And the mad scientist resolves another machine problem and fixes it. I love to watch you work. Keep up the good work my friend.

Amazing! The only thing better than watching a real pro fix an old VHS is watching him fix your own Sony VHS machine. Very cool.

It's always nice to come home from work and see 12voltvids has uploaded a new VCR repair video, keep up the great work

This deck brings back some memories! It was the first VCR I ever purchased when I was in my 20's, and I remember it was quite expensive for me to buy. It stopped working long ago and I threw it away, wish I had kept it to repair! Strange enough, I still have the remote control for it.

A good job with interesting and quite rare machine from Sony. Thanks again for sharing! These generation of VCR decks share similar problems, but this one is really well designed, easy to maintain and quite easy to access. The mechanism is based on a metal plate you found only in high quality machines in the 90's (most where composite or plastic based). You could expect some fragile Nylon gears in all these VCR, and as a professional, you end knowing the models prone to fail or the weak point of a series, here the "blue gear" (the white color suggest it could have been replaced). It's a classic problem in most Sonys... Most of the early 90's VCR machines suffered from bad caps, mainly as in this one on the switching power supply (high temps...), but also leaky CMS caps everywhere in the synch board and in the head HF board. Apparently, it's not a problem here! 7809 is not the easiest regulator to find nowadays, so a variable LM317 or equivalent is always a universal solution, as far as you have spare volume for additional resistors and pot. I also bet this machine has few use hours or has regularly been checked and cleaned, I've seen few of these 25+ years VCR so clean inside and with so nice head levels. The head drum looks pristine! I knew of the finger trick for other machines (Mitsubishi, Philips...), this is always interesting to see it also works on these. Sony was late in the VCR business, but built these with a quality level you could find in audio ES series. I also remember they were far from the entry level budget!

Trying to repair oldies goldies from time to time sometimes is good especially when the fault fixes.Yesterday i repair a philips 25 inch crt with dark picture and strange colours by regenerating the tube using my forgotten muter BMR 95 screen rejuvenator and i felt like i was 30 years old and working in my service shop again.

Can this one be repaired? of course it can !! you seem to know every trick in the book when it comes to repairing these complex machines - spiffing video I enjoyed every minute

I wish we have a technician like you in Ireland. well done !!

Great job as usual. That wet finger trick sort of harkens back to the early days of electricity, where people were mesmerized by the almost magic displays, put on by early pioneers in the field.

"Wet finger trick" - awesome!

Perfect for Halloween! I'm always Excited and scared to death to watch a VCR repair video. I have a SONY SLV-1000 vhs vcr that likely has similar problems but I'm too afraid to repair it.. and too reluctant to throw it away. - This is a Near Perfect Video, the lengthy detailed descriptions after the repair were especially good. The alignment and lubrication steps (and why) were Outstanding! Its terrific to find out why certain things need to be done.

Wow, three problems. Most techs would of given up on this one. VCRs making a comeback. Nice design by SONY.

You are the King of vcr man! Great job again!

My grandfather work on lot of those VCR back in the 80s and 90s.

having just 20s and you got my thumps up. I#d just wanted to ask for a Repair of a VHS machine as there is one on my desk ... Thank you!

Hi, mir ist aufgefallen, dass Du Sony VCRs mit verbundenen Augen reparieren kannst. Ich bewundere Deine Fähigkeiten und liebe Deine Videos. Bitte immer weiter so.

Excellent man!!! I have 1 Sony slv 825! How can I align the tape without oscilloscope?!

how do you know what is supposed to look like on the scope when you do the alignment?

Great repair! So it was the regulator that cause the drum not to turn?

I have a Pioneer VSX-5000 plays great but I can't get tuner to play stereo would you know why? I hooked a played an mp3 player and it worked fine! So I know it's not an issue with stereo amp must be something else! Hmm..

Really nice work!

i had 2 sony slv-575uc machines one was given to me the other i bought at a thrift store. one of them that had a broken gear by the pinch roller under the swinging arm also that arm would not move i had to oil it. but them it had another problem when it played LP or SLP tapes it would speed up and slow down. i heard online that it was the bearings in the pinch roller going bad. so i just decided to sell it.other that that it was a nice VCR i think they used the same mechanism in other machines

Thanks for another great video. You mentioned that this deck has on screen display and a separate output that does not include the OSD. Not all decks have this feature, some have software configurable options yet others don’t. How about making a video on how to defeat this functionality in a VCR that doesn’t have it? This would be useful for video dubbing purposes.

I have A VCR but that is not in working condition, vedeo tape is closed inside, power supply is ok. Can that repair if yes then where?

Good fix on that one. Is that a dual speed machine?

I have a Sony VCR that uses the same mechanism and broke the blue gear. I replaced the gear and noticed the head drum wouldn't spin up which ended up being a failed solder connection on the board. Can you do an in-depth vid on how to align the tape path with the scope? I had to realign the tape path as the bottom of the picture was distorted and the Hi-Fi sound wouldn't work properly. I just aligned until the picture looked as good as it could and the Hi-Fi sound was rock solid. I wonder if I need to recap the power supply on my unit as the VFD is very dim.

Well done! I have a Sony SLV-N500 that has suffered the loss of one of the internal rubber wheels. It turned to goo and slimed the drum head. I managed to clean up the drum, but now I need a replacement wheel. The part in question comes in contact with the drum from the area behind the drum. Can you possibly point me in the dirrection of such a part? Thanks.

Great and educational repair, thumbs up. This video reminded me an SLV-777 I left aside: doesn't power on from standby, PSU is recapped and tested OK (all voltage rails are good if you bypass the PowerUp signal). Micom clocks oscillating and power button tested good. Maybe dead microcomputer? Was that common in these series?

Seems that super glue on guide wont last long. Used it on moving parts before without much success.

I have the same Vcr, it plays but it goes to fast on play and no sound. Can't get my finger behind it. Could it be the the rotary switch?

Thanks for Finger trick to know if ic working

I wonder what happened to that guide post really because it wasn't broken during first tape load and then it was suddenly misplaced in next clip. Maybe something interesting happened between those clips or did it just happen to fail during initial tests?

hello sir lg combo vcr blinking colors. please help me

I remember models like this, upwords of $800 in the 90's. My relatives ruined mine.

How do i get lock washer??

i have an old panasonic omivision pv 123r that ive taken in to get repared due to preserving history, and we got everything working on it except the drum is intermittent. sometimes it doesnt spin at all. the repair guy is doing research but do you think you might kow what is wrng? weve replaced the caps in the power supply, cleaned the mode switch, and roughed up the idler tire.

Which might be the problem when the tape tension Is not good after the load?

nice

Have you tried that new UV Light Cured glue (Bondic brand I think) yet?

Wasn't the SLV-70HF the first Sony VHS VCR which actually had a Hitachi mechanism?

repair blue gear thanks to you

I have a smart light bulb that died after 12 hours of use was wondering if you would be interested in checking it out? Don’t know how to private message you,

Is it difficult to repair a power supply that runs on 100volts when it’s plugged into 220 volts ?

sony vhs vcr supply

2,50 $ in parts and working again ;)

Screws snap if they never were removed

Well done dave. Well that is an odd mix of natural failures and halfbaked pillock repairs. More than one person trying to get it working, assholes. I have had a similar sony to repair millions of years ago, same psu and baked to death.

🖒Hi from Russia.

Sony suck at power supplies for some reason.