HOLY CRAP!!! You fixed my problem!!! I buy and resell VCRs and VCR/DVD combos on Ebay. These VCR/DVD recorder combos bring good money when I can buy them cheap. I bought this same exact unit, and it did what you show in this video: it would play a VHS for about 3 seconds, then it would disengage, and shut down power. When I hit power, it would eject tape. I did EXACTLY what you did in this video, put the VHS in, and low and behold, it stayed playing. Now I can sell it!!
Ditto, I purchased one last week from a sweet old lady who assured me it worked! The VCR didn't! It was filthy, I cracked open the case and shot it with compressed air $8.00 used a tee-shirt, and Q-Tips and 91% alcohol. Then bought a Maxell CD/DVD cleaner disk $5.00. After all that...same issue' the tape runs 3or 4 seconds, stops & powers off. I was bummed, feeling ripped off by a 75-year-old con artist!. That was until I watched NC's awesome video. Your well-spoken, logical presentation saved this unit from the landfill! You sir are a brilliant instructor! Well Done! Thank you!
Thank you for this video I have a Toshiba vcr combo unit that would turn on . But when i put in a tape it would go in and then shut off. Took it apart check the mode switch looked clean and put it back in. Then cleaned the light sensor and parts. And my vcr came back to life and is working great again. So i appreciate your video it was a life saver for my vcr. Was looking at the price of these units and was shocked to see these are going for $1500.
I had so many of those combo units come in the shop years ago, the VCR always had problems. Most went back to the customer as is due to the cost of repairs.... They were 69.00 new at the time. Now, they are almost a collectors item because of the VCR. It would be nice if some electronic company would start making VCR's again.! We need them for all the videos that we took throughout the yrs and never transferred them to DVD. Great job btw.
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@Jude Caspian I really appreciate your reply. I found the site thru google and Im waiting for the hacking stuff now. Takes a while so I will get back to you later with my results.
I am a 20 year Navy Electronic Tech and 8 with Sony starting in 95. Last 4 at the Philly Service Center where I worked on a few VCR/DVD Players. Most of what I saw was mode switches. Mostly fixed PlayStation 2's. So I knew about a ESR Meter but never used one. I was very impressed to see your component level troubleshooting. I would have never started with the Capacitors... My Bad... I learned a few things watching this video. I would have likely stumbled and never fixed this unit. Seeing your methods and logic... Again Very Impressed. First video I have seen from you and will look around at others. I will look for more videos on ESR Meter usage hopefully from you. My first 2 years at Sony were in San Diego where I maintained the Factory Automation making Picture Tubes. 3rd and 4th were in the Calibration Lab where I excelled in fixing DC Power Supplies as they were used to age the CRT Gun. My weapon of choice was the Huntron Tracker for Power Supplies, I brought in my Huntron from home. Looking forward to seeing more of your videos. At 66 I am inspired to set up a electronic repair bench again.
An indispensable "instructional" video. I hope to use this tutorial to repair the 3 Magnavox dual decks I have. My electronics skill level however is zero.
Wow that was an awesome video, I watched from start to finish. I have the exact VCR/DVD player recorder and mine is doing the exact same thing but unfortunately there is nobody around that does repairs and I don’t have the tools and know how to tackle it myself. I have roughly 30 more VHS home movies to transfer DVD and now I can't sadly.
I found your video very interesting. Just today, I gave a Sanyo DVD VCR Recorder to Good Will after the DVD players stopped working and it also stopped recording.... I replaced it with a Magnavox from E Bay that was suppose to be fully operational, just to find that every thing worked but the Recorder, Guess I got screw on the deal... Anyway, the $100 isn't totally wasted, maybe I can get the recorder repaired..sure hope so.
I doubt that chip was blown as capstan won’t have started as it also runs the transport on these. Likely solder flux you were seeing? I see you got it to work anyways. What was the issue? I repaired a couple of these and usually a dirty mode switch where contacts are corroded and light guides being dirty as well.
Why do you desolder the positive cap leads when you have an in circuit tester. I have a Bob Parker ESR tester and usually find it's fine just to leave them. Am I doing something wrong, is there an advantage to your method?
If the cap is in a PI filter configuration the inductor may actually give you a higher than actual ESR reading. I will try and show it in a future video.
