r/VCRs

The vcr is on a stepdown transformer and may havr been damaged durijg shipping

I picked up this vcr from goodwill and it looks like this with all tapes it plays. It isnt from the TV its been tested with both consoles and other media players.

Picked this beast up over a year ago. Guy said it was from his friend's estate, and didnt know much about it. He let me test it before paying. My tape got stuck. I knew this would be a possibility. After discussion and greatly reduced price, I brought it home and had to let it sit. Finally had a chance today to fuss with it. I turned it on and manually spun the loading motor through the its cycle. Whatever was stuck got unstuck, and it started playing! I am letting the tape play and I am surprised at how good 250 lines can look with the TBC on. Need to get some XLR adapters for the audio out. Just using the 1/4 headphone jack currently. Pretty happy!

Hey all! I have an R1000 that worked fine except that the left pinch roller did not engage. I popped it open and replaced the blue gear, like always.

After I put it all back together, the head no longer spins. The pinch roller works at least haha.

I have pulled it all back apart three times now, checked every single aligmnet point with a feeler, checked and cleaned all connectors, and cleaned the mode selector for good measure. After quadruple checking my alignment I reassembled and have the same issue.

Tape is ingested and pinched to the head, which sits still, which causes it to release the tape back to the cassette due to load error.

Y'all.. What did I do wrong, and does anyone have any advice?

I want to fix some minor plastic webbing cracks before I use this vcr, but I’m not entirely sure what the plastic is made out of and what type of glue is best to use here.

I have super glue, 2 part epoxy, and 2 part jb weld on hand but could get something else if these are no good here.

I circled some of the cracks in red, there are a couple more not in the photo but all are on this plastic webbing.

I’ve cleaned the thing with a wet tape cleaner and tried some isopropyl on the drum to no avail.

The video explains everything. It's so close to working flawlessly but I still need a little help! Thanks in advance!

I have a huge problem with one of my tapes, and it’s not affecting the others nearly as much. The tape shown in the picture by itself is degrading insanely fast, and I got it completely still sealed in its plastic from 2002. The others are either rental or used, and the ones that are used but not rentals have no noticeable artifacts at all when I play them. The rentals are what you’d expect.

My problem is that despite the fact that I’ve stored these all the same, only the one that I’ve just unwrapped is degrading insanely fast. Every time I come back to it, there’s several more parts where I see a slit through a certain part of the screen for a split second. I don’t know if I’m doing anything wrong in terms of how I have them stored, but it keeps getting worse without even using it.

What am I doing wrong for that tape to be degrading so fast while these other tapes that have been open and used for 30 years are still perfectly fine?

This is my first time working on a VCR. I didn't know what a mode switch was until a couple of days ago. I was just curious how bad this was compared to what others have seen, and how well it cleaned up. Thanks!

I've been posting my progress on this for a bit now. Today I cleaned the mode switch. Previously the mechanism was binding on the eject arm. Today. I took that apart again and found out that the post was not slotted into the cam gear properly. After fixing that, everything seemed to be fine. I was testing all the different functions and when I did Stop > Rewind for the fast rewind, It rewound until the end of the tape, and kept trying to rewind more. Then the TV shut off, and now when I turn it back on it keeps trying to rewind, but the screen displays "eject".

Hello I recently acquired this VHS player and I’m not sure why it keeps getting stuck and ejecting. Every time I put a tape in there the player just spits it back out improperly, and I’m not sure how to fix it. Is there something missing or broken that anyone can see? Or is it cooked beyond repair? It does this for every tape that I’ve tried.

Opened up my new vcr to clean its head and rollers but this leaky fluid caught my eyes. What is it and should I be worried?

I have this warping at the bottom of my screen and I'm unsure if this is from my VCR or if this is even fixable. I appreciate any insight thank you!

Picked up this awesome portable dvd/vcp today, brand new will all original cords, cases and remote. The only issue is the screen is melting lol it still turns on and shows picture but barely. Probably a long shot but does anyone have one of these for parts and would be willing to sell the screen? I’m trying to source one before trying to replace the LCD