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

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

Marrico39 — Thu, 01 Nov 2018 18:45:34 GMT

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

EdwinaU — Sun, 04 Nov 2018 14:04:44 GMT

Hi Marrico,

Welcome to the community.

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

Best wishes,

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

Marrico39 — Tue, 06 Nov 2018 23:10:45 GMT

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

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

Blencogo — Wed, 07 Nov 2018 09:25:11 GMT

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.

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

Almou_10 — Wed, 07 Nov 2018 13:32:22 GMT

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

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

Marrico39 — Thu, 22 Nov 2018 11:33:57 GMT

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