my favourite vcr was the ferguson fv10b, a video pirates dream machine... totally immune to the macrovision copy protection, you could just rent and copy.... and the best bit, not only was it immune to the macrovision but it recorded that onto the copy! so you could lend your copy to friends and they couldnt copy your copy! (unless they bought a fv10 also)
@analogavcz
Жыл бұрын
My favourite VHS is Tesla VM 6465, manufactured in Czechslovakia with license from Philips company and its also imune to the copy protection and its indestructible...
@paulb4uk
Жыл бұрын
Most of the fergusons were rebranded jvc or based on jvc machines Quality machines .
@crashbandicoot4everr
Жыл бұрын
This looks like a VCR that would normally be sold only in Japan. They had very unique high-end VCRs over there. The fact they used an idler tire on a machine that cost $2000 is beyond me though.
@12voltvids
Жыл бұрын
But, but, but it has a seperate reel drive motor....
@christophermurdock6327
Жыл бұрын
I always liked the Panasonic AG-7350 with the two meters. C41 causes problems but with the direct drive reel tables, I have one working one and one stripped down to use as a tape winder and tester.
@scottyfixit
Жыл бұрын
I converted a take up wheel rubber traction drive to a gear clutch drive on an 80’s Quasar vcr back in the 90’s. Still works.
@Zonfeair
Жыл бұрын
Awesome band love their music.
@AmanSingh-cs8wj
9 ай бұрын
I have one this vcr ! Amazing unit !!
@dudedude7849
Жыл бұрын
Good video
@TheCoreyLight
Жыл бұрын
I did not expect to see something from The Haunted! Wow, what a great band. I have their album on Trans-World!
@kelleyhagan960
Жыл бұрын
Enjoy your channel. Thanks 👍
@darrenwendell1723
Жыл бұрын
Best looking vcr ever with bouncing vu-needles. Yes, please.
@SPINNINGMYWHEELS777
Жыл бұрын
They got it right on that one !!!! :)
@dudedude7849
Жыл бұрын
Nice music
@evgenyk9243
Жыл бұрын
Great VCR! I got one from Japan Toshiba A-ES1. And have these noise on picture too. Waiting when you start fixing this unit.
@waltchan
Жыл бұрын
Check idler tire and pinch roller.
@evgenyk9243
Жыл бұрын
@@waltchan They are both in good condition. I checked. The noise in the image is electrical in nature.
@Synthematix
Жыл бұрын
The glue from a tyre puncture repair kit is great for this sort of thing
@Barbarapape
Жыл бұрын
This has an upmarket appearance similar to the last of the Sony VHS deck's I owned two of them from new and both needed the capacitor kits and all the usual wear and tear parts
@SPINNINGMYWHEELS777
Жыл бұрын
Haunted first LP still one of the most sought after Canadian music recordings on Vinyl. I wonder if they had a copy still to give you?? :) Is it Al or a different guitarist? It was great music because you could dance to it and have fun with your date . I'm sure they played hits of the day when they played live on top of their great original songs which are bonafied classics in many circles of music collectors.
@12voltvids
Жыл бұрын
It's All. I have known him for over 40 years.
@user-xm6qb5cg4i
Жыл бұрын
Toshiba really used for a long time that mechanism Is that a vx head?
@shaunsiz.itsbetterbytube2858
Жыл бұрын
The best kept secret lol .I use a Sony Spv-9020 JUST for recording Audio .acquired it back in 2015 .have it service by a good tec ( like yourself) the sound quality is as good or better than my cd player .I goggled your mates band pretty cool I think they might have a new following. After your post all the best from over the pond
@12voltvids
Жыл бұрын
No VHS hi fi recording is as good as digital. All HiFi vcrs use companding of audio signal similar to dbx.percussive sounds never sound right.
