Free Panasonic PV1545 Tape Eater from Facebook

[@josephfiumara9065]

i like how you improvise , you do great work, thanks for posting

[@lesrogers7310]

Wow, what an excellent idea! If i had tried this there would be an almighty mess and probably a VCR laying outside on the lawn in many pieces. Superb Dave, you are the man.

[@crashbandicoot4everr]

Nice fix. What I used to do is get a piece of turntable belt and glue it around the circonference of the idler tire. It worked but the flat spot where the belt was cut made a knocking sound every time the idler made a rotation. By the way that's a VXP0521 idler used in this Panasonic and it seems to be still available.

[@12voltvids]

This should last a good long while.

[@Sans_Solo_]

Glad this technique works! .....I am going to try it to on a cassette deck idler tire.

[@douglashoff95]

I never discard any parts that seem to be of no use. There always seems to eventually be a use for them. You've proven my point! About the only things that seemed to happen to these would be the idler and power supply capacitors.

[@chezsnailez]

One of the first VHS VCRs we owned was a GE (Panasonic OEM) we'd found 'released in the wild' that was in need of an idler tyre. Went over to the hardware store for a plumbers O-ring. Worked a treat! Also, if the tyre isn't all cracklepony'd you can sand the hard surface down a bit - or even flip it around.

[@TheVCRKing]

I got to try that technique soon. At first i thought it wasn't going to work but that's a great alternative method if rubber renue doesn't work.

[@jr-pl9kj]

i used O rings back in the day for those idlers but they have to be roughed up with sandpaper for them to work sometimes. plus i used O rings to replace belts too.

[@directrix101]

Nice fix, tape deck idlers might require narrower belts, the 2mm flat belts might come in good for that.

[@drsysop]

I had a Fisher back then first Hi-Fi & remember it costed over $1200 USD then & lasted for a good while & I wished I knew back then as same issue happened to me.

[@Hi-Tech-Ray]

@12voldvids, Dave I have to say that was so inventive! Now lets just say if you didnt have the belt but applied and lightly sanded the rubber cement, would that work as well? PS Rubber renew or/and microwaving the idler tires worked for me as well!

[@12voltvids]

I don't know whether putting just the rubber cement on and sanding it would work or not because it might but you may not even have to send it because just the operation would smooth it down over time

[@Hi-Tech-Ray]

@@12voltvids keep up with these great videos!

[@israelmicete295]

I got one VCR with the same mechanism and same tire. I used a o-ring from the hardware store and works just like the original.

[@jamienoel]

A trick I used to do was actually turning the tire inside out and placing it back in the plastic wheel/rim. It actually worked because the inner side was still like new.

[@12voltvids]

Most won't turn inside out.

[@jamienoel]

@@12voltvids Wasn't always easy because they would sometimes put up a fight, but I had pretty good success with the ones I did.

[@waynesharp1690]

I do like the look of that machine 😍

[@SouthernGameNerd]

The Panasonic in a smokers house, I bet that's where the Aiwa with the crumbling gears was all those years.

[@dmcintosh1967]

On my sanyo made SR1000 VCR I used 3 inch SCC belt to replace the idler tire. Found the VCR on the side of the road on top of a desk. I didn't need another VCR but I grabbed it anyway and it works very well.

[@zx8401ztv]

That is a nice old machine :-D I've used masking tape wrapped around the empty pulley then put the tyre back on. Naughty but it keeps it going untill the correct part was found. But sometimes the bodge stays there due to lack of parts. Mind you, that was a million years ago lol. Some bodges can last a hell of a long time :-D

[@enricoself2256]

I have an old Panasonic mono VCR which had the exact same problem (it has the same exact tape transport mechanism - overall quite reliable, but rather slow in all operations). At first i replaced the tire with a round rubber gasket i got from a store selling rubber items; it was working but it would squeal in FF or REW due to the outer surface if the tire not being very flat. In the end i had to buy a new tire and it is now working fine. BTW the idler can still be bought as a spare part, there are a few on-line shops still selling it.

[@bumerangsydney]

Love how this machine has that window showing the tape playing. I wonder if anyone made CD/DVD players like that.

[@crashbandicoot4everr]

The Pioneer CDJ-100 and 500 are good examples.

[@wx4newengland]

Omg the very vcr I grew up with and yup- it loved eating tapes

[@wx4newengland]

Updating, I just purchased another pv1545. 25 bucks for a “working” unit

[@KlonoaTorqueBow]

Ah yes, the "Jesus(!) Washer".

[@Rockabillyman26]

I wonder if that rubber cement would be useful on worn out vcr pinch rollers?

[@chrisschanneloftechnology4743]

I would generally take those apart and use some sandpaper on the idler wheels to remove the glaze and if they were not cracked or too badly worn out I would then go ahead and put it back into the machines and that generally took care of the problem

[@JonnyMac351]

I used to do the same put the tyre over the chuck of the battery drill and run them on some fine wet and dry sand paper to take the shine off them worked like new this was back in the 80's these videos bring back good memory's of being a service tech in the 80's and 90's really enjoy them.

[@MagicMaus29]

You are welcome.

