Capacitors are the Achilles heels of electronics. Interesting VCR!

Bringing back old memories. I still remember watching my dad fine tune the tracking knobs on his high end VCR back in the day. It was an epic piece of home entertainment. It was a big thing when auto tracking 4 head stereo came out. I wanted one so bad.

thank you for your quick response. I watch you video everyday , it's not my line of work but I fix 6 DAT decks so far from you video . I collect them because I love the Nostalgia in the 80's and that time I can't afford 'em - I'm still working with DAT walkman D8 with no success yet . More power to you and your Channel.

Thanks for sharing your knowledge with us, I always enjoy your repair videos especially the VCR repair videos

Thanks for the video. Very much appreciate you and all your efforts.

I love your videos,been watching you for 4 years.

@reacey

3 жыл бұрын

Same, I get excited every time there's a new video

No complaints here fella, not had much time to notice if there were more or less videos from you this last 6 or 8 months or so... Even if I was sat here every day waiting for an upload, still no complaints as it's not like we're forcibly paying for the content. It's always a good learning experience watching one or two of your vids. Cheers, as always, from the "democratic" republic of "United" "Kingdom"

20:57 - "And that's it. Done. We've finished." Couldn't have been more fitting LMAO.

I love your videos been watching you for 4 years

Another excellent repair as always. Sorry that you have to deal with those scumbags, I feel your frustration.

Love your work !

I learn every video. Thank you!

Another great repair.

The choice of capacitors by the previous repairer were silly, i only go up one voltage range if i can't find the original voltage. Even though your e.s.r meter has payed for itself many times over, it would be a real shame to damage it. I think the original design was created by bob parker, very good but not cheap :-( The micro controller code would be next to impossible to get if the controller died.

Gotta love new shoe day

You make it seem so easy! Um all thumbs.

very good video , thank you

11:26 Thank you so much for this info. I always wanted to know is any cons when I'm using higher voltage rate capacitors in replace of original lower ones. Because a lot of people were assure me, that there is no difference. Now I know that E.S.R will increase, so it is bad for sensitive electronic/logic boards. Greetings from Poland :-)

@12voltvids

3 жыл бұрын

The higher the voltage ratiion the higher the ESR. This is usually not an issue except the cap may not last as long. We did it all the time at the shop because the boss was such a cheap son of a bitch that he would only order the higher voltage values so they could be used for everything. His favorite quote was "They will last long beyond our warranty and when they fail again we can chare to replace it again" Being a commission paid tech that was music to my ears.

@Radek__

3 жыл бұрын

@@12voltvids that was good story :-) The son of the bitch you're saying? haha :-) OK then, on the power supplies boards the higher voltage and esr caps are not big deal. But on the logic board? Or PC motherboard or PC monitors logic? Usually there are special low esr caps because the chips are voltage-changing sensitive and higher internal cap resistance can cause issues. Maybe here I will use your advice to not use higher voltage rated caps.

full time Job, People have no right to copy right clam your content. It's your content Music

You bright.. I would say.. You brong... Brilliant haha

Heyyy Dave, those waves in your video clip sound very familiar...

@12voltvids

3 жыл бұрын

Lol

I’ve got one for you. I have one of these units on my bench right now. Beautiful unit, plays perfect. Except, when I press the REW button it fast forwards. Seems there’s something on the board that’s not switching the direction of the main drive motor. When the tape gets to the end there’s no way to rewind. And when I eject the tape it ‘eats’ the tape because again the main drive motor wont reverse and take up the slack on the supply side. Any thoughts?

I hate it when ammeters start changing things that they think necessary but in the long run it can cause worse problems in the future.

@metallitech

3 жыл бұрын

This is the first time I have seen it NOT recommended to change all the caps; opinions seem to vary.

Hi there , I have a sony 87 ES DAT DECk I got it off ebay its looks pretty good if not the Head Drum not spinning , it could work like new. its trying to rotate but it hesitate. I tried to rotate by hand and I was able to undone it about 60% . it still not spinning freely . when I load the tape there is hesitancy on the head Drum . please help. is there a way to lube it?/ thanks

@12voltvids

3 жыл бұрын

They spin at 2000 rpm and if there is anything binding it will either shut down or there will be so much jitter that you can't retrieve data on the tape. I have not had much success with lubricating sticking drum bearings. They all end up failing again shortly after.

Hello, I have this type of vcr. Its contain some distortion sound in AV mode. When I connect it to TV by RF cable, the sound is very clear (without any distortion). Can you inform me about this problem. EVERY GROUND WIRES ARE CONNECTED. Kind regards

You said capacitors pass ac not dc, how do sound signals pass through caps? Does the voltage just have to be fluctuating?

@dlarge6502

3 жыл бұрын

That would be the definition of AC. Sound is AC

@reacey

3 жыл бұрын

@@dlarge6502 it alternates but not between positive and negative like actual ac that you get from the mains? I though a sound signal was just a fluctuating voltage, but with the polarity not changing 50 times a second

the power supply run very hot . the motherboard dark brown spot

Hi c can I ship my arman A32 for repair

The Vcr looks to far away.

@12voltvids

3 жыл бұрын

What are you blind?

I was shocked when I looked up how much these go for on ebay

@andy_rulz2000

3 жыл бұрын

I agree up to around $700 NZD and that's without shipping

@enzoperruccio

3 жыл бұрын

@@andy_rulz2000 But why are they so expensive? Just because they're multisystem? I live in South America and have never seen a vcr that cannot play both NTSC and PAL tapes, like, even the cheapest ones have that feature. But I guess it's different for the US.

@andy_rulz2000

3 жыл бұрын

@@enzoperruccio I think it's because they also can be used as a Standards Converter, for example if you wanted to convert a NTSC tape to PAL etc and the fact that they are full Multisystem and not just playback of NTSC and PAL tapes like the cheaper VCRs were

@enzoperruccio

3 жыл бұрын

@@andy_rulz2000 I don't get it. All VCRs I've seen here could play and record in both systems. If you're talking about conversion units that would actually convert between signals instead of just outputting/recording whatever they got then yes, I get why they might be a tad more expensive. But still, they're pointless nowadays since modern TVs, dvd recorders and capture cards can accept pretty much any signal (then again that's my own experience, I don't know how it is in the US).

Damn scammers may they rot in hell!

yea me to love you work and keep those scum bags at bay

Its strange why people steal your content, I've never seen a content like yours on youtube, so if anyone take it you can tell really fast whos content is that ;) Or someone just want to play the wrong game with you?

I know you have the rights to play the music purchased for royalty free purposes, but I don't have to hear any song on the devices you fix. If you say it works, I'll take your word for it.

@12voltvids

3 жыл бұрын

You will but everyone else, if they don't see it working or hear it working then it isn't working

Scumbags have nuthin better to do...sad world we live in these days.....smdh.......