Electrohome AVRL32 VHS HiFi VCR made by Mitsubishi with more faults than you can shake a stick at
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- Опубликовано: 5 мар 2024
- This one was shipped in with more faults than I have ever seen in a single machine. You name it, it's broken!
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I thoughht this was going to be a 2 part video and it looks like it will. Ran fine all night, left it turned on all night and in the morning I have a black screen. So a part 2 is coming. That's why I always test equipment a full 24 hours before sending it out, because shit does happen when you have 30+ year old electronics.
Wow that perseverance: It's NOT the PSU!.Well it had its role in the case but not that significant. One of the best fault finders out there❤❤❤
One of your best videos. Learned a lot!
Most vcr's that i see these days are in a similar condition, required new belts, capacitors
and a full mechanical service.
New upper head drums are as rare as hens teeth, a couple of decades ago i was replacing them
most days.
Like a lot of consumer formats, it was at it's best just before the next one arrived, and they were
withdrawn from sale very quickly.
The 6-head 30 kg Mitsubishi video recorders were quite fine. They did "almost" last forever. Have a Philips 6-head VCR where the 4th head gets stuck!
What else would you do on this cold and rainy day but watch 12 voltvids and enjoy a great repair job this afternoon making my day somewhat more pleasurable.
Good morning from the UK
Wow first view thanks
I have a mitusbishi vcr svhs from 2002 its been pretty solid unlike are mitsubishi from 1989 lots of hours to on the 2002 one never jammed or broke a tape to. @@12voltvidsI actually think the 1989 one may have had the trick playback board fault but no one new it at the time and it stopped working it got permanently stuck down.
Nice repair tutorial. I can use this video to help me get my Mitsubishi VCR working again. It has the same problem. Turns on then turns off. Belt has been replaced in mine as well. But still need to get mine to work. Mine is a slightly different model. But still has the same problem. (S)
This is only the second time i have seen an electrolytic caps dead short.
I have a mitusbishi from 2002 and it just keeps running no failurs I use it monthy for playback I am the original owner it has so many hours on it. Are mitusbishi in 1989 how ever was terrible i think it had the trick playback board that you said can be removed but it failed badly tape went down never came out no one could fix it at the time. @@12voltvids
Great work
Wow! I can't help but laugh a bit when you powered up that unit - Of All things! Sounds like you have a Mouse in there saying { ok I'll work Ok I'll work } Sounds really cute!
i bought a Mitsubishi VCR from goodwill similar to this model about 8 yrs ago but the pinch roller was broken i tried to fix it but did not have any luck so i just threw it away i think i still have the remote that came with it somewhere.
Pinch roller arm was a common failure when the grease turned to glue.
Thanks Dave..
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The one model I remember with the board on top was the HS-318. Maybe a couple others did that also?
Could have been. Didn't remember the number, they were total junk. Guide posts used a hex key that pushed a pin that pressed against the guide to stop it from turning. Not a good design.
The old Mitsubishis you were referring to, are the ones that display EE:EE on the VFD when the clock is not set, with the cassette slot mounted below the function buttons?
Yes I believe so. When you open the top you just see a big board that had to be removed to clean the heads.
I actually just sent a pair of these to be recycled last week. I wish this video came out a little bit sooner.
Dam
@@12voltvids Both of them had mechanisms that worked great. One had a picture with messed up colors, the picture looked like a rainbow. The other would work flawlessly... for about 3 minutes, then the power would die completely, even after recapping the power supply. Both of mine were Mitsubishi, model HS-U36.
Reminds me of the MGA Mitsubishi 19" color TV that my folks bought in 1985, it was a nice set. Then I had it, until 1997, when I finally replaced it, mainly because it was a non-remote control set, and I wanted a bigger screen, plus its cable-ready tuner only went up to channel 63 or something ( had to pay extra $ per month for a cable company tuner box). the Tv still worked fine otherwise.
NICE YOU ARE REPAIR IT..VERY GOOD JOB
It was a little but if a challenge because multiple faults.
@@12voltvids you replied in the same "language" haha, nice
HI Dave are JVC tvs any good weccan get them here in New Zealand now I saw one on display in the shop picture quality looked great but what's the guts of the like are they any good and reliable.
I don't like any JVC products except for a few that were very good. The 9911 VCR was good as was the 1010 cassette deck. Most of their stuff junk. I have 2 professional cameras that are the biggest pieces of shit I own and they weren't cheap but they are junk.
Nice one
I've thought about completely removing the tuner from a few VCRs I've refurbished - Can that cause any adverse effects from the rest of the circuits going to it being "unloaded" or open circuit?
