How to tell the difference between a weed and a plant. If you water it and it dies, its a plant. If you pull it out and it grows back, it's a weed. A quote from a comedian I can't remember their name.
I closed my business in early 2008 after 4 decades of service; " warranty, commercial, and consumer repair". I really enjoyed the early years when it was profitable, later you were spending more time stripping units down which eventually made servicing impossible to run, now I dabble on my own time. I use to love serving until the cheap crap hit the market, now I restore old equipment on request.
In your videos I am amazed at how complicated those VCR's are. I have to admire your tenacity in proceeding. With that many moving parts being made as cheap as they could it's a marvel they ever worked at all.
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The exact same mechanism was used in my 2004 Philips VCR (not a DVD combo). Mine was crappy from the factory. The linear audio had a lot of wow & flutter since day 1. I will hang onto my 1980s JVCs and Panasonics instead.
And there I was at the time, when these combos came out. I really wanted one to preserve my video cassettes and copy them onto DVD. Maybe it is a good thing, that I never bought one ! Excellent video though, thank you. 👍
First off, great video. Your way of explaining things is coherent and easy to understand for anyone. Also, in case anyone's gotten this far, Toshiba actually IS pronounced "Toe-She-Bah". It's of Japanese origin, and that's how To て, Shi しand Ba ば are pronounced in its native tongue. Granted, that doesn't make them any better of a product.
That is always how I pronounced it until the toshiba parts guy corrected me and said it was pronounced " Tosh ib- ah" not "toe she bah" To me the name should be pronounced "to shit a" as much of their stuff was. I say that as I have 2 toshiba dvd recorders running archiving tapes as I write this. A D-VR7 and DV422 running. The DVr7 recording a VHS tape and the 422 a DV tape using the firewire. They are truly workhorses and mine have burned several hundred, perhaps 1000 disks without fail. I have a second DVR7 for when the one I am using craps out for the last time.
Great job fixing that problem. There''s nothing like experience in recognizing the likely causes. I always had a hard time not having left over screws. I don't know how you do it.
Well that made for a fine way to spend a lunch break. I have one about the same age - looks identical but mine has a built in hard drive as well as the DVD. The vcr part on mine is also bust... if I ever do take it apart chances are it'll never be re-assembled and end up as a bag of bits in the bin. But good to know where the mode switch is! And what a total pain it is to get to. I'll need to be bored with a lot of time on my hands🤣
So, I have just finished doing this exact repair. Much thanks to 12voltsvids for this very, very helpful video! Now, I am trying to put things back together. I did keep track of which screws came from which part of the machine, BUT unfortunately, that doesn't tell me exactly which screw goes where! As a rule of thumb, where do you use machine screws, and where do you use the spiral type screws? And what are the washer headed spiral screws normally used for? :(
Thanks so much for this video ! I managed to fix mine doing exactly as you described. It was an absolute nightmare.. i was sure I wasnt going to be able to reassembe it. (Im not a technician at all) first time ever doing it and with your video iv fixed it..cant believe it....i didnt have the cleaner you had so i used 91% isopropyl alchol instead..it was filthy!
I have a similar one. I think some of them had digital tuners built in. They were not cheap when new. I worked on a client’s Sony DVD recorder vhs combo and saw the DVD player in the Sony was Toshiba branded while Toshiba’s DVD player in that combo had Panasonic branding. I don’t understand how brands just don’t make their own stuff if they can. I’ve seen that with Samsung and LG too.
I've got one of these machines. The tape ends and the unit goes into a high speed rewind , stops, and then is supposed to take up a bit of slack before ejecting, but the take up reel won't turn. The capstan keeps spinning with the pinch roller engaged and causes the tape to get eaten. The take up reel seems to possibly get stuck, as the belt turns the pulley, but the clutch slips. I've cleaned the mode switch which I thought would be the most likely issue and cleaned all the sensors. All the normal things seen in your videos. Haven't seen an issue like this in any of vcr repairs. Any help would be great! Thanks!
If your combo was a Samsung I'd tell you to bin it and not bother. Samsung and LG DVD-VHS combos are throwaway junk from experience. Give me Panasonic any day. More reliable and better design.
Excellent video.. Loved your easy going instruction commentary.. I have two of the D-VR610's circa 2008 the VCR portion had quit working.. Anxious to see if it's a mode switch issue also.. Wait.. there is someone at my door wanting to aerate my yard.. Thank You :-) Two Days Later: One of the 610's I was able to fix cleaning the mode switch. This must be an common issue across that product line.. VCR works fine now.. Thanks for the tip.. Second VCR powers on then powers right back off. Clock/Counter display remains lit.. Any thoughts on this one ? You ever see that problem on this series of Toshiba VCR's ? The Japanese typically use two letter syllables. So this should be pronounced. "Two-She-Ba" . Toyota is "Two-Yo-Ta" not Toy-Ohtaa..
Hi!Any idea cleaned motor switch etc.when the tape is in eveything works till you stop tape after is trying automatcilcy take out tape with strenge noice of mechanizm.
That is amazing, you are really clever. I have a Toshiba D-VR18DT which is very similar to this model that you are working on, with exactly that same problem with tapes (DVD is fine). I'd love to have a go at looking at it myself and do what you have done, but there's no way I could , I'd ruin it as I haven't got a clue😂. But well done my friend. Best wishes
Finally caught up all your videos related to Toshiba D-VR7. Great videos. This popped up in my mind as a non technician with a lazy solution, do you think blowing air duster into the mode switch might solve the problem for a short term solution?
I hate the throw away ethos prevalent nowadays but I have to admit that fixing items like this must be a real challenge (as much mentally as physically)! At least you were being paid for the toil!
@@12voltvids When I was a boy in the 60/70's almost every town in Scotland had a tv/radio sales and repair shop. Nowadays, apart from the odd specialist shop and of course hobbyists, help is pretty thin on the ground. TH-cam has proved to be a great source of info for myself and your channel is definitely one of the best.
Hi, i got Toshiba D-VR5SC VCR + DVD recorder combo. It's not reading and spinning the Discs at all. I can se laser light turns on but the motor doesnt move to spin the discs .. the tray is working is fine to load/unload/eject. help needed.
I have a Magnavox combo like that from 2007. I use it to copy VHS tapes (and TV shows) from another player because the tape deck doesn't work in the combo. The combo will insert the tape, deck shuts off. Tape gets caught inside. I don't want to fool with it, because it's the only DVD recorder I have left. (Not counting the computer) The Magnavox will not run the DVD with the cover off. Some kind of interlock.
My betting is that the customer was very pleased. I fixed a similar machine for a customer who was transferring homemade videos, weddings christenings etc to DVD for safekeeping! The fault? An unnoticed sticky sweet pushed through the front flap by a child...! I spent hours cleaning off the goo with q-tips and a little warm water. One thing I noticed how flimsy the drive and loading mechanisms are and the take-up clutch between the spools look like they could not handle a 3-hour tape.
