Can anyone help me with obtaining a service manual for a TR805E Hi8 camcorder?

[EdwinaU]

Hi Marrico,

Welcome to the community.

We'll see if we can find any information about this for you.

Best wishes,

Ed

[Marrico39]

Thank you Ed I have 50 or so tapes to convert to DVD but one tape is stuck in the machine and a service manual would help to open. The alternative is to go by common sense  and hope for the best, I am familiar with electronics but some of these compact new machine have a rather complicated asembly sequence

B R
Marrico

[Blencogo]

Hi Marrico

I seem to recall in the past we have seen this problem but I cannot find the link!

I am reluctant to reply from memory because the suggestion does sound very silly!

On occasions one or some of the tape transport mechanism can become mis-aligned or the rubber on the drive wheel can come off and jam the eject mechanism.

I only remember the suggested cure because it is an unlikely fix.

From memory, you turn the camcorder upside down and give it a couple of sharp smacks on the bottom! Presumably, in the cases where this worked, it can move the obstructing part and release the mechanism.

May be worth a try as it will only take seconds.

[Almou_10]

Hi Marrico39,

I've found this document online, it's a scanned version of the manual but it's the best I could get: http://clc.am/APyyug.

Hope this helps,

Almou_10

[Marrico39]

Thank you all

I will try the suggerstion given. Failing if any of you have or know where a maintenance/service manual  can be found would be greatley appreciated

Best regards

Marrico39