Panasonic made 4 head VHS VCR overhaul and repair. Front loader was jammed.
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@JahanZeb19768 жыл бұрын
Great knowledge you sharing dear sir. Always looking forward to your repair videos. I was looking for such a nice teacher long ago when these machines were very popular and in great use. Now a days people are not using such machines at all around me due to use of new technologies like DVD's, blue ray, computers and internet. Anyhow VHS were great machines and they hold the markets for decades! Your way of explanation is lovely and very easy to understand. Regards,
@12voltvids8 жыл бұрын
+LearningZone also don't forget that these old tapes have lasted for decades. Can't say the same for optical media, and flash memory, well lets just say that those memories can be gone in a flash as I found out when I tried to read a card that had been sitting untouched since the video was recorded on it. My 4 part series, Vancouver Island by Motorcycle) is an example. There are all kinds of glitches and pixilation, and many gaps in the finished video due to files that would not open due to read errors or data corruption. Me thinks that my generation that grew up on film and video tape will be the last generation that we will be able to look at these preserved memories. DVDs the dye layer fades and they the disk can't be read. Flash memory the charge stored in what is essentially a bunch of capacitors that hold a charge, or not, will loose their charge and then can not be read, and hard drives will eventually fail. Store your personal photos of video in the cloud and your personal photos and video is now public for everyone in the world to see. The most reliable I can see is removable hard drives that are not kept running, and have at least 1 backup on a separate drive. That is what I do. I have a box full of 500 gig hard drives and my source files go on them, and my edited projects go on them as well. They are stored away from the computer and I have at least 2 copies of all media that is valuable to me like my photos, videos and music.
@JahanZeb19768 жыл бұрын
+12voltvids Great explained almost every thing! The same I experienced what you did dear sir. Tapes were way reliable and there was a special joy and enthusiasm while watching them. Such joy is not possible with today's modern media! I was loving such machines due to their mechanical and electrical combination. The misfortune those days while I was learning such a skill the internet and nice teacher like you was not available for me. I was trying to grab knowledge from books, service manuals and experimentation. But sure it is way easy and fine to learn it from an excellent teacher. The other misfortune was those days my budget was not allowing me to grab an average multimeter even! And problem today is not having enough time to do something and to learn some new skill.
@12voltvids8 жыл бұрын
+LearningZone I learned most of what I know about VCRs from working on them. I did take a couple of courses while working in the field, but when I stated my apprentice in 1979 there were not many consumer VCRs around. I actually forced myself to learn it because I bought one for 2,000 in 1979 and it broke down. It took the service center 5 weeks to fix it, and I was choked. When it broke again, me being a tinkerer decided to open it up and attempt to fix it myself. I did and learned a lot by reading. The shop I worked at back when I was still in school sold VCRs but did not repair them. Getting a job at Sony in 1983 was my big break, because Sony taught me the Betamax theory and practical hands on. VHS is not much different, electrically they are almost identical, but mechanically totally different as far as tape threading goes, but the concept is the same. When I left Sony and went to the independent shop I picked up VHS right away. Of course when I was making a living servicing them, I was like all servicers very secretive. I wouldn't even show my co-workers. My boss used to insist that he watch me work, and I would putter around, and not solve the problem while eyes were on me. That's just the way it was. Didn't want people finding out the tricks of the trade so prices could be kept up high.Of course the shoe in on the other foot now. I make my money based on views on the internet, not whet people actually pay me to do repairs, because nobody values these old machines anymore.We can thank Apple for that.
@Naitoraven9518 жыл бұрын
+12voltvids Wow! you works on Sony! it should be an amazing experience!
@12voltvids8 жыл бұрын
+Naitoraven951 Actually that was a distant memory. I only worked for them for a year, and they was given 2 options, one was to relocate to Winnipeg and the other was to leave the company and stay on the wet coast. Winnipeg is affectionally known as winterpig, as they have brutal winters, and I am not one for ice and snow so I walked and ended up in a warranty depot for a number of manufactures for the next 20 years.
