Anyone can just change parts till it works. That's how Canadian tire fixed your car. Amateurs will just go in and change all the capacitors. This is because they believe that if one is bad they are all bad and that's not how it is. Most will not fail. The ones that do are either under high stress or were defective out of the gate. All these surface mount craps were bad long before they were installed. Ticking time bombs out of the factory.
@@12voltvids that and that you knew the tape guide alignment was out and why. I worked with a tech once, that was a former cop. He would say caps never go and he replaced all the rare rockwell chips on a cpu board as the regulator got red hot. There were 2 tantalum 100 uf caps on the 5 v rail. Can you guess the problem?
@@12voltvids for years we would go around the shop and say, caps never go. It turned into a joke every time we changed one. This Was on portable data terminals, usually they didn't go in a cpu. But yes, reset caps, bypass caps leak. On backup memory.
I’m always searching for a new VCR with S-video for digitizing, do you have any recommendations on machines to look out for? I see a lot of the JVC HR-S models for sale but you didn’t seem to like those the last time you fixed one
Great to see these machines again. The memories came flooding back. Tape guides secured by tiny hex key at base (Did I miss that bit?. Re: Drop Outs, I seem to remember a DOC adj' trimmer rescued low output heads. Also it looks like static generated by the Drum. Check carbon brush (earthing). Well done with those caps. I especially enjoyed the large brown Sony Caps in the later SWM PSU which destroyed PCBs.
20:03 I was very surprised at Mr Carlson suggesting that. Maybe you can get away with it on some very heavy grade boards used in expensive test gear. But in consumer products, you are bound to lift tracks by twisting capacitors off.
Great video! I’ve got a Sony EV-S1 and have been trying to move videos off tapes. This thing will play a tape and about 45 minutes in will start distorting. So after changing tapes out the same problem occurs I’ll go back to the original tape and the distorted area plays perfectly fine. It may be 15- one hour later. Judging from your video perhaps there’s a loose guide or something? It’s very frustrating that’s it’s so random. The first 7 tapes I dubbed didn’t do this. Just started happening. I thought you might have some insight.
Thanks for the vids. I have an EV-C3 that has no output at all from the composite or coax. I’ve already repaired the no power issue that was a pad pop out around the power supply secondary. I’m guessing I should check the preamp caps next?
Got in there and apparently somebody was before me on this non-working unit from eBay. There were 2 caps MISSING, replaced those and the other 8, and the unit actually works now. Amazing.
What Wattage soldering iron do you prefer when removing components from the PWB? Do you prefer Lead or Lead Free Solder? Lead Free seems to take too long to desolder causing delamination. I have one of these machines but the right hand guide does not move when tape is trying to load. Any suggestions on what might be the problem?
My iron is a Weller EC2000 from the 80s. Its a 60 watt variable temperature iron. My original one broke, but a viewer had one he found at a recycling center and donated it to my channel. That and the tektronics scope have been the best donations I have received.
14:06 same way when i removed the capacitors from the board the solder pads broke off the board the capacitors had a bad leak and had eaten the solder pads 😭😭😭 What exactly glue do you use to glue the pins to the tape deck? I had the same problem with my v6000 camcorder They had come out of the holes and I had to take the gears out of the back to put the pins back in ! I also didn't quite understand why when playing a tape there are lines on your screen, is the tape or the device to blame?
Hello! I observed a few of your videos were this particular 8mm VCR is what you are working on, and you look like you have this model down to a science! I bought 2 of these off eBay, and they BOTH have the same problem!! The picture is static and the audio is broken. I thought I made my footage in SP, but upon playback these machines automatically switches to LP and can not be changed. I don't know if that makes a difference? I purchased swab sticks to clean the head because I saw videos stating Qtips aren't a good idea. Made no difference! I taken a little cleaning to where this arm touches the top of the head also! I will take one back apart to see if the posts you are adjusting in this video are also loose,, but,,, if I can't get this figured out,, do you take in shipments from customers for repair? All the VCR repair shops, for miles around me, all went out of business! I was hoping it was something simple, as it is odd two players have the same exact problem, and were sold as ' played well last time used '! Thank you!
@@12voltvids That is great! I would like to get with you in the future to be able to maybe discuss how to get these to you if what I will try from your video does not work for me,, as well a pricing etc! Thank you very much for getting back to me so fast! I was worried if you would have still kept up on these videos being years ago!! Thank you!
@@12voltvids well, that didnt work! How can I reach you besides through this platform,, for pricing and how I may get these to you as well as pay you,, etc.. ??? thank you
On a somewhat related topic, every tape player, as you know, has a rubber pinch roller. What about in cars? Are they made of a special rubber that doesn’t melt or will they still melt?
8mm and hi8 use metal tape. When head clogs alcohol or other cleaner will not remove as the metal partical literally fuses to the head gap. Abrasive dry cleaner tape is needed or the back of your fingernail against the spinning head is needed.