Another great video, glad to hear you are still at it, do you have any videos on fixing the felt pads on the spindle brakes? My JVC SVHS deck is flinging tape when I stop during fast forwarding. I can do a quick ffwd for a couple of seconds to prevent tapes from being eaten but it's quite annoying.
All the DVD VCR combos are a pain in the butt .. the last one I repaired had same prob mode switch which is hidden in the absolute core of the whole machine and it was so well hidden I didn't even know where to find it at first .. at least 3 hidden screws hidden under flat cables and stickers no service manual and a lot of swearing .. this cannot be accidental the engineers putting a common failing component in the very bottom of the device .. also removing the oxidation on the decoder tracks can be tricky .. it is almost as bad as swapping a rear oil seal in a pickup .. Thanks for posting it anyway Dave misery loves company
This Toshiba's interior is excatly same as in brand name Magnavox witch was repaired by Norcal. Main problem in power supply is quit often 4700uF cap. My humble thanks for vid. 👍
It's sad to see how complicated these units have become to repair. I've been working on an RCA vcr from the mid 90's and was wondering if you could help me diagnose an issue. I had to replace a burnt out motor driver chip for the loading motor which got the vcr working. However, the audio that comes from any tape played also has a background sound like plastic film being run over a record needle. This is through the speakers and not background noise from the unit. The sound is also slightly muffled.
Andrew Video If this is a HiFi stereo video unit, try switching to mono audio, if that solves it there is a high chance that the video heads are worn, if it is mono, check that the pinch roller is in good condition. The static head nearest the pinch roller, contains the mono audio head and the control track head, you will see the heads as little black squares top and bottom, give those a clean They are not as fragile as the video heads.
I agree about some things just not worth the disassemble and assemble process. Are products like that deliberately designed that way so people don’t work on them?
that machine is a nightmare to get apart. such a simple but great repair, i have a similar machine i haven't used in years with the same issue, maybe i should try cleaning the mode switch.
I agree ? But their good to have to record your old vhs tapes to DVDs? You should just go buy one cheap at a salvation army or a Goodwill? Then to go to all that trouble to fix it?😁
Great video. I have this machine - my mode switch works, vhs plays tapes, the DVD will draw in a disc but it spins "loading" for about a minute then "disc error please eject the disc". Have tried several store bought dad's. There's a light click sound every 6-8 seconds while loading. It sounds to me like something may be stuck Can you offer any advice based on this info - thanks.
I haven't had to get into the dvd drive on either of my units but it is entiey possible that the start of disk switch is not being read. There is a switch that detects that the laser is in the home position. If it doesn't detect the laser will attempt to run home. Until the switch activates it won't attempt to read.
The only thing made by toshiba inside this POS is the badge, oh wait.... You should also be aware that Toshiba made some of the very best equipment back in the day, including their amplifiers/televisions. Also real Toshiba equipment is made in Japan, NOT china.
@@Synthematix Are you kidding? This one is a money maker. I have an identical unit that the VHS is also fuxed on. I looked at it before but my heart wasn't into fixing it. I think I will take another stab at the one I have. I have been just using it as a DVD recorder.
I know what you mean about VHS, in its prime it was never really any good, VHS is a very finicky media, and of course one tiny thing wrong with the player and its goodbye treasured memories. I mean the way they were built just got worse and worse, in the end they had 5 buttons and no bloody vfd screen, play pause stop record rewind, thats how cheap they became as you say. the only thing i would ever use a VCR for is recording HI-FI stereo music on a very decent sony or ferguson machine, the last run of vhs machines were so bad chances are they were DOA, the transports were made of paper thin metal, everything was hard wired, the heads lasted 2 years at best and the circuitry itself was piss poor quality, and they usually gave a very bad picture.
Ahh yes, the good thing about BC is that winter doesn't really exist over there :P No way you'd have someone walking around and offer to aerate your lawn down here in Quebec these days. At least winter has some advantages... lol
My dad's Toshiba D-VR610 stopped working (the DVD works, just not the VCR). He said it ate a video tape. When I took it apart, I couldn't get the loading mechanism to work at all. It seems to be jammed or stuck and will not go back to the point of dropping into the playing deck at all. Any suggestions besides sell all his collection on ebay?
My money was on the loading belt, I've seen these symptoms after it slips and doesn't have the torque to move all the mech into place! Another thing learned! Thanks! VCR.s are indeed Horrible to work on, especially the older ones with multiple boards! Some wouldn't operate unless two sections of the board are closed circuit; and the main mech was the bridge! So I think I'll skip them for now. Ha ha.
i own the same machine and i decided to not replace the screws that connect the transport and the main pcb together so if my mode switch happens to need cleaning again it is a lot less headaches to fix it it failed after 6 months of ownership but i still use vhs machines from the early 90s the picture quality is much better in the vintage machines
How the mighty have fallen. There was a day when Tokyo Shibaura Denki (Trade name Toshiba - Toe-shee-ba) made stuff for other companies - transistors, component parts, sub assemblies, and complete TV sets. They officially changed their corporate name to Toshiba in the late 70s. They were one of the few outfits that licensed and produced Beta vcrs in the 80s. They never really impressed me as their goods seemed to die quickly after purchase. (They made terrible capacitors.) I had one of their color TVs back in the 60s. Great when new but turned into a tube eater then started popping electrolytics by 1970. In 2001 they outsourced all their consumer lines to a company in Thailand (and later China.)
When I used to deal with them they answered the phone. "Tosh-shiba" and I was corrected by the japanese parts guy that was the correct pronouncement of the name. Not toe-she-ba. We used to sell their products. They had good stereo components and tvs in the 80s. Their beta vcrs left something to be desired. They had soft heads. They produced s bloody good picture for awhile but would burn through heads quickly. I had a TV I used as a camera monitor for years and years until the tube faded away to nothing. Had severe burn, worse than the rca in the shop. (If you remember how bad that is when I have shown it.) I have a 14" set around here somewhere I used as a camera monitor that has some screen burn. That seems to be a common problem here. Burned crt screens, burned plasma screen. I have a plasma that's so badly burned with the "GLOBAL" TV logo and all their stationary text on the right side of the screen on the morning news. It is the plasma with the cracked screen I changed a buffer board on about 5 years ago. Only watch 1 channel on it as a rule, the morning news and they have done a number on it. You should have seen a computer monitor (both an amber and a color cga) that I had on early machines that were scorched pretty bad from stationary display. I ran a bbs back in the 80s on fidonet. Front door was the program that ran and sat there waiting for an oncoming call. I ran an netmail/echomail node and there were times where the node was sitting for hours processing large volumes email hotmail for distribution to other nodes (this was before the internet if you can imagine that, where hobby bbs would dial each other up and forward messages around the country) I had a medium size 4 line system. 4 286 computers networked together with lantastic, and a whopping 100 mega of hard drive space spread across 4 machines. 3 machines with 20 mega and the 386 had 40 mega. 4 us robotics host dual standard modems.
