JVC DVL9500 miniDV camcorder repair

[David Gould]

I bought a second-hand JVC DVL9500 miniDV camcorder which had been
reporting an E03 error. I didn't have a miniDV tape handy but as I was
playing around with it, the error disappeared.

When I put a tape in it, an E04 error appeared and the tape got chewed
up a bit. It hasn't chewed up the tape since, but the E04 error comes
back every time I put a tape in. I have tried the reconnect battery &
tapping whilst upside down tricks.

E03 error means No Supply Reel rotation
E04 error means Rotation of the video head has stalled or too fast

As far as I can tell (not an expert), the drive mechanism works fine
(both spindles are powered). The mechanism looks fine, except possibly
the 2nd of the 4 tape guides (which seems to go inside the tape) is
loose (about 4mm of movement outside the cassette area), but only when
the cage is withdrawn (not ejected). The video head has free rotation.

JVC camcorders seem to have a LOT of problems like this, but they may
vary from model to model:

http://www.camcorderinfo.com/board/read.php?f=11&i=680&t=102

The DVL9500 is a 4 year old model.

Anyway, I don't want to spend more than £100 fixing this IF I can
persuade the camera to produce an analogue output to my VCR for more
than an hour.

I'm intending to have a look at the circuitry to see if there is
anything I can fix by myself. What should I be looking for?

Any help much appreciated,

Dave, http://www.deep-trance.com

[David Gould]

On Wed, 26 Mar 2003 19:52:06 GMT, David Gould <da...@deep-trance.com>
wrote:

>I'm intending to have a look at the circuitry to see if there is
>anything I can fix by myself. What should I be looking for?

Anyone got any advice, please?

Dave, http://www.deep-trance.com