Some of the pictures in this manual are a bit irritating. I had to dissassemble the unit and some of the screws have different threads, which is not mentioned in this manual. Also some of the drawings of the boards look different than the actual boards.
After all, the manual was very useful. I was able to recalibrate the capstan drive and it is working fine again.
This manual is very good. 303 pages scanned in a very high resolution. My camera has bad, leaking capacitors which all of the V5000 models are suffering from these days.
There is a huge part list with all capacitors, transistors etc. in this manual which helped me a lot. Otherwise I would not have been able to buy replacement parts.
The dissassembly guide is very enormous and detailed. Unlike on the Panasonic MS1 manual I downloaded here it actually looks like the real parts look. And the screws are labeled correctly, so you shouldn't have any left after the repair. ;)
good scans, all is clear. all pages in order. recommended
Text excerpt from page 28 (click to view)
DISASSEMBLY
To Flowchart
wf STAND COVER
1 Remove three screws.
7 TOP STAND COVER 8
STAND CABLE CLAMP
Instructions for installation
Wire thick cord to the right side to avoid jamming of thin cord. Thick cord
Ref. No. B5
2 Unhook one hook.
4
FRONT STAND COVER ASSY
3 Remove the REAR START SHIELD. 4 Remove one screw.
Ref. No. B3
Instructions for installation
Hold down SWITCHING POWER SUPPLY cord to the direction of the arrow as possible to prevent hiding the screw hole. Screw hole
0
9
5
6
5 Unhook one hook. 6 Remove the STAND CABLE CLAMP in the direction of arrow. 7 Remove two screws.
Ref. No. B5
qa qs qa 3
1
8 Unhook four hooks. 9 Remove the TOP STAND COVER in the direction of arrow. 0 Remove three screws.
2
Ref. No. B5
REAR START SHIELD
1
qa Unhook four hooks. qs Remove the FRONT STAND COVER ASSY. Sony Confidential
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