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Old 06-13-2012, 05:48 PM
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Hey do you guys know of anyone who will take a look at my Magnavision?

I have one and it's not working (spins up and the functions seem to work, just can't get pic and sound on monitor).

I am not good at fixing things...and these look like they would be very complicated to work on...considering I have no knowledge of LD players..and I don't have any tools to do so.

Bayview Electronics will not look at these. Any help? I'm desperate!
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Old 06-13-2012, 06:39 PM
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That is also interesting news about the Magnavision players, and thank you for the repair tips. I have a VH8000 in its original box, and I would like to get it working some day.
I used to work on those things. Had to be set up on a service jig to run it level and swing out the boards from underneath to get to the test points and adjustments. Without the jig and an assortment of modules and a rebuilt known good laser optical assembly sitting around just in case, it would be a real challange if not impossible for someone to work on one of those old beasts today. Up until this April my old shop still had all that stuff in stock, and a couple of the 8000 players back in the warehouse. All gone now!

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Old 06-13-2012, 11:53 PM
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Brockolye-

I do not know of any place that works on the early Laser Disc players, and my own is a future project.

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I never even thought to ask you about any service items for the Magnavox players; now I wish I had. I did manage to get one of the Sams Photofact manuals for it (volume VDP-1, not even in their index anymore). Thank you for the tip about repairing the players.
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Old 06-14-2012, 07:40 AM
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I never even thought to ask you about any service items for the Magnavox players; now I wish I had.
Had all that stuff , modules, jigs, service and training manuals, going back to day 1 of those players.

I keep thinking of other manuals I wish I had grabbed..
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Old 06-16-2012, 08:48 PM
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Here's my RCA SelectaVision VCT 400 manufactured July 26, 1978. It weighs in at just over 38 lbs.




This unit has seen a LOT of use over the years (as you can see by all of the wear and tear), but was finally retired about 5 years ago when it developed a motor speed problem.

It served me well over the years.

Bob



Poor condition compared to my Aug 28th 1978 unit. :P


My is in excellent to mint cosmetic condition

Heads have Corrosion,
it's a parts or display unit at this point
bought it for $15

I think it has a bad belt on it as well.



My prized possession is a SONY RDR-VX560
DVD-RW/VHS recored combo 19micron (Quasi S-VHS Playback as well)
the reason is it has HDMI that can be used in VHS mode

Getting the pure digital signal from the tape nets way better Picture Quality and Audio Quality. plus the dvd burns look amazing. No juddering what so ever.




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Old 06-16-2012, 09:10 PM
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My prized possession is a SONY RDR-VX560
DVD-RW/VHS recored combo 19micron (Quasi S-VHS Playback as well)
the reason is it has HDMI that can be used in VHS mode
Did not know Sony sold a S-VHS pb-capable combo like that. That would be handy to have. All I recorded was S-VHS from about 1988 on so lots of the stuff I have is S-VHS.

I see a Go Video (Sensory Science) dual deck there in the stack. Used to see a fair share of those. At some point in time they had to enable copyguard in their newer machines, so that made all the old ones much more desirable to keep running.
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Old 06-16-2012, 09:32 PM
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Did not know Sony sold a S-VHS pb-capable combo like that. That would be handy to have. All I recorded was S-VHS from about 1988 on so lots of the stuff I have is S-VHS.

I see a Go Video (Sensory Science) dual deck there in the stack. Used to see a fair share of those. At some point in time they had to enable copyguard in their newer machines, so that made all the old ones much more desirable to keep running.
I sure it has that hidden feature.

even the basic Sony "player" combo has it ,I could try it if I can find a SVHS tape to test it out I do not have any on hand


I could burn a SVHS ET then try and play it on it.
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I sure it has that hidden feature.

even the basic Sony "player" combo has it
Yep was looking at a VX515 on the local CL and it has "SQPB".

SQPB: The VCR will play tapes recorded in VHS or S-VHS formats. The unit has SQPB (S-VHS Quasi Playback)
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Old 06-17-2012, 12:29 AM
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I have a Toshiba with the same features as that Sony combo. I'm archiving some anime on it as I type this. It was a thrift store find and is a tad beat up that combined with the dirt inside make me prefer using my JVC S-VHS-ET units for all tape based functions. That Toshiba is the only good used DVD recorder that I've found yet, and has become the heart of my entertainment/archiving scheme.

You have quite an impressive collection of S-VHS units BTW.
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Old 06-17-2012, 08:15 PM
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more VCR's in my collection
Pretty sure that Phillips VRA-999 is a JVC clone, without the nice JVC features like the Digipure noise reduction/TBC. Its amazing how stripped down the JVC HR-S2xxx/3xxx models are. No front S-Video input? How lame.
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Old 06-19-2012, 04:53 AM
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Pretty sure that Phillips VRA-999 is a JVC clone, without the nice JVC features like the Digipure noise reduction/TBC. Its amazing how stripped down the JVC HR-S2xxx/3xxx models are. No front S-Video input? How lame.
It's a better version more then likey a JVC HR-S4xxx series

Battery back up for the time
6 head (I check to make sure but the slow motion play back indicates 6 heads 4 for video 2 for audio)
Picture modes
19micron heads
slow motion playback.

can not go worng with it/



I may have to toss the unit because I found all the VCR's on the ground the thing that the VCR's were on top of broke so two VCR's broke

the dual VCR (damage to the case) and the phillips (does not sound right when a tape is inserted) I will check it out later. I moved all the VCR;s on to something more stable.


all the others work ok still and undamaged & tested...

I am a little pissed, but the dual unit saved the other VCR's and took most of the hit when it feel.


I only paid 2$ for the dual unit so I'll eat it up..

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Old 06-19-2012, 09:56 AM
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