@shaunsiz.itsbetterbytube2858
Жыл бұрын
@@12voltvids well you are 100% correct but I am no Audio file but it sounds ok to me but my hearing rang is not as good as it used to be and lol regards shaun
@akmalfiroz6732
Жыл бұрын
I am facing a problem in my DVD player the player powers on and when i press open button the power goes off then turn on then I press open button the power goes off what will be the problem
@waltchan
Жыл бұрын
The video problem could be a worn-out/dirty video head, idler tire, or hardened pinch roller. First, check for any bad capacitors on the STK regulator power board with heatsink attached in the power supply, these often fail and one of the common problems for this model that can cause irregular voltage to video and audio. Then, check for bad capacitors on the S-VHS video board, but I seriously doubt this is the problem because I haven't seen one that fail, since the screen shows interference line and fluctuation. A bad video board with weak caps usually have no color, dark video, black video, or no video, shown in all affected Panasonic S-VHS models until 1999. Despite that, historically, Toshiba S-VHS has been more-reliable than Panasonic, JVC, Mitsubishi, Hitachi, and Sony.
@12voltvids
Жыл бұрын
I doubt the heads are worn. I don't think this is a high mileage machine.
@waltchan
Жыл бұрын
@@12voltvids No, I don't think it's the video head. Possible weak caps in STK regulator board, loose solder connection to video, or idler tire/pinch roller.
@thetechgenie7374
Жыл бұрын
That model hated as plastic gear becomes brittle and crack on almost every single one look at. I actually shocked it even threaded the tape? I had one that was new even and cracked the loading lever gear. Replaced it to find almost every single capacitor had become leaky and high ESR. Wasn’t a fun machine to repair. I sold it years ago.
@focus82grothm.84
Жыл бұрын
Love the music. Nice vhs machinery and changing the caps it would be great 👍
@12voltvids
Жыл бұрын
It will be a work in progress. Its my machine now.
@focus82grothm.84
Жыл бұрын
@@12voltvids Nice 😊👍
@worroSfOretsevraH
Жыл бұрын
@@12voltvids Please share the secret you tell the customers that makes them give you their devices. In my experience, there is no right way. If I tell them that it's not worth repairing, they got suspicious that I'm going to rip them off. If I tell that the device is worth some money, but it's expensive to repair, they still want to keep it.
@12voltvids
Жыл бұрын
@@worroSfOretsevraH he was planning to Chuck and found there was a tape stuck inside so wanted to see if it was minor. It isn't so he asked me to remove the tape and find out what's on it. It was a music work tape. Just several mixes of a song he was working on. He has the master tape on dat.
@instantwow
Жыл бұрын
Great video Dave! What’s the process to send a VCR to you to service? I’ve got a JVC TBC VCR that has audio issues. Would like to get it going again.
@12voltvids
Жыл бұрын
Audio issues is likely worn heads if it is noisy
@instantwow
Жыл бұрын
Here’s the sound it makes on the linear track. Ignore the comment at the end about the hifi. Is this a noisy power supply or the linear audio head adjustment? kzitem.info/news/bejne/jqqaxZmmsZmhoWU
@12voltvids
Жыл бұрын
@@instantwow have no idea
@BluRay_4
7 ай бұрын
Huh, i have a toshiba vcr in front of me from the same era, mine is the DV-90G.. It's a way cheaper machine with 2 heads etc etc but it seems to have the EXACT same problem.. kinda weird... What could go wrong on both of our machines and cause exactly the same problem? I have no idea honestly. Edit: yeah i watched the full video and its probably the caps as you mentioned. Im getting a capacitance tester and an esr meter soon so im definitely gonna see what the hell is up with this
@12voltvids
7 ай бұрын
This one is my machine now so I will probably get back on this sometime and rebuild it.
@MattyEngland
Жыл бұрын
I accidentally shut my old cats tail in the fridge door once when she did the same thing, still feel bad about it 20 years later lol.
@waltchan
Жыл бұрын
What happened to the SV-F990 VCR? Did you return it back to the owner, sold it, or it's in your storage still?
@12voltvids
Жыл бұрын
It's mine now. Will deal with it on a future video. Yes it will be looked at again.
@SPINNINGMYWHEELS777
Жыл бұрын
@9:20 kinda sounding like David Wilcox there :) - lots of noise in those recordings.. is that the problem with the player?
@12voltvids
Жыл бұрын
Yes one of several problems with it. Tape played fine in my cheap Panasonic.
@VA7LFD
Жыл бұрын
Audio sounds amazing when its not buzzing... Is this better than Sony SVhs decks?
