R3000 / TCE [Video recorder (drive)]

• Intermittent looping.
• Does not load tape. No PB or FF or REW. Goes off after this cycle. Loads cassette OK at switch on. (R3000 tips)
• Goes into safety mode in REW or FF. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• While monitoring, the picture pumps. Permanently switches between PAL and SECAM.
• No Monitoring.
• No loading of the cassette (permanently or intermittently). (with circuit diagram extract)
• Full page blue background when on screen display is switched to full page mode, Often replaced by noisy picture. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Display is weak and impossible to see in standby.
• No UPB.
• No reel action. Accepts tape but ejects it with loose tape.
• Adjustment of the modulator using the remote control handset.
• No erase. intermittently.
• Dim display. (with circuit diagram extract)
• No counting and no counting down after 8 secs. Tape spills. PB and REC ok. (picture attached)
• Loud noise at coils.
• Power supply transistor blows. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Tape is damaged. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• OSD does not function well. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• If you programme one channel, the same programme can be found on all the buttons. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• PSU does not start up or starts up poorly.
• Little colour flashes on a dark background.
• If the machine takes in a tape but the threading poles move slightly then stop.
• Colour at the low end of the range, black and white at the top of the range. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Does not go into PB, REW or FF. Ejects cassette. Loading OK. Noise when unloading.
• Picture becomes a line. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Change of language.
• Child protection lock does not work from the RCU.
• After successive loading and unloading, the VCR goes to channel 1.
• Picture is distorted in SECAM PB by white dots forming crossed lines. (R3000 tip from TCE)
• Dead. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• No tape loading. No display. Drum stops after a second.
• Tripping.
• Flashes of colour during PB of a channel recording.
• Contents of Thomson mono chassis power supply repair kit.
• Power supply pulsates and sometimes starts up again without doing anything. (picture attached)
• In PB intermittently goes into safety mode after a few secs. Functions when appliance is open and without a hood.
• Software versions. Summary. (R3000 tip from TCE)
• Poor display. (TCE - R3000 information)
• Colour flickers by self REC.
• After disconnecting the VCR from the mains several times, no function and no display. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Switches off immediately in PB, and makes tape loop.
• Does not erase audio.
• No start-up. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• RC Lock Out.
• No mechanical functions. Display OK .
• Noise bars in PB or in pause.
• Does not accept tape. Display and ON/OFF function OK.
• Does not unlace.
• Dead. PSU pulsates. After warm-up, appliance starts up.
• Former sound is not deleted.
• No HF signal at tuner output. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• No start up in programming or in PB after stopping for 10 mins.
• Poor picture. via tuner. No picture. in REC.
• No eject. intermittently.
• PSU pulsates.
• Random functions.
• Tape does not go in completely causing functions to work incorrectly and a delay during Eject.
• Tape loops.
• S/C of the chip transistor TX25 (BC848b).
• Chews tapes. Loops tape when pressing STOP during PB and then goes to FF or REW. (R3000 tip from TCE)
• Poor ejection of the cassette.
• Black and white PB and in Monitoring. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Reel mechanism does not function.
• In PB, rough movement of the capstan motor into REW.
• No display. (picture attached)
• Noise when lacing up and unlacing.
• Tape is stuck inside appliance, cassette flap mechanism fails constantly.
• Does not accept tape (intermittently).
• Goes into safety mode at the very moment the programme recording starts.
• Does not accept cassette and head drum runs high intermittently
• Tape stuck inside appliance, no functions possible.
• When RF lead is connected the RCU does not function or has limited range on some receivers. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Power supply does not start up or erratic start up. (with circuit diagram extract)
• No mechanical functions.
• No picture in PB. No switching, remains in aerial modulator picture. (part of circuit diagram displayed) (R3000 tip from TCE)
• No voltage on the secondary. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• No functions. after power failure.
• No PB, capstan motor stops and the tape spills. (part of circuit diagram displayed) (service info for TCE -R3000)
• No colour.
• Distorted audio (in E-E). (R3000 tip from TCE)
• No HF signal at the output of the tuner.
• Stops in PB after 20 to 30 mins. Display remains. Starts up again if you put it back to PB. (R3000 tip from TCE)
• Loading levers get stuck. Loading OK.
• Slight moire effect and white dots which are more or less visible by touching the wires coming from the preamplifier of the video heads in PB.
• Cassette jams in Eject.
• Intermittent take up during PB. Intermittent tape EJECT.
• Tape spills. No take-up.
• Very faint display, which becomes clearer when appliance warms up. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Now and again cassette is put down behind the flap.
• Fluctuation of LP record speed. Slight whistling of motor drum.
• Stops in Play, ejects cassette. Sometimes tape loops at Eject.
• Does not take up tape. Right reel table has no function.
• Does not eject the cassette. HF on video channel. PB OK. TV channels OK.
• Mechanism stuck with fully loaded tape.
• Tape is ejected. in PB.
• No RC functions.
• Occasionally cassette compartment flap sticks at eject. (service info for TCE -R3000)
• Noise in picture.
• PSU needs a long time until it functions after power failure. Appliance accepts control functions only later.
• No audio (in PB). (with circuit diagram extract)
• Incomplete erasure. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• No sound after refitting the mechanism. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Stripes and peaks in picture, also in EE mode.
• PSU voltage pulsates. (service info for TCE -R3000)
• Cassette flap mechanism fails repeatedly resulting in tape being jammed inside machine.
• Does not load the cassette. If a button is pressed, P1 is displayed for 2 secs then appliance switches to standby. No function. Display shows 00.00. (R3000 tips)
• 0000 on the display, VCR takes the cassette. All the data arrives at the system microcalculator of the display. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Excessive red. in REC. (R3000 TCE repair tip)
• Dark display. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Slow start-up. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Right reel doesn't turn.
• Display is weak and variable with the mechanical functions. Weaker in standby. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Does not function without a cassette.
• Tape stuck.
• Eats tape.
• No HF, no channel memory. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Untimely triggering of the RIR ZK01 circuit type TFMT5330.
• Does not erase audio (intermittently). (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Tape is not pulled into the cassette, no take up of the tape through the right reel table.
• No picture. in PB.
• Power supply circuit.
• No output voltage. TP01 pulsates at collector.
• Inadequate PB and no eject. Loads OK.
• Cassette jams during PB. No function.
• No reset of the microcalculator IT01. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Power supply kit blows. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Power supply pulsates when appliance is plugged in then starts up after a few minutes. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Poor picture.
• Spikes in picture during Play, simultaneously display is too dark especially in STANDBY mode.
• Adjustment of the switching points.
• Not accepting casette, intermittently head drum runs out of control. (service info for TCE -R3000)