Mode Switch 10. Capstan Pulley 1. This causes your TV screen to go to a solid blue color if there is no video coming out. Often, this can be more difficult to troubleshoot than VCRs without this feature. Carefully looking at the following symptoms can quickly narrow it down.
Sound is OK TV screen is solid blue.
It happened suddenly. It did not start out a little snowy and get progressively worse over a period of months. Everything was fine and suddenly the picture went blue. Picture went out when tape got snarled up in the machine. This happens most frequently when you rent movies.