@12voltvids
Жыл бұрын
all vhs hifi sounds the same
@ActivateMission2ThisTimeline
Жыл бұрын
Over $1000 new I bet. I owned 10 svhs machines for making promo tapes. This unit is so advanced.
@12voltvids
Жыл бұрын
Probably 2500 new
@caseyrevoir
Жыл бұрын
00:13:57 Is that just normal copier paper you are cleaning the head with? 00:20:30 What about a slice of heat shrink tubing to retread the tire? You get a gain in diameter, some compressive force, the lip formed by the heat shrink would you could entomb a wheel in epoxy if it were compromised structurally.
@12voltvids
Жыл бұрын
Yes
@sheikhm15
Жыл бұрын
Hi quick question My Samsung vcr dvd combo plays recorded vhs tapes perfectly but when I try an original studio movie vhs the picture is completely distorted Any help???
@12voltvids
Жыл бұрын
Sounds like alignment issue.
@sheikhm15
Жыл бұрын
@@12voltvids ah ok I jus took the head off and put it back on and now the recorded vhs also has lines on the picture… What do you think I did wrong? Or what should I do after putting head back on?
@12voltvids
Жыл бұрын
@@sheikhm15 did you put it on backwards
@sheikhm15
Жыл бұрын
@@12voltvids ha ha ha I don’t think that’s possible I see the head spinning normal idk what I did wrong
@12voltvids
Жыл бұрын
@@sheikhm15 actually most can be put on 180' our if phase.
@markmarkofkane8167
Жыл бұрын
Wasn't that fan cooled? I see something sticking out the back.
@12voltvids
Жыл бұрын
No fan
@waltchan
Жыл бұрын
No, it's a heatsink where the STK regulator is located. Bad caps do fail often from heat.
@eddys.3524
Жыл бұрын
Nice music... Is it on an album?
@12voltvids
Жыл бұрын
Don't know. Probably something he was working on years ago.
@eddys.3524
Жыл бұрын
@@12voltvids He ought to publish this work.
@12voltvids
Жыл бұрын
@@eddys.3524 he is a studio musician so you likely have heard his work. He had a band in the 70s and has been working in studio ever since. There is lots of money to be made for professional studio session musicians. My old neighbour was a studio keyboard player. He got called in all the time to make recordings sound great because the player in the band was too drunk or stoned to play. When you listen to music there is a good chance that what you were hearing is not the people whose picture's on the album cover. Look up the wrecking crew movie. Muscel scoals rhythm section is another one. Toto was a band made up of professional studio musicians. Leland sklar is probably the most recorded bass player in the world, Larry Carlton and Lee ritenour the most recorded guitarists. Then there was Tommy todesco, gken Campbell, John Denver Sonny Bono Hal Blain. They were part of the wrecking crew. They played most of the music we all listened to in the 60s and 70s. Steeley Dan for example. Larry Carlton on guitar Steve gadd on the drums. Good session players live what they do because they get paid and don't have to go on tour. They read music and just play, and they are so good they are what makes the record pop.
@Hi-Tech-Ray
Жыл бұрын
Looks like the same transport from the DX-7, DX-800, DX-900 (PCM) VCRS!
@waltchan
Жыл бұрын
Yes, and the cheap Toshiba 2-head mono VHS VCRs too from 1986-1989.
@Hi-Tech-Ray
Жыл бұрын
@@waltchan I had the DX800 which I bought for an alignment once and the tech that I bought it to, told me at the time to hold on to it as long as I can, he said that it was the best mechanism he saw as most of it was gear driven and make sure it was properly lubricated! However in 2005, the top board went fubar on me as the top cover began to sag down, so IDK if it shorted the board or did I have a loose connection! Ironically it out lasted both my panasonic and JVC VCRs back in the day!
@waltchan
Жыл бұрын
@@Hi-Tech-Ray Toshiba S-VHS was rated #1 in reliability at that time. Better than Panasonic, JVC, and Sony.
@Hi-Tech-Ray
Жыл бұрын
@@waltchan I even remember that Toshiba started off with the Beta format before getting into the VHS game, then in time even Sony who made the Betamax got into the VHS game as well!
@drdolby1585
Жыл бұрын
How is the sick cat doing ??
