Thanks for the great, in-depth analysis. Bummer about the board, but not surprising I guess. On the other hand HUGE Congrats on 100k subs. Your content is fantastic, so it's well deserved. Actually you deserve 10x, but it's really great to see.
When I was at high school we used to watch recorded programmes of tv shows. It was in black and white, from what I can remember about the recorder, it was reel to reel, big reels. They seemed at an angle to each other and not next to each other like an audio one. No idea of the make, but remember the other video recorder they had. Was a Philips 2000 I think, was a big machine with cassette style tapes, not reel to reel. And was in colour as well. Shame about the cracked board, but as you say must have been dropped or had a bang, or leaking caps.
G'day Mike, I'm looking for a spare part for my Panasonic video it a AG-7355 Super VHS machine, it's one knob on the front panel, Thanks Carlo from WA Australia.
Thanks for your great videos. I have a 1997 Canon UC4500E (purchased 1997) that plays 8mm tapes (video 8). I recorded only 10 tapes with this camera and the audio stopped working so I purchased a new handycam (MiniDV). I'm digitising the MiniDV tapes just fine but can't digitise the tapes from the older Canon because of the lack of audio. The tapes from the original Canon have good video but I have no audio at all. Not distorted audio, just nothing. I tried putting headphones into the Canon and also got no audio. It's the same lack of audio on all 10 tapes. Of course, they are the oldest tapes I have of my sons as toddlers and precious and I'm desperate to get the sound back. I assumed that my Canon had a problem with it's microphone so I got hold of a Sharp VL-630U which also plays video 8 tapes thinking that would play my tapes fine but that doesn't play my tapes either. In fact, in the Sharp I not only don't get audio but just get black and white static and a clicking noise from the camera. The Sharp came with it's own 8mm tape from it's original owner which played fine in the Sharp but just static and no audio in my Canon. Do you think this is a head alignment issue? Given the camera only every recorded 10 tapes I wouldn't have thought the head would have gone out of alignment that quickly. It was never dropped, banged or mishandled. If you think it is a misaligned head do you think I can do that myself. I'm good with tinkering and fixing things but just need to know what to do. Any help, thoughts or advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks
Are VHS-C Cameras worth repaireing ?? or not.. mine fell took a light tumble to my carpet, and I cant get it to record ? wonder if it just needs a basic cleaning or something ??
Well you gave it a good go, but i'ts foobarred as you might say. Buggered would be my word lol. Interesting to hear who did what with the formats. Betamax would have been a better format for quality, if sony wasnt so stubborn not to allow other companys to make beta machines. Philips made interesting machines n1500 and similar , i imagine it would be better than vhs, but it was too late i suppose.
Sony did allow others to make betamax. Toshiba, sanyo and NEC all made their own machines. the big problem was the VHS manufacturers namely Panasonic and JVC were dumping their machines selling them for less than it cost to make them which is also what Panasonic did when they first brought their televisions to the USA they were selling TVs in the states cheaper than they were selling them in Japan which cost the domestic manufactures big time and eventually put them out of business. In 1979 and RCA branded VCR that was built by Panasonic sold in Canada for $2,000 a Sony betamax was $2,500 price is what killed beta because Sony was not willing to sell the units at a loss to compete with Panasonic and JVC
Do you do this as a hobby? I have a camcorder from early 2000's that wont play its Hi-8 tapes, gives me an error in the viewfinder. looking up on google says that its a mechanical issue. is this something you would be interested in having a punt at fixing?
Tough luck on that one,, and can't win them all :) would be really cool if you could show 2 things.. first,, the video signal as it is displayed on your scope,, and second,, How you pull those surface mount caps off of the boards the way you do without wrecking the traces,, That's the coolest thing I've ever seen!,,, :)
The scope was filmed but cut from the final cut to keep things moving along. A patreon only release of this is coming showing the entire process and it will be long, as I shot a couple hours of video on this. There is more footage too as I did work on the board and thought I got it going but it only ran for a few hours before crapping out again after it was put together. I may put a part 2 up on that part of it, or just post it to patreon.
