[filmscanners] Re: SS4000 gone south - help please!

["JimD" <rasterdogs@attbi.com>]

I have had the cover off and the internals look fine.
I was hoping that the problem was the sensor that the
Polaroid dust brush cleans but that all looks pretty good.

I also see that the front surface mirror for the optics
is pretty dusty. I've had the scanner for ~3 years and have
been careful to keep it covered but it clearly needs to have
the mirror cleaned. Getting to that looks like a pretty involved
dis-assembly process.  I'm reluctant to dive in there for
fear of affecting some critical alignments/adjustments.

Has anyone here taken their SS4000 apart? Did you get it
back together? Did it work after that?

I need the 'pros from Dover', actually I don't know of any
scanner repair pros in Dover or anywhere else for that matter.
Where do I send this machine for repair?

-JimD
Now I'll just be forced to get a Canon ds1 and abandon film
scanning.

At 06:54 AM 1/25/2003, Thomas Maugham wrote:
>I've got the ss4000 also.
>
>It sounds to me that the carrier mechanism is jammed.  Try removing the
>cover, there are four tabs on the bottom, and see if anything is clogging
>the mechanism.  Could be part of the slide or film carrier (check them
>carefully for missing pieces) or part of a negative or slide mount.  It
>wouldn't take very much to cause it to jam.
>
>If you need more info on taking the cover off contact me off-list.
>
>Good luck!
>
>Tom
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: filmscanners_owner@halftone.co.uk
>[mailto:filmscanners_owner@halftone.co.uk]On Behalf Of JimD
>Sent: Saturday, January 25, 2003 1:42 AM
>To: TMaugham@yahoo.com
>Subject: [filmscanners] SS4000 gone south - help please!
>
>
>My trusty Polaroid SS4000 has flaked out.
>All I get is the blinking yellow light when I try to use it.
>It is also making a noise like 60 cycle hum. I tried the
>little brush that Polaroid supplies for resolving the blinking
>light problem but no joy.
>
>I'd welcome any suggestions for what else I might try.
>
>Also does anyone here know of any repair shops in the
>San Francisco/San Jose area that deal with the SS4000.
>
>Thanks,
>JimD
>Santa Clara, CA., USA
>
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