Hi Everyone,
The is my first post (I think). I am so thankful for this forum- I have used the VCR buying guide to set up an excellent transfer setup that I use to take care of my tapes along with local/regionally known bands' archive videos. The knowledge shared here got me started (and started a gear hoarding issue). Thanks, I think!
Anyway, I have a friend's 8mm masters that won't play on any player. the camcorder just shows a blue screen upon playback but you can see the picture when you play + fast forward. He said that when he finished filming that tour, a piece of plastic fell out of the camcorder. I am thinking a guide was screwed up so we need to adjust tracking. If you think I am off base here, please let me know!
I bought a Sony EVO-9850 at an estate sale that I want to fix to deal with the above issue + to play some Hi8 ME tapes that are a huge pain in the ass. When I power the EVO-9850 up, it gives me an "ERROR 90" code. I searched online and I found that it may be bad capacitors, or a board connection issue. I popped the top of the unit and it is in really nice shape... but there are so many boards and so many connectors that I don't know what should/should not be connected. Does anyone have a lead on an EVO-9850 service manual anywhere? Or photos of a properly wired unit? The caps look great.
Thanks
Shayne
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