EV220 / SABA [Video recorder - VHS HiFi]

• No display. Preference menu is short.
• Eats tape.
• No LP SP option in programming menu.
• Operating info: date adjustment from year 2000.
• Poor eject of the cassette. (EV220 SABA repair tip)
• Dark display.
• No DVCC voltage.
• Modification: VR7021 and VR7041.
• Tape rolls up inside the mechanism or tape is damaged.
• Cassette compartment tries to load a tape by forcing at switch on then after several moments tries to eject it. Keeps indicating tape presence.
• Cassette compartment does not retract, end position is not reached during eject.
• No display.
• Clock shifts a few mins each month.
• Enter service mode.
• Functions are locked after connecting a peripheric on scart socket AV2. (EV220 tips)
• Damaged tape in upper part.
• PB fault. Reads a few seconds and then stops. No FF.
• Poor operation of the quick function button.
• Brakes fault.
• Does not switch on. Two clicks can be heard from PSU but no functions.
• No audio. in REC.
• Poor audio. Tape is damaged.
• Only MESECAM. Tape PB in B/W.
• No DVDC voltage, intermittently.
• Tape is retracted, drum turns, tape advances for 15 seconds and then appliance switches to standby.
• Loads tape then ejects immediately.
• Unstable picture. in PB.
• Tape is damaged. No FF. No REW.
• No memory.
• No display. after a few seconds.
• Poor picture. Picture rolls.
• Capstan does not rotate and appliance goes into safety when hot.
• LED lights up sometimes in standby and gives a high level signal on pin 8 of SCART, which commutes the connected TV into AV mode.
• Memory loss. (service info for SABA -EV220)
• Poor picture. in PB.
• Loads tape, goes to FF for 2 secs then switches to standby. When started up again, appliance stays in FF for a sec then stops. Tape is released by reverse half rotation of right table. No standby.
• Whistling from PSU.
• Does not erase audio.
• No picture.
• No start-up.
• Unsynchronised menu in line and frame with Canal Plus decrypted by the VCR which is in standby.
• Display is bright for a short time then dark.
• Operation info: Showview Identity numbers.
• RC part number.
• No display light. No picture. in PB.
• Unlaces constantly after loading cassette.
• M9655: inputting the operating time on non-standard cassettes.
• Appliance jams. All the segments of the display are lit up.
• Noisy picture during REC of normal TV programs.
• Does not load cassette, only if it is pushed. When ejecting cassette becomes stuck half way. (service info for SABA -EV220)
• Destroys upper part of tape.
• Doesn't accept cassette. No mechanism reaction.
• Menu language. (EV220 tip from SABA)
• Capstan motor warms up and drops out after half an hour.