Technically it is a VCR!

Yeah! I also know a way to partially take apart a Funai VCR chassis on VCR/DVD combos and standalone VCRs. It would take me awhile for me to tell you how but I commented on your Toshiba VCR/DVD teardown video and I'll copy and paste that comment here. There are 2 screws on the circuit board that need to come out. That won't completely remove the board but you will have access to the capstan belt and mode switch. If you want to clean the mode switch on it, you have to flip the board/chassis back as if you were going to put it back in its cabinet. That will let you hold the front part of the mechanism and you can easily clean the mode switch. I've done that with my Sylvania VCR/DVD combo and now it works fine. If you come across a Funai made VCR or VCR/DVD combo again, this comment might help you. :)

@@TheVCRKing I do know how to take it apart to get at the belt out but to access the mechanism totally you need to remove the connectors as the wires are not long enough to get under the chassis. Because this job was to fix the vertical on the TV I am not doing anything extra because I am making 50 bucks on this repair.

Well as always, you do a fantastic job at repairing stuff. :)

Even today. You cant give these things away. It’s not verry common to find someone who will take one of these. Most prefer the HD crts. Those are rare as hens teeth and nearly impossible to get for a cheap price now. I find that they are best for grandmas because the newer ones confuse them with the crazy interfaces and so many options.

@@FennecTECH i have an HD crt TV.

@@FennecTECH I have a 9 inch JVC PVM that only has one composite input. Its not much, but it's a nice size for me.

@@FennecTECH You're so wrong. I got a free 55" LCD TV that had a capacitor issue but the guy told me that I also had to take 2 all CRT tvs. Withing 10 minutes of having them listed they were claimed.

I recently found a TV VCR combo in a thrift store.

Unless you are working around the hv section. Yoke, fly back the rest of the voltages on a solid state TV are not that high. Keep your fingers away from the horizontal output, yoke, fly back, picture tube when on. The second anode will store hv for a while after it has been on as the tube will act as a capacitor and store a charge.

There was probably more danger with the old hot chassis type TVs, where they're not isolated from the mains supply.

@@michaelturner4457 Absolutely. All hot chassis devices, TV and radio were hazardous to work on. An isolation transformer was mandatory. I use an isolation transformer for everything I work on. The power bar on the right side of my work bench is plugged into my big transformer under the bench.

Yeah 12voltvids, you should make a video about the danger of CRT TVs, and talk about the people who are smashing them for fun, or breaking them on the side of the road to recover the cupper in them. I've watched a detailed video about it but in French.

coondogtheman1234 I don't "digitize" my tapes. I copy them to DVD. Retains the 60fps of the original video.

Symphonic = Funai =JUNK

Got it. AN5515

Thanks

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The biggest problem with those surface mount capacitors is they leak corrosive electrolytic which corrodes the traces and through hole connections. On multi layer boards it gets between the layers and destroys the board. I learned 30 years ago to stay clear of these. Fix one thing and 2 weeks later 3 more problems come back to bite you in the ass. We call those boomarangs. So no I am not looking for boomarangs. I only work on equipment that i feel will last after repair. If I dont feel it will last I wont do it.

No they were paper dipped in oil, likely PCBs and the entire thing was dipped in wax after being wound up in a bundle.

Shouldn't be. Make sure there isn't one going into the flyback

Its capacitors in the vertical ramp circuit. Small ones typically 1 2.2 3.3 or 4.7 uf and a larger one 100 or 220 right in next to the vertical ic.

Tenspeed TheBikeHanger Who sells game consoles? I never have.

@@theannoyedmrfloyd3998 I don't game, but I wish I had held on to them. I still have my Atari 2600 and NES and a Sega Genesis. I also have a TRS-80 Model III and a Commodore Vic-20. Out of those three consoles I actually preferred the Game Cube.

Technically we still have 3 Lees, RP and KT, but one is mail order only, as he works from home, but is close enough that I can go pick up stiff

Nikko Alpha 2000

Well guess who is now sick. Yup me. Came down with a bad cold and now I am off work because I do a fair bit of work around seniors so I can't go to work and risk making an older person sick which could have serious complications. So I had to take a day off. I can guarantee it was this little kid coughing all over me because I haven't been around anyone else that is sick.

It's the bootstrap cap in the vertical circuit. This will be right next to the vertical output ic. On many Toshiba sets this was a small red cap. Usually a pretty small one.

@@12voltvids the tv is a toshiba MN27FN1CR, would that be C427 or/ and C429? same manual as MW20FN1R

@@julieguay9037 Couldn't tell you because i don't have manuals handy nor the tv. It will be one of the small ones around the vertical output ic. Just change them and it will fix it.

Lee's moved across town years ago. To a bigger store at 25 and Fraser. Rp who knows where they are now. They have moved about 3 times in as many years. They are still around, back in barnaby again. Active has been gone for many years. Same with ridd electronics. Ridd was bought out by interior electronics on boundary. Dont know if they are around anymore.

