Publisher's Synopsis
A guide for technicians and advanced do-it-yourselfers, updated and expanded to include current information on how to service and repair videocassette recorders. It offers professional tips and techniques for keeping VCRs operating trouble-free - and for fixing them when they don't - using pinout diagrams and exploded-view photographs to illustrated procedures.;All the troubleshooting and repair data presented here has been gathered directly from the service departments of the major VCR manufacturers, with actual case studies of popular models demonstrating common symptoms and solutions. Every imaginable malfunction is covered in detail: faulty fast forward and rewind functions, snowy picture, garbled audio, defective takeup reels, no record or playback, erratic remote control, and more. Chapters on camcorders and special video and stereo circuits are also included.
