Samsung SV-7000W not taking any tapes


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Tlynyrd
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Feb 20, 2011, 11:38 PM

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Hi,
Just e-bay-purchased this VCR so that I can finally convert European (PAL) tapes to DVD. Now after 2 days it won't take any tapes anymore. Display shows "Stop" as soon as I insert tape, then it displays "Eject", tape is not moving at all, it's flush with loading door. Then a few seconds later the power to the vcr goes out, meaning I have to press the power button again, for another try. I read the manual, but it didn't give me much help.
I opened up the unit and checked the voltage to the loading motor, when I insert the tape it shows approx. 8-9VDC, not sure if this should be more than that. Motor is not turning, or even trying to turn. Bad motor?
What a shame, it looked like a nice unit...

thanks,

Barry777
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Mar 22, 2011, 1:21 PM

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Re: [Tlynyrd] Samsung SV-7000W not taking any tapes [In reply to]	Can't Post

Sounds like a bad motor to me, and it should be very easy to scrap from a junk VCR, loading motors are fairly universal for the most part. The terminals on a 9v battery match up nicely to loading motor terminals for a quick test of the motor. A 9v battery has plenty of juice to operate the motor.
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lordsmurf
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Apr 11, 2011, 10:22 AM

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Re: [Tlynyrd] Samsung SV-7000W not taking any tapes [In reply to]	Can't Post

(Just now came across this site, while searching Google. Interesting. May have to come back.
Looks to be my kind of place. TV, cartoons, video? Yep.)

Your best bet is to locate a service manual.
Samsung 5000W and 7000W VCRs still have a good bit of value, and were not as widespread, so finding a cheap junked-out for-parts deck is unlikely.

There's a lot of free manuals that members have added to the Free VCR Service Manuals and User Manuals page at The Digital FAQ. Since I'm a member there, I may ask some of the other contributors if they have a 5000W/7000W manual. (I have a 5000, so I'd like a copy, too.)

There's a similar post there right now, about a JVC VCR acting up in an identical manner. Was it zapped by a power surge, by chance?

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