Beocord 8802 V

10th August 2009

This V2000 VCR would play OK for a few minutes, then the picture would be lost and the mechanism would return to “stop” mode. It could be seen that the head drum would slow just before this happened so the drum servo was investigated. No faults could be found on the drum servo module and the motor itself tested OK, it was also noted that the +12V supply was steady throughout. The defective component was found to be a small relay fitted to the underside of the mechanism near the loading motor, amongst other things this provides a +12V “motor on” signal for the drum servo. There are two other similar relays located nearby too, one controls the loading motor direction and the other the pinch roller solenoid. All three showed high and erratic contact resistance so they were all replaced with modern alternatives. No further trouble was experienced after doing this. [Beocord 8802 V]