Hitachi VCR Eats Tapes, another dirty Mode Switch

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Hitachi VCR Eats Tapes, another dirty Mode Switch

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mguess

Күн бұрын

Cleaning the mode control switch on this Hitachi DA4 (model VT MX4410A) fixed the tape eating on this VCR.

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8 ай бұрын

Thank you for your great video. There are not thrift or Godwill strores in Argentina. You are lucky there. I am an old man and serviced many valvular and first transistors electronics in the 50´s. Cheers from Patagonia, Argentina.

@mguess 8 ай бұрын

Thank you for commenting on the video all the way from Argentina. I would love to visit your part of the world eventually. I am also retired and getting older but I enjoy the hobby of repairing vintage electronics.

8 ай бұрын

@@mguess it wii be an honour. I collaborated with The Planetary Society and NASA in Sciene Outreach, many visited us. You are invited. Gracias.

@thetechgenie7374 2 жыл бұрын

It is a early Funai mechanism for sure. I worked on a few.

@therealautisticdj2 2 жыл бұрын

I have a SONY VHS tape player. Unsure how many years old. But I got it from my Stepdads mums house. But the tapes played really well and hasn't eaten any tapes for sure The only thing is that are like 3 box full of Star Trek TV show volumes which some are dirty (in need of cleaning). But they all work well though Much appreciation from England, UK

@mguess 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for commenting. Glad to hear that you have put another vintage VCR back into operation. Hang on to it. They're not making any new ones and it may eventually be cool to play old vhs tapes.

@whosameasfirst5803 Жыл бұрын

I thought this thread was about connecting the BHS ??

@matthewbanda816 2 жыл бұрын

Badass! I have a sylvania from around that era- bout to work on it tomorrow 😄😄😄

@VCRGame88 10 ай бұрын

Good video, helped me a lot!

@mguess 10 ай бұрын

Glad it helped!

@VCRGame88 9 ай бұрын

@@mguess I think that funai vcr design is the best. Its all compact with more parts then other cheap vcrs of that era.

@nakazul1 2 жыл бұрын

Im going to try this on a player in the morning. Thnx for the tip 👌

@TheCrackedJoker Жыл бұрын

Wonder why he couldn't go to Goodwill. Banned for some criminal michief? 🤔

@mguess Жыл бұрын

Nothing nefarious. In the early days of the pandemic all my local thrift stores were closed.

@eradicator187 2 жыл бұрын

Very helpful 👌 thank you

@darrenjones2435 8 ай бұрын

Brandless VCR/DVD player suffering this, was inspired to take the cover off and get to the mode switch... ended up taking so many components out and still failed to get to the underside of the cassette carriage. Tossed it! My fail.

@mguess 8 ай бұрын

It happens. I've tossed a few also. You can't save them all.

@nakazul1 2 жыл бұрын

Is there no lubricant needed in the mode switch? I live in Sweden so i have no idea about the product your cleaning with. Thnx for the video.

@mguess 2 жыл бұрын

The product that I used is a contact cleaner that does have some lubricant in it. If you can't get Deoxit then you can probably substitute any good electronics contact cleaner. There is a guy that I follow on KZfaq that works on many VCRs. He uses a stainless steel brush to clean the mode switch contacts and then applies dielectric grease to protect the contacts. His channel is called NorCal715. Here is a link to one of his VCR mode switch videos. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/iNOTZ8lip5bUhGQ.html

@jamesdemuro5923 9 ай бұрын

Great video 👍 My JVC vcr has the tape indicator on where no tape inside but when i insert a tape it works fine and when i unpluge it the tape indicator is on again trying to go in play mode and hearing to motor working .. is it a mode switch problem ?

@mguess 9 ай бұрын

It could be. Dirty mode switches can cause many unusual problems. Also check the emitter and sensors which detect tape movement and end/beginning of tape.

@TheVCRKing 3 жыл бұрын

That Hitachi VCR was unfortunately a Funai

@mguess 3 жыл бұрын

I didn't see the Funai name on any label but I guess they could have had a hand in it. I really liked the way that you can remove the VCR chassis without removing any cables. Good design for maintenance.

@TheVCRKing 3 жыл бұрын

@@mguess The thing is these were manufactured by Funai under many names. If you look up Funai VCRs on KZfaq, you'll see some with this mechanism under the Symphonic, Sylvania, White Westinghouse, SV2000, and right here, Hitachi. There's also an older version of this VCR mechanism under other brand names but I'm only talking about the newer version of the mechanism like this one here.

@joelthiago3059 3 жыл бұрын

I realize I am pretty off topic but do anybody know of a good website to stream newly released movies online ?

@darwinellis3074 3 жыл бұрын

@Joel Thiago Try FlixZone. You can find it on google =)

@jacobbriar4874 3 жыл бұрын

@Darwin Ellis Yea, I've been watching on flixzone for since april myself =)

@codytylerhays9224 Жыл бұрын

You need a VHS head cleaner tape to clean your VCR!

@mguess Жыл бұрын

I prefer to manually clean the heads. It's not hard to do. Here is a link to another one of my videos where I demonstrate cleaning the entire tape path. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/rryhgKpkqNuUeX0.html