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blam1
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Post subject: Re: [Magnavox VC-8010] Looking for troubleshooting help Posted: 02 Jul 2019, 18:53 |
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If you bypass the latch and beam interlock on the lid, when pushing play you will definitely see a beam spot on the lid (assuming it's partially closed) and you can see the red glow on the lens itself.
Alternatively, you can load a disc, stand the player on the end (the back - see the little legs poking from the back?), take off the bottom and then try playing the disc. If the laser is firing, you will see red reflecting off the disc.
If none of that shows a beam, the laser is gone.
However, you mentioned the disc spins up, which makes me think you are actually getting a beam because the motor won't start until the lens achieves focus. If that is the case, focus will start the disc, but as soon as the player can read the track, it will lock on and the "motor start" current is removed the disc comes up to speed under "player control". If the track can't be read, the "motor start" current is held until a timeout expires and then dropped off, leaving the disc to spin down on its own. If this is the case, it could be a number of things; tracking alignment, tangential alignment, focus alignment (all have "gain" and "bias" adjustments, plus focus has a 3rd setting, "balance"), slider motor failure, seized mirrors (tracking and tangential), bad focus motor....
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