Sanyo Vcr Power Loss

[mcaffep]

Hope someone can help me, i have a standalone sanyo vcr that has suddenly stopped working, no power. Tried fitting a new fuse but this had no effect. Can anyone help me to sort out this problem as my cable feed goes through the vcr channel?
Thanking you for your time

[gingejbee]

Presumably quite an old piece of kit? Sometimes old-age makes something inside fail (I'm talking VCR, btw!) and usually it's an uneconomic repair...unless you know someone who does this sort of thing as a hobby.

[gingejbee]

...I say this as somebody who has recently replaced a 14-year old Panasonic DVD recorder which was working perfectly, before suddenly refusing to "power on"...nothing I tried worked. I put it down to "nothing lasts forever" and replaced it with another Panasonic machine.

[Tuvok]

Might be a fuse gone inside.

[Togo]

When you say "not working" do you mean dead as in not even the on or standby light, or display showing any sign that power is getting there? If this is the case then it is usually the capacitors in the power supply that are "blown" and rendering the rectifying circuits(turn AC into DC to power the machine) useless. If the machine is showing that it is powered(lights on) then it is something that a technician with VCR knowledge needs to look at. Finding one is your problem ............ we are a dying breed.

[Togo]

Do you know the model number Mcaffep?

[Togo]

Is the mains lead hard wired into the machine or is it a plug in one? If it is plug in can you find a way to check it by plugging it into something else that fits or using a different lead that fits. Bear in mind that the fuse rating is probably 5 or maybe 3 amp.