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Originally Posted by Doug

How many volts across the solenoid when play is pushed?

It drops to 17.7V when play is pressed. I also pressed pause while in play, thinking the voltage should change again extend the solenoid for pause, but the voltage stays the same. I wonder if there is a problem in the pause circuit.

Is the solenoid testable by disconnecting it from the circuit and applying voltage directly to it? I'm really confused by how it is supposed to work by trying to interpret the schematics. If it has 20V on power up, why isn't it moving, and if it isn't supposed to move, how would it by dropping the voltage from 20 to 17? I'm hoping it the circuit that's at fault because I can fix that. If it's the solenoid, that's an almost impossible part to replace as I would need a donor unit and I'd have to figure out how to adjust the tension spring like it is now. The spring plate sits on top of the solenoid and is rotated to provide the correct tension and tightened in place. I'm sure they used some small tension device to measure.