[@marka1986]

Might want to clean the mode switch before you let it go. On some models a dirty mode switch would glitch the micro to constantly power the load motor and melt the side plate. Not a real common occurrence. Panasonic recommended to replace the micro too. After I saw a couple of those, I always cleaned the mode switch on any that came in.

[@12voltvids]

Well this one will be featured again on future videos before it is turned lose. Have to maximize the revenue stream 😃

[@KlonoaTorqueBow]

So after cleaning out that Panasonic U-matic did you switch to trying to clean things with 70% IPA? I never would've thought DI water would've done the job, either.

[@stanpatterson5033]

Dave's Retreading Service.

[@tacofortgens3471]

Dave, old skool trade secrets that work

[@paulb4uk]

This worked out really well another option if parts are hard to find

[@12voltvids]

It's called giving away my trade secrets because i am not in the business anymore. If i was still in the business i wouldn't be showing how to do this.

[@stpworld]

I have this model and the rare portable version of it that is also hifi weve had them since the 1980s

[@bobsbits5357]

hi had some of this kind of hi-fi vhs deck along time ago used as vhs audio recorders

[@zulumax1]

What year was this made? The tracking level display was switchable on my JVC VHS HI-FI players from 1988.

[@12voltvids]

1985

[@Barbarapape]

An easy fix for a change, the days have long gone when you could buy service kits for these decks. All we can do now is make do and mend, saving a good machine from the landfill. I often have to do this with laserdisc players, the belts and rubber parts that you can buy today are useless.

[@mrjsv4935]

Good fix, just a worn rubber on the wheel, nothing else wrong with this machine :)

[@12voltvids]

Worn tire, now it's a retread.

[@johnmadow5331]

can you fix CD player for car?

[@12voltvids]

I don't work on car audio.

[@EastAngliaUK]

lucky find

[@stephenmusch56]

At 4:03 minutes turned to what?????

[@12voltvids]

Mush, goo, you name it. The black sh1t that some belts turn to.

[@jeffreyhickman3871]

That’s kind of gross 🤮, this being a smoker’s 💨 set. I think 🤔 today’s drive belts are designed to turn into mush. This VCR’s idler wheel is probably rotten, causing it to eat tapes. Your friend, Jeff.

[@solarr2]

👍👍🇵🇱🇵🇱👍👍

[@theotherchannel2279]

People use these for audio-only in their quest for analogue digital superior sound reproduction. I was thinking of getting one, but prices have skyrocketed due to the snake-oil followers... Crazy prices!!!

[@12voltvids]

Audio onjy? They sound like shit. AFM is not a great way to record audio as it has a limited signal to noise ratio if only around 45 DB. To increase the dynamic range all Hi-Fi audio video recorders VHS or beta employee noise reduction. Dbx was the noise reduction chosen. That increases the dynamic range but it still doesn't eliminate the head switching noise. Every 60th of a second there's a slight overlap when they head switch from one head to the other on the rotating Head drum there's always switching noise that is there this is the reason for the noise reduction to try to control that switching noise but it's always there you could always hear it fluttering in the background and you can always hear warbling at least I can. Maybe if your ears aren't that good are you don't know what you're hearing but it's there and once you hear it you can't unhear it. It's like the support wire on the triniton TV tubes. There are two fine wires on all Trinitron tubes and most people don't even notice it unless it's pointed out once it's pointed out you can't unsee it it becomes annoying just thin black line near the top and another one near the bottom. If you want good quality recording go with a DAT recorder. Using VHS tape to record audio or beta tape for that matter isn't that great. It might sound better and say cheap cassette but even a good quality cassette will equal her better the sound quality off of VHS hi-fi. The only advantage recording on VHS tape has is that you could get an 8 or 10 hour tape and make a really long mixtape that would play all night but other than that forget it. I have many tapes that I used to log off of my old big dish satellite from the audio channels and I would record it on a Hi-Fi tape just because back in the day that's what I had but once I got a digital audio tape deck I never again recorded audio on Hi-Fi video

[@theotherchannel2279]

@@12voltvids I hear you! Then why are people going mad for them? And Technics even made a dedicated VHS audio recorder! And it sells for a shed load of money. I love my retro hi-fi as you know, and I was going to give it a go. But prices are stupid!

[@12voltvids]

@@theotherchannel2279 I don't know perhaps they are stupid. Technics made an audio recorder that used VHS tape but it was a digital recorder (ADAT) As did teac / tascam that used an 8mm cassette. Anyway people get caught up with this vintage hype and over bid on this crap. Not me, i know what it is worth and pay accordingly. I have never paid more than. 20 for a DAT deck. Most of the stuff i get for free from others that also know what this stuff is worth. I wouldn't hesitate however to sell to the highest bidder. When people make me stupid offers I am wise enough to cut stuff loose. Like the Technics slp50 i had. Got it for free and a guy with more money than brains offered me 700 for it. Well today even dumber people are paying over 1000, but i made a fast 700 and the guy i sold it to flipped it in his store for 800. I was offered 400 for a DAT recorder i got for free. Cut it loose as well. Recently got 300 for a mono betamax.