
• Does not load tape. intermittently.
• Bad recording, REC button does not function.
• Lound noise from mechanism. When ejecting tape, lift loads again and ejects by itself several times.
• When machine goes into record mode a pop is recorded on the audio track. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• PAL-AFC-tuning.
• Volume varies. in REC.
• Power supply no function.
• During HF-recording and HF-playback there is occasionally no sound.
• Fuse 401 in PSU blows continuously. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• During own recording and occasionally during playback there are lines in the picture after playing for a certain time. The picture jitters vertically and the sound goes out of tune.
• After playing for one hour, switches by itself from PB to REW.
• During own recording there is interference in the picture but playback is ok. (2SB5703 PHILIPS repair tip)
• The sound is distorted and the magnetic recording bias voltage is too low. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Rattle during lace-up.
• No picture during playback. Depending on the appliance there is standard sound or Hi-Fi stereo sound. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• During playback of own recording the picture runs through. (blanking lines run from the top to the bottom of the screen). (with circuit diagram extract)
• No OSD.
• Playback picture folds over at the upper edge. Head servo is too slow during picture search. (2SB5703 tip from PHILIPS)
• No REC function from standby position.
• SECAM chrominance REC current adjustment.
• No longer possible to operate appliance or data line is blocked.
• Service info: Modifications of the lacing motor and its holder.
• During playback of own recording the picture in the background is not correctly erased. Sound can be heard in the background.
• Chassis does not respond to anything. Display OK.
• Tape is ejected. in REC.
• PDC is sometimes not indicated in the display. Occasionally the appliance does not respond to the signal of the station. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Retracts cassette again after it has been ejected.
• Squeaks when lacing up or during unlacing. Does not eject and the lacing belt slips through.
• Lines in picture. in PB. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Part no. info: corrections in the customer service instructions.
• Tape spillage at times.
• Slow lace up. No eject.
• Tape is not fully laced into the cassette when ejecting (tape loop with tape damage). Slow FFW and switches back to picture search
• The cassette is lowered, appliance does not initialise and no further function is possible. Appliance laces up during service function A5.The capstan motor does not run but the video head does. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Brake does not function when winding. Tape loops at beginning after REW.
• Cassette is ejected and is immediately retracted. This way it gets stuck once in a while. PSU must be pulled in for turning off.
• Display continuously shows no cassette.
• No PB. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Error codes. (picture attached)
• Occasionally the picture disappears or the picture shows vertical black and white lines. Sometimes the colour disappears.
• The cassette compartment lowers and appliance loads the tape. Capstan motor does not start up. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Pulley shaft + worm shaft (pos. 47 + 48).
• Lines in the picture, sometimes at the top, sometimes in the middle. (picture attached)
• No RC functions. (part of circuit diagram displayed) (PHILIPS - 2SB5703 information)
• HF-AGC adjustment PAL.
• Half lace arm does not return to correct position.
• EE picture is distorted. During playback the lines fold over. (picture attached)
• Part no. info: Drive repair kits.
• Loads tape then ejects immediately.
• To switch modulator on or off.
• Picture is distorted (lines run from left to right, the picture is torn).
• Intermittently chews tapes.
• During playback the appliance switches back and forth between the AV picture and the HF modulator picture. During (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• No deck functions when cassette inserted.
• HF-AGC adjustment PAL/SECAM
• Back tension arm does not return to correct position when unloading.
• Dark display.
• Lift does not come low enough, cassette is rejected. (2SB5703 PHILIPS repair tip)
• Defective operation during backward search. (service info for PHILIPS -2SB5703)
• In CUE, REV and PB, ripple line jitter (slip-stick of vertical and horizontal lines).
• No EE picture, the test generator picture is distorted. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• The cassette is not pulled in straight (2SB5703 tip from PHILIPS)
• Does not start.Display does not flash.
• No picture. in PB. Audio OK .
• No eject.
• No sound in REC and EE mode. Picture fault in REC: picture is very instable horizontally (jumps rhythmically). No sound and intermittently no colour. Picture and sound OK with pre-recorded tapes.
• During EE operation no stations are received and no test picture but during playback the picture is present. (picture attached)
• The appliance does not initialise when the cassette has lowered. The display shows F6 but during service function A5 the appliance can be operated.
• No sound in AV REC. Everything ok via HF. (PHILIPS - 2SB5703 information)
• Software adjustment of gap positions.
• No picture (in viewfinder). (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Cassette flap does not open. Cassette cannot be removed.
• Tape looping intermittently.
• PB picture shows disturbances, appears like a tracking fault. (with circuit diagram extract)
• No picture. in E-E. Audio OK . (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Occasionally the old sound is not erased and the new sound is not recorded. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Appliance does not take the cassette in. When pressing any function button during service function A5 the brake lifting solenoid switches to playback or stop and no other function is taken. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• No picture in viewfinder in PB and test picture generator mode.
• The cassette compartment does not lower and the compartment guide is bent.
• Squeaking from the appliance and waves in the picture after some time.
• The brake lifting solenoid rattles during service function A5. (+ extract of circuit diagram) (service info for PHILIPS -2SB5703)
• REC is defective. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• PB level adjustment.
• Deck moves up/down and in/out.
• After inserting the cassette, display shows "LOCKED".
• No REW. Goes into CUE instead of FF. (2SB5703 PHILIPS repair tip)
• After playing for a short time the picture is torn, occasionally the colour disappears or there are partly black lines or the picture is completely black.
• No EE- and playback picture. The test generator is bw/white/bw. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• In REV, interference lines in top of picture. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Accepts cassette, laces up but head drum does not start. After a while F4 appears in display. In EE operation no station received. No test signal. (picture attached)
• When trying to eject the cassette, it jams on the upper part of the operating panel.
• All motors run, the display remains dark and no other functions possible. (+ extract of circuit diagram) (2SB5703 PHILIPS repair tip)
• F1 flashes in the display and will not take in a cassette. (with circuit diagram extract) (2SB5703 tip from PHILIPS)
• No colour. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Chassis does not reach half loading position after accepting tape.
• Appliance malfunctions ie. plays when the play button is pushed, no eject, the display shows always 4 and goes only to forward and rewind.
• No picture. in PB. No FF.
• The Burndy plug is intermittent.
• Cassette is briefly accepted, laces up a little bit, then fast forwards briefly and cassette is ejected again.
• Appliance switches to playback. No picture recording, only noise in the picture. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Does not accept tape.