I liked your comment about eBay. For the exact same reason Canadian Tire doesn't offer refunds on camping gear. One idiot would buy a tent and all the needed gear for his weekend at the campground, and then return it to the store on Monday's morning.

@12voltvids

3 жыл бұрын

I worked with guy (he retired about 9 years ago now) who went to best buy, bought a video camera, took it on his holidays and returned it after he got home and copied the footage. He wasn't the only one to do that. I bought a video camera from the bargin bin at a big box store and it had someones european vacation still on the hard drive.

At least you got the item back. I had someone buy a SLV-R1000 and an SVO-2000. Opened a return stating they were defective. Only sent back the SLV-R1000 after they stole the mechanism and the video board out if it. Kept the SVO-2000.

@12voltvids

3 жыл бұрын

I lost my EVW-300 to a scammer. 2700.00. That was the last time I used Ebay. Lets not go there, it hurts to think about it. That camera would look nice as a decoration in my living room.

@NunYa953

3 жыл бұрын

@@12voltvids There's definitely plenty of horror stories. Luckily I document everything and filed a criminal complaint with the FBI internet crimes division. I also sued the buyer. eBay ended up reimbursing me when I provided them with the FBI report number, and the thief didn't bother showing up to court so I won a default judgement against him which resulted in his paycheck being garnished. It took over a year but I came out ahead.

@12voltvids

3 жыл бұрын

@@NunYa953 No such luck here. Guy requested to return the item, I said go pound sand, all sales final, no refunds, no returns, no warranty. He filed a charge back. Fought it for over a year and he just disappeared. It was sold as a Canon 1/2" 19:1 F1.6 servo zoom lens with Sony EVW300 attatched. The camera worked, but by 2005 nobody wanted analog cameras. I had tried listing it many times without the lens and was going to sell the lens seperately. (the only thing worth money because lenses don't depreciate) I then figured I would sell it as a lens with a camera attached. Numbnuts wanted the lens for his 2/3" betacam. Remember I sold it as a 1/2" lens, as that is what the EVW300 had, 3x 1/2" chips. Numbnuts mounts the lens on his camera and naturally there is dark corners because dumbnuts is too stupid to understand lens geometry. Like that is my fault. I had Ebay telling me that all they could do was provide me with names of companies that for a fee would help me get my property back. I contacted a few, and they were happy to take a deposit from me and then responded that they were unable to find the person. So that was rubbing salt into an open wound. Lost about 2700.00 after all the smoke cleared. As I said never again. Once bitten, well in my case I was bitten twice. I have heard other horror stories from many others.

@ricfair9919

3 жыл бұрын

@@12voltvids WOW!

@walle637

3 жыл бұрын

@@12voltvids I lost 350 to a seller on Facebook. I bought a playstation, paid him on cash app, and *he proceeded to delete his account.* bloody fucking hell. of course i was so naive, i did everything wrong to protect myself.

GREAT to see this one was repaired! I'm with you, eBay supports scammers, cheats, liars and idiots... I stopped selling for this very reason, I'm better off giving my stuff away than using eBay to find me scammers and then charge me a fee. What a design "one board wonder"

@12voltvids

3 жыл бұрын

I stick to local sales on craigslist, varage and fb and sell a few to viewers. I do fix a fair number of things for ebay sellers though.

Had a similar experience, sold an iPhone on eBay, buyer had it for 2 weeks, broke it, and wanted a refund. No warranty expressed or implied. Paypal sides with buyer, I get broken phone back and out quite a bit of money. Vowed never to sell on there again.

So what resources do you use to sell off things you have kept from the landfill?

Can hearing it squealing on my laptop speakers.

It lives, for a while anyway!

What Kind of FLOODLIGHT do you use for UPCLOSE work on your repairs? (40 watt etc) thanks

@12voltvids

3 жыл бұрын

I believe it is a 4 watt LED

have you considered working on newer machines like sony playstations?

@12voltvids

3 жыл бұрын

No don't have the equipment. Not really interested in game consoles and the likes.