@austinthevhsvideogamelover52653 жыл бұрын
This Was A decent machine dave, but One of my youtube friends had an RCA Panasonic VR612HF VCR From 1997, and sadly, the Play/Pause button broke and by mid 2018 when he moved, he threw it out. It still worked though. I miss it bad:( I rembember the last video he used it in before that happened was 3/28/16. My 2nd Grandma had another one like that, but it was VR346 2 head version. And I remember at their old apartment in 2007 i remember it was in the spare room and by 2009 she moved across the street and by early 2012, i was disappointed it didnt have the remote control. By 4/7/2012 the day before easter that year, i took the front cover off, then my dad tossed it out. I should've had them order a remote for that one off ebay. Honestly, these panasonics from 1997-1999 and prior to that despite the common faults they have are one of my favorites.
@austinthevhsvideogamelover52653 жыл бұрын
Dave i tried as hard as i could to get my rca VR337 1996 VCR Front loader back in alignment and i did it first back on 8/20/2017 and i tried as hard as i could but unfortunately i couldn't. I did however turn the mechanism back all the way though. I didnt take off the cassette housing assembly. There are a LOT of screws and i was worried i was not gonna get it back together correctly because i never done this before until that day. I accidentally dropped a screw in the chassis and it sat for a month or so and on 9/24/2017, I decided to get the screw out and put it back in. However i did not even notice but somehow i accidentally broke one of the power supply clip holders when i removed it held by the red screw and as soon as i plugged it in 9/25/2017, the heads spun up like crazy and it was static on the tv, power light was on i remember. I tried as hard as i could. I could've done a LOT better.
@navpers47648 жыл бұрын
I got my two new blue gears in the mail yesterday and I can say both of my Sony HIFI VCR machines are working great ! I had to pull up one of your videos on doing the alignment on the gears ...etc. without your informative videos id be lost ....lol Thank you
@12voltvids8 жыл бұрын
+Navpers 47 Your welcome. Keep fixing!
@danmackintosh63254 жыл бұрын
RIP Blue Sony JIS screwdriver :( Just noticed it in this vid, had a lot more paint left on it only 4 years ago! Fingers crossed you can find a replacement bit or make the broken one work.
@keithpz688 жыл бұрын
Thank you for your informative video's. Although I am 71 I hope it's not too late for me to learn. I have always been interested but never had the opportunity to learn. If you are in Cornwall any time drop in for a coffee. Keith.
@12voltvids8 жыл бұрын
+KSA Its never too late to learn.I am still learning new things every day.
@bentbilliard5 жыл бұрын
Even though I have a complete different model, a bush VCR, and the symptoms on mine were different, I cleaned the mode switch and it works again. Thanks a lot! Now I gotta find out why I have no composite/scart signal. Only AV works.
@umajunkcollector8 жыл бұрын
What a ""screwy"" vcr. I usually pass on any mono vcrs. But I may get one for my old Admiral TV set. It's kewl to see what makes it tick, thanks. Don
@12voltvids8 жыл бұрын
+umajunkcollector Actually this is a pretty good VCR. That is why 20 years later it is still working, and serviceable. It is not a HIFI machine, which would elevate it from a good to a great VCR. Panasonic made many good reliable VCRs over the years and this was one of them. They also made some terrible, complex designs. I am thinking of the one with the board over the chassis, and the solenoid that operated a clutch that threaded and unthreaded using the capstan motor. Also known as the 2 motor design. This one is a 3 motor, Drum, Capstan and loading.The 2 motor units (There is a teardown for one of those on my channel) was a bad design, yet many of their most expensive VCRs (the AG1971, 1980 AGW1 ect) used this chassis.
@bionicman718 жыл бұрын
+12voltvids so if I ever try to service my Panasonic ag-26-000-e unit that it will be a pain to work on...well its good to know before if I ever worked on it..
@12voltvids8 жыл бұрын
+Anthony Kurtzweil The 2 motor designs were not that bad, just more gears that need timing. I have a couple of videos up showing the disassembly / reassembly and timing of the mechanism. There is one for the bottom of the chassis, and another for the top side.