I got a sony digital-8 camcorder that won’t charge the battery anymore, even after replacing the battery. In order to turn it on, it has to be plugged in at all times. Any ideas? :/
@@12voltvids yeah it’s a sony original replacement. something power supply related where either a) it can’t access power from the battery or b) it’s failing to charge the battery. no idea what could be wrong. either way no matter what battery i use it doesn’t work and can only be powered on by the cord 😭
Hi... We have the same cam and the picture playback just rolls. I can't see a tracking adjustment... any ideas would be greatly appreciated. Kind regards
I recall Sears and another brand offering TV sets with V-Cord units built-in in 1974. Prerecorded tapes were offered but it sank like stone. More recently, a couple people I know got a V-Cord unit rebuilt and are using it to recover lost TV shows recorded back in the 70s. Back in the 70s I had several Sony commercials on 16MM film that a friend got from Doyle, Dane, Bernbach (now DDB) the advertising agency Sony used back then. They were witty ads boasting of the convenience of the Betamax units. One had Dracula telling how he missed TV shows because he "worked nights" but now he got to see it because of the VCR. The screw inside bit of this unit reminded me of the Akai portable units of the day - you couldn't get the tape out because the door was bolted from the inside. Akai's suggestion? Break it open and replace the cabinet afterward.
I went through this some more and thought I had it. Got it all together and it ran perfect for just under 2 hours and then bam. No video again :( Bad board. Was going to make a video of it, but no sense posting.
I got a panasonic M10 full size vhs cam which only records and plays back in black and white. Seems to be a known issue on them. What could be wrong with it?
The worlds first consumer Video tape cassette system was invented/developed by Philips for European market in 1971 and this system was called VCR. Sony's U-Matic was broadcast/Semi-Professional only at that time. And you didn't mention the both side play advanced V2000 system in Europe as a successor of VCR (VCR-LP)
Shame, we have one like that and it works fine, or did when it was put into a cupboard a few years ago. Got a new one that is a lot smaller now and I rarely see it. She claims it is hers, that's fine, I'll wait until she wants me to film something and it will be handed right back to her. I can't be bothered these days, filming, editing, and after spending hours on it no one watches it anyway. Same with photo's, no one looks at them!
I display my photos on a digital photo frame. It runs 24/7. I display my scenery videos on a big tv with music from my mp3 player. I turn on the tv and select the channel and let music and my videos play in the background.
@@BoB4jjjjs it is a large screen. 20", has a beautiful picture and cycles through my photos that i have taken over the years. No family photos, just my scenery and wildlife photos. It just sits in the corner on a large speaker displaying photos and yes it is looked at all the time. There are lots of glowing things at my house that run day and night. Neon clocks, security monitors ect. I bet they all cost me about 10 bucks a month for all the little things that suck power constantly.
No I try to have the smallest social media presence possible. I don't use Facebook, twitter, WhatsApp, telegram or any of them. I use BBMe for my messenger which is a paid service to chat with my group of friends. A few are too cheep to buck up the 2.50 every 6 months so they are outa touch now. They want me to go to another platform and i just reply it sucks to be them.
I'm tired of these cameras all the time, and my VX-1 has started to have problems with the focus of the lens when zooming in on a mountain that is a distant object the camera blurs even in manual focus the camera will not focus, the problem this started now 😭😭
Well that what happens with electronics that are past their prime. Nobody should be recording anything on tape these days anyway. Tape machines need to be fixed so we can get material recorded years ago off the tape.
@@12voltvids I love these cameras and I like to use them, now the issue of vx1 that can not focus I do not know where it may be Due to the fact that I have changed all the capacitors on the boards except the dc converter
@@amatorev the focus on these cameras is an internal backside focus element controlled by a servo motor. Likely a lens element has stuck and it can't do distant focus anymore. I had that happen on one of my cameras. It needed a new lens.
@@12voltvids this problem with focusing on remote objects is solved when I remove the battery and put it back in the camera the camera focuses again on remote objects with manual zoom, when I use the electric zoom it causes focusing problems, it is solved only when I take the camera off like something blocking the focus
Thanks for the great, in-depth analysis. Bummer about the board, but not surprising I guess. On the other hand HUGE Congrats on 100k subs. Your content is fantastic, so it's well deserved. Actually you deserve 10x, but it's really great to see.
When I was at high school we used to watch recorded programmes of tv shows. It was in black and white, from what I can remember about the recorder, it was reel to reel, big reels. They seemed at an angle to each other and not next to each other like an audio one. No idea of the make, but remember the other video recorder they had. Was a Philips 2000 I think, was a big machine with cassette style tapes, not reel to reel. And was in colour as well. Shame about the cracked board, but as you say must have been dropped or had a bang, or leaking caps.
The V-cord cassettes look like 8 track cartridges but of course 8 track is a continuous loop of tape!
