1 INTRODUCTION 52 SAFETY PRECAUTIONS 52.1. GENERAL GUIDELINES 53 PREVENTION OF ELECTROSTATIC DISCHARGE (ESD) TOELECTROSTATIC SENSITIVE (ES) DEVICES 64 PRECAUTION OF LASER DIODE 75 HANDLE THE LEAD-FREE SOLDER 75.1. ABOUT LEAD FREE SOLDER (PbF) 76 PREVENTION OF STATIC ELECTRICITY DISCHARGE 86.1. GROUNDING FOR ELECTROSTATIC BREAKDOWNPREVENTION 86.2. HANDLING PRECAUTIONS FOR OPTICAL PICK-UPUNIT 87 GENERAL DESCRIPTION 98 NEW FEATURES 108.1. QUICK START FUNCTION (REC) 109 (DVD) TAKING OUT THE DISC FROM RAM-DRIVE UNIT WHENTHE DISC CANNOT BE EJECTED BY BUTTON 119.1. (DVD) FORCIBLE DISC EJECT 119.2. (DVD) WHEN THE FORCIBLE DISC EJECT CAN NOTBE DONE. 1110 (VHS) REMOVING OF CASSETTE TAPE 1210.1. (VHS) REMOVAL BY COMPULSORY UNLOADING. 1210.2. (VHS) REMOVAL BY MANUAL OPERATION. 1210.3. (VHS) TAKE OUT CASSETTE TAPE MANUALLY AFTERREMOVING THE MECHANNISM 1311 (DVD) SERVICE EXPLORER 1412 (DVD) SELF-DIAGNOSIS AND SPECIAL MODE SETTING 1712.1. (DVD) SELF-DIAGNOSIS FUNCTIONS 1712.2. (DVD) SPECIAL MODES SETTING 1912.3. (DVD) SERVICE MODES 2113 (VHS) SELF-DIAGNOSIS AND SPECIAL MODE SETTING 2613.1. (VHS) SPECIAL MODES SETTING 2613.2. (VHS) SERVICE MODES 2613.3. (VHS) SELF-DIAGNOSIS FUNCTIONS 2814 ASSEMBLING AND DISASSEMBLING 3014.1. DISASSEMBLY FLOW CHART 3014.2. P.C.B. POSITIONS 3014.3. CAUTION WHILE INSERTING CASSETTE TAPE WHENDISASSEMBLING THE UNIT 3014.4. TOP CASE 3114.5. FRONT PANEL 3114.6. FRONT JACK P.C.B. & FL DRIVE P.C.B. 3214.7. REAR PANEL & FAN MOTOR 3214.8. VCR MECHANISM UNIT 3314.9. MAIN P.C.B. 3414.10. DVD VIF DECODER,VCR VIF DECODER,VCR NICAMP.C.B.,DVD NICAM P.C.B 3414.11. DVD-RAM DRIVE 3514.12. DIGITAL P.C.B. 3614.13. POWER & DIGITAL I/F P.C.B. 3715 SERVICE FIXTURE AND TOOLS 3816 SERVICE POSITIONS 3916.1. CHECKING AND REPAIRING OF POWER & DIGITAL I/FP.C.B. 3916.2. CHECKING AND REPAIRING OF MAIN P.C.B. 4016.3. CHECKING AND REPAIRING OF DVD-RAM DRIVE 4117 (DVD) CAUTION AFTER REPLACING PARTS 4217.1. (DVD) AFTER REPLACING THE RAM DRIVE 4217.2. (DVD) AFTER REPLACING THE TIMERMICROPROCESSOR 4217.3. (DVD) AFTER REPLACING EEPROM (IC9705) 4218 (VHS) CAUTION AFTER REPLACING PARTS 4318.1. ADJUSTMENT PROCEDURES AFTER REPLACING DDCYLINDER, VHS MICROPOCESSOR OR MAIN P.C.B 4318.2. (VHS) X-VALUE & LINEARITY (P2 AND P3 POSTS)ADJUSTMENT 4418.3. (VHS) CAUTION AFTER REPLACING VHSMICROPROCESSOR (IC6001) 4519 (DVD) STANDARD INSPECTION SPECIFICATIONS AFTERMAKING REPAIRS 4620 VOLTAGE AND WAVEFORM CHART 4720.1. WAVEFORM CHART 5221 ABBREVIATIONS 5321.1. DVD 5321.2. VHS 5522 INTERCONNECTION DIAGRAM 5923 BLOCK DIAGRAM 6123.1. POWER SUPPLY BLOCK DIAGRAM 6123.2. SYSTEM CONTROL, SERVO & TIMER BLOCKDIAGRAM 6223.3. AUDIO BLOCK DIAGRAM 6323.4. VIDEO BLOCK DIAGRAM 6423.5. DIGITAL I/F P.C.B. BLOCK DIAGRAM 6724 SCHEMATIC DIAGRAM 6924.1. POWER SUPPLY 6924.2. DVD OUTPUT 7024.3. INTERFACE 7124.4. IO / TUNER 7224.5. SYSCON / SERVO / TIMER MAIN 7324.6. VHS AUDIO 7424.7. VIDEO 7524.8. NICAM DECODER 7624.9. FRONT JACK 7724.10. FL DRIVE 7825 PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD 7925.1. POWER & DIGITAL I/F P.C.B. (COMPONENT SIDE) 7925.2. POWER & DIGITAL I/F P.C.B. (SOLDER SIDE) 8025.3. MAIN P.C.B. (COMPONENT SIDE) 8125.4. MAIN P.C.B. (SOLDER SIDE) 8225.5. NICAM DECODER P.C.B. (VEP07A51A / VEP07A51B) 8325.6. NICAM DECODER P.C.B. (VEP07A51E / VEP07A51F) 84CONTENTS Page Page3DMR-ES30VEG / DMR-ES30VEC / DMR-ES30VEB