@donald10568 жыл бұрын
You do know how the electronics work!!
@12voltvids8 жыл бұрын
+Donald Ellett I would hope so. I worked in a service center as a service engineer for 20 years.
@SonnyKavanagh4 жыл бұрын
Absolutely brilliant ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
@fadhlematrook12488 жыл бұрын
Thank you very much my friend ..very good job and service, god save you
@ArchivoHumano3 жыл бұрын
Hey Dave, you're probably the only one that can help me with this. I have one of these VCRs, and it's giving me a curvy image. I mean , the borders of the picture and straight lines are curvy. The curves do not move, they are static, present in the same place every time. Do you what could be causing that? Thanks a lot for your time.
@jasejj8 жыл бұрын
Great video as always. I'm quite surprised Thomson were badging Panasonic machines as late as 1996 for the NA market; in the UK we got Thomson-manufactured recorders which were complete junk. A real shame as the company Thomson bought in the UK (Thorn EMI-Ferguson) had been reselling JVC recorders for many years which were excellent (better than the Panasonics in my experience).
@12voltvids8 жыл бұрын
+Jason james Yes JVC had some good machines all right. Something that many people did not know though. JVC of course stood for the Japanese Victor Company. It was formed as a Japanese subsidiary company of the Victor Talking Machine company. From 1954 to 2012 JVC and Panasonic were merged companies. Kenwood was also brought into the mix in 2008, but as of 2012 Panasonic has cut ties with JVCKenwood.A lot of people thought that JVC and RCA had a relationship because of the RCA Victor history. Not true. RCA bought the rights to the Victor talking machine company in the USA and became known as RCA Victor. Of course RCA stands for the Radio Corporation of America. RCA bean its existence when GE bought the American Marconi company and formed the RCA corporation, and this all stemmed from the US Government requested that GE stop selling its Alexanderson Alternators used in AM transmitters to Marconi. Interesting how these things come full circle isn't it? Of course in 1985 GE took over RCA, and broke the company up selling the RCA assets to Thonpson the following year.
@supermasterPIK8 жыл бұрын
JVC machines had to be renamed in US, since Victor has the rights (hence the name NIVICO, Nippon Victor Company)
@zx8401ztv8 жыл бұрын
Smashing job :-D Ive had mode switches create some odd problems, suddenly rewinding for no reason, or just going mad LOL :-D A quick clean up and respring and its happy as larry again :-). Some mode switches can be a pig to get to, but it has to be done. My mate brought round a really nice ferguson videostar, it was thrown out by the local tv/video repair shop, the head loading arms had become disconnected under the metal plate, so off came the plate, i had to remove the static guides so some adjustment would be needed. After the repair, the video gave a beautifull picture and sound, the rest of the machine was perfect, some tv/video repair shops really waste good equipment :-(
@12voltvids8 жыл бұрын
+zx8401ztv YES THEY DO.You are right about the mode switches. They cause many problems because the microcontroller reads the wrong value and does strange things.
@supermasterPIK8 жыл бұрын
In VRS 601, mode switch is activated by a lever when you Push the cassette. Debris and even a piece of paper loose from a casssete can make it work badly.
@overratedprogrammer3 жыл бұрын
I have a RCA VR616HF and I'm convinced they don't want you to service it. I literally can't find any more screws to take the tape mechanism off. And when I lift the mechanism is attached to the board because they both start to lift. Yet no screws to separate them.. I have no idea how to get at the belt underneath, I think that's the problem. Also there's a big housed in plastic thing with a gear with blue/green stuff on it? I think it's the ace head? I cant turn that by hand. Not sure if I'm supposed to. Can anyone help me out?
@raceingdemon64648 жыл бұрын
Ya Gota Love Their "G" Mech. Great Video !! Brings Back Memories..
@vladimirtodorov65938 жыл бұрын
Do you use some kind of alcohol when you clean mode switches with qtips? And what type exactly is the cleaner that you spray after you clean it up?
