Yes I also greased these, everything in there. Thank you for the video, I have never seen it working.
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My gears teeths was totaly dry. And I refer to the gearwheel shown on the movie I uploaded. Did You grease this teeths?
Hi, I have a Kodak Reels european variant with serial that doesn't match any firmware type and apparently it's D, because flashing anything else than stock D firmware makes is unusable.
hi all,
new member here, looking to use updated firmware on a Reels unit I picked up off Ebay.
there was a posting last year on the subject of the power supply - with a burned out component (8 pin, surface mount), looking for any intel on the identity of the component.
the Spares or Repair unit I have was dead - not even a hint of powering up - and although the power board didn't have any signs of damage, when probing with a multimeter between pins 1 and 2 with 12 v in the barrel (and nothing else connected), I slipped and released magic smoke. I suspect it was already mostly dead, but I certainly finished it off.
does anyone have any insight as to what this component is? it's marked BMEAF, like the other post - another option (a reply) showed a BOG0B marking.
I'd really like to get this device working - I've got a bunch of old super 8 to transfer, and would quite like to shoot some new movies !
thanks in advance
Nick
new member here, looking to use updated firmware on a Reels unit I picked up off Ebay.
there was a posting last year on the subject of the power supply - with a burned out component (8 pin, surface mount), looking for any intel on the identity of the component.
the Spares or Repair unit I have was dead - not even a hint of powering up - and although the power board didn't have any signs of damage, when probing with a multimeter between pins 1 and 2 with 12 v in the barrel (and nothing else connected), I slipped and released magic smoke. I suspect it was already mostly dead, but I certainly finished it off.
does anyone have any insight as to what this component is? it's marked BMEAF, like the other post - another option (a reply) showed a BOG0B marking.
I'd really like to get this device working - I've got a bunch of old super 8 to transfer, and would quite like to shoot some new movies !
thanks in advance
Nick
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"Matead" indicated in his post 485 in the original thread that "The chip is in fact a LSP5523-R8A."
Digikey in the US has them for 77 cents.
thanks for the pointer - RS in the UK had the IC for a similar price.
i have just replaced the IC and now have signs of life - the power light comes on and i have some motor activity during startup - if i press ok after the startup process seems to finish (motor tests), the lamp comes on too.
The screen, although the backlight comes on does not display anything and pressing ok again in record mode (lamp on) does nothing. Any suggestions? I haven't yet wired in a serial port on the board, but i figure that a next step.
I've tried A, B and C origial firmware from Mac84, with no difference in the display. the barcode on the bottom is E3124148BK00636 - had to scan that as it's a bit scuffed - likely a B unit.
any suggestions on next steps would be great!