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.
@mguess8 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.
@thetechgenie73742 жыл бұрын
It is a early Funai mechanism for sure. I worked on a few.
@therealautisticdj22 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
@mguess2 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 ??
@matthewbanda8162 жыл бұрын
Badass! I have a sylvania from around that era- bout to work on it tomorrow 😄😄😄
@VCRGame8810 ай бұрын
Good video, helped me a lot!
@mguess10 ай бұрын
Glad it helped!
@VCRGame889 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.
@nakazul12 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.
@eradicator1872 жыл бұрын
Very helpful 👌 thank you
@darrenjones24358 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.
@mguess8 ай бұрын
It happens. I've tossed a few also. You can't save them all.
@nakazul12 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.
@mguess2 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
@jamesdemuro59239 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 ?
@mguess9 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.
@TheVCRKing3 жыл бұрын
That Hitachi VCR was unfortunately a Funai
@mguess3 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.
@TheVCRKing3 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.
@joelthiago30593 жыл бұрын
I realize I am pretty off topic but do anybody know of a good website to stream newly released movies online ?
@darwinellis30743 жыл бұрын
@Joel Thiago Try FlixZone. You can find it on google =)
@jacobbriar48743 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