@repairing1118 Жыл бұрын
Good information thank you
@charbokh6 жыл бұрын
Thank you very much for this video. It made me understand more about the functionality of the machine. I have the VR501 and it's having a problem. Everything loads great but when you press play the spindles don't spin very well and the image is not constant. It's like it's playing with a two speed. One and a half second at a normal speed and one and a half second at a lower speed. I might be able to shoot a video of the VCR with the issue to illustrate you better but any help or any point of view of this issue, from your experience with this machine, will be greatly appreciated.
@donald10568 жыл бұрын
Thank goodness for magnetic screwdrivers!!
@marlonjones335 жыл бұрын
Hello! I have a RCA CPR 300, the power button keeps blinking and it wont record, playback, fast forward, or rewind, is there a fix for this??
@joeb25886 жыл бұрын
Hey man, love these video's. I always found the VCR fascinating. Still do. I was wondering of you could help me with who makes what for who. In the 80's Panasonic, (Matsushita), made the VCR for GE, Panasonic, Quasar, Sylvania, Magnavox, and probably a bunch more. From what I understand Hitachi made their own VCR and made RCA vcr's. JVC made their own and Sharp and Zeniths. Who knows about Sony...and I think Mitsu made their own. Sanyo and Fisher were the same made by Sanyo? What about Philips, and then the low end stuff like Gold Star, Emerson....was it Funai? Can you maybe make a list and clear this up for me? Awesome, again love the video's! I watch one every night before bed or when if I wake up at like 2 in the morning and can't sleep! You're doing something I wish I could have done, but I couldn't get the math down!
@austinthevhsvideogamelover52657 жыл бұрын
I accidentally dropped a screw to go into the chassis into it, so it is rolling around in the player, tape goes in while apart while I control the loader and stops when the tape strip loads. Then eats it when it ejects.
@JahanZeb19768 жыл бұрын
1,000,000,000 thumbs up!
@dallasdorrington74498 жыл бұрын
@12voltvids, Hi ya I'm from Perth in Western Australia and have been watching you're videos for about a month now. I just love how you go into great detail on how you fault find, test and repair these units. I have done many VCR machines myself in the past but with Australian TV stations going digital 2 years ago there is not much market for this old technology here at home. I recently dug up a DSE G1629 DVD and VCR 6 head Hi/Fi combo unit that has been in storage for about 10 years I think. I also have a Sony KLV-S26A1 26inch LCD LED TV that goes with the player. I had to do a repair on the Sony to get it working again and now both work very well. The player was brought by my father and was never used as in it's never played a DVD nor a VHS tape. I have opened the player and it looks brand new. Worth keeping hold of them both you think?
@12voltvids8 жыл бұрын
+Dallas Dorrington Yes definitely worth keeping. As to VCRs nobody is using these anymore to record, or very few are with everything digital now. Where the real value in this old technology lies is the library of media that people have accumulated over the years, and I am not just referring to pre-recorded media. I am referring to home videos, of kids growing up, family vacations and the likes stored on VHS, 8mm and Betamax. As these machines break down, and cannot be replaced, more and more people are turning to trying to repair, or finding someone that can transfer their tapes to DVD. In my business I transfer about 100 tapes a month to DVD for clients. That is why I have to service my machines are keep them all running.
@mrmagnetoscope6 жыл бұрын
I have a RCA VCR that looks just like this but model number VR503, it powers on and the mechanism works but the video does not work properly, the colors and textures are messed up. Is it a capacitor problem in the power supply? Anyway that VCR is not very important for me because it's basic and also common to find.
@bones007able7 жыл бұрын
I wish my machines were that easy.... old zenith, and a old sharp , both from the early eighties... no modular parts in those, just to get to the timing have to remove part of circuit boards , a real pain... what would cause lack of timing signal? machine plays but jumps from SP to LP to SLP non stop and no picture
@austinthevhsvideogamelover52657 жыл бұрын
I am working on my rca vcr right now. I am trying to get the mech and bottom plate apart.
@austinthevhsvideogamelover52657 жыл бұрын
got down to the mode switch. do I need to un soldier it?
