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G6ONEDave · 23rd Jun 2022, 5:50 pm

If memory serves the cassette lamp is 12v at between 5 to 40ma. They are not very bright to look at. The lamp terminates on the junction board (07) pins 27 and 28 which is a 2 pole plug socket, unless it's been removed.

The lamp goes between the 12v feed and base of X1 a 2SC829C which might have died due to excessive base volts. The transistor is also on the 07 junction pcb. The manual is not as clear as I would like but it appears that the junction pcb is fitted to the right of the mechanism, just follow the cassette lamp wires.

Dave

23rd Jun 2022, 5:50 pm	#2
G6ONEDave Octode Join Date: Dec 2019 Location: Owston Ferry, North Lincolnshire, UK. Posts: 1,701	Re: JVC HR3660EK problems. If memory serves the cassette lamp is 12v at between 5 to 40ma. They are not very bright to look at. The lamp terminates on the junction board (07) pins 27 and 28 which is a 2 pole plug socket, unless it's been removed. The lamp goes between the 12v feed and base of X1 a 2SC829C which might have died due to excessive base volts. The transistor is also on the 07 junction pcb. The manual is not as clear as I would like but it appears that the junction pcb is fitted to the right of the mechanism, just follow the cassette lamp wires. Dave __________________ Quote "All is hyperthetical, until it isn't!" (President Laura Roslin, Battlestar Galactica)