Re: 3Discover problem

[P3D Peter Davis <pd@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> > Has anyone else besides me had trouble with the advance mechanism?  I 
> > bought one a few weeks ago, and it's never worked right.  I have a very
> > hard time just going from one view to the next.  It either skips over
> > a view, or rewinds back to the previous one as soon as I release the
> > button.  I think if it were more reliable, I'd be more inclined to buy
> > more cartridges for it.
> > 
> > Is this common, or is mine defective?
> 
> Yours may be defective or it may be the cassette. We have not had a bad
> viewer, but have had a cassette that sticks, also one with the wrong
> filmstrip inside. (Rare collectors item (:(:) If in doubt return it to
> place of purchase to be checked and replaced if bad. Overall they have
> been great with no problems.

Unfortunately, I bought it second hand, though still in the original 
packaging.  I may try to find another cartridge to test it with.  Does anyone 
(George?) have any guess as to the percentage of cartridges which cause 
problems?  This seems like a serious design flaw, if the manufacturing of the 
cartridges is outside the tolerance of the viewer.

-pd

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