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Trying to revive a cheap Magnavox VCR
A friend gave me a cheap Magnavox DVD/VCR combo that her friend bought at a yard sale for $5, that turned out not to work. Well, when I plugged it in, after a few seconds, it made a loud clicking sound, loud enough to make me jump. On closer inspection, I found a loose piece of plastic, which I removed. Now, when I plug it in, it tries to load a non existent tape (the tape basket stays unloaded, but the loading arms go into place and the head starts spinning), and about 50% of the time it stays like that and goes into "stop" mode. The other time it ejects, makes a weird metallic click sometimes, and turns off.
I know this thing really isn't worth my time, but I love tinkering with these things. It helps relieve stress when i'm having a bad day (and I am having a bad 4 months), and actually the DVD player works fine. |
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Those Funai tape transports are horrid. If it were mine, I'd disconnect the power to the tape and just use it for playing DVD's.
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I hate those things, with a passion. |
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I agree, it is cheap. Almost all plastic. But I would like to try to fix it. How can I disconnect the VCR?
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If those things were anything like they were, the entire unit would shut down, if the mechanism hasn't returned to the start position. Try the cover trick, like I suggested! Just a WAG.
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Audiokarma |
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Tried that. The cassette basket itself moves freely, and the VCR doesn't respond if I push a tape in. It just drops down. Even with it unplugged I can put a tape in and manually lift it out. But the rest of the VCR seems to work, the loading arms move all the way into place when I turn the VCR on, the heads start spinning, and the pinch roller engages. If I press FF, it works for a second then shuts off. Same with play.
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A small update: With the unit unplugged, I pushed a tape in. When I turned it on, it loaded the tape. I pressed FF, it worked for about 2 seconds, then turned off. I turned it back on, it reloaded the tape. I pressed play, and it played, and I got a picture! FF and REW worked on play mode. It can't eject on its own, so I have to turn off the power, and lift the tape out by hand.
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I must be a glutton for punishment. |
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One motor drives the entire transport.
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Mode encoder switch bad or out of timing, bad sensor LED... several things can be wrong with those Funai VCR mechanisms depending on which one you have.
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Audiokarma |
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Im glad you seem to be making progress buddy
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Well, I accidently put a heavy VCR on top of it and now the plastic is bent.
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