R4000 / TCE [Video recorder (drive)]

• Tape is laced up, head drum rotates, threading bolts half return, appliance switches off with tape loops.
• Switches off, especially at channel search.
• No Canal Plus sound decoding. VCR goes to standby.
• No Standby LED segment. Lit only in Eco mode. No terrestrial channels. Original RC does not function, while a universal one does. A few days later, VCR functions correctly if appliance is unplugged during this time.
• Drops out after 5 mins or more in REC. PB OK.
• In PB or when inserting the cassette, it is ejected with the tape unwound or broken.
• Dark display. Other functions OK .
• Picture without chroma. Records with colour.
• Destroy of RP51(39R).
• PSU does not switch on and makes a "click-click" noise. (TCE - R4000 information)
• Display is weak then nothing.
• No monitoring, sound or video.
• No picture. Audio OK .
• Cassette mechanism not functioning.
• Cassette compartment does not sink completely.
• Random operation of PB in LP.
• Does not accept tape.
• Ticking noise.
• Switches to standby. after a few seconds.
• Tape not taken up.
• PSU pulsates.
• Tape jams. Poor or random reel drive. PB does not always start up.
• E²prom reprogramming procedure.
• Does not record colour in SECAM.
• PB counter is not displayed. Display indicates "E". Cassette loading and going into PB are correct
• Tape curl when changing drive unit function.
• Switches off drive unit function. (TCE - R4000 information)
• No front panel function.
• PSU makes a "tic tic" noise and the LEDs flash.
• No start-up. Head drum judders. No display.
• Position of the switches for RCUs RCT8000P/RCT8004 which are compatible with the R4000 range.
• Cylinder motor jerks only.
• Unlaces slowly and in snatches.
• Installation menu.
• Doesn't load tape. When switching off and inserting tape, it is loaded correctly at voltage recovery and unloading cycle is performed normally.
• Picture jitters. Motor rumble.
• No functions.
• Occasionally no quick REW is possible.
• No start-up. No display.
• Does not record in SECAM and PB of recording in black and white. Functions well in PAL.
• Drive misfunctions. No FFW or REW. (R4000 tip from TCE)
• Interference lines.
• Dead.
• Power supply circuit.
• Colour is slow to appear in SECAM PB.
• No start-up.
• Cassette compartment is no longer fully coupled to the drive. After pushing in it is no longer led any further.
• Display indicates presence of a cassette but there is no cassette.
• No colour in PB.
• Contents of power supply kit.
• No picture. No OSD. Audio OK .
• Poor unloading.
• Contents of Thomson mono chassis power supply repair kit.
• Switches off by itself. after a few seconds.
• Inverted video during SECAM PB.
• Switches on only after several start-up attempts. Switches off, when tape is inserted.
• Display lights up when appliance starts to function, drum runs and cassette presence indication is lit although no cassette is inserted. Impossible to insert cassette.
• Tape unwinds when Stop is pressed.
• No or very weak display at switch on. Cassette remains stuck. When PSU heats up, display lights up even more.
• Tape loop if you switch from REW to Stop.
• Variations in the voltages.
• Squealing from PSU.
• No function. Front panel LEDs flicker.
• Goes to standby when selecting REW and winding. Functions OK in PB and REC.
• Colour failure with cassettes of poor REC quality. (R4000 tip from TCE)
• Does not accept cassette but indicates cassette present with the compartment in high position.
• Poor operation of the drum motor: it either runs jerkily, runs the wrong way or does not run at all.
• Intermittently no colour. HF cuts out after a few minutes.
• Intermittently tape is not ejected completely and is retracted again.
• Impossible to insert cassette. At switch on the display does not light up.
• Cassette compartment can be pushed down manually.
• Difficulties when raising cassette.
• Possible information of tape loops. Capstan does not run or runs too quickly. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Erratic operation of the function control motor.
• No fast winding.
• Tape loops form at initialization.
• Cassette tray moves sluggishly and can easily be stopped with a hand. Difficult ejection.
• In PAL PB average quality tape, green becomes black and white in parts.
• Power supply collapses then no functions.
• Tape gets curled during cassette insertion.
• Tape jams, or leaves a loop of tape on eject. (extract of circuit diagram attached)