Re: Mitsubishi HS-u53 VCR has jerky picture



Sam Goldwasser wrote:

> Mikey <Not_Here@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>
> > I'm having trouble with a Mitsubishi HS-u53 VCR. For the
> > past couple months, sometimes when putting a tape in the
> > VCR, the VCR would shut off. After powering it back on, the
> > tape would be ejected. Pushing the tape back in would
> > usually work and the VCR would play. Sometimes the VCR
> > would shut down again, but powering it back on and pushing
> > the tape back in would work and the tape would play. Last
> > week was watching a tape, and the VCR shut off. Turned VCR
> > on, after a couple seconds it shut off. After trying this 3
> > or 4 times, the tape ejected from the VCR. Now when I try
> > to play a tape, it plays, but the picture jerks up and down
> > and about every 5 seconds the picture disappears and all
> > that's on the screen is static. Also, the data counter
> > stays at zero. The idler assembly had to be replaced about
> > 7 years ago, I thought maybe it was giving me trouble again
> > (although the last time, tapes wouldn't play at all), so I
> > opened up the VCR to check, but the idler appears fine. I
> > can't see anything else that appears broken (I didn't really
> > look too closely, though). Anyone have any thoughts on what
> > might be causing this?
>
> I'm assuming the U52 and U53 are similar. If that's not the case,
> ignore this.
>
> One thing to check is the main belt underneath. On my HS-U52, it
> had become stretched and wasn't adequately driving the loading
> mechanism. There are also lubrication issues but that requires
> a major disassembly of the parts underneath the dexk and so far
> I've avoided doing anything but they may first show up as squealing
> rewind or FF.
>
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I took the bottom cover off of the VCR to check the belt, and the belt looks
okay.
I took the belt off, and it doesn't look like it's stretched. I played a tape
with the
bottom cover of the VCR off so I could try to see if the belt was slipping, and
it
didn't seem to be, I couldn't see any slipping. Fast forward and rewind work
fine.

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