I'd be interested in seeing you do a video or two where you talk about your best, worst and funniest customers, stories and repairs over your years of working in the field. Hearing such experiences is entertaining but can also be educational, and I'm sure you have some great stories to tell. Keep up the great work.

@12voltvids

3 жыл бұрын

I didn't interact with customers when I was in the business. The counter people dealt with customers. I wasn't even permitted to talk to anyone.

@ashleycox432

3 жыл бұрын

@@12voltvids Bet you've seen some great cases of customer stupidity though. And finding faults with equipment where the customer has obviously lied about the cause (blown speakers and the like). I always found it interesting when I worked as a computer tech to hear the excuses a customer would give for a fault they caused, the most common probably being pirate software or frequent access to porn sites causing malware. Inevitably they'd blame the hardware, the operating system or a previous technician, and be in complete denial of their fault until proven otherwise.

@12voltvids

3 жыл бұрын

@@ashleycox432 Yup lots of that. Blown speakers, teenagers having a party when folks away in Hawaii. Funniest one was a cordless phone that came in all melted. He had a fire on his stove and the phone melted and the guy thought his 100 cordless phone was under warranty and started crying like a spoiled child when he was told too bad so sad, not warranty. Warranty does not cover fire damage. This was a guy I am going to guess was in his early 30s

17:09 There's an exception to that. The AG-4700 had decent heads, most AG- series machines had soft heads which wore out badly. It's a slightly modified version of the high-end domestic NV-HS1000. PAL recording, NTSC and PAL playback, includes a TBC. It's PAL-M which is closer to NTSC than PAL. Not many machines handle that. I'm still very much doing audio and video transfers. I usually don't charge extra for running NTSC tapes despite being in UK. I capture in the same line/frame rate as original tape rather than convert to PAL, to keep the quality as high as possible. Plenty of work still out there.

@12voltvids

3 жыл бұрын

Not here. I used to transfer about 100 tapes a month. Dried up about 10 years ago. Do lots of archiving but not much conversion now.

@video99couk

3 жыл бұрын

@@12voltvids Oh I see, you used to do VHS to VHS conversion from PAL to NTSC. You're right, no-one asks for that any more. What you call "archiving" I'm calling "transfers", typically video tapes of one format or another, to files on a USB stick or hard disk. That's what I've been working on full time for about 13 years now.

@xaverlustig3581

3 жыл бұрын

@@video99couk Do people still ask for transfers to DVD?

@video99couk

3 жыл бұрын

@@xaverlustig3581 They ask, but I nearly always convince them that video files on USB stick or hard disk is better. Five years ago I was using 100 DVDs a week, now I'm using about 1 per week. But I still had to repair my DVD printer the other day: kzread.info/dash/bejne/gH-mmdyJf5reeaQ.html

@12voltvids

3 жыл бұрын

@@video99couk years ago yes. Now it is all to either dvd or usb stick / portable hdd. Been that way for about 18 years. Still have my original dmr-e20 Panasonic dvd recorder. Actually 2 of them as I was very busy. That work has slowed substantially buy as I write this i just finished 6 VHS to DVD and am starting 20 8mm to HDD tonight. I just never see any pal tapes anymore. A couple a year if I am lucky.

A lot of plastic in that VCR. Thanks for the video. You made quick work of this this repair.

Pal-M is 525/60. Fun fact: all commercial vhs tapes here in Brazil were released in NTSC, so every machine in the market have a converter to Pal-M.

@12voltvids

3 жыл бұрын

They play out as NTSC 4.43

Did someone put dielectric grease in that mode switch?

Looks a decent Machine your fixing up there, I have 2 machines, a Panasonic D80 before they put Nicam in it was the first D80, and a Grundig Multi System GV-469-M the Grundig has never been as good as the D80

I still own one of these machines which is still in mint condition and fully functional. 🤗

For the audio problem on the video recorder, isn't there a way of turning the audio into mono in video editing?

I have one of the Aiwa machines and have found it to be a good VCR with a pretty good tracking system and picture. It handles crappy tapes pretty well. The PAL->NTSC conversion is a little wobbly... Could you show off your Aiwa? They usually need belts and sometimes a bit of work on the front panel board.