@@OrlandoParkMemories nope. Haven't bought one in over 20 years. New cameras came with a cleaning tape. I have a few sealed tapes and no they are not for sale.
@@12voltvids youd think youtube would crack down on accessive reporting some of the fake music copyright people got arrested for doing false reports on that
@@stpworld the world is full of nuts. I know a few myself and one of them wonders why i don't associate with him. He is a fellow ham I have known for 50 years but he is so crazy and delusional that I want nothing to do with him. But in his twisted mind I am the one with the problem. He hears me on the radio and calls me and I don't respond. This all goes back to March 2020. When the world wide lock down started. Many businesses felt the pain of forcing to close. Many lost their jobs. He operates a home based business selling soaps and herbs and shit like that and there he is out visong clients and traveling all over the place. Essential workers like me had letters to be able to travel and work. These were issued to specific industries considered essential. Truckers, farmers, telecom workers, grocery and drug store workers auto parts and repair facilities, emergency workers ect. Selling perfume and soap is not considered essential. He was bragging about how he had a letter that said he was essential so I asked to see it. Said didn't have to show (because he was fu of sh1t) and i haven't spoken to him since. I have over the years discovered that a fair number of ham radio types are pretty cukoo. Not all of them but just listen to some of the guys and what they talk about and it will leave your head spinning.
Those Styrofoam peanuts should be outlawed. Static charge makes them stick to you and the electronics. Have to spend so much time just getting rid of the trash before you can actually start working on the device. Agreeeeee!
The thing i like is that you did exactly what was needed to fix the problem. No changing parts until it worked. Those type videos bore me. Great job.
Anyone can just change parts till it works. That's how Canadian tire fixed your car. Amateurs will just go in and change all the capacitors. This is because they believe that if one is bad they are all bad and that's not how it is. Most will not fail. The ones that do are either under high stress or were defective out of the gate. All these surface mount craps were bad long before they were installed. Ticking time bombs out of the factory.
@@12voltvids that and that you knew the tape guide alignment was out and why. I worked with a tech once, that was a former cop. He would say caps never go and he replaced all the rare rockwell chips on a cpu board as the regulator got red hot. There were 2 tantalum 100 uf caps on the 5 v rail. Can you guess the problem?
@@markanderson350
Many caps will never fail but some will, especially the ones that were manufactured incorrectly.
@@12voltvids for years we would go around the shop and say, caps never go. It turned into a joke every time we changed one. This Was on portable data terminals, usually they didn't go in a cpu. But yes, reset caps, bypass caps leak. On backup memory.
I’m always searching for a new VCR with S-video for digitizing, do you have any recommendations on machines to look out for?
I see a lot of the JVC HR-S models for sale but you didn’t seem to like those the last time you fixed one
Great to see these machines again. The memories came flooding back. Tape guides secured by tiny hex key at base (Did I miss that bit?. Re: Drop Outs, I seem to remember a DOC adj' trimmer rescued low output heads. Also it looks like static generated by the Drum. Check carbon brush (earthing). Well done with those caps. I especially enjoyed the large brown Sony Caps in the later SWM PSU which destroyed PCBs.
Actually they are tiny Philips screws at the base.
I knew that you would get it by eye! Very nice fix! Good to go for another what five to seven years maybe longer! 😃
LOL I am pretty good at it. After all I did it for a living for over 20 years.
20:03 I was very surprised at Mr Carlson suggesting that. Maybe you can get away with it on some very heavy grade boards used in expensive test gear. But in consumer products, you are bound to lift tracks by twisting capacitors off.
Nice unit!
Great video! I’ve got a Sony EV-S1 and have been trying to move videos off tapes. This thing will play a tape and about 45 minutes in will start distorting. So after changing tapes out the same problem occurs I’ll go back to the original tape and the distorted area plays perfectly fine. It may be 15- one hour later. Judging from your video perhaps there’s a loose guide or something? It’s very frustrating that’s it’s so random. The first 7 tapes I dubbed didn’t do this. Just started happening. I thought you might have some insight.
Well done dave :-D
The loose pins were a worry, hopefully they will last.
Ooow im messing around with a earlier bose c.d /radio unit.
that was a common issue loose guide pins I had to glue a lot of them I used to do warranty work on Sony at my shop ,
Loose guides on this chassis and then the a chassis where the post falls out completely.
Thanks for the vids. I have an EV-C3 that has no output at all from the composite or coax. I’ve already repaired the no power issue that was a pad pop out around the power supply secondary. I’m guessing I should check the preamp caps next?
Yes. Does the unit load the tape and transport operate normally?
@@12voltvids after fixing the power supply, it is loading and moving tapes properly. I guess I’ll tackle the caps.
Got in there and apparently somebody was before me on this non-working unit from eBay. There were 2 caps MISSING, replaced those and the other 8, and the unit actually works now. Amazing.
