Really enjoying these videos.

I used to use a pencil eraser to clean the mode switches, I could get them nice and shiny....good job as usual.....😉

Awesome repair videos! Keep up the good work! It's refreshing to see that devices like these can be saved and not end up in th landfill! Very professional quality work and presentations!

@norcal715

3 жыл бұрын

Awesome Jim, This is your unit as you could tell. Its shipped and on its way home.

great video. thanks \

Man, you do a lot of these! Even though VHS is obsolete, it just amazes me that these machines could be produced and sold for a profit! Especially the early ones that are stuffed to the gills with parts!

@frankpitochelli6786

3 жыл бұрын

They are obsolete but the retro market and now the antique electronics is becoming increasingly relevant.

@valperiandri6055

3 жыл бұрын

@@frankpitochelli6786 I recently got my JVC HR-D470U (sideways loader) going again. It had a bad cap in the servo circuit I put new belts and refreshed the grease. I've been watching tapes recorded on this machine over 30 years ago! Still tracks HiFi well. Picture is surprisingly good on a big screen. Some tapes look wavy. I think it's called flagging. I want a time base corrector bit they are priced through the roof now!

@frankpitochelli6786

3 жыл бұрын

@@valperiandri6055 ...cool..!!

I bet you can do those in your sleep by now!Great Video!

i love all yr repair thanks for helping us

You are typed cast as the VCR repair guy. I have 7 and will be sending them all to you from SF. LOL

@frankpitochelli6786

3 жыл бұрын

This was a great business at one time, many of us made a decent living at it, however because we did it for a living, it wasn't fun at the time...if we do it as a side business or hobby etc..it's very rewarding. Tho, I always loved to trouble shoot and find the bad components, gave you a feeling of accomplishment.

@williamchow1624

3 жыл бұрын

@@frankpitochelli6786 I fixed a few VCR based on what I learned from the videos. Very Rewarding

Great job sir

Thank you.

wow 4:14

You mentioned Magnavox zv427mg9a, however, the title says zv427mg9.

@califaern3sto

Жыл бұрын

Its the same thing, the A and B are newer.

@lookingforahookup

Жыл бұрын

@@califaern3sto Ok

My magnavox is a ZV420MW8 as all the others it won’t play vhs tape at all shutdowns and eats the tape. I have lots of videos but I also have a few home recordings I would like to put on disks. No one around here repairs vcr/dvd players

@norcal715

2 жыл бұрын

email me norcal715videos@gmail.com

Oh know, not another Funai.

18:45 You have auto finalize on however you’re not sure if it got finalized? 19:50 You have to finalize the recording?

I just repaired a Magnavox that had a dirty mode switch. It's a ZV428MW8 which is almost the same as this. Repair worked out great, plays vhs and dubs to dvd, but the clock, counter display does not work at all, any ideas. Love your videos by the way.

@norcal715

3 жыл бұрын

Possibly the VFD (vacuum fluorescent display) has been damaged and lost its vacuum. The heater voltage may be missing also, or the cathode -30ish volts is missing.

Have you ever had this model not load a DVD? It plays VHS, but not a DVD. And I’ve tried multiple DVDs. 😕

@norcal715

2 жыл бұрын

Have you tried to clean the DVD optical pickup?

Hi. I see you have a lot of vids on this device. How's the fan? Is it easy to swap out? Just ordered one of these players along with a Noctua fan and 2 pin adapter just in case.. I imagined the fan is loud as hell at 3000 RPM and being in a consumer AV device (which one might think are usually whisper quiet but nay...)

@norcal715

2 жыл бұрын

It should be very quiet as it normally only runs at about 500rpm. It is easy to replace, just a few screws. The plug may be different depending on the fan you source. It runs on 11.4 volts with 60 ohms (2-120 ohm resistors in parellel) in series with the source.

@hhectorlector

2 жыл бұрын

@@norcal715 I see. I think I got the right adapter. Still waiting for it. Thank you for your reply!

Could you tell me if this particular model will play both players w/HDMI cable. Or do you have RCA for VHS and HDMI for CD player?

@norcal715

Жыл бұрын

The Magnavox ZV427MG9A and ZV457MG9A will convert VHS and DVD to HDMI output.

@rickgreen9619

Жыл бұрын

@@norcal715 I have the ZV427MG9 and the VHS doesn't work with the HDMI cable. I wonder what went bad in this unit. I searched on your channel but can't seem to find anything.

My Magnavox ZV427MG9 has a high pitch sound that appears when recording from vhs to dvd. Any idea?

@norcal715

3 жыл бұрын

Most likely some bad capacitors in the signal processing part of the unit. You can try some heat like from a hair dryer and some canned air turned upside down to act a freeze spray to heat and cool various parts of the unit and see if the high pitch gets better or worse.