@@12voltvids Without accents it is hard to make pronunciation clear. That's what it come out to. I should have left the ba attached. Years later I ran into other quirks of Japanese names. Eiki was one. Guess how that was pronounced? Toyota was originally "Toyoda", the actual name of the founding family. They changed it after they started shipping cars to the US.
I remember a advert that had the catchphrase "hello tosh got a new toshiba", it must of been approved by the company high up so i assume tosh-she-ba is correct.
@@davidrockefella They told me it was closer to tosh-E-ba. But there is a kicker. There are regional dialects in Japan that can slightly alter things. We tend to apply our spelling rules to Japanese words, especially names. We say NY-con for Nikon but they pronounce it nee-kon. Japanese is fairly imprecise and the same sound will mean different things in different contexts. They use gestures to try to clarify speech for that reason. I spent nearly 3 decades subtitling Japanese programs and I would never try to converse with a person in that language. Too many pitfalls.
@@RuneTheFirst Yup. The japanese parts guy at toshiba always pronounced it "tosh sib a" and would "correct" people that pronounced it "toe she ba" but as you said accents play a big part in pronunciation of different words. Just ask a chinese person to say the word "lemon" and it will come out "remon"
30:00 You're a better man than many there fella, as crappy as that thing is i think temptation would be to refit 4 or 5 screws (each corner and one in middle to stop the base flapping) and call it done.
Yeah! You can still buy them off of eBay?, But you probably could find one cheaper at a Goodwill, or salvation army store? You could find them also at a flea market?,😁
When some Oldest Models if are be expect of Error's (not of Rewind while Picture as TDK's Modern Tapes) as PAL version (DRV-A26..) then are be Normal Error Function for Simply step.
And that's exactly how I repair these Funai built combos. Taking all this apart isn't really that frustrating for me, I actually enjoy taking all that apart.
@@12voltvids I agree with you on Panasonic being a bit more 'serviceman-friendly' in terms of their design. Ease of access. LG and Samsung are (in my view) the worst for serviceability with awful layouts, tied wiring, abundance of screws and clips, plus in some cases parts are hard to obtain.
8-track cartridges are more unreliable than compact audio cassettes in many respects, and are also harder to repair when the tape inside them breaks. I tackled a few of these years ago and regretted it. Never again. VHS and compact audio cassettes - while being of low quality compared to modern digital formats, they were considered the ants pants 30-35 years ago. Nowadays most people go for higher quality which standard VHS and audio tapes simply can't offer. * some VCR/audio deck problems can also be caused by broken or worn gears *
Lucky the mode switch is intact , my Panasonic combo with S-VHS socket fell to bits as well as a metal plate fell off when I lifted the deck up . People pay £200 + second hand on flebay as these decks do a lot . worthless to me . just like a well used battery ,no recovery .
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Can you share the code for the remote for this unit? I have 3 of them and no original remote and I can't find the codes.
@@12voltvids Oh I have no idea LOL - I thought I saw you using that universal remote with the unit.... so I assumed you had a code. Maybe those remotes do it auto?
Sometimes the universal remotes have codes for your brand, but the functionality of the universal remotes can be limited. Also, that means you would have to purchase a universal remote.
@ That universal remote is for my cable box and I was using that to control my Panasonic TV, I used the original remote for this. I was actually given a Toshiba DR430 DVD recorder because the guy lost the remote. I said I had one, and he wanted to buy my remote. I said "Sorry Charlie" but I would be happy to take your DVD recorder that you can't use off your hands, so he gave it to me.
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@@12voltvids Ok ! Very clear! Good job on the repair!
the way you said Toshiba... it makes me want to punch a hole into my old Toshiba laptop. Also, you should see the cheap shit Magnavox made around 2011. The tapes look horrible, frequently gets eaten, and can't properly eject sometimes.
Yeah! I know that fixing that combo was a pain? I have I think a simple problem? I have a Coby region free DVD player. So here's the problem? The power works and everything? , But the front tray won't open? Is there an easy fix for this? I know this a cheapie, but the only reason I care is because it's region free? Thanks 😊
Harry Rickenbach I think the Sylvania VCR’s were made by Orion, there are a few different versions of the switch, but if you do a search for Orion, or Matsui mode switch you should find them for sale even new old stock.
@@mrsemifixit You can clean a mode switch to pristine condition with a pencil eraser (rubber). I use that method to clean oxidation spots from silver coins. Turns out, it works with mode switches amazingly. After "the brown" is cleaned off, I use regular contact spray.
It won't break down the corrosion, DeoxIt is great for that. Save the alcohol for your heads, rollers,and sensors. 👌 Amazon & some home stores carry DeoxIt.
No lubricants. Will clean, and then oxygen will attack and oxidize the contacts. Cleaners like deoxit and nutrol have seal oils to coat the contacts and keep evil oxygen away.
i had a similar British Combo VCR/DVD which had a Hard Disk Drive built in which was also a Toshiba make, once the HDD failed the whole unit shut down, ended up scrapping it because it wasn't worth fixing,
go to amazon and look at the prices of VHS players , since they are not made anymore the value for never opened in the box ones have gone up with some at $1k prices.
I used to have a Samsung DVD player/recorder back in the early 2000's. Instead of tapes, you simply recorded your shows directly to discs. I don't know if they still make those anymore. Most people now record shows onto a hard drive.
@@Dillisive You're talking a computer drive. Using computer for archiving is too much work. I use a stand alone recorder. Video in disk out. No farting around capturing, compressing and burning.
I own a similar, older toshiba. Can't remember the model number, it might have a 9 in it. Maybe a t... The construction seems to be much better than this one, but from the looks of this video I sincerely hope it doesn't break down.
To fix this on mine I had to get to the switch which is buried deeply on the front right under the closest right most area of the cassette. It was easily cleaned but it is time to do it again. Switch mode control must be cleaned every few years due to oxidation and is a lousy design! All those damn screws! Oh the humanity!
Yep the construction is a pain in the ass, i saw the same type of madness in the basic vcr only machines. But at the end you could buy a vcr for £30!! , that's next to nothing. I've repaired a few of the single pcb types, the whole thing has to come out to repair the power supply, Yep it's on the vcr board. I really really don't like the psu being on the vcr board.
Funny, because I have one of these too, and I got frustrated a few years ago when I saw how it was built and said "fuk it" and tossed it into the storage unit to use just as a DVD recorder. After pissing around with this one I figured I would give my unit a shot, and guess what. Same fault. That video will be up later, as my unit had a mechanical problem with the front loader as well.
ABSOLUTELY..I did one pretty close in design as this one..mode switch..Ran for about 2 months before developing a new problem. It's still in the parts box...NEVER AGAIN!
