old Sears Video Camera/Recorder

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crecencio

Joined Jan 15, 2006
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I bougth and old Sears Video Camera/Recorder for $10.00 and for my electronics practice repair. My actual problem is when i push the power switch i get to run the recorder for only one minute but after that the power switch light got off. In this shortly minute i can start play and i can see the picture in the view aye if i put a video camera in record mode. What is the troubleshooting i have and how can i resolve. Thanks
 

Tube Tech

Joined Jan 11, 2007
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Those early days VCRs had a Dew Sensor. Shut things down if they sensed humidity. Had a tendency to get overly sensitive, sense dew in the Mojave desert in July.

Look for an indication on the panel or in the display, typically a blinking raindrop.
 

mrmeval

Joined Jun 30, 2006
833
+1 on dew sensor add to that a bad battery or bad power jack connection. Try removing the battery and powering the unit from AC.

Don't know the company but that's a dew sensor.
http://www.smcelectronics.com/vcrele.htm

You might check around and find out how to disable the dew sensor. I was looking and saw that the sensor can be bad but also the circuitry that reads it can also cause it to look bad.
 

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crecencio

Joined Jan 15, 2006
5
Those early days VCRs had a Dew Sensor. Shut things down if they sensed humidity. Had a tendency to get overly sensitive, sense dew in the Mojave desert in July.

Look for an indication on the panel or in the display, typically a blinking raindrop.
Thanks for your answer., i am going to replece the sensor., i will in contact with you.:)
 

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crecencio

Joined Jan 15, 2006
5
+1 on dew sensor add to that a bad battery or bad power jack connection. Try removing the battery and powering the unit from AC.

Don't know the company but that's a dew sensor.
http://www.smcelectronics.com/vcrele.htm

You might check around and find out how to disable the dew sensor. I was looking and saw that the sensor can be bad but also the circuitry that reads it can also cause it to look bad.
I went and found in the smcelectronics.com that the Zenith sensor is same like mine and i try to replace it and my question is after i cheked the sensor with my digital multimeter it readed normal but it is posible that the Sensor give a good read but have some seek illness.
 
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