@12voltvids

3 жыл бұрын

Sure will make a video of it some day.

At school we had two "editing" sets ... Panasonics ... kinda NV-100 or something similar with basic efects and titler and those were PAL-B units while here we use PAL-N. I recall they used Trasconverter boxes and those were really expensive (year 92). So this unit will do the same for any of the ouput systems .... ? A real nice feature to built in on a home VCR sure it most be like 10 years laterl otherwise would have been stupid expensive. Ohhhh the Panasonics. Never get used to them, we manage to do some cut and splices with the controls .... and that all we wrote. What really love is the ultra fine low with the jog, what a precision machine, almost frame by frame, "perfect" still. We had a so called teacher to do editing on this system ... guess what ?. She had no clue !!!!!. We have a small "radio" set on the other desk with a mixer and people tend to take RCA cables from this Panasnics to use in audio and then the system would be inoperational for weeks, no one could figure out, and we were not allow to mess with it. Im not sure if they were SVHS machines, almost sure they have HIFI FM track.

@38911bytefree

3 жыл бұрын

PAL-N here, We use 50Hz. Brazil is 60Hz.

You located in Canada?? I have old video camera recorder that is not working well ☹️

I was using my Main/Best VCR today and it started going crazy it thought it was ejectet but it was loaded and it was on while it was in standby 😂 I directly said, Mode switch! Cleaned it works like a charm again 👌

I have exact same model and cassette does not load or unload after VCR was not used for a few years. Cassette just stuck in a middle and I have to remove it manually. Cleaning Mode Switch did not fix the problem. What else could be wrong?

Different an question maybe will find a idea, I am trying to fix a problem. I have pulse oximeter it works well, but an issue it must turn off after 8 sec, but it does not, what can be the problem? What I need look for? Thank you for idea.

I wonder how this vcr converts pal to ntsc and vice versa, does it use analogue circuictry or does it convert it all digitally ? Either way it’s a pretty interesting vcr deck.

@12voltvids

3 жыл бұрын

Digital.

Back in the 90's i had a string of phillips vcr's with mode switch problems i just used to replace them cleaning them was ok but eventually came back again.

Have you seen legacy box advertised online they do tape conversations but they seem to be a scam company. I sent them a hi8 tape just as a test and they said it was unplayable when it had 0 issues its one of mine from 1994 stored properly. Others also complained of these issues from them.

Dam mode switches, and no matter how they make the switch it fails. Even optical types. Audio tape recorders always seem to get a bad audio rec/play switch, the contacts are always black. Odd that.

In here in the Philippines it uses a NTSC 3.58 same as American System

would you be willing to check out my samsung sv-5000w? it wont accept the tape

I still actively use the NV-FS200, which is a version of AG1980. I bought it as a non-functional unit from Ebay and managed to get it working. However, the design is just terrible and makes for a very unpleasant repair experience. Nowadays it still works fine and when it dies, i will switch to my Sony SLV-E1000. Much simpler design, relatively easy to fix. And in my opinion it also gives a prettier picture. The colors are much more vivid.

@12voltvids

3 жыл бұрын

Comb filter module failed part NLA

@Oldgamingfart

3 жыл бұрын

Yes, the NV-FS88/ 90/ 1/ 100/ 200 all had that ceramic thick-film unit with the four SMD caps that would leak, causing no S-VHS playback. The 1uf start-up cap in the PSU primary was also a common failure point, usually after a power cut..

@speed_rider362

3 жыл бұрын

@@Oldgamingfart Yeah, I replaced that one during my initial repair. When the time comes and I won't be able to fix the VCR anymore, I will happily throw it away. Sometimes it is simply too much work. Here in the Czech Republic the lack of S-VHS playback isn't much of an issue (I can't even test it) because the tapes were too costly and never spread among users. Literally no one used these.

Once had the previous Samsung model (SV3000 or something, forgot the name). The chassis seems beefier than this and it runs fine as multi-system vcr. Unfortunately its conversion circuit had went south so it can't be used for system conversion at all. I also have that AIWA vcr (MX100?) it did convert anything to anything, but really with mediocre quality at best. Later got a no-name standalone video converter for 1$ from a garage sale...and it beats AIWA by miles. For me, any system converter vcr does not deserve any premium value anymore. Just find yourself a multi-system vcr and capture in its native signal and boom, job done.

