I own an AKAI MG1212 which has been running well for a few years but now it won't power up. I have tracked power from socket to switch and a little beyond but then lose it somewhere in the next stage. I would appreciate a look at a Service Manual, if there was one available. AKAI the company can't help. BTW... I am one of those people who were able to get a small batch of beta videotapes from a TV station some years ago and spooled the innards onto the emptied AKAI 1212 cassete. They work ok... not great. But ok. Preacher