Oddly though, PDC was not included on the EV-S9000E which is the UK version.

I like these ones where I ave to dig to find the component that has failed. Makes me think for a change rather than just go thought the motions of general maintenance.

@@12voltvids Your Hi-8 video editing workflow 36:20 represents the best from the good old days! Nice.

Not really moaning about it but come on. Remove clothes before leaving work place. I mean i wouldn't chew on this stuff, but wearing gloves and decontaminating after using give me a break. The way they talk about it you would think it had cyanide or fentanyl in it. It's rosin for Christ sake. Tree sap.

Like the last one with the TBC, had to think on this one.

Told ya it was the most complex VCR ever made for consumer use.

@@12voltvids I'd say they were the pinnacle of Hi-8 editing VCRs back in the mid-late 90s. Too bad I never got to operate one...... Meanwhile the slide-out editing controller was nothing new back then and had been adopted in a few other editing VCRs as well, including a few DV/MiniDV ones which I completely forgot their model numbers......

@@vampyrelycan99 Consumer yes. There were professional hi8 decks that put this to shame like the evo9800. It interfaced into umatic or betacam edit suites flawlessly and allowed tv stations to use cameras like the evw300 right along side or betacam and most wouldn't be hard pressed to tell the difference by the time it was broadcast. Picture quality wise these were identical however the Evo series were industrial and could run all day everyday and not skip a beat. This machine was consumer with lots of plastic. Two of these machines together with edit exceptionally well and as far as consumer machine goes it was probably the best that was ever made.

@@12voltvids Yes, consumer grade I was referring to. I know pro decks exist which put all consumer decks to shame, but myself and others are not too well informed on the pro (ie. industrial grade without TV tuner) model portfolio. So regarding this S7000 (JDM NS9000), was there a pro grade variant ever available? I can't recall......

@@vampyrelycan99 not of this design. There was a few on the Evo series. Most used the U loading as opposed to M loading.

I do them as they come in.

The caps in mine were all Nichicon except for one. So they were decent quality. But ALL of them spewed and damaged the board. The design just stresses the hell out of the caps. Shame on Sony.

Could be a weak display.

@@12voltvids Good to know that is a possibility. I replaced a cap just recently & no change as well as checking voltages and all seems fine. I guess I’ll have to look for a spare part now 🫤.

It's Johny shithead.

I have used Chem wick. Mg is as good or better.

Probabl;y has 2 diodes inside and only 1 being used.

@@12voltvids ah. Thanks

The clock display is light with 2 incandescent bulbs.

9000 is the PAL version

@@12voltvids The model name designation was indeed confusing. There was the S9000E for EUDM which was the equivalent of the S7000(U) for USDM down to the feature specs. But in Japan (NTSC) there existed both the EV-NS7000/9000 models where the 7000 lacks a few features as well as a few other control buttons/knows on the editing controller panel.

Covid has become the go-to excuse for failure of any and all kind. Didn't mow the lawn? Covid. Run a red light? Covid. Too drunk to show up for work? Yup...covid.

Yes I know. I have done a few of the tbc on these machines.

Extinction event?

I have not found one. Fortunately the 2 evs7000 I have they are not cracked badly.

The pdf was good and I can read it off the computer screen just fine. Printing was the issue. I would have to span it over multiple pages.

@@12voltvids yah That Fine Print Is Hard To See That's The Reason I Don't Use Skimatics. I Figure Why Waste Time Doing That When You Can Check With A Volt Meter & Find The Issue My Self. I've Taken Transister Radios Apart To Check For Problems But You Know I Never Had To Replace Any Capaciter's. Mostly The 9 Volt Battery Connector Or Many A Bad Speaker But All & All That's It. Oh Guess What I Stumbled Upon At The Thrift store A Laptop Cooling Mat & A Remote Controlled For My Portable CD Player. Cool Huh?

@@rogertyler3237 Well without a schematic it is pretty much impossible to work on something as complex as this machine without a blueprint of the circuit. Fixing a transistor radio is not in the same league, for that matter it isn't even the same sport as working on a video recorder which by the way was, with the exception of a computer the most complex electronic device most people ever owned.

@@12voltvids yah The PC Comes In Handi. Oh Have You Ever Downloaded The Cozy Magnified App? I Works Wonders For Me. I Use It For Just About Everything.

@@rogertyler3237 if a schematic is available free or reasonable I will take one for whatever I'm working on.

It’s the a-hole lawyers finding every way possible to make money.

She already thinks i have lost it.

I've used Chem wick. It is the same stuff as mg chem wick.

Yeah, but you still need a machine to play a tape to transfer to digital.

Yes digital obviously is great no doubt much less of a hassle for the most part. Back in the days this was what we had and was one the best prosumer machines on the market at the time. It was. My favorite till the spindle cracked as they decided it was a good idea to fuse plastic to metal not realizing metal expansion, or plastic can shrink? Yes they never intended for these to last this long but the take up spindle cracking was a issue when they were new back then. Some still need these decks to do transfers and having a deck with DNR in the deck is valuable when doing transfers. Plus even if not useful anymore still a collector’s piece.

@@thetechgenie7374 usually Those Kind Of Lighting Fixtures Aren't Worth Fixing.