@walle637

3 жыл бұрын

@@12voltvids you know i just saw some ps5 repair videos. Not much to work on... everything is in chips nowadays. I didn’t even see any electrolytics, and there’s nowhere on the boards to probe with a meter. The most you can do is reflow the chip connections with a lamp and hope that fixes the problem. If one chip goes bad, the whole board and console is FUBAR

@12voltvids

3 жыл бұрын

@@walle637 Yup like computers. No service.

@GeorgeGeorge-xj2bc

3 жыл бұрын

The possibilities to make a successful long lasting repairing in game consoles and avoiding a permanent destroy of it are a lot less than a few.And simply heating pcb with heat guns or oven bakings while getting paid for that are simply nonsenses of many smart guys.Very hard job with uncertain the result in the present or the near future.

SECAM is horrible in general. I don't think it's the converter's fault for the chroma noise.

I remember watching the wiggles in USA in 2003

If ebay allows the return they've always refunded fees for me, you do lose out on shipping most of the time as you said. I've sold a few thousand items and have not been scammed yet. But, I don't sell many consumer items, mostly industrial stuff.

@12voltvids

3 жыл бұрын

I lost shipping both ways and no they did not refund the fees. I figure it cost me about 150.00 because the goof that shipped it back to me sent it fed ex, and you know how fed ex is with their broker charges. I used to sell tons of stuff, mostly a production I did in 1997. I made an original DVD that I sold literally thousands of copies at 9.95 plus 5.00 shipping. It was a 2 title disk, set to auto loop. One was the Vancouver Aquarium tropical fish, and the second title was the one that everyone puts on at xmas. Good old Fire log. I probably sold over the period of 6 years 10000 copies. Shipped about 10 copies a week from the post office in Pt Roberts Wa (where the postage was cheap). Shipped them as media mail which was about 2 bucks back then, cost of the mailer and DVD production costs just under 3. So the shipping charge covered the cost of production and shipping and the 9.95 was pure profit. Sales were great until about 2005 and then this web site called youtube threw a wrench into my game plan. Nobody wanted DVDs anymore. They just wanted to watch it online.

@sjn7220

3 жыл бұрын

@@12voltvids Wow, that was a good gig while it lasted.

@12voltvids

3 жыл бұрын

@@sjn7220 It bought me a tank of gas every week.

@ricfair9919

3 жыл бұрын

Only a matter of time.

Cheap electrolytic caps the way the manufacture choose ones is absolutely trash, and the manufacture's solder quality from the motherboard is absolutely joke. =(

Not only the motion clarity is better but the picture quality looks better too, the AIWA seemed to over sharpen the picture. SECAM always looks weird to me, even when converting from SECAM to PAL which basically has a different colour encoding but the field rate is the same so in theory should produce a better picture but it still looks bad, SECAM always looks over saturated and fuzzy to me.

@RadOo

3 жыл бұрын

I know Czech Republic where I live in, we switched from SECAM to PAL in I think 1990

@12voltvids

3 жыл бұрын

SECAM rough translation sequential color with memory transmitted the colors sequentially on alternating lines. It was aparantly the best looking when broadcast but was the most difficult to record on VHS because of the low bandwidth of VHS.

Mine has a blown cap right near where these two were changed, not under the metal shroud but just outside it in that little cluster of caps. I saw it blow, like a little indoor firework. Gonna change out for a new one and hope that fixes it. Edit: fixed!

@12voltvids

10 ай бұрын

Thar she blows

@Ass_Burgers_Syndrome

10 ай бұрын

@@12voltvids Yes!! I fixed it. It was that single 1000uf cap in the power section. Then I noticed some issues with the loading mechanism, ie, it would load a tape, wind the tape around the drum, act like it was playing it, then try to eject. It was stuck in a loop of trying to play, then trying to eject but not actually ejecting, then it would try over again without me touching anything. Then I remembered something you had mentioned about the sensors being affected by light. I turned off the bright shop light I was using and it started working. I think it was getting confused about what to do with the tape Now I need to try to fix my Samsung SV-300 (not 3000!) which is also dead but I don't see any obvious culprits inside. Thanks for the videos. It gave me confidence to do it myself!!

wich vcr is good vcr for convert systems?

@12voltvids

3 жыл бұрын

This one actually does a relatively good job.

@fadhlematrook1248

3 жыл бұрын

is the deferent between normal multi system vcr and multi converter vcr?