Love how you're using an "(Electronics Australia) ESR DIY Kit" first published back in the 90's if not late 80's WAIT! or was it the 70's?? Anyway it didn't take long for the rest of the worlds Electronics magazines, to come up with their DIY ESR.. dropped a like BTW..
Yerp DickSmiths @@12voltvids was once upon a time the go to for all of the EA, !? ?! Crap! What was the other magazines other than Silicon Chip? Been decades since they went belly up ~sigh.. 😣 anyway at least I got the time right as to when it was first published 😆
Dave, i have a Tosiba SD/V296 VCR/DVD combo from 8/2009 and the vcr works but the dvd player doesn't work. You might think the laser died well you are wrong. I accidentally hit this thing on somethibg hard in december 2017, but... When i had the top off of it for a long period of time, it stopped working for awhile! REACT!!!!! Now when i leave the top on and if i keep trying it will eventually work again. But i believe something in the dvd portion is stopping the laser from reading the disc or the potentiometer may be out of alignment. Its SO WEIRD AND STUPID!!!!!! This Random youtube user has a Philips Funai VCR/DVD Combo and the vcr is fine BUT THE DVD PLAYER DOES THE EXACT SAME SYMPTOM!!!!! NOT KIDDING! HE EVEN SHOWED PROOF BACK ON 7/18/19!!!
NEWS!!!!! I TRIED PLAYING AN AUDIO CD AND YOU'RE NOT GONNA BELIEVE THIS!!!!! IT CAN STILL PLAY CDS YET IT REFUSES TO PLAY DVDS. THE DVD POTENTIOMETER IS PROBABLY MISALIGNED....
I bought my last VCR in 2001 and the trend of "We don't care anymore, we make it easy to put together in the factory by robots or by people pretending to be robots and that's it, service schmervice". had already begun. But what you you expect? It was $89 or something and I know they went all the way down to $30 if I remember correctly. My first VCR in 1993 was something like $900 and my dad's first VCR in 1984 was $1200.
I always wondered what it would be like to live in Canada. With all the problems we are having in the U.S., going there seems to look better each day. Our problem is affording the move. I personally would have no idea how we could do that. My sister and I are low income and live below the poverty line. It makes me wonder if this country will survive past November. I doesn't seem to be actually getting worse other than media hype. Our biggest worry is healthcare. The politicians seem to want to gouge out all forms of socialism. People obviously have no idea what that is. Military is never seen as socialism for some reason. At any rate, I wouldn't mind paying more in taxes for a better quality of life. There is such a huge phobia about people getting help that shouldn't here. It's better just to not worry about that. Systems aren't perfect, but they do strive to be better at what they so.
Never lived in the us, have no plans to. Too nice here in canada. Yes the cost of living here is high. Housing prices in stratosphere here where i am. Tiny house will set you back over a million here in my neighbourhood. We are all millionaires on paper. Free health care for all. Have a friend battling cancer. Has had 3 surgeries in past 2 years. All he paid for was parking. Taxes relatively high, but that us what pays for what we expect in return. Good policing, fire protection and health care. Wouldn't trade it for anything.
@@12voltvids I was on commission...time was everything! I could do an entire stack of Symphonics with the bad LED's for the time it took to do one of these......though Symphonic paid $hit you could get a bunch of completes.........
These machines are not worth repairing. They are absolute junk. Not worth the time and money. You can find them on Ebay (fully operational) for less than $50-100.
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How to tell the difference between a weed and a plant.
If you water it and it dies, its a plant.
If you pull it out and it grows back, it's a weed.
A quote from a comedian I can't remember their name.
My Toshiba packed up and wouldn't play tapes, I followed your tutorial and stripped it right down and now it works! Thank you, you are a genius!
I closed my business in early 2008 after 4 decades of service; " warranty, commercial, and consumer repair". I really enjoyed the early years when it was profitable, later you were spending more time stripping units down which eventually made servicing impossible to run, now I dabble on my own time. I use to love serving until the cheap crap hit the market, now I restore old equipment on request.
In your videos I am amazed at how complicated those VCR's are. I have to admire your tenacity in proceeding. With that many moving parts being made as cheap as they could it's a marvel they ever worked at all.
I guess im asking the wrong place but does anybody know of a tool to log back into an instagram account..?
I stupidly forgot the login password. I would love any assistance you can offer me!
@Ahmad Ronald Instablaster =)
@Joe Lachlan i really appreciate your reply. I found the site thru google and im in the hacking process now.
Takes quite some time so I will get back to you later with my results.
@Joe Lachlan It did the trick and I finally got access to my account again. Im so happy:D
Thanks so much you really help me out!
@Ahmad Ronald glad I could help =)
Incredible repair, to get at the problem mode switch, you are brilliant ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐🇺🇸
Great patient work Dave.i have just done my first mode switch thanks to your great Lewis in UK
Nightmare on Toshitba street! Handled it like a pro though!
The exact same mechanism was used in my 2004 Philips VCR (not a DVD combo). Mine was crappy from the factory. The linear audio had a lot of wow & flutter since day 1. I will hang onto my 1980s JVCs and Panasonics instead.
Thanks for the detailed video. It gave me the courage to dig all the way down to the mode switch; and that fixed it.
And there I was at the time, when these combos came out. I really wanted one to preserve my video cassettes and copy them onto DVD. Maybe it is a good thing, that I never bought one ! Excellent video though, thank you. 👍
First off, great video. Your way of explaining things is coherent and easy to understand for anyone.
Also, in case anyone's gotten this far, Toshiba actually IS pronounced "Toe-She-Bah". It's of Japanese origin, and that's how To て, Shi しand Ba ば are pronounced in its native tongue.
Granted, that doesn't make them any better of a product.
That is always how I pronounced it until the toshiba parts guy corrected me and said it was pronounced " Tosh ib- ah" not "toe she bah"
To me the name should be pronounced "to shit a" as much of their stuff was.
I say that as I have 2 toshiba dvd recorders running archiving tapes as I write this.
A D-VR7 and DV422 running. The DVr7 recording a VHS tape and the 422 a DV tape using the firewire. They are truly workhorses and mine have burned several hundred, perhaps 1000 disks without fail. I have a second DVR7 for when the one I am using craps out for the last time.
Great job fixing that problem. There''s nothing like experience in recognizing the likely causes. I always had a hard time not having left over screws. I don't know how you do it.
Well that made for a fine way to spend a lunch break. I have one about the same age - looks identical but mine has a built in hard drive as well as the DVD. The vcr part on mine is also bust... if I ever do take it apart chances are it'll never be re-assembled and end up as a bag of bits in the bin. But good to know where the mode switch is! And what a total pain it is to get to. I'll need to be bored with a lot of time on my hands🤣
So, I have just finished doing this exact repair. Much thanks to 12voltsvids for this very, very helpful video! Now, I am trying to put things back together. I did keep track of which screws came from which part of the machine, BUT unfortunately, that doesn't tell me exactly which screw goes where! As a rule of thumb, where do you use machine screws, and where do you use the spiral type screws? And what are the washer headed spiral screws normally used for? :(
Thanks so much for this video ! I managed to fix mine doing exactly as you described. It was an absolute nightmare.. i was sure I wasnt going to be able to reassembe it. (Im not a technician at all) first time ever doing it and with your video iv fixed it..cant believe it....i didnt have the cleaner you had so i used 91% isopropyl alchol instead..it was filthy!
