Date   : Mon, 19 Nov 2007 16:12:01 +0000
From   : joel@... (Joel Rowbottom)
Subject: VP415 Service Manual

--On 19 November 2007 15:25:48 +0000 Jules Richardson 
<julesrichardsonuk@...> wrote:

> Hmm, check the obvious first (if you haven't already)

Thanks for that - very useful. Will check those.

> Aside: There's actually nice diagnostic firmware built into the machine -
> from  memory, stick a disc in there, turn off at the back, then turn back
> on with  both eject and standby held down. It'll fall into a diag loop
> and display any  error information on screen. (I think this only works
> with one type of disc,

Ooh lovely thanks.

> I've just trawled my scans here and I'm afraid I don't have scans of the
> service manual with me other than a few pages of the schematics (I've got
> the  operating instructions, but they don't detail error conditions at
> all).

Never mind - thankyou for looking. I'll keep on digging elsewhere!


jx