I wouldn't add an rgb input even if someone asked as then i would be liable if anything happened. Many sets are hot chassis and adding rgb requires isolation. Even adding that, because it is not a manufactures option, if the set were to burst into flames down the road anyone that did any unauthorized mods could be liable. For this reason you wont see any videos doing rgb mods. It is pretty simple to do as the y/c jungle ic has rgb inputs used by the on screen display to insert menus, however it is the liability I am concerned about.

If it looks and sounds Funai, it is on a Funai.

Check mode switch

12voltvids Where would that be located on this specific tv? I have no manual for it

I shot some cleaner into the mode switch at the 39 minute mark.

These combo units run a self check on the VCR. If the loading belt is slipping for example it will not complete the test and the set will shut down. You will have to fix that problem to even use the tv.

@@12voltvids If it plays a VCR tape without shutting down and only when I stop the tape or try running the TV without the tape it shuts the TV down, would a belt have anything to do with it?

My daughter used to work in a restaurant and she had stories about people with unruly kids and yes she said the tips went down by everyone during the time the noisy child was present. Personally I find people talking loudly on cell phones just as annoying at higher end places.

@@12voltvids yes....people have got to have respect for others, "do unto others as you would have them do unto you." One of the golden rules. :)

That's because the "gun" is looking for the flying spot on the target. There is no flying spot on any digital panel. The slo-mo guys should make a video showing a TV screen in super slo motion to slow down the scanning of the tube.

@12voltvids They did... kzfaq.info/get/bejne/aah6iJWV19jYc4E.html

Yup, no dispute there.

Your right about the mother and her kid you have a right eat your lunch in peace not have a kid Blowing his whistle and coughing all over well said. I would have been annoyed

I havent bern to a fast food joint since last summer when I was traveling and then it was just to use the mens room and buy a cold drink for the road. For me when I go out it is always a sit down joint.

I have 5 old tube radios going back so far so the late 20s all work perfect.

Right and that was why at the shop I worked at, we didn't offer them for sale. People would ask for them, and that was what we told them. The TV will last way longer than the DVD or VCR and when that broke you had a piece of junk. I have been given a few, and it works still. I was given a big 28" Toshiba with a VCR and DVD player. Haven't plugged it in since it was given to me.

CRT is always better for old games. That's about all they are good for.

@@12voltvids I heard that the Xbox 360 games are better on them too!

Believe it or not this is quite common. My daughter worked in a restaurant for awhile and she would tell stories of ignorant people bring screaming babies in disrupting the entire restaurant and patrons would respond by not leaving tips.

@@12voltvids True. It's sad that this is common nowadays. I'll not raise my kid this way

I was just annoyed that I was rushed out the minute I was done. I was ready to leave and was just finishing reading a story in newspaper and she said I had to go because someone else wanted the table. I guess she wasn't expecting a tip, because that is not the way to get one.

Yup they are, but if that is all you have.

@@12voltvids I have a similar TV/VCR combo, and the great thing about it is that the VCR part of it actually works still. The internal rubber in the mechanism might need some help, though.

@@rawr51919 When I worked at the TV shop we tried to steer people wanting tyres combo units away telling them the TV is going to last much longer than the VCR or DVD player and they were better off getting separate units.

I did and it fell on deaf ears. When i was that age if i acted up in a resturaunt i world have been marched out and that would have been that. Wouldn't even have gotten to eat. There are some cultures where the kids, especially boys get away with anything and have temper tantrums to get their own way in public. My parents wouldn't have put up with that and neither did i. Both my kids grew up to be respectful and helpful adults. Why because they were taught at a very young age how to act. Never ever had to lay a finger on either of them for deciplin either. They wouldn't have had to be told to cover their mouth when coughing and not to stand on the bench seat of a restaurant seat and cough all over the people in the next booth. Manners and respect for other patrons. Unfortunately the mother didn't give a shit and when i mentioned it to her I was met with a bunch of 4 letter words and told to mind my own business. That's what pissed me off so much on that time.

@12voltvids I'm sorry. I was so frustrated that day. My autistic daughter is very obsessed with VHS and large TVs. They are either super expensive or trashed nowadays. Your videos help me greatly. I can't afford to replace them as fast as she breaks them. So I've learned to solder and tear things down and your videos have been a blessing. She hurts herself when these things die on her. Like bangs her head on tables and bites herself. This was an issue I was wanting to fix no matter how difficult. I have always enjoyed a challenge. That day I guess those 45 mins felt like a lifetime and I snapped at you because I don't know you and it was easy to take out my frustrations through the internet. Instead of her because she doesn't understand, she is 13 and can't even use the restroom without my help. I am so sorry I lashed it at you, and in such a public way. Especially when you have saved me on those days more than anyone. I hope I didn't cause too much stress on you, you deserve thanks for all the information you put out there! I'm so sorry again!