I have a similar one. I think some of them had digital tuners built in. They were not cheap when new. I worked on a client’s Sony DVD recorder vhs combo and saw the DVD player in the Sony was Toshiba branded while Toshiba’s DVD player in that combo had Panasonic branding. I don’t understand how brands just don’t make their own stuff if they can. I’ve seen that with Samsung and LG too.
I've got one of these machines. The tape ends and the unit goes into a high speed rewind , stops, and then is supposed to take up a bit of slack before ejecting, but the take up reel won't turn. The capstan keeps spinning with the pinch roller engaged and causes the tape to get eaten. The take up reel seems to possibly get stuck, as the belt turns the pulley, but the clutch slips. I've cleaned the mode switch which I thought would be the most likely issue and cleaned all the sensors. All the normal things seen in your videos. Haven't seen an issue like this in any of vcr repairs. Any help would be great! Thanks!
If your combo was a Samsung I'd tell you to bin it and not bother. Samsung and LG DVD-VHS combos are throwaway junk from experience. Give me Panasonic any day. More reliable and better design.
Excellent video.. Loved your easy going instruction commentary.. I have two of the D-VR610's circa 2008 the VCR portion had quit working.. Anxious to see if it's a mode switch issue also.. Wait.. there is someone at my door wanting to aerate my yard.. Thank You :-)
Two Days Later: One of the 610's I was able to fix cleaning the mode switch. This must be an common issue across that product line.. VCR works fine now.. Thanks for the tip.. Second VCR powers on then powers right back off. Clock/Counter display remains lit.. Any thoughts on this one ? You ever see that problem on this series of Toshiba VCR's ?
The Japanese typically use two letter syllables. So this should be pronounced. "Two-She-Ba" . Toyota is "Two-Yo-Ta" not Toy-Ohtaa..
Well done and full marks for patience! Love to hear a Canadian tech cussing...:-)
Hi!Any idea cleaned motor switch etc.when the tape is in eveything works till you stop tape after is trying automatcilcy take out tape with strenge noice of mechanizm.
That is amazing, you are really clever. I have a Toshiba D-VR18DT which is very similar to this model that you are working on, with exactly that same problem with tapes (DVD is fine). I'd love to have a go at looking at it myself and do what you have done, but there's no way I could , I'd ruin it as I haven't got a clue😂. But well done my friend. Best wishes
Fixed my Philips combo this way. It was a pain, but now it works. I can't believe I got it back together.
Finally caught up all your videos related to Toshiba D-VR7. Great videos. This popped up in my mind as a non technician with a lazy solution, do you think blowing air duster into the mode switch might solve the problem for a short term solution?
Needs to come apart and be cleaned. It's not dust it's oxidation.
I hate the throw away ethos prevalent nowadays but I have to admit that fixing items like this must be a real challenge (as much mentally as physically)! At least you were being paid for the toil!
I was on this one about 2 hours which is a long time to clean a mode encoder.
@@12voltvids When I was a boy in the 60/70's almost every town in Scotland had a tv/radio sales and repair shop. Nowadays, apart from the odd specialist shop and of course hobbyists, help is pretty thin on the ground. TH-cam has proved to be a great source of info for myself and your channel is definitely one of the best.
Hi, i got Toshiba D-VR5SC VCR + DVD recorder combo. It's not reading and spinning the Discs at all. I can se laser light turns on but the motor doesnt move to spin the discs .. the tray is working is fine to load/unload/eject. help needed.
I have a Magnavox combo like that from 2007. I use it to copy VHS tapes (and TV shows) from another player because the tape deck doesn't work in the combo. The combo will insert the tape, deck shuts off. Tape gets caught inside. I don't want to fool with it, because it's the only DVD recorder I have left. (Not counting the computer)
The Magnavox will not run the DVD with the cover off. Some kind of interlock.
Super service sir❤❤❤❤❤
My betting is that the customer was very pleased. I fixed a similar machine for a customer who was transferring homemade videos, weddings christenings etc to DVD for safekeeping! The fault? An unnoticed sticky sweet pushed through the front flap by a child...! I spent hours cleaning off the goo with q-tips and a little warm water. One thing I noticed how flimsy the drive and loading mechanisms are and the take-up clutch between the spools look like they could not handle a 3-hour tape.
Just did another one of these with more problems, and like this one it lives.
Another great video, glad to hear you are still at it, do you have any videos on fixing the felt pads on the spindle brakes? My JVC SVHS deck is flinging tape when I stop during fast forwarding. I can do a quick ffwd for a couple of seconds to prevent tapes from being eaten but it's quite annoying.
All the DVD VCR combos are a pain in the butt .. the last one I repaired had same prob mode switch which is hidden in the absolute core of the whole machine and it was so well hidden I didn't even know where to find it at first .. at least 3 hidden screws hidden under flat cables and stickers no service manual and a lot of swearing .. this cannot be accidental the engineers putting a common failing component in the very bottom of the device .. also removing the oxidation on the decoder tracks can be tricky .. it is almost as bad as swapping a rear oil seal in a pickup .. Thanks for posting it anyway Dave misery loves company
This Toshiba's interior is excatly same as in brand name Magnavox witch was repaired by Norcal. Main problem in power supply is quit often 4700uF cap. My humble thanks for vid. 👍
I hear all these other channels mentioned and i have rarely if ever been on any of them.
Did the DVD get fixed too? It was spinning without control at the end of this video by the looks of it.
Dvd works fine.
It's sad to see how complicated these units have become to repair. I've been working on an RCA vcr from the mid 90's and was wondering if you could help me diagnose an issue. I had to replace a burnt out motor driver chip for the loading motor which got the vcr working. However, the audio that comes from any tape played also has a background sound like plastic film being run over a record needle. This is through the speakers and not background noise from the unit. The sound is also slightly muffled.
Andrew Video If this is a HiFi stereo video unit, try switching to mono audio, if that solves it there is a high chance that the video heads are worn, if it is mono, check that the pinch roller is in good condition. The static head nearest the pinch roller, contains the mono audio head and the control track head, you will see the heads as little black squares top and bottom, give those a clean They are not as fragile as the video heads.
@@crcomments8509 It is a mono unit. I will definitely give this a try and see if it fixes the issue. Thank you for the information.
I agree about some things just not worth the disassemble and assemble process. Are products like that deliberately designed that way so people don’t work on them?
I have one if these also with a bad vhs. Maybe I will get motivated to look at the one I have.
that machine is a nightmare to get apart. such a simple but great repair, i have a similar machine i haven't used in years with the same issue, maybe i should try cleaning the mode switch.
