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Hello, is anybody available to potentially give me some repair advice? I’m trying to digitise old family movies before tape rot sets in. I’m trying to fix a VHS DVD HDD Combo. Plugged it in last night and shone no signs of life. The VHS part of it hadn’t worked for a while so I have another VHS player I plugged in as well as a small TV. It’s not the wall socket or the extension. Replaced the fuse with one from a working device to confirm the issue isn’t the fuse (I’m located in the UK). I don’t know what else to try or where to go. Alessandra
Hi @alexi2022 You’re in luck ;-) Here’s the No Power troubleshooting flowchart section from the service manual for the player. Hopefully you or your BF has a DMM (digital multimeter) and know how to use it as it looks like you might need one. Disconnect the power from the player and then check the fuse for continuity using the DMM (Ohmmeter function). If the fuse OK you will have to reconnect the power to the player and then do live testing. Be safety aware as there is lethal AC voltage in the player, not that your testing for it but it is still there so watch where you touch things, just to be safe. Good luck.