@12voltvids
Жыл бұрын
He is hanging in there. Still eating but not doing much than eat and and sleep. Has lost a fair bit of weight but appears happy and doesn't appear to be in discomfort.
@ableite
Жыл бұрын
You said in the beginning that this is not an example of a best class vcr... what would be an example of best class vcr? Nice video idea: Get the one you think is the best and show it in detail for us.
@12voltvids
Жыл бұрын
The best if the vcrs were the late model units. From a performance and reliability standpoint. The fewer the parts (electrical and mechanical) the higher the reliability. Unfortunately these newer machines also used plastic parts which were more easily damaged due to abuse. Kids were the biggest problem with these machines. And allsop wet head cleaners. Those lightweight machines were pretty really reliable if they were looked after. All of mine still work and i use them for archiving all the time. The old ones just keep breaking down. One thing after another. Too many mechanical parts, too many electrical parts to go bad. Sorry but i don't buy into the old is better when it comes to electronics. One of my audiophile friends has just bought into class D amplifiers and now wonders what all the hype is for the old stuff. Said there is no going back to those old amps that you give yourself a hernia lifting. The audiophools are the ones that spend Ludacris amounts on old crap.
@ableite
Жыл бұрын
@@12voltvids i though the older ones were better because they provide more functions. there is a lot of buttons to configure them, i mean manual analog tracking and all.
@12voltvids
Жыл бұрын
@@ableite digital tracking is more precice as it measures the rf level from the heads. Some machines have a meter to peak the level but 99% don't. Auto tracking is accurate untill the heads wear but by that time you aren't tracking it manually either. Manual level control is nice for audio level. I know some people used then as audio recorders. I made a few mix tapes and used to use it to log satellite music before I got DAT. The head switching flutter sound always bothered me. Many don't notice it but once you hear it you can't unhear it. Just like the tones embedded in radio and tv sound tracks for the rating meters that people carry around.
@bionicman71
Жыл бұрын
@@12voltvids i have this very same unit.I purchased it on e-bay for $30.00 and didnt know to much about it besides being so heavy and it had a remote for editing.I heard at the time this was a very costy unit but didnt know if it was worth fixing..i know it has two prolbems but im sure with its age there will be other prolbems as well Im also into archiving and wasent sure what models you would recomend to have for that ?? Thank you for posting this so i know no ill just either see if anyone wants it or ill have to just get rid of it
@tacofortgens3471
Жыл бұрын
Nice beta with digital audio
@waltchan
Жыл бұрын
Toshiba SV-F990 was rated #1 in reliability for high-end, reference, vintage S-VHS editing VCR. All other S-VHS brands were junk and unreliable, including Panasonic and Sony. Be happy servicing the SV-F990, because it is far superior to AG-1970. No surface-mount capacitors inside at all.
@12voltvids
Жыл бұрын
There sure are surface mount electrolytics in there.
@waltchan
Жыл бұрын
@@12voltvids The video problem could be a worn-out/dirty video head, idler tire, or hardened pinch roller. First, check for any bad capacitors on the STK regulator power board with heatsink attached in the power supply, these often fail and one of the common problems for this model that can cause irregular voltage to video and audio. Then, check for bad capacitors on the S-VHS video board, but I seriously doubt it because I haven't seen one that fail, since the screen shows interference line and fluctuation. A bad video board with weak caps usually have no color, dark video, black video, or no video, shown in all affected Panasonic S-VHS models until 1999. Despite that, historically, Toshiba S-VHS has been more-reliable than Panasonic, JVC, Mitsubishi, Hitachi, and Sony.
@12voltvids
Жыл бұрын
@@waltchan I haven't gotten that far on it yet. Don't worry, it's mine so more time will be spent on this when I have time. First thing is finding a proper idler. The main tire is all cracked
@waltchan
Жыл бұрын
@@12voltvids Check pinch roller too... Many of this turn to hard as a rock, which causes slippage or tape chewing/misalignment. I seriously doubt it's the video board, because the screen shows interference line. A bad video board with weak caps usually have no color, dark video, black video, or no video, shown in many Panasonic S-VHS machines.
@kelleyhagan960
Жыл бұрын
I looked up on the internet, in 1990 the price was 2300.00. Ouch !!