@austinthevhsvideogamelover52657 жыл бұрын
+Shereen Esser and I do not have that special spray thing you put on the mode switch to keep it clean.
@geojor8 жыл бұрын
thanks...
@govinderjeetsingh79388 жыл бұрын
Your videos are brilliant helped me understand why the equipment is down. I have a question I have a philips FW-V355 mini hifi system and my audio cassette heads are kind of oxidized and I tried cleaning it with 70% isopropyl it did work out but it's not 100% Shiney.. What would you suggest me to do? could metal polish work? 99% isopropyl is not available in singapore. thanks
@FranciscoSantos-ti6nt5 жыл бұрын
you are the tech master of techs !! congratulations .. do you teach lessons ??
@t0nito8 жыл бұрын
Cool, you cut the intro in half, I've been watching your videos and though I love them, most of the time I'd skip the intro because it was way too long, almost like an 80's show :P
@12voltvids8 жыл бұрын
+t0nito I did. The original one was 30 seconds. The new intro is 15.
@LowBudgetProductions8 жыл бұрын
You always do a great job at repairing these things. Have you ever taken a shot at something as small as a MiniDV mechanism from a camcorder? I know you did a Sony 8mm mechanism a while ago. MiniDV mechanisms are hard as they're very small. I like working on 8mm mechanisms more than MiniDV just because 8mm gives you more room to work.
@12voltvids8 жыл бұрын
+Low Budget Productions Well I did do a Sony TCDD3 DAT Walkman, and that is about as small as it gets.You think MiniDV is bad try working on a portable DAT. Just like MiniDV but smaller!No I don't enjoy those tiny things. The close up on the eyes isn't what it used to be.
@mrfredchew8 жыл бұрын
I thoroughly enjoyed your teardown on this vcr. I have a similar Panasonic model from 1992. What would cause two blue colored bands across the tv screen when playing a tape? Is it due to bad caps in the head amp section? Thanks in advance.
@12voltvids8 жыл бұрын
+Fred Chew Probably not. A problem in the head amp would cause total picture distortion. If the luminance (black and white) portion of the picture is good then the head amp is fine. Colored lines would be something in the chroma up convert circuit.All VCRs use a process called heterodyne, or color under recording. They take the color signal, which is normally a double sideband suppressed carrier AM composite signal mixed into the video. For NTSC that sub carrier is 3.579545 MHz, for PAL it is 4.43MHz. Through mixing and frequency subtraction, the color signal is converted down to 629KHz and recorded as an AM signal along with the FM luminance portion of the video. On playback the low frequency portion goes through a low pass filter to remove the luminance carrier (and the luminance carrier goes through a high pass filter to remove the chroma)The chroma is then processed by the chroma circuits, and the frequency is converted back to the standard subcarrier frequency for the video standard you are working with and mixed back to the video.Color distortion if more likely caused by a drum servo error, running slightly fast, or slow. Your TV is likely able to lock in, and display the image stable, but it is far enough off that the chroma circuits are falling out of lock.I have a broadcast monitor that I will be showing off at some point soon. The key thing with broadcast monitors is that they have a very slow AFC for the horizontal, and color sync. So when playing a tape with bad time base it will show up as a wildly shaking picture. This was required in a broadcast environment so that the operators and engineers watching would know immediately that their signal was out of spec, and could halt transmission.Generally the alarms in a proadcast station would have already triggered and the transmitter had already cut over to the fanous "we are experiencing technically difficulties" slide. Our RCA TK28 telecine camera was always on standby, and the slide was loaded in the projector. As soon as an alarm was triggered, or the master control operator hit the switch the projector lamp would turn on, and the transmitter cut to the telecine camera. This was to keep the transmitter from broadcasting an out of spec signal, and causing interference, or damage to the transmitter.You can see that massive camera unit on this archive page. It was a beast.www.oldradio.com/archives/hardware/TV/tk28.htm
@bondch4611 Жыл бұрын
Hello, teacher? What is the problem with the lack of playback machine installation?
