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Stuck cassette in Philips VCR, help!

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Stein-Olav Lund

Jan 1, 1970
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I have a Philips VR6290 with an "IDM" (Philips) mechanism.
The mech won't eject the cassette. I have located the loading motor and
have tried to disconnect one wire and run it from an ext. psu, but it
will only move the mech slightly and not fully eject, reversing polarity
several times will not make it move further either.
There is a cover plate underneath and I am not able to see what is jammed.
Is there an easy way to 'emergency-eject' it?


Regards
Stein
 
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Jan 1, 1970
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Stein-Olav Lund said:
I have a Philips VR6290 with an "IDM" (Philips) mechanism.
The mech won't eject the cassette. I have located the loading motor and
have tried to disconnect one wire and run it from an ext. psu, but it
will only move the mech slightly and not fully eject, reversing polarity
several times will not make it move further either.
There is a cover plate underneath and I am not able to see what is jammed.
Is there an easy way to 'emergency-eject' it?


Regards
Stein

don't recognise the 'idm' - is this the 'charley' deck? see
http://www.reparaturtipps.tv/diverses/andruckrolle_bei_philips_charly_.htm

how old is the vcr?
 
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Michael Black

Jan 1, 1970
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Stein-Olav Lund ([email protected]) said:
I have a Philips VR6290 with an "IDM" (Philips) mechanism.
The mech won't eject the cassette. I have located the loading motor and
have tried to disconnect one wire and run it from an ext. psu, but it
will only move the mech slightly and not fully eject, reversing polarity
several times will not make it move further either.
There is a cover plate underneath and I am not able to see what is jammed.
Is there an easy way to 'emergency-eject' it?
Get the cover off, find the gear that ejects the motor, and rotate
that by hand.

The "FAQ" has a section of First Aid for the VCR, and I think that sort
of bit is in that section rather than in the larger one dealing with
the repair of VCRs. http://www.repairfaq.org

Michael
 
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John

Jan 1, 1970
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Sounds like a turbo deck to me in which case the gear that ejects the tape
is a worm drive under the cassette!
Best of VCR design, good luck John.
 
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