What Wattage soldering iron do you prefer when removing components from the PWB? Do you prefer Lead or Lead Free Solder? Lead Free seems to take too long to desolder causing delamination. I have one of these machines but the right hand guide does not move when tape is trying to load. Any suggestions on what might be the problem?
My iron is a Weller EC2000 from the 80s. Its a 60 watt variable temperature iron. My original one broke, but a viewer had one he found at a recycling center and donated it to my channel. That and the tektronics scope have been the best donations I have received.
14:06 same way when i removed the capacitors from the board the solder pads broke off the board the capacitors had a bad leak and had eaten the solder pads 😭😭😭
What exactly glue do you use to glue the pins to the tape deck? I had the same problem with my v6000 camcorder They had come out of the holes and I had to take the gears out of the back to put the pins back in ! I also didn't quite understand why when playing a tape there are lines on your screen, is the tape or the device to blame?
I used super glue (cyanacrylic)
Hello! I observed a few of your videos were this particular 8mm VCR is what you are working on, and you look like you have this model down to a science! I bought 2 of these off eBay, and they BOTH have the same problem!! The picture is static and the audio is broken. I thought I made my footage in SP, but upon playback these machines automatically switches to LP and can not be changed. I don't know if that makes a difference? I purchased swab sticks to clean the head because I saw videos stating Qtips aren't a good idea. Made no difference! I taken a little cleaning to where this arm touches the top of the head also! I will take one back apart to see if the posts you are adjusting in this video are also loose,, but,,, if I can't get this figured out,, do you take in shipments from customers for repair? All the VCR repair shops, for miles around me, all went out of business! I was hoping it was something simple, as it is odd two players have the same exact problem, and were sold as ' played well last time used '! Thank you!
I still work on stuff
@@12voltvids That is great! I would like to get with you in the future to be able to maybe discuss how to get these to you if what I will try from your video does not work for me,, as well a pricing etc! Thank you very much for getting back to me so fast! I was worried if you would have still kept up on these videos being years ago!! Thank you!
@@12voltvids well, that didnt work! How can I reach you besides through this platform,, for pricing and how I may get these to you as well as pay you,, etc.. ??? thank you
@@12voltvids wherdya go? If you are still fixing things,, I really would like to get these to you!!
I try to reply and it doesn't post. Send me an email.
On a somewhat related topic, every tape player, as you know, has a rubber pinch roller. What about in cars? Are they made of a special rubber that doesn’t melt or will they still melt?
It depends on what they are made out if. They all eventually wear our. Not much you can do about it.
@@TD75 because lots more equipment back then was made to last longer than today’s!
@@TD75 20 years is nothing.
I've got a Sony EV-C3 and I also have a Sony EV-C40. Have you made a video with recommendations on how to clean the heads of these units?
8mm and hi8 use metal tape. When head clogs alcohol or other cleaner will not remove as the metal partical literally fuses to the head gap. Abrasive dry cleaner tape is needed or the back of your fingernail against the spinning head is needed.
@@12voltvids Thank you. Do you know of an online source for the dry cleaner tape?
@@OrlandoParkMemories nope. Haven't bought one in over 20 years. New cameras came with a cleaning tape. I have a few sealed tapes and no they are not for sale.
I meant to say my Sony EV-C3.
I have this model and mine plays in BW then after about 3 min turns to colour. So a cap job will be done.
Are you still being reported by that same guy.
I don't care what he does. All his spam is blocked. I don't even see it.
@@12voltvids youd think youtube would crack down on accessive reporting some of the fake music copyright people got arrested for doing false reports on that
@@stpworld the world is full of nuts. I know a few myself and one of them wonders why i don't associate with him. He is a fellow ham I have known for 50 years but he is so crazy and delusional that I want nothing to do with him. But in his twisted mind I am the one with the problem. He hears me on the radio and calls me and I don't respond. This all goes back to March 2020. When the world wide lock down started. Many businesses felt the pain of forcing to close. Many lost their jobs. He operates a home based business selling soaps and herbs and shit like that and there he is out visong clients and traveling all over the place. Essential workers like me had letters to be able to travel and work. These were issued to specific industries considered essential. Truckers, farmers, telecom workers, grocery and drug store workers auto parts and repair facilities, emergency workers ect. Selling perfume and soap is not considered essential. He was bragging about how he had a letter that said he was essential so I asked to see it. Said didn't have to show (because he was fu of sh1t) and i haven't spoken to him since. I have over the years discovered that a fair number of ham radio types are pretty cukoo. Not all of them but just listen to some of the guys and what they talk about and it will leave your head spinning.
Those Styrofoam peanuts should be outlawed. Static charge makes them stick to you and the electronics. Have to spend so much time just getting rid of the trash before you can actually start working on the device.
Agreeeeee!
Yes they are a pet peeve of mine.
Charge them a packing peanut fee !
That will smell a little fishy