Jesus... That deck is filthy!. You would thinks folks would have enough pride to clean their stuff up before taking it to a shop or handing it off to anyone! I'm embarrassed just looking at it... Lord only knows what kinds of little nasty critters could be and are encrusted in and all over that thing! I know most folks are lazy by default, but why aren't you wearing gloves NC??? LOL Great fix! You know your stuff and I'm sure the customer will appreciate what you put into this repair and cleaning! :)
I have a Magnovox DV220MW9 and the same issue is happening, it is blinking lights then sometimes both dvd vcr solid green light. I took it apart, never done so, so just shooting from the hip. Might have taken out cables I shouldnt of, anyway I saw a capacitor that looked bloated on the top. I then used a heat gun and heated it up for a few seconds, then plugged it back in and it worked perfectly fine now. I even was able to put in a tape and it played great. Then when it finally had time to cool down, it went back to the normal issue. So obviously that capacitor needs to be changed. But there doesnt seem to be a power supply module, it appears to be on the main board on the very bottom. If so, does that mean I have to take it all apart, including the VCR assembly, to get to the capacitor that needs changing? Cannot find a video of this particular model, just the recording version.
Dealing with a shut off approximately 5 seconds after turning on. Selection light on front goes from DVD to VCR then turns off. Started when I was using front line in jacks for recording. I moved to rear line in jacks and it worked for several months then back to original shut down problem. Figured I would just use for viewing w/o recording but still shutting down. I was able to remove disc by unplugging then plugging back in. Wondering about sending to you for repair.
I refurbish and resell close to 50 of thess a month. It's very important that people have a some good soldering skills or they will lift those pads every time. You also missed the ACTUAL problem with the VCR. There is nothing wrong with the capstan circuit.
@@norcal715 The mode switch is horribly designed and in a bad spot in these machines! It needs to be cleaned and greased. It causes a cascade of problems. I'd be willing to bet that within a month or two (depends on lots of factors) the same guy will bring it back complaining that it eats tapes or plays for 6 seconds and then shuts down. You have some great soldering skills and the ability to repair lifts pads if you had to, but most people definitely do not. The reason I know this is because I slaughtered half a dozen of these trying to remove that ribbon cable without the proper tools and skill. It's also a real bitch to solder it back on there once you get it off. Please take this as constructive criticism as I have learned alot more from your videos than you will ever learn from me!
I actually did clean the rotary mode switch. I scrub them with a stainless wire brush to rough up the contacts and wiper, then I coat them with dielectric grease to prevent the silver contacts from tarnishing. I have been doing that since about 1984 starting with the Panasonic PV1200 and RCA VJT250's VCRs ( ah the good old days) and never had one come back EVER! My camera didnt record that so I just skipped it and didnt mention it. But thank you though I really do appreciate your comments.
@@norcal715..... That's exactly what would fix most the vcrs, though, I've had so many various issues even after cleaned the mode switch, 50% would fix the problems, ah...the good ol days, when we could make a great living in the service business.
@@norcal715 Well, now I need your help on a machine. It's a Toshiba DKVR60. (The power supply, main board, etc are the same minus the tuner. Both are made by Funai). It had the same on then off condition. I located 3 bad caps and replaced with new. Also touched up a ton of solder joints. Put it back together and all was good. Inserted a tape to test it and it ran fine for 4 or 5 minutes then shut down. Now it's back to the same on then off condition. Any pointers? I've never seen one do this.
Hakko FR-301 I got mine from Amazon www.amazon.com/Hakko-FR-301-Desoldering-Tool/dp/B07BKSLLG9/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1XTCA0TY4S25A&keywords=fr-301&qid=1687719369&sprefix=fr-301%2Caps%2C133&sr=8-1
this person should put a disclaimer at everyone one of his videos do not use acetone unless you are a mechanic acetone does not mix well with plastic of anykind
my mate works in a good will kind of place he see's units like this all the time lost count how many i have fixed for him moved to many parts from unit to unit to get them work only like betacam sp and digi decks they are tank units
Fanyastic repair. Normally that was headed for the trash. I have a Sony Betamax I keep running. I have two and one is for parts. It plays great and looks sharp. Beta factory tapes can be had cheap at Flea Markets and yard sales and the are nearly as sharp as DVDs.