I agree ? But their good to have to record your old vhs tapes to DVDs? You should just go buy one cheap at a salvation army or a Goodwill? Then to go to all that trouble to fix it?😁
WOW what a !it of work that was.
Great video. I have this machine - my mode switch works, vhs plays tapes, the DVD will draw in a disc but it spins "loading" for about a minute then "disc error please eject the disc". Have tried several store bought dad's. There's a light click sound every 6-8 seconds while loading. It sounds to me like something may be stuck
Can you offer any advice based on this info - thanks.
I haven't had to get into the dvd drive on either of my units but it is entiey possible that the start of disk switch is not being read. There is a switch that detects that the laser is in the home position. If it doesn't detect the laser will attempt to run home. Until the switch activates it won't attempt to read.
If you could do a review again with those rear view cameras for the car while running over that Toshitma vcr combo , that would be good for a laugh !
Well this is a customer machine. I have one just like it though so perhaps I will dig it out and take a look at it.
The only thing made by toshiba inside this POS is the badge, oh wait....
You should also be aware that Toshiba made some of the very best equipment back in the day, including their amplifiers/televisions. Also real Toshiba equipment is made in Japan, NOT china.
Dave find an evil way of putting it out of our misery.
@@Synthematix Are you kidding? This one is a money maker.
I have an identical unit that the VHS is also fuxed on. I looked at it before but my heart wasn't into fixing it. I think I will take another stab at the one I have. I have been just using it as a DVD recorder.
I know what you mean about VHS, in its prime it was never really any good, VHS is a very finicky media, and of course one tiny thing wrong with the player and its goodbye treasured memories. I mean the way they were built just got worse and worse, in the end they had 5 buttons and no bloody vfd screen, play pause stop record rewind, thats how cheap they became as you say. the only thing i would ever use a VCR for is recording HI-FI stereo music on a very decent sony or ferguson machine, the last run of vhs machines were so bad chances are they were DOA, the transports were made of paper thin metal, everything was hard wired, the heads lasted 2 years at best and the circuitry itself was piss poor quality, and they usually gave a very bad picture.
Wow.. brilliant!
Ahh yes, the good thing about BC is that winter doesn't really exist over there :P
No way you'd have someone walking around and offer to aerate your lawn down here in Quebec these days. At least winter has some advantages... lol
It still gets beastly cold in winter sometimes.
It teaches you how to
replace the parts that are seldom seen or found.
My dad's Toshiba D-VR610 stopped working (the DVD works, just not the VCR). He said it ate a video tape. When I took it apart, I couldn't get the loading mechanism to work at all. It seems to be jammed or stuck and will not go back to the point of dropping into the playing deck at all. Any suggestions besides sell all his collection on ebay?
Check the mode switch.
My money was on the loading belt, I've seen these symptoms after it slips and doesn't have the torque to move all the mech into place! Another thing learned! Thanks! VCR.s are indeed Horrible to work on, especially the older ones with multiple boards! Some wouldn't operate unless two sections of the board are closed circuit; and the main mech was the bridge! So I think I'll skip them for now. Ha ha.
i own the same machine and i decided to not replace the screws that connect the transport and the main pcb together so if my mode switch happens to need cleaning again it is a lot less headaches to fix it it failed after 6 months of ownership but i still use vhs machines from the early 90s the picture quality is much better in the vintage machines
This VCR is look the same as Funai's VCR from China the one it is not designed to service this device at all.
I have another one of these pieces of shit I gave up on a few years ago. Going to take another run at it for shits and giggles.
Good fix again. 👍
Nice work Dave! You Da Man!
Thank you..... thank u very much
Not only that's he's da man, he's is a legend.
@@TheVCRKing
A legend? Ok thanks.
How the mighty have fallen. There was a day when Tokyo Shibaura Denki (Trade name Toshiba - Toe-shee-ba) made stuff for other companies - transistors, component parts, sub assemblies, and complete TV sets. They officially changed their corporate name to Toshiba in the late 70s. They were one of the few outfits that licensed and produced Beta vcrs in the 80s. They never really impressed me as their goods seemed to die quickly after purchase. (They made terrible capacitors.) I had one of their color TVs back in the 60s. Great when new but turned into a tube eater then started popping electrolytics by 1970. In 2001 they outsourced all their consumer lines to a company in Thailand (and later China.)
When I used to deal with them they answered the phone. "Tosh-shiba" and I was corrected by the japanese parts guy that was the correct pronouncement of the name. Not toe-she-ba.
We used to sell their products. They had good stereo components and tvs in the 80s. Their beta vcrs left something to be desired. They had soft heads. They produced s bloody good picture for awhile but would burn through heads quickly. I had a TV I used as a camera monitor for years and years until the tube faded away to nothing. Had severe burn, worse than the rca in the shop. (If you remember how bad that is when I have shown it.) I have a 14" set around here somewhere I used as a camera monitor that has some screen burn. That seems to be a common problem here. Burned crt screens, burned plasma screen. I have a plasma that's so badly burned with the "GLOBAL" TV logo and all their stationary text on the right side of the screen on the morning news. It is the plasma with the cracked screen I changed a buffer board on about 5 years ago. Only watch 1 channel on it as a rule, the morning news and they have done a number on it. You should have seen a computer monitor (both an amber and a color cga) that I had on early machines that were scorched pretty bad from stationary display. I ran a bbs back in the 80s on fidonet. Front door was the program that ran and sat there waiting for an oncoming call. I ran an netmail/echomail node and there were times where the node was sitting for hours processing large volumes email hotmail for distribution to other nodes (this was before the internet if you can imagine that, where hobby bbs would dial each other up and forward messages around the country) I had a medium size 4 line system. 4 286 computers networked together with lantastic, and a whopping 100 mega of hard drive space spread across 4 machines. 3 machines with 20 mega and the 386 had 40 mega. 4 us robotics host dual standard modems.
@@12voltvids Without accents it is hard to make pronunciation clear. That's what it come out to. I should have left the ba attached.
Years later I ran into other quirks of Japanese names. Eiki was one. Guess how that was pronounced?
Toyota was originally "Toyoda", the actual name of the founding family. They changed it after they started shipping cars to the US.
I remember a advert that had the catchphrase "hello tosh got a new toshiba", it must of been approved by the company high up so i assume tosh-she-ba is correct.
@@davidrockefella They told me it was closer to tosh-E-ba. But there is a kicker. There are regional dialects in Japan that can slightly alter things.
We tend to apply our spelling rules to Japanese words, especially names. We say NY-con for Nikon but they pronounce it nee-kon.
Japanese is fairly imprecise and the same sound will mean different things in different contexts. They use gestures to try to clarify speech for that reason.
I spent nearly 3 decades subtitling Japanese programs and I would never try to converse with a person in that language. Too many pitfalls.