@12voltvids

3 жыл бұрын

Yes that is what I do now. Just output the pal signal, capure and throw on usb stick. Problem is some tvs still will not display a 625/50 capture. Computer will.

Hey Dave! Are you the A.L.P.S. guy from BCTel? I remember you saying you lived in Crescent Beach or ......? Stephen from late 80s early 90s.

@12voltvids

2 ай бұрын

Nope never lived there.

Very rare device but very interesting

Can't you mix the sound to mono with your video editing software?

@12voltvids

3 жыл бұрын

I can select one of the other. The problem is phase shift if I mix. As I move back and forth there will be phase shift that down mixed will sound really funky. I tried it once and it was horrible.

Hello 12voltvids I regularly watch your channel and admire you because you have successfully repaired many types of electronic devices to listen to music, watch movies. So I have something to ask you to help me I have an Akai X-360 reel to reel when recording music while playing back sounds like it is muffled very hard to hear, you can guide me in detail how to fix and repair so that when recording is complete and when the playback is heard normal? Thank you very much

dammm years since iv seen a vcr...

Have you try to firmware update your camera? Maybe that fix the microphone problems.

@12voltvids

3 жыл бұрын

This is a brand new camera.

@janchristensen9858

3 жыл бұрын

@@12voltvids that makes not the firmware is new on it. Update the Unit and try again

@12voltvids

3 жыл бұрын

@@janchristensen9858 You think i just fell of the back of a fuc+ING truck? The first thing I did was if it into the computer and check for updates. I updated my ax100 years ago.

my Sharp VC-WD1 has a titanium gold coated drum, free speed shuttle control , digital playback P in P, 9-Picture, Still Picture and it has a digital conversion system to all regions. damn thing cost me $2,500 and had to order it from Japan.

@12voltvids

2 жыл бұрын

The titanium coated drum was one of the biggest shams out there. It is not the drum that wears, it is the heads and they wear just as fast as any others. Yet the sales people would push the titanium coated drum as a performence and longevity feature. People bought in and paid a premium for it.

I have that vcr but mine has a power supply problem, it no longer powers on.

@felixlutticken5694

3 жыл бұрын

Maybe a bad capacitor?

@kirknelson156

3 жыл бұрын

@@felixlutticken5694 checked fuse while back , think its a bad cap or 2 but didn't have a tester at the time and now haven't found motivation to dig it out from all the other equipment and wires in the entertainment center to work on it again. Soon when not feeling so lazy :)

@felixlutticken5694

3 жыл бұрын

@@kirknelson156 yes it's very time intensive to desolder the caps and test them. Yesterday I replaced a few bad caps on my old Philips amplifier and as soon as I turned up the volume a bit, one of the filter caps, which I just had replaced with very expensive blew up.I just tossed that thing away as I lost the motivation to find the problem. 😅

Nice

During the high days of VCR, Samsung was not the market leader. Then the Japanese brands were ruling the market.

PAL-M is 525/30 with PAL, so the same standard as North America but differenc colour. A North American TV should display it in black&white and vice versa. PAL-N is - as far as I know - just a broadcast standard. The baseband is the same as European PAL, so the tapes are also the same, but the broadcast channel spacing and audio carrier are so they fit into the American channel grid.

@12voltvids

3 жыл бұрын

There are 21 different standards based on 3 color systems. NTSC, pal, and SECAM. There are 5 tape formats. NTSC, pal, french SECAM, mesecam, pal m and pal n.

@xaverlustig3581

3 жыл бұрын

@@12voltvids wikipedia says otherwhise en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PAL#PAL-N_(Argentina,_Paraguay_and_Uruguay) "VHS tapes recorded from a PAL-N or a PAL-B/G, D/K, H, or I broadcast are indistinguishable because the downconverted subcarrier on the tape is the same. A VHS recorded off TV (or released) in Europe will play in colour on any PAL-N VCR and PAL-N TV in Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay. Likewise, any tape recorded in Argentina, Paraguay or Uruguay off a PAL-N TV broadcast can be sent to anyone in European countries that use PAL (and Australia/New Zealand, etc.) and it will display in colour." Do you think they are wrong?