G'day Mike, I'm looking for a spare part for my Panasonic video it a AG-7355 Super VHS machine, it's one knob on the front panel,
Thanks Carlo from WA Australia.
Thanks for your great videos. I have a 1997 Canon UC4500E (purchased 1997) that plays 8mm tapes (video 8). I recorded only 10 tapes with this camera and the audio stopped working so I purchased a new handycam (MiniDV). I'm digitising the MiniDV tapes just fine but can't digitise the tapes from the older Canon because of the lack of audio. The tapes from the original Canon have good video but I have no audio at all. Not distorted audio, just nothing. I tried putting headphones into the Canon and also got no audio. It's the same lack of audio on all 10 tapes. Of course, they are the oldest tapes I have of my sons as toddlers and precious and I'm desperate to get the sound back.
I assumed that my Canon had a problem with it's microphone so I got hold of a Sharp VL-630U which also plays video 8 tapes thinking that would play my tapes fine but that doesn't play my tapes either. In fact, in the Sharp I not only don't get audio but just get black and white static and a clicking noise from the camera. The Sharp came with it's own 8mm tape from it's original owner which played fine in the Sharp but just static and no audio in my Canon.
Do you think this is a head alignment issue? Given the camera only every recorded 10 tapes I wouldn't have thought the head would have gone out of alignment that quickly. It was never dropped, banged or mishandled.
If you think it is a misaligned head do you think I can do that myself. I'm good with tinkering and fixing things but just need to know what to do.
Any help, thoughts or advice would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
Are VHS-C Cameras worth repaireing ?? or not.. mine fell took a light tumble to my carpet, and I cant get it to record ? wonder if it just needs a basic cleaning or something ??
VHS c cameras were not worth repairing when they were new!
Well you gave it a good go, but i'ts foobarred as you might say.
Buggered would be my word lol.
Interesting to hear who did what with the formats.
Betamax would have been a better format for quality, if sony wasnt so stubborn not to allow other companys to make beta machines.
Philips made interesting machines n1500 and similar , i imagine it would be better than vhs, but it was too late i suppose.
Sony did allow others to make betamax. Toshiba, sanyo and NEC all made their own machines. the big problem was the VHS manufacturers namely Panasonic and JVC were dumping their machines selling them for less than it cost to make them which is also what Panasonic did when they first brought their televisions to the USA they were selling TVs in the states cheaper than they were selling them in Japan which cost the domestic manufactures big time and eventually put them out of business. In 1979 and RCA branded VCR that was built by Panasonic sold in Canada for $2,000 a Sony betamax was $2,500 price is what killed beta because Sony was not willing to sell the units at a loss to compete with Panasonic and JVC
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Do you do this as a hobby? I have a camcorder from early 2000's that wont play its Hi-8 tapes, gives me an error in the viewfinder. looking up on google says that its a mechanical issue. is this something you would be interested in having a punt at fixing?
Tough luck on that one,, and can't win them all :) would be really cool if you could show 2 things.. first,, the video signal as it is displayed on your scope,, and second,, How you pull those surface mount caps off of the boards the way you do without wrecking the traces,, That's the coolest thing I've ever seen!,,, :)
The scope was filmed but cut from the final cut to keep things moving along. A patreon only release of this is coming showing the entire process and it will be long, as I shot a couple hours of video on this. There is more footage too as I did work on the board and thought I got it going but it only ran for a few hours before crapping out again after it was put together. I may put a part 2 up on that part of it, or just post it to patreon.
watch the evs3000 and evc3 recorders to see how the caps are pulled. Basically just grab with pliers and twist them and they come right off.
I got a sony digital-8 camcorder that won’t charge the battery anymore, even after replacing the battery. In order to turn it on, it has to be plugged in at all times. Any ideas? :/
Is the replacement battery a Sony or aftermarket
@@12voltvids yeah it’s a sony original replacement. something power supply related where either a) it can’t access power from the battery or b) it’s failing to charge the battery. no idea what could be wrong. either way no matter what battery i use it doesn’t work and can only be powered on by the cord 😭
Could be the fuse on the battery terminals.
Hi... We have the same cam and the picture playback just rolls. I can't see a tracking adjustment... any ideas would be greatly appreciated. Kind regards
No tracking on 8mm. Auto track finding by means of pilot signal recorded on tape. Might be mechanical alignment issue.
I recall Sears and another brand offering TV sets with V-Cord units built-in in 1974. Prerecorded tapes were offered but it sank like stone.
