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 11 (click to view)
2-3. Disconnecting/Connecting of Flexible Card Wire
Connecting m Be careful not to insert the flexible card wire obliquely. Check that the conductive surface of the flexible card wire is not soiled with dust. CP-295 board side 1. Slide the portions B in the direction of the arrow and insert the flexible card wire as far as it will go into the connecter with the conductive surface of the wire faced as shown in the figure. 2. Slide the portions B in the opposite direction of the arrow to lock.
Conductive surface B
3. Route the flexible card wire around the lead pin as shown in the figure.
Front panel
S24 CP-295 board
S25
CN1 Lead pin Frexible card wire
AU-236 board side 1. Slide the portions A in the direction of the arrow and insert the flexible card wire as far as it will go into the connecter with the conductive surface of the wire down. 2. Slide the portions A in the opposite direction of the arrow to lock.
A Conductive surface