@austinthevhsvideogamelover52657 жыл бұрын
THIS EXACT SAME THING HAPPENED TO MY VR337 RCA PANASONIC MONO 2 HEAD VCR!!!!!!!
@gxc908 жыл бұрын
Thanks for your interesting, and well presented videos. though one question I do have; when one cleans the video drum with paper and isopropyl alcohol, would the paper scratch the video drum, since paper is a hard like surface? just wondering. :)
@12voltvids8 жыл бұрын
+Guy I. Horn Never had a problem using standard copy paper. I learned this technique from a broadcast engineer at a TV station I worked at. The heads are made out of ferrite. They are strong in the direction they spin, but any vertical pressure up or down can break then off as they are very thin.
@joeb25886 жыл бұрын
I thought early RCA's were Hitachi's....then Thompson owned them...and Panasonic had nothing to do with them. Interesting....didn't know that.
@mrmagnetoscope6 жыл бұрын
Do your customers pay you for repairing their VCRs? Or they just pay the shipping if needed?
@12voltvids6 жыл бұрын
Yes of course they pay me to fix their equipment. Units that are shipped in, they pay the shipping both ways and for the cost of the repair. My rates are considerably lower than shops with a store front as I have no overhead, and I also make money from the advertising that appears on my channel, so that allows me to work for less than the average shop, but I still charge something.
@mrmagnetoscope6 жыл бұрын
12voltvids Ok, I see. If you were near me, I would have you repair my broken VCRs and camcorders on video.
@austinthevhsvideogamelover52656 жыл бұрын
I FOUND A PANASONIC PV 4458 VCR IN THE BASEMENT OF A FRIEND'S HOUSE, AND HE SAID I COULD HAVE IT, AND IT WORKED UNTIL THE TEETH SKIPPED, AND NOW IT WILL NOT EJECT/ LOAD PROPERLY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@infinitecanadian5 жыл бұрын
A late model video cassette recorder that is only mono?
@12voltvids5 жыл бұрын
Why not? Not everyone wanted hifi. 2 head machines were also made.
@infinitecanadian5 жыл бұрын
@@12voltvids Yeah, but I thought they only made stereo by the time the bare bones machines came out.
@12voltvids5 жыл бұрын
Nope, in the end there were probably more mono only models offered because the cost was so low. There were cheap hifi models as well.
@austinthevhsvideogamelover52655 жыл бұрын
@@12voltvids The reason I like hifi stereo more is because I record things off of tv, and I like it in hifi sound.
@davescbradiorepair81953 жыл бұрын
Wish I had a dollar for everyone of them I serviced the mode switch was a common failure
@12voltvids3 жыл бұрын
It's funny, and this is no bullshit. I opened a second bank account, and for every repair I have done, I put 10% of everything I fixed in that account. For every VCR I cleaned for example, I was paid 15.00. For every mode switch I cleaned I made 30. (50% of shop labor charge) I put 1.50 and 3.00 respectively for those 2 theoretical repairs. Over my career this turned into a substantial amount of money. I have forgotten about it all. It is squirreled away in a retirement account earning fairly good interest these days, but it is there for my retirement. I was paid on average about 250 a day when I was working in the business so I would put away about 20.00 a day and totally forget about it, like it didn't exist. I had to because there was no pension plan where I worked. Now I can see the light at the end of the tunnel.
@msafer888 Жыл бұрын
Hello dear, your channel is spectacular... I have a Vhs video recorder, with a problem with the input mechanism with the cassette, it is a Panasonic nvsd36 model from 1994... can you help me? It hasn't worked for more than 25 years... I'll appreciate your help. I'm from Chile.
@engine0025 жыл бұрын
i am from brazil thank you for teach me
@parmarchandrasingm1522 жыл бұрын
Sar VCR Rabat Balt melaga
@reel_images5 жыл бұрын
Is it possible that some early 90s RCA vhs recorder's don't have a rotory encoder switch? I was cleaning my machine and took out the whole chaise and couldn't find a switch anywhere.
