Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84 exptools; site ihuxe.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!ihnp4!ihuxe!chrz From: chrz@ihuxe.UUCP (p. chrzanowski) Newsgroups: net.consumers,net.video Subject: Consumer Electronics Repair Message-ID: <1220@ihuxe.UUCP> Date: Thu, 19-Sep-85 12:17:59 EDT Article-I.D.: ihuxe.1220 Posted: Thu Sep 19 12:17:59 1985 Date-Received: Fri, 20-Sep-85 05:23:30 EDT Distribution: net Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories Lines: 21 Xref: watmath net.consumers:3009 net.video:1525 *** REPLACE THIS LINE WITH YOUR MESSAGE *** My Sanyo VCR recently died. Since I have repaired VCRs before, I felt competent to fix my own (I'd better: it was purchased from a catalog store that has zero interest in service, even though the word "service" appears in the name of the store). In order to fix something like this, it is necessary to have a schematic and a source for parts. I called Sanyo (America) in New Jersey. They said that I would have to get whatever I wanted from one of their distributors. I called the Sanyo distributor nearest to me, Fidelitone, at 312-640-2441. They said that the manual I wanted was available only in microfiche, which I found hard to believe. I then called another Sanyo distributor, this time in New York (800-221-0686); I was told that the microfiche was only for parts listings but that the manual I wanted was "out of print" and would not be available for at least 3 months. Although this is a low-end VCR, it was not so cheap that I would want to consider it disposable -- as it must be if the manufacturer cannot or will not provide the information and parts necessary to repair it. Brought to you by Super Global Mega Corp .com