It shouldn't unless the CPU is expecting to communicate with it on ice bus. Then it could cause issues.
A local guy had a Mitsubishi van back in the day and changed the name on back to Mishitbus :)
Just talking some as I landed here to watch the video. But before I start: I am going to fix that STR-AV920 I asked you about. I pass it every time, 10-15x times a day or more, and it's building up mojo much in the same way I am making an incantation about it right here and now by actually typing this all out haha. Seriously? I hope it is as simple as a cold solder joint, and you know what, I watched enough videos to tell it that way to others here before I asked. Even if transistor and/or paired resistor is shot, I think I will try to fix it anyway by replacing. I will tell you how it went after it gets the first inspection. My tools are in shambles like meter wires, etc... I need to get some new minor stuff like that, solder, flux.... we'll see... but yup. The STR has a mojo now just fingers crossed it's easy. :) Thanks again, in any case. TIme for the show (above.) :)
I got it out of protection mode, stable so far for over 10 minutes. What I did was put 2 + 2 together about things it was saying, not saying, doing and not doing, along with clicks (multiple relays) - unit is mint as can be inside to the eye - I figured it was a DRLC power thing for what I've researched is for other unit control and power or whatnot. I would never be using that. So, I popped it out of circuit from near the voltage regulation fun zone and it did the trick. Now to give it source and speakers and hear if it does something nice. It is saying "CD" on the screen, ready for me as I type. Fingers crossed.
It is a beautiful unit! I have it going 100% no rigging, no nothing else besides remove the connection I told you about - also cleaned it a little not from a technical perspective but mojo (I licked a qtip and rubbed the bulk caps I am not kidding) - I replaced the connection with purpose and all that - unit is working 100% tossing it about left and right like a Tourettes and it is a-ok. Thank you so much for the thoughts to the right direction! It surely made it easier. DRLC is not tripping the protection circuit any longer and blasts music at full volume through the outputs when placing a phono source. heh I never messed with that term or tech before.
I forgot what we were doing, the monologue at the start was most interesting. How'd they get away with the "bait n switch" thing? Wouldn't that be considered false advertising?
Not as long as they had at least 1 to sell. I went in and was determined to buy the 333.33 machine. I took the exact amount of cash for the unit with tax. Told them that was all i could afford. Got it our the door and while loading in my car the manager came out and offered me a more expensive model for only 20 more. I said i had no more money so he even offered free fibiabcibf for the 20 bucks to try to get the bait machine back but I didn't bite. Got the machine and used it as a duplicator in my tape duplicating business till it wire out. They were real bastards. I bought my teac v850 there too.
@@12voltvids lol, so you ACTUALLY got the one out the door?? Way to stick it to 'em, man. Props!
@@AstrosElectronicsLab yes I was actually able to get the nailed down box out. Took me over an hour to but something that should have been accomplished in 5 minutes. I'm a pretty easy sell because when i go into a store to buy my mind is already made up what i want. If it's not in stock i go to another store but I'm not changing my mind on the model or brand. I know what features i want and I'm not upgrading if paying a dime more. It became a game to get it and i won. The guy following me out to the parking lot was too funny.
@@12voltvidsMate that legitimately sounds like a scene from a 1980s film. Was he crying too and being overly dramatic? On another not, can you recommend any late model units which are Hi-Fi? Regular or S-VHS. Also fun fact, here in Australia, there are a lot of 6 head VCRs on the market, which play NTSC tape, in both flavours! Both American and Japanese! I feel cheated, could have moved back years ago, played all my American tapes.
@@12voltvidsThe northeast U.S. had Topps and Crazy Eddie which pulled the same crap. At least Eddie Antar that started the business did serve some prison time for his fraud, but this was after cashing out and fleeing back to Israel and subsequently being extradited back to the U.S. Excellent video as always Dave. I've learned tons from your work. Thank you. 👍
Dave this one had a high "Crap" count..
What is the thermal camera you used?
Kaiweets. I did a review on it last week.
more videos about vcrs!!!!!!!
Sorry to disappoint. Have 2 DAT recorders sitting in the shop 😫 which means I'll get no views for those.
I have a Realistic Cronomatic clock radio, i opened it up to find counterfeit Rubycon capacitors in it and they spelled it wrong and it said "Robycon"
That's not a counterfeit. It's a Robycon
@@12voltvids Oh. Never heard of that one.
can i send you a vcr to be fixed ?
Sure
Why is a capacitor like a woman.?
They both leak when they’re fucked