@crashbandicoot4everr

3 жыл бұрын

@@12voltvids Was the AG-W1's converter better than the Samsung?

@12voltvids

3 жыл бұрын

@@crashbandicoot4everr No, it wasn't. Lots of motion judder in it. If I can find any tapes I converted using it I will show a clip, or if I ever get around to getting my W1 running.

Do you take these in for repair?

@12voltvids

2 жыл бұрын

Yes

Hello, I have the same Samsung SV-5000W SQPB VCR I bought brand new didn’t even used it for 2 months, and it stopped working. When you put in a video tape it eject it back, but the power stays on. Can you please repair it for me, I live in Southern California.

@12voltvids

2 жыл бұрын

It can likely be repaired

@yayahkhan117

2 жыл бұрын

@@12voltvids where do I have to send it and how much approximately it will cost to fix it?

@12voltvids

2 жыл бұрын

@@yayahkhan117 contact me by email

@yayahkhan117

2 жыл бұрын

@@12voltvids what is your email address?

@12voltvids

2 жыл бұрын

@@yayahkhan117 about tab on main page

Were these made by Funai?

@12voltvids

2 ай бұрын

Samsung

How many of these have you worked on?

@12voltvids

3 жыл бұрын

This model? Not many perhaps 20 or so.

@IAmNotAFunguy

3 жыл бұрын

These particular units are surprisingly common on eBay.

@12voltvids

3 жыл бұрын

@@IAmNotAFunguy No kidding, people don't need these machines anymore because people don't send tapes to the relatives overseas these days. They do video chatting are they send files over the internet. that's why when I hear people say I'm going to sell my machine and get $700 for it I replied good luck I'll give you 50 for it working and that's about my limit.

@IAmNotAFunguy

3 жыл бұрын

@@12voltvids I used to have one but I got rid of it when it developed the random power off problem and everyone I talked to said it was not an easy fix.

@12voltvids

3 жыл бұрын

@@IAmNotAFunguy Lots of times things are not worth fixing. I am struggling with a Tascam DA30 right now myself. It's mine but I would like to get it working so I can sell it.

Too bad there's people like that ,it really makes it hard on everyone else.

@12voltvids

3 жыл бұрын

Crooks ahoy.

These multi-system VCRs sure don't seem very...good. Glad I've never bought one!

@12voltvids

3 жыл бұрын

Why would you unless you had someone overseas sending you tapes or were in the conversion business.

@VSigma725

3 жыл бұрын

@@12voltvids I've bought a lot of VCRs just kind of at random from thrift stores because they were cheap and looked interesting, took a few years to cure myself of that after ending up with a bunch of junk that wasn't worth fixing.

@12voltvids

3 жыл бұрын

@@VSigma725 I hear you. I have a bunch of junk in my workshop that will heading to the scrap heap soon. Lots of abandoned stuff that people send in, and then when they fond out what is wrong they just forget about it

@rwj777

3 жыл бұрын

I still own a Samsung SV-4000 Worldwide VCR which is similar to this one and it still works without any issues. It's a pretty nice machine. 👍🏾

@Ass_Burgers_Syndrome

3 жыл бұрын

@@rwj777 I have the SV-5000 and the earlier SV-300 which I've had since new in '97, with the controls on the flip-down front panel, very clean and sleek looking The 300 is much nicer but mine currently does not power on. I'll have to look and see if it is a similar issue to the one in this video, I might be able to repair it myself.

U haven't had much luck with ebay eh

@12voltvids

3 жыл бұрын

Nope

Cbgfe has won three straight

One cap lol, and it's not the high value high current/ripple cap that usually puffs up. The american chargeback system is good and bad, it's a shame that there are shitbags that abuse the system. Destroys your trust in humanity, shame :-(

@Ass_Burgers_Syndrome

3 жыл бұрын

Which cap is that, can you tell from the video? I have this exact machine and one of the caps blew today with a big column of smoke (I already had the cover open.) It was one of those big ones in the same area he was working on. Mine was having similar issues to the one in this video so I may have a go at fixing it instead of spending a couple hundred at the local repair shop.

SAMSUNG H267

noise deck