@12voltvids5 жыл бұрын
Hitachi made machines used a sliding type encoder switch and yes it gets just as dirty and causes problems. I think I have a video up for that. If not I will make a video showing it.
@reel_images5 жыл бұрын
@@12voltvids the vcr in question is a rca vr667hf. To my surprise it looked like no switch. I'll maybe take it apart again but I looked for 20min with the chaise taken right out. Thanks again
@12voltvids5 жыл бұрын
@@reel_images There will be some sort of switch. On some late model units they used push switches mounted on the main board that were activated by the slide cam moving back and forth. The model vr667 means nothing to me now, nor does most model numbers. I have been out of the game professionally since 2003. I know the units to see them, but unless I am looking at the machine with the top off I couldn't tell you if that was a hitachi or matsushita made machine. Speaking of Matsushita, I remember Hiro Matsushita, grandson of the founder of the Panasonic empire. He was a race car driver, and I remember meeting him at Westwood Motorsports track when he won one year. 88 or 89 I think. Of course his car was tricked out with Panasonic logos.
@nadeemshafi8142 жыл бұрын
Jvc compne VCR Model no HR-217 Ms makanikal Timnig work video
@dapend39154 жыл бұрын
If you had your choice which brand of vcr would you choose to repair and why. Thanks
@12voltvids4 жыл бұрын
I always enjoyed the Mitsubishi models from the late 80's. They were built on an aluminum dicast chassis with metal parts. Units like the HSU82, HSU67 / 65 / 55 / 53 ect. I also didn't mind any of the Sony models, both Beta and VHS. Hitachi also had some easy to work on machines as did Panasonic. Panasonic also however had some real bastard machines out there. The one in this video, for example is a panasonic made machine and is relatively easy to work on.
@dapend39154 жыл бұрын
@@12voltvids Thanks for all your efforts.
@austinthevhsvideogamelover52654 жыл бұрын
@@12voltvids my rca vr337 2 head mono machine did this same problem when I jammed a tape in it THIS IS A LONG STORY SO BEAR WITH ME. THIS WAS THE EXACT SAME ONE EXCEPT IT WAS A 2 HEAD MONO. THIS WAS BACK IN JULY 2017 AND I TRAPPED THE TAPE BY ACCIDENT ALL THE WAY BACK ON 2/17/15!!!!!!!!!!!!
@austinthevhsvideogamelover52654 жыл бұрын
Well how the mechanism got out of time is when I got the extremely eaten up tape out manually by lifting the 2 hinges to lift the tape out of the player. Then it started not going in and out and it was really annoying. I will attempt to get another one like this one day off ebay.
@austinthevhsvideogamelover52656 жыл бұрын
Have you ever worked on any smartphone failure before? Because I have a dead lg G4 phone, and it does not do anything at all.
@12voltvids6 жыл бұрын
Sorry, don't work on smartphones or tablets. Have done some simple things to get a few up and running, but that was more luck than anything else.
@austinthevhsvideogamelover52656 жыл бұрын
12voltvids well, do you know that the lg G4 phone has a very common failure called bootloop? That is what my phone is doing. It is a broken soldier connection on the main board.
@12voltvids6 жыл бұрын
I don't have an LG phone. I have a Blackberry Priv. As I said I don't work on phones. I am sure that someone that does work on them has made a video of it.
@austinthevhsvideogamelover52656 жыл бұрын
12voltvids I do not know who.
@govinderjeetsingh79388 жыл бұрын
Your videos are brilliant helped me understand why the equipment is down. I have a question I have a philips FW-V355 mini hifi system and my audio cassette heads are kind of oxidized and I tried cleaning it with 70% isopropyl it did work out but it's not 100% Shiney.. What would you suggest me to do? could metal polish work? 99% isopropyl is not available in singapore. thanks
@12voltvids8 жыл бұрын
+Govinderjeet Singh When I worked in broadcast we used to use Xylene solvent.You have to be careful with this stuff though as it will damage plastic and rubber parts, so you need to use cotton swabs with wooden sticks to clean only metal parts with it.