@@RuneTheFirst
Yup. The japanese parts guy at toshiba always pronounced it "tosh sib a" and would "correct" people that pronounced it "toe she ba" but as you said accents play a big part in pronunciation of different words.
Just ask a chinese person to say the word "lemon" and it will come out "remon"
30:00 You're a better man than many there fella, as crappy as that thing is i think temptation would be to refit 4 or 5 screws (each corner and one in middle to stop the base flapping) and call it done.
Nice
I love VCR DVD Combo Player. Is this available now in shops.
Are you on drugs? These were one of the worst made machines, and today theyre as useless as a chocolate teacup.
@@Synthematix Thanks for your information.
Yeah! You can still buy them off of eBay?, But you probably could find one cheaper at a Goodwill, or salvation army store? You could find them also at a flea market?,😁
I’ve bought mine from a car boot sale for only £1. Works great!
@@paulrodriguez8852 Thanks
Very educational design projects.
When some Oldest Models if are be expect of Error's (not of Rewind while Picture as TDK's Modern Tapes) as PAL version (DRV-A26..) then are be Normal Error Function for Simply step.
And that's exactly how I repair these Funai built combos. Taking all this apart isn't really that frustrating for me, I actually enjoy taking all that apart.
I prefer the Panasonic units where the deck just lifts out.
Same.
@@12voltvids I agree with you on Panasonic being a bit more 'serviceman-friendly' in terms of their design. Ease of access. LG and Samsung are (in my view) the worst for serviceability with awful layouts, tied wiring, abundance of screws and clips, plus in some cases parts are hard to obtain.
@@TheVCRKing Oh yeah, you're one to talk because you love buying those Funai combos.
I still watch films on VHS! I also listen to cassettes.
Most of these problems are caused by worn and slipping drive belts.
VHS Visual Horrible Shit. Picture quality of VHS sucks. Cassettes are tacky little plastic things.
8-track cartridges are more unreliable than compact audio cassettes in many respects, and are also harder to repair when the tape inside them breaks. I tackled a few of these years ago and regretted it. Never again.
VHS and compact audio cassettes - while being of low quality compared to modern digital formats, they were considered the ants pants 30-35 years ago. Nowadays most people go for higher quality which standard VHS and audio tapes simply can't offer.
* some VCR/audio deck problems can also be caused by broken or worn gears *
This video just made so that instead of wasting $20 at the thrift I can now flip it for a couple hundred bucks!?! THANK YOU!!
That's what I intend to do. Flip it to the fool with the largest stack of cash in hand.
I didn't know BOSE made a VHS tape. What BOSE product was that demo tape for?
Speakers duh......One of those acoustimass systems
@@12voltvids ok lol 😂
I've fixed a few of these Funai made combo units and I'll tell you, disassembling and reassembling it is a pain.
Sure is
Too Funai! Lol
Alba, Matsui and Goodmans VCRs are easy to fix.
I like Your videos :-)
I'm afraid to ask but how much was the bill
70.00
You actually showed the manufacture date on the back. This machine was made in October 2010
his other Toshiba he attempted to fix on 3/13/2018 was made in Aug 2008.
Lucky the mode switch is intact , my Panasonic combo with S-VHS socket fell to bits as well as a metal plate fell off when I lifted the deck up .
People pay £200 + second hand on flebay as these decks do a lot .
worthless to me . just like a well used battery ,no recovery .
Can you share the code for the remote for this unit? I have 3 of them and no original remote and I can't find the codes.
How?
@@12voltvids Oh I have no idea LOL - I thought I saw you using that universal remote with the unit.... so I assumed you had a code. Maybe those remotes do it auto?
Sometimes the universal remotes have codes for your brand, but the functionality of the universal remotes can be limited. Also, that means you would have to purchase a universal remote.
@ That universal remote is for my cable box and I was using that to control my Panasonic TV, I used the original remote for this. I was actually given a Toshiba DR430 DVD recorder because the guy lost the remote. I said I had one, and he wanted to buy my remote. I said "Sorry Charlie" but I would be happy to take your DVD recorder that you can't use off your hands, so he gave it to me.
@@12voltvids Ok ! Very clear! Good job on the repair!
the way you said Toshiba... it makes me want to punch a hole into my old Toshiba laptop. Also, you should see the cheap shit Magnavox made around 2011. The tapes look horrible, frequently gets eaten, and can't properly eject sometimes.
With your fist through the screen? :D
@@Hagis2k He would be the next Falcon Punch Guy
When comes to
repairing stereo equipment.
Yeah! I know that fixing that combo was a pain? I have I think a simple problem? I have a Coby region free DVD player. So here's the problem? The power works and everything? , But the front tray won't open? Is there an easy fix for this? I know this a cheapie, but the only reason I care is because it's region free? Thanks 😊
Loading belt most likely.
@@12voltvids yeah I think your right? I will open it up and get a belt to replace it? Thanks 😊
That unit is beautiful, if it wasn’t for its design flaws and issues.
It's a piece of crap.
For mine, it stopped eating tapes just by taking the roof off. I don't even know what the obstruction was.
My !VCR DVD Recorder is doing the same thing Sylvania version i don't use the VCR part
Harry Rickenbach I think the Sylvania VCR’s were made by Orion, there are a few different versions of the switch, but if you do a search for Orion, or Matsui mode switch you should find them for sale even new old stock.
Can isopropyl alcohol be used to clean a mode switch?
No
12voltvids Could you explain why? Doesn’t clean as good?
@@mrsemifixit You can clean a mode switch to pristine condition with a pencil eraser (rubber). I use that method to clean oxidation spots from silver coins. Turns out, it works with mode switches amazingly. After "the brown" is cleaned off, I use regular contact spray.
It won't break down the corrosion, DeoxIt is great for that. Save the alcohol for your heads, rollers,and sensors. 👌 Amazon & some home stores carry DeoxIt.
No lubricants. Will clean, and then oxygen will attack and oxidize the contacts. Cleaners like deoxit and nutrol have seal oils to coat the contacts and keep evil oxygen away.
i had a similar British Combo VCR/DVD which had a Hard Disk Drive built in which was also a Toshiba make, once the HDD failed the whole unit shut down, ended up scrapping it because it wasn't worth fixing,
I have a sylvania vhs cd combo it looks like this but it’s easy to service idk why but I’ll take it
go to amazon and look at the prices of VHS players , since they are not made anymore the value for never opened in the box ones have gone up with some at $1k prices.
Svhs decks and beta decks can get pricey, but run of the mill vhs are not worth anything. They have a dozen down at value village for 10.00
@@12voltvids The local thrift shop won't even take them. Only if it's a VCR/DVD combo.
Do they still make DVD Recorders??
I used to have a Samsung DVD player/recorder back in the early 2000's. Instead of tapes, you simply recorded your shows directly to discs. I don't know if they still make those anymore. Most people now record shows onto a hard drive.
No they don't. They are pretty valuable these days for the archive businesses. They go for more than they sold for new.
