I actually bought one of these for a dollar at a garage sale years ago. I got a lot of use out of it and it actually made me appreciate mono VCRs. For linear mono, it is not the greatest but it is doable. I found that Japanese recorders from the 1980s had superior linear sound. I particularly like the Sharp mono and the Hitachi Dolby stereo units from the eighties. Very simple repair. I had to check the position of the erase head on mine as it would not play back tapes with sound during a test. I guess not enough tension. Thank you for these great videos.

i love to see these machines... it reminds me my days... those beautiful era, with these beautiful machines.

VCRs are good piece of collectibles.

Great fix for a machine that hasn't been used since Mulroney brought in the GST. Great to see you got the mono monster working.

It's incredible the miniaturization and cost cutting of electronics, that thing was built to a bare minimum!

For the time, these were way better than the Orion mechanism that was sold by the likes of JVC (for instance, the HRA591U). The Orion ones were even worse than Funai. The Orions had an optical mode switch which would take forever to switch between functions. Plus, they had horrible sound and video quality. The hifi was temperamental and the linear audio was fuzzy and had a high pitched ring throughout.

I like that you didn't have to fix it, but it beats it going into landfill and someone might take it off your hands for archiving

How quickly did he figure out the problem here... Very impressive

I know this video is old as the hills! I have a similar unit (Panasonic PV-V4520) with EXACTLY the same problem - the little felt strip (for back tension) evidently broke & dropped off. Like you, I found it in the bottom of the machine; unfortunatly mine had snapped in two. So unless I can magically find that little bugger, the machine is doomed to recycling, I'm afraid! Anyhow, I'm enjoying your way-back-machine videos!

I just picked up a stereo model much like the one in this video for free today. It works good after a head cleaning.

I used to sell Alot of these Kind of VCRs , They are generally very Reliable, never had any Issues with that Model VCR,I still do have some here yet and some Samsung VCRs as well as Magnavox, But Panasonic Made some good VCRs and this Models one of them.

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Thank you for your rare advice on how to fix a vcr with no play back. i'm having the same problem (my brand is also PANASONIC) except the picture goes to black in play back also it makes an unhealthy whirring uneven sound in play mode. I know vcrs are a thing of the past BUT I have many tapes not available on DVD or streaming formats, & so i need to fix it, when i fast forward on screen there's very little picture also, and its sometimes winding slowly forward & back

nice fix, thanks for sharing

Yep, I think that particular unit was a 2005 or at least around that area looking at the date on the motor assembly as you were disassembling the unit.

I like how you problem solve you repairs

Plot twist: They also gave you a blank tape and said there's no picture when they play that tape in that VCR.

mono vcrs are useful for stationary studio filming. i did this back in the day. when i had a vhs-c camcorder that i can move around easy and i wanted to record in SP for best picture and sound. then until i found a way to record in stereo with a hi-fi vcr with 2 mics ... fun times.

I had a Panasonic that looked like that years ago, don't know what the model number was on it though. It always worked like a champ, sad to finally see it go, DVD killed the VHS show they say.

Hi. I have a sony slv l44 vcr that has an unstable picture when i play or record ep tapes. While fast forwarding it looks ok though. Is there any way to fix it?

I couldn’t get my Panasonic to display, I featured it in one of my videos, it ate 2 tapes and played for a second, so I just kept running a cleaning tape through it until it worked but then the cleaning tape got jammed

Dave sorry if this is off topic but today i got my wisdom teeth out. All 4! Im in bed relaxing and watching this vcr repair video.

Yep quite a cheap design, but good enough to do the job :-D. I was expecting the traditional plastic band/pad wrap around, but no. The final vcrs were £30 to buy, almost nothing, mad aint it?. Looks like Sir Clive Sinclair has passed away, his basic computers got a lot of people into using computers, and many more inventions r.i.p.

Nice ser

What do you recommend for cleaning the heads

how the loading mechanism is synchronized, spring-stretching lever does not move, panasonic VHS model NV-FJ623OPN

Bravo!

Hey Dave, what email is best to contact you with questions?

Thankyou!

I have a problem with my vcr, it plays for a couple seconds, then the screen goes black, and the sound shuts off, but its still playing. If i just leave it black, the tape pops out on me, but i can pause the tape, doing that turns everything back on, but when i play it, it only plays for a few seconds and it does it again, and just keeps doing it. And it only seems to happen sometimes, is that fixable?

I'm confused , is there still a need for VHS, I rarely see any DVD's any more

14:55 that is called Notification Name from sound effect is this (One Time from Samsung Galaxy S7)

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Hi i have a JVC HRS-9400EK VCR it shows the usual Blue Screen/Menu etc but when a tape is played it remains BLANK, NO PICTURE I CAN HEAR AUDIO, I have tried cleaning heads still same issue. Do you know what the issue could be. Thanks

Pls can u explain the electronic system of panasonic vcr

You can use a spray to clean the switch mode without opening the switch mode

I changed the belt to rubber band it works

Could you by chance help me fix my vcr plz

Then you go to test the repair and suddenly the vcr blows up

Heyyy

can i send you a vcr to repair?

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