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Mike Lewis · August 25th, 2007, 06:43 AM

I hadn't used my HD1a for a few months. Sure enough, when I fired it up the screen remained blank except for playback, and it didn't make the little click indicating the mask inside the lens had opened. Well, it's not a delicate olde worlde mechanical transport I thought, I'll try the hard man technique and give it a gentle whack with my hand on the right hand side. It worked and after a few power cycles with the same problem, and a gentle tap each time, it now fires up OK. Corporal punishment works...

Mike Teutsch · August 25th, 2007, 06:44 AM

Just call it a LOVE tap!

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August 25th, 2007, 06:43 AM	#1
Mike Lewis Regular Crew Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Cheshire UK Posts: 96	Give it a whack! I hadn't used my HD1a for a few months. Sure enough, when I fired it up the screen remained blank except for playback, and it didn't make the little click indicating the mask inside the lens had opened. Well, it's not a delicate olde worlde mechanical transport I thought, I'll try the hard man technique and give it a gentle whack with my hand on the right hand side. It worked and after a few power cycles with the same problem, and a gentle tap each time, it now fires up OK. Corporal punishment works...

August 25th, 2007, 06:44 AM	#2
Mike Teutsch Inner Circle Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Port St. Lucie, Florida Posts: 2,614	Just call it a LOVE tap! M __________________ Chapter one, line one. The BH.