@12voltvids
Жыл бұрын
Value today, 20.00 if it's working.
@waltchan
Жыл бұрын
@@12voltvids It's actually $500-$800 value sold on eBay as refurbished with new belts and tire.
@12voltvids
Жыл бұрын
@@waltchan i call bullshit on that one. Pretend money laundering prices perhaps but no one in their right mind is paying that for one of these. But hey if you want to give me that for it once it is fixed I'll gladly take it.
@zx8401ztv
Жыл бұрын
Yep cats are red hot when they know where the treats are, not daft lol. An unusual machine and not cheap in it's day. It likely needs all the caps replacing with quality ones, but that will never happen.
@MattyEngland
Жыл бұрын
Toshiba usually used pretty good caps from the factory. I have a 27 year old Toshiba CRT that I use for retro gaming. I've owned it since new, has over 40,000 hours of use, only thing I've ever done is resolder the video in connection to board.
@zx8401ztv
Жыл бұрын
@@MattyEngland that's a well made set, the cathode ray tube would be the killer of most sets, you cant get them now. Solder joints are a pain, usually the line output transformer because of the weight. Keep an eye on the tube style capacitors, they leak or bulge.
@Gypsycat19
Ай бұрын
There is a PAL betamax that has analog vu meters its only a player no tuner
@12voltvids
Ай бұрын
Why would player only have vu meters?
@aarongunter5582
Жыл бұрын
Who’s the artist???
@12voltvids
Жыл бұрын
open.spotify.com/playlist/0Eyz91cxcEk9FicE7L9UWr You can hear his music here.
@scottyfixit
Жыл бұрын
I have two Toshiba vcrs from that era. They both have bad loading motors. They would rub inside and get louder and louder. Bad motor design. Belt on bottom goes sticky, and sometimes the drum bearing goes dry and squeaks. Well built otherwise.
@waltchan
Жыл бұрын
The carriage motor is compatible to convert it into loading motor.
@weerobot
Жыл бұрын
Collectors Piece....
@12voltvids
Жыл бұрын
For cosmetics yes. I will hang onto this one just for that but i will eventually get it running again.
@SPINNINGMYWHEELS777
Жыл бұрын
S-VHS is unnecessary when just recording audio.
@12voltvids
Жыл бұрын
He used it for video, just this tape had audio only on it.
@terrywilson4118
Жыл бұрын
Can you even buy good quality VHS tapes now.... All getting old now..
@12voltvids
Жыл бұрын
I haven't bought tape on 20 years.
@terrywilson4118
Жыл бұрын
@@12voltvids Same..
@scottyfixit
Жыл бұрын
Fix it! They are getting rare!
@waltchan
Жыл бұрын
The selling value is now over $500 as refurbished and repaired, but 12voltvids doesn't want to admit that.
@ableite
Жыл бұрын
For those who like vintage repairs there is also this channel youtube.com/@UebeVintage , it is in portuguese however.
@azshaw123
Жыл бұрын
Beta HIFI vs VHS HIFI.......Any difference?
@12voltvids
Жыл бұрын
Sound quality wise they are the same. They record to tape differently. Beta and 8mm record the sound at the same time using the same heads. VHS uses dedicated audio heads to record the audio onto a seperate track at a different angle into the tape ahead of the video track. This results is double the tape wear and of course there are 2 more heads to wear. People would get excited by the number of heads a machine had. More heads mean higher tape wear. Sony used 2. The 4 head machines Slhf900 uses 2 double azimuth heads. The 1000 used 2 double azimuth and 2 flying erase. 8mm used 3. 2 video and 1 erase. VHS had as many as 10 heads. 4 video (2 so 2 ep) 2 HiFi audio, 2 special effects and 2 flying erase. This Toshiba has 8. That's s 8 years to wear and 4x the tape wear. So each pass is like playing it 4x on a 2 head machine.
@azshaw123
Жыл бұрын
@@12voltvids Thank you....Your knowledge on VCR's is quite clearly unsurpassed!!!
@12voltvids
Жыл бұрын
@@azshaw123 i can generally figure them out.
@babumanikuttan2258
Жыл бұрын
Good video
@12voltvids
Жыл бұрын
There should be a part 2 for this at some point as it's mine now
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