Have the exact same model and it's doing the same thing. Found it at a garage sale for $5 and I am going to use it to convert all of my family VHS tapes to digital for my family for this coming Christmas. Thank you for the helpful video!
I had this issue with a Philips dvp3345v/17 DVD/VCR combo today. After watching your video and following the steps, the VCR starting working properly! Thank you!!!
This looks like a classic symptom of a dirty mode switch. Putting the tape in and out several times may dislodge the dirt, but I recommend NOT doing this with a tape you care about. The VCR may spit the tape out while it's still loaded in, causing it to snap or other severe damage!
Thanks for posting this. I have a Philips very similar to this one. It was shutting off when I put a tape in and also eating tapes. I did what you did and it seems to be working now. I hadn't used it in a few years.
So thankful for this video!!! Question though: I am trying and in the process the VHS got the tape "strangled "... any clues? I am afraid to keep trying..:!? Thanks again!
Its the encoder wheel, its a small wheel with a dozen or so contacts on it, tells the board what position the gears are in, if they are dirty the board doesn't know where the gears are so it gets confused which leads to eaten up tape, I just cleaned a vcr Probably same era as in the video, I think its the grease they use gets gunky over time
I usually POPPED the hood when I had that VCR/DVD COMBO. Then use something to BLOW OUT DUST. UNCOVER the CD LENS to CLEAN. CD CLEANERS also good. Use ELECTRIC OIL on VCR GEARS. Also on DISC TRAY gears. Then run a VHS TAPE on REWIND. Can't do more than that! Ain't no EXPERT on ELECTRONICS.
I have one of the ones with a TV attached (I'm young, this is from my childhood though) it was staying on fine until I put in a vhs tape, and now it turns off a couple of seconds after I turn it on and it won't eject my tape. This hasn't been used in around 10-12 years
Thanks so much for the tip but unfortunately it didn’t work for mine. I have a Magnavox dual DVD & VCR player that I’ve had for a while and DVD side works fine but since we don’t use the VCR as often it just stopped working like the ones you were working on. I did the process you suggested no less than 25 times and it wouldn’t engage and play the tape. Is there anything else you could recommend to troubleshoot?
As a vcr repairman in the United Kingdom its a common issue with all dvd vcr combo machines it's a dirty mode switch so your best 2 options are to take it to a Vcr Repair centre like mine or you could risk by doing it yourself but be warned because if you break a single part then you will have to get the whole machine fixed by a centre if even possible I would totally do it for u
@@ickylovelywilliam3961 Thank You so much for the info. as I really appreciate it and if you were here in the U.S. I absolutely would bring it to you for service.😊 I live in Kentucky and there were some places that used to fix them but now that everything has been changed over to DVD trying to find anyone that knows how to work on them is like trying to find a needle in a haystack.😏 I actually went online to see if you could still buy one somewhere and was pleasantly surprised to find that there are actually still some out there. Unfortunately many are refurbished not new and the cost for them is off the charts.😳 I could take it apart and clean the mode switch, but now I think I might be too afraid to as I wouldn’t want to mess up the DVD side since it works fine.😬
@@tracyfox466 if you do need it fixed you can ship it to me by using royal mail as its cheeper but it's your As I'm fully aware some machines have a split board so you can work on the vcr side but I would suggest looking at a tutorial how to do it it's your choice good luck on your journeys and research 😊 ❤
@@ickylovelywilliam3961 Thanks so much for the suggestion I appreciate your help.☺️ I did look up videos to see if there was one where I could do it myself but since I didn’t really know what was wrong with it to begin with I was a little bit afraid to try and take it apart unless I had a better idea of what was wrong with it. I’ll look again for one based on the info. you’ve provided me and hopefully I can fix it myself.😬🙏🏻😂 Thanks so much again for your good luck wishes and all of your help.☺️ I’ll definitely let you know how it goes.😉
The solution is relocating the sensor led. Its on the right hand side. Needs to be 1mm away from the metal slider. It will be blocked by slider and will work normally. They tend to move and or hit the slidder arm. I guess i should have done a video?
Correct awnser but you will in some cases have to open it up and clean the mode switch with a special tool to avoid any damages to the contacts between the connection
Great video keep your mode switche clean out everything proven dirty mode switches causes problem's like eating tapes or sometimes it doesn't play at all everything proven you need clean out your mode switche
I have an Aiwa NTSB / PAL Video Conversion VCR and I have attempted this turn and turn off procedure hundreds of times but it hasn't worked. I did get the machine to stay on for about twice the time it stayed on when I first started this procedure, but I seem to be at an impasse now. Any ideas?
Mine was doing the same thing with my symphonic DVD VHS player, it worked the first two times with two of my cheaper VHS and played flawlessly so that I wanted to watch one of my more expensive vintage ones and it started doing this crap. I broke the s*** out of it to get my VHS back fortunately the tape is okay.
Don't wanna jynx myself but I saw a comment about something to the right. I tried for 2 hours and this didn't work so I flipped it on its side and pounded it liked it was 2004. My VHS came out that I didn't want stuck in there and when I tried my next one (Snow Dogs) it worked lol. Hope it wasn't a fluke and hope it keeps working. Violence does sometimes solve problems
I recently bought a used VCR player, and it starts, then immediately freezes, and stops repeatedly. I tried it with three other tapes and it does the same thing with each tape. I wondered if it was the monitor on top restricting the mechanism, but even with nothing on top, it still freezes as soon as I press play. Would repeatedly trying [as you did] , eventually free up the tape? What do you think?
Hello, i have a similar model like this one, but for some reason when i try to switch it to dvd in does not respond,i cannot switch it to dvd the vhs part works great, donyou have any ideas or tips on how to fix this?
I’m trying to help my grandparents out with their dvd and vhs combo, the vhs works just fine but the dvd is the problem. The dvd player reads no signal on the tv whenever we try to use it, i’m 17 so this is a little out of my area bc i’m so young so i’d appreciate the help😭
I have a Philips VCR, way older than this..VR3621 to be precise, but when I try to FF, rewind or play, it starts making noises and immediately stops. Any clue?
My vcr doesn’t even turn on after being unplugged for many years (and and old tube tv). Should I leave the vcr plugged in and keep trying to turn on or should I try to insert a vhs tape when it’s plugged in (and has no power on indication?
@@vintageclassicspublishing5372 never ever use cloth I'm a vcr repairman and the main issue is that it could damage the sensitive coil in the video head I would suggest to use paper fold it a couple of times with rubbing alcohol at a 45 degree angle and turn the head anticlockwise for the best result
WHAT YOU ARE DOING IS REFORMITING THE CAPACITORS,,,,,BY FORCING THE VOLTAGE THROUGH THE PLAYER THE CAPACITORS ARE LEARNING TO EXCEPT THE PROPER COMPASITENCE ,,,,,CAPACITORS ARE KIND OF LIKE BATTERY'S THEY CAN SHORT OUT AND SOME TIMES CAN BE RESTARTED BY RUNNING VOLTAGE THROUGH THEM AGAIN ,,,,,capacitors IS WHY MOST THINGS FAIL