More recently, a couple people I know got a V-Cord unit rebuilt and are using it to recover lost TV shows recorded back in the 70s.
Back in the 70s I had several Sony commercials on 16MM film that a friend got from Doyle, Dane, Bernbach (now DDB) the advertising agency Sony used back then. They were witty ads boasting of the convenience of the Betamax units. One had Dracula telling how he missed TV shows because he "worked nights" but now he got to see it because of the VCR.
The screw inside bit of this unit reminded me of the Akai portable units of the day - you couldn't get the tape out because the door was bolted from the inside. Akai's suggestion? Break it open and replace the cabinet afterward.
In other words. It's screwed.
I think you are talking about Cartrivision. That was a different format from V-cord.
@@crashbandicoot4everr No I was talking about v-cord. Cartrivision was a totally different format.
I have a Sony GV-500 video walkman with a top video board with the same issue apply pressure and it works fine. Lucky I have spares :)
I went through this some more and thought I had it. Got it all together and it ran perfect for just under 2 hours and then bam. No video again :( Bad board. Was going to make a video of it, but no sense posting.
I got a panasonic M10 full size vhs cam which only records and plays back in black and white. Seems to be a known issue on them. What could be wrong with it?
Probably the chroma IC.
@@12voltvids were is that and can I change it or parts on it?
The worlds first consumer Video tape cassette system was invented/developed by Philips for European market in 1971 and this system was called VCR. Sony's U-Matic was broadcast/Semi-Professional only at that time.
And you didn't mention the both side play advanced V2000 system in Europe as a successor of VCR (VCR-LP)
Shame, we have one like that and it works fine, or did when it was put into a cupboard a few years ago. Got a new one that is a lot smaller now and I rarely see it. She claims it is hers, that's fine, I'll wait until she wants me to film something and it will be handed right back to her.
I can't be bothered these days, filming, editing, and after spending hours on it no one watches it anyway. Same with photo's, no one looks at them!
I display my photos on a digital photo frame. It runs 24/7. I display my scenery videos on a big tv with music from my mp3 player. I turn on the tv and select the channel and let music and my videos play in the background.
@@12voltvids i would be told to turn it all off here! Waste of electric, I can just hear her from here! lol
@@BoB4jjjjs Photo frame used perhaps 10 watts. Nothing compared to things that really suck back the electrons, like my cars.
@@12voltvids You won't tell her anything.
Besides, it would be annoying running all the time anyway.
Not that I would bother to look at it.
@@BoB4jjjjs it is a large screen. 20", has a beautiful picture and cycles through my photos that i have taken over the years. No family photos, just my scenery and wildlife photos. It just sits in the corner on a large speaker displaying photos and yes it is looked at all the time. There are lots of glowing things at my house that run day and night. Neon clocks, security monitors ect. I bet they all cost me about 10 bucks a month for all the little things that suck power constantly.
is that a sony 10 inch tv
8"
Hi 12 voltvids, if you want his or hers, camcorder make an offer, if they accept the offer, pay the amount what, you offered.
Why would i want a camcorder ? I have at least 8 now, including the ones I use for production.
Do you have a website ????
No I try to have the smallest social media presence possible. I don't use Facebook, twitter, WhatsApp, telegram or any of them. I use BBMe for my messenger which is a paid service to chat with my group of friends. A few are too cheep to buck up the 2.50 every 6 months so they are outa touch now. They want me to go to another platform and i just reply it sucks to be them.
I'm tired of these cameras all the time, and my VX-1 has started to have problems with the focus of the lens when zooming in on a mountain that is a distant object the camera blurs even in manual focus the camera will not focus, the problem this started now 😭😭
Well that what happens with electronics that are past their prime.
Nobody should be recording anything on tape these days anyway. Tape machines need to be fixed so we can get material recorded years ago off the tape.
@@12voltvids I love these cameras and I like to use them, now the issue of vx1 that can not focus I do not know where it may be Due to the fact that I have changed all the capacitors on the boards except the dc converter
@@amatorev the focus on these cameras is an internal backside focus element controlled by a servo motor. Likely a lens element has stuck and it can't do distant focus anymore. I had that happen on one of my cameras. It needed a new lens.
@@12voltvids very bad I have another vx1 maybe I get a spare part from it 🥺😭
@@12voltvids this problem with focusing on remote objects is solved when I remove the battery and put it back in the camera the camera focuses again on remote objects with manual zoom, when I use the electric zoom it causes focusing problems, it is solved only when I take the camera off like something blocking the focus