@12voltvids

3 жыл бұрын

@@xaverlustig3581 on tape all pal systems are the same except for the 525/60 and that is just the scanning lines. So for pal n the vertical frequency is adjusted (vertical hold on older tvs but new ones have a count down oscillator so it will result in a rolling picture. The differences is the broadcast carrier and color subcarriers. Most pal broadcasts used a 4.43 subcarriers. The sound carrier was also different. There were 21 broadcast standards around the world. I have a tv that will accept any of them and on the av input it will accept pal 4.43, pal 3.58, SECAM, NTSC 3.58 and NTSC 4.43. SECAM is SECAM, or so you would think but there are 2 recorded formats for SECAM. French SECAM and middle easy SECAM used by the east block, Greece ect. Color under for pal and NTSC both used 629khz. On up convert it goes to either 3.58 or 4.43 depending on the VCR and tv requirement. Obviously we only have NTSC here. I have never worked on pal equipment and never will. Saw a couple of multi system sets. When i was doing tape conversion all i cared about was which country it was going to so i could encode to either pal, french SECAM or mesecam. I have a SECAM tape here somewhere that i could run through that Samsung before it goes back because my aiwa won't do it. I have a broken aiwa military system with converter that i have spent much time on but no luck fixing. Everything points to tape end sensors but no luck finding replacement.

I don't like that Samsung VCR, I can see a lot of line wiggle, It is not suitable for capturing since it doesn't have line TBC.

@12voltvids

3 жыл бұрын

Your right it doesn't have a line tbc, it had a frame store for conversion. If you use a proper capture card you dont need a tbc. That is taken care by the capture card.

They are Sold for big money these Day's on dollarbay (ebay) 🤔 I will stay by my Sony slv-825, never had problems with that modeswitch i gues that's luck 😂

i still record on tape with my sl-hf1000 and my edv-7500

@12voltvids

3 жыл бұрын

Borrowed time. Heads wear and then no work. They are typically only good for about 1500 hours.

@josegti84

3 жыл бұрын

You're just shortening out the life of your video heads. Finding a Betamax machine in good working order is not as easy as finding a vhs player. Do like myself and only use those for playing back tapes. There's no reason whatsoever to record anything with these machines in 2021 except for testing purposes.

@12voltvids

3 жыл бұрын

@@josegti84 My words exactly. I say the same to people that insist to record their home videos on 8mm and hi8 cameras. For that matter the same goes for people that i insist on using cassettes and reel to reel tape.

@josegti84

3 жыл бұрын

The last time I've recorded anything with my SL-HF950 (SuperBeta) was when I got my hands on a NOS pack of 10 Sony Pro-X tapes. I just wanted to test the machine to its full potential hooking up my HD DVD player and the results were just amazing. These decks were also used for high quality audio recording back in the day. But that's about it. Another good practice to extend the life of your video heads is to buy a separate tape rewinder. I have a bunch of tape rewinders for all video formats (VHS, Beta, 8mm, MiniDV).

People are converting PAL tapes of Song of the South to NTSC. 😉

@michaelturner4457

3 жыл бұрын

I believe so yes. AFAIK Disney hasn't made Song of the South available in America, basically because it's not PC there.

@12voltvids

3 жыл бұрын

I have all the original non politically correct versions of Disney movies on laserdisk. Aristo cats with the sinister Siamese cats with the very slanted eyes and all the other ones. Before they edited them. I have a Mickey mouse film in 8mm where he puts a firecracker in his mouth and lights it. When it blows it turns him into black face. Can never get away with that now.

@michaelturner4457

3 жыл бұрын

@@12voltvids Have you got the original non PC versions of Tom & Jerry?

@12voltvids

3 жыл бұрын

Yes i believe so.

@zulumax1

3 жыл бұрын

@@michaelturner4457 When you say America do you mean the continent which includes Canada and Mexico, or just the United States?

you are right ..al panasonic pro are garbage. The consumer is better.

@fadhlematrook1248

3 жыл бұрын

except..hitachi or mitsubishi super vhs

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