@@12voltvids damn I should've picked one up when I had the chance. But I got this Blu Ray recorder by ASUS. Isn't that basically the same technology?
@@Dillisive
You're talking a computer drive. Using computer for archiving is too much work. I use a stand alone recorder. Video in disk out. No farting around capturing, compressing and burning.
This is why I think that having dvd and vcr separate is better
True but these do a really good job and they are simple to use. I use one of the ones i have to dub VHS to DVD all the time.
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I own a similar, older toshiba. Can't remember the model number, it might have a 9 in it. Maybe a t... The construction seems to be much better than this one, but from the looks of this video I sincerely hope it doesn't break down.
To fix this on mine I had to get to the switch which is buried deeply on the front right under the closest right most area of the cassette. It was easily cleaned but it is time to do it again. Switch mode control must be cleaned every few years due to oxidation and is a lousy design! All those damn screws! Oh the humanity!
I can't understand why they would bother with this crap.
I see these get thrown out day in day out mate
I banished mine to the storage unit, but after fixing this one, hauled mine out and what do ya know got mine going too. Mine had 2 faults.
so they thought it was a good idea to downgrade from the optical mode switches back to the electric ones
It was probably cheaper in production and because they die just a few days after warranty, they sell two VCRs instead of one to the same customer.
This thing is only worth perhaps $30 bucks on Ebay or in a thrift store isn't it?
30 pence
Yep the construction is a pain in the ass, i saw the same type of madness in the basic vcr only machines.
But at the end you could buy a vcr for £30!! , that's next to nothing.
I've repaired a few of the single pcb types, the whole thing has to come out to repair the power supply, Yep it's on the vcr board.
I really really don't like the psu being on the vcr board.
good luck finding a new one at that price, since they are not made anymore.
A lot of stripping down and re-assembly on a (very good) hunch. I've never worked on anything quite as unserviceable as that.
Funny, because I have one of these too, and I got frustrated a few years ago when I saw how it was built and said "fuk it" and tossed it into the storage unit to use just as a DVD recorder. After pissing around with this one I figured I would give my unit a shot, and guess what. Same fault. That video will be up later, as my unit had a mechanical problem with the front loader as well.
I have bad memories of old Toshiba laptops back when everything was monochrome LCD. 286/386.
@@russellhltn1396
I have one if those. Mine is color with a 255 color display. That makes great photo quality pictures.
Bad enough to scrap let alone repair good vid just to inform people to stay away from if they can
ABSOLUTELY..I did one pretty close in design as this one..mode switch..Ran for about 2 months before developing a new problem. It's still in the parts box...NEVER AGAIN!
that's definitely a tedious job!
Love how you're using an "(Electronics Australia) ESR DIY Kit" first published back in the 90's if not late 80's WAIT! or was it the 70's?? Anyway it didn't take long for the rest of the worlds Electronics magazines, to come up with their DIY ESR.. dropped a like BTW..
That kit came from Australia
Damn straight it's an As-trail-n@@12voltvids I know that because of that EA symbol 😉
@@KorAllRBare Mine is a Dick Smith kit. Built it in the mid 80's I think.
Yerp DickSmiths @@12voltvids was once upon a time the go to for all of the EA, !? ?! Crap! What was the other magazines other than Silicon Chip? Been decades since they went belly up ~sigh.. 😣 anyway at least I got the time right as to when it was first published 😆
The Capicitor Tester that is..
Dave, i have a Tosiba SD/V296 VCR/DVD combo from 8/2009 and the vcr works but the dvd player doesn't work. You might think the laser died well you are wrong. I accidentally hit this thing on somethibg hard in december 2017, but... When i had the top off of it for a long period of time, it stopped working for awhile! REACT!!!!! Now when i leave the top on and if i keep trying it will eventually work again. But i believe something in the dvd portion is stopping the laser from reading the disc or the potentiometer may be out of alignment. Its SO WEIRD AND STUPID!!!!!! This Random youtube user has a Philips Funai VCR/DVD Combo and the vcr is fine BUT THE DVD PLAYER DOES THE EXACT SAME SYMPTOM!!!!! NOT KIDDING! HE EVEN SHOWED PROOF BACK ON 7/18/19!!!
NEWS!!!!! I TRIED PLAYING AN AUDIO CD AND YOU'RE NOT GONNA BELIEVE THIS!!!!! IT CAN STILL PLAY CDS YET IT REFUSES TO PLAY DVDS. THE DVD POTENTIOMETER IS PROBABLY MISALIGNED....
It pays to learn more about electronic equipment.
I think I have the same one with a different name on it. I paid 10 for it used.
It's a Magnavox, quite heavy too.
I bought my last VCR in 2001 and the trend of "We don't care anymore, we make it easy to put together in the factory by robots or by people pretending to be robots and that's it, service schmervice". had already begun. But what you you expect? It was $89 or something and I know they went all the way down to $30 if I remember correctly. My first VCR in 1993 was something like $900 and my dad's first VCR in 1984 was $1200.
My first vcr in 1979 was 2000.00
My first car in 1979..... 2000.00
I always wondered what it would be like to live in Canada. With all the problems we are having in the U.S., going there seems to look better each day. Our problem is affording the move. I personally would have no idea how we could do that. My sister and I are low income and live below the poverty line. It makes me wonder if this country will survive past November. I doesn't seem to be actually getting worse other than media hype. Our biggest worry is healthcare. The politicians seem to want to gouge out all forms of socialism. People obviously have no idea what that is. Military is never seen as socialism for some reason. At any rate, I wouldn't mind paying more in taxes for a better quality of life. There is such a huge phobia about people getting help that shouldn't here. It's better just to not worry about that. Systems aren't perfect, but they do strive to be better at what they so.
Never lived in the us, have no plans to. Too nice here in canada. Yes the cost of living here is high. Housing prices in stratosphere here where i am. Tiny house will set you back over a million here in my neighbourhood. We are all millionaires on paper. Free health care for all. Have a friend battling cancer. Has had 3 surgeries in past 2 years. All he paid for was parking. Taxes relatively high, but that us what pays for what we expect in return. Good policing, fire protection and health care. Wouldn't trade it for anything.
Much that is shown on the Internet didn't in fact happen.
ToSHIba
had one these machine a piece of Junk !!! 1st dvd went then vcr went too.
Both of mine work now.
yep you repair it in 37 min
Funai video cassette player-3000A Japan model service sir
I hated To$hitba too
I hate all the modern Funi made VCRs equally. You know the ones..... Units built like this.
@@12voltvids I was on commission...time was everything! I could do an entire stack of Symphonics with the bad LED's for the time it took to do one of these......though Symphonic paid $hit you could get a bunch of completes.........
@@georgemartin1436 So was I for the last years I was there.
God these things were awful
These machines are not worth repairing. They are absolute junk. Not worth the time and money. You can find them on Ebay (fully operational) for less than $50-100.
Pay attention to what you are doing.