Philips N1700 VCR Teardown - The Electronics Inside

[@mervynstent1578]

Philips doesn’t get the credit it’s deserves today! Remember the VCR Format was way before Beta & VHS!

[@rael9]

Time for a Techmoan collab!

[@a531016]

I would 100% be up for that!

[@renegonzalez6755]

Wonderful video. The hands on videos are the best in my opinion. I love restoring vintage videotape machines myself. You will be surprised at what you can get up and running by applying common VHS VCR maintenance procedures. The VHS machines are a wonderful catalyst for any vintage videotape machine restorer.

[@notnecessary7730]

Ahhh the good ole days when companies didn't design their products so people could not repair them!!! I miss those days when you could spend a little time and money and fix something that broke instead of having to throw it out and buy a new one

[@leebannister3759]

I actually have a VCR repair high school module. This video is now part of my student's VCR history lesson :) Thank you

[@a531016]

Well, that's an honour! Thank you!

[@AjinkyaMahajan]

It was a wonderful find. I did not know there was a competition to VHS and Bita max sony. Thanks for sharing Cheers ✨

[@Croaker369]

Would be great to see you try and get it going video(s) on KZbin.

[@martynquiney9121]

Hi great video I love these old philips video recorder I have 5 of them all working and some 1702 and 1502 working as well hopefully you will get that one running again looks forwards seeing that

[@gower1973]

It wasn’t just VHS/Betamax you also had Video 2000, which I think was also developed by Phillips, It was popular in schools for classroom instruction , the tapes were if I remember correctly were double sided.

[@jkmac625]

Those tapes of Automan are quite late for this format. I remember recording that series on VHS back in 1984.

[@johnharmer394]

I have exactly the same unit which powers up but doesn't play and two tapes. The difference there is the modules in mine are rusty. I have replacement belts for this as the old ones turned into a sticky rubber licorice mess. I'm looking forward to your attempts at repair.

[@bartz0rt928]

What I like about it is also that it shows why these things were so expensive compared to their modern counterparts, and why they stopped being built like this: the whole thing is labelled, modular, socketed, robust… and it stops working because a 2 cent piece of rubber dried out, which is just a thing that inevitably happens.

[@a531016]

Absolutely, It shows why those old TV and VCR repair shops that every town had were well worth it. If you spent that much on a device that was servicable, you would! Today, things are so hard to repair, and cheap to buy they just aren't viable to repair.

[@Drew-Dastardly]

Blimey, I always wondered where the '80/90s Philips Charley Mech VHS tape take up mechanism came from. Totally different design to every other VHS out there.

[@vintageschoolstv]

These machines are fantastic beasts of technology! I learned a few tricks on how to repair these from an elderly friend who used to be an engineer for Radio Rentals in the 70's and 80's and repaired many of these machines. I've managed to get several of these dinosaurs back to life, and the picture quality can be surprisingly good! The belts will be the first priority, then a good clean up of the lacing mechanism, the tape path, and the audio and video heads, and that big rubber pinch roller. Colin (video99.co.uk) has some great video guides on his YT channel on these machines. Best Wishes on the restoration project :)

[@UHF43]

Those canned modules are pretty much the same thing Philips used in the IF and color demodulation of their TV chassis of the era. The varicap tuner is exactly the same.

[@thenormanfair]

The good old days, when products were designed to be repaired.

[@quinsomnia4934]

Did you ever repair it :'0 Is there a sequel?

[@magnusterminus4728]

the N1500and N1501 area real challenge, the N1512 and later models are easier to deal with. i even managed to prep a Y/C output on these 😁

[@AjinkyaMahajan]

Did you find any Service manuals for the module ??

[@a531016]

It took some digging, but I managed to find it in German and English! They are out there, I'm not sure where I stand on copyright sharing the Document again, but they are out there

[@pcuser80]

Is it put back together? such a iconic VCR.

[@a531016]

Reassembled, and new belts arrived today! Belts in, test power board, test servo board coming soon!

[@DauntlessDamian]

The adventure begins

[@kilbonrobert]

Looking forward to see more please

[@DAVIDGREGORYKERR]

That machine uses a strange videotape which has it's reels stacked one on top of the other, if you intend to get it working then don't take it apart, You should have made a note of where the modules went before removing them, I hope you have a service manual for the PHILIPS N1700

[@a531016]

Indeed I do, all Modules replaced succesfully (I placed them in order as I removed them, and have the video for reference too), new belts just arrived, and I'll be testing each board at a time from the power supply outwards!

[@peterjf7723]

Channel 4 started in November 1982. Love the BBC micro T Shirt.

[@a531016]

Thank you for noticing! I couldn't remeber for the life of me when it was on the day!

[@Oldgamingfart]

Perhaps try give Colin a shout over on his Video99 channel. He's very knowledgeable with these, and other video formats.

[@a531016]

I'll look it up, thank you!

[@ColdPie]

No NCC-1701 model? ;)

[@a531016]

I would have, but finding replacement dilithium crystals for them is very hard these days!

[@Mike-gk7qh]

yeah ,,plz get it workinggggg asap..

[@a531016]

I'll try - I have been waiting over a month for replacement belts so far!

[@srduke]

3:49 2nd November 1982

[@robbieberry9700]

I owned the 1502 version 😊

[@NeedInput_Johnny5]

More More More please

[@a531016]

Ha! Epic user name!

[@robbieberry9700]

I know how it works 😊

[@bennynorling349]

Susan t band

[@decidev]

First

[@Adi-lv9bo]

You need some training if 16kg is to much, start lifting some chopsticks, may help...