Video recorder problem?

Question

I unplugged my video recorder for about 1 month. when i plugged it in again it has stopped working. any ideas to what the problem is. i have checked and replaced the fuse but it still doen not work??

any ideas??

Answer 1

whats a video recorder? never heard of dvd then

Answer 2

I assume you are talking about a VCR.  Are you saying the light no longer comes on?  Maybe the power cord has a broken wire under the insulation.  Watch the face of the unit and manipulate the power cord around and see if it happens to come on.  Make sure the outlet you are plugged into is alive.  Maybe a tape is stuck in the machine which it didn't finish ejecting.  I have seen a few cases where a VCR got put in program mode by accident.  In other words, it was programed to turn on and record a program at a certain time.  Then the machine got unplugged.  After that it has a problem being turned on until the record program is deleted.