(Re) Greasing My VCRs

[@YasmineCollects]

If this gets 1 like I will do a retrospect on Scooby Doo & the cyber chase (iconic early 2000s cyber space vibes) 👀 😆

[@GrandPoobahChuckyB]

It's a super strange, underrated gem that doesn't get talked about enough.

[@GrandPoobahChuckyB]

@32discodave I may be mistaken, but I vaguely remember there also being a Cyberchase Playstation 1 game.

[@YasmineCollects]

@@GrandPoobahChuckyBthere was!! 😍 I have a commercial for it on the tape

[@joonglegamer9898]

As an old grumpy guy who grew up in the 80's - I approve of this video.

[@YasmineCollects]

😊 big thanks!!!

[@sethdexter3196]

I’m glad to see someone younger appreciate old tech like VHS. I used to go through them buy, fix and sell them from estate sales whatever. Right now I have a Toshiba SVHS machine that is absolutely amazing. If you find one I highly recommend. I will never sell it. Anyway, keep making these videos. I look forward to the next.

[@YasmineCollects]

Thanks for watching and sharing 💗 I would absolutely love to find an SVHS player, how rare are they? Is servicing them different? So many questions!!!

[@androidfleshbot2854]

Good to know - most Toshibas I’ve come across all have issues aside from like 1 or 2 .

[@sethdexter3196]

Sorry my bad it’s not a Toshiba it’s a JVC HR-7600U. It’s been rock solid. I’m still looking for super VHS movies to watch on it still but I’ll find them eventually.

[@Antiprogressivepraxis]

I'm glad you call it a VCR, and not "VHS Player." 😂

[@YasmineCollects]

Sometimes I slip up 😂

[@dougfisher1813]

I have a VHS player, which is a retired rental machine from 1985. It's a heavy duty top loader and is enclosed in a sturdy case with tamper resistant screws, and with a carrying handle on it. They could be rented for a couple bucks a day. This was when VCRs were still quite expensive to buy, so renting one was an option.

[@pteleac3537]

Aw hell yeah I have watched enough vcr repair videos to get served this by the almighty algorithm. Great video! Who among us hasn't mistakenly removed some crucial grease from an old machine? Honestly helpful to me as I'm in the (year + long) process of repairing this Samsung VCR/DVD combo that I... Well I'm not gonna go into the embarrassing details but suffice it to say I made a mistake advancing a tape 'manually' trying to clean mold off of the reels and the tape ended up shredding inside that deck 😅 so basically a full deep clean and relube is in order bc every single spot of grease has shredded tape stuck to it. Lost cause means nothing to me. ALSO idk if anyone pointed this out of if you knew already but interesting fact I like to bring up any chance I get (which is not often), the phone dialing tones at the start of the Pretty Woman tape are remnants of the commercial duplication process. The master tapes would have certain information such as volume, format, and duration encoded in a dual-tone multi-frequency signal (the same signal format used for "touch-tone" telephones). Sometimes you can hear it at the beginning of a tape, sometimes it will come at the end, and sometimes it's not picked up at all! Kinda spooks me out sometimes even tho I know what it is!

[@YasmineCollects]

I love this comment! So glad the algorithm brought you to my little corner 😊 it makes me feel better to know I’m not the only one who’s made a couple repair mistakes along the way 😭 Never heard about that! I think thats so cool. It used to scare the crap out of me as a kid….that and the beeping some tapes do to signify that they’re finished *shudders*

[@wepif]

did make me smile with the capacitor/battery, but good on you for wanting to learn and giving it a go with the service, can tell you had done some homework with spotting and removing the headcleaner roller. might want to try hooking up the audio outs to an amp for VHS HI-FI which is very good sound indeed so much better than the liner sound you get from RF

[@YasmineCollects]

Good idea! Thanks 😊

[@JWD1992]

As someone who is constantly afraid to attempt to fix things because I might "screw up," I love this video. You were bold enough to work on the VCRs and did make a mistake, BUT you learned from it AND corrected it. Now you have both knowledge and functional VCRs! I need to take note.

[@YasmineCollects]

This comment made my day 😊💗 thank you for supporting, go for it!!!!!!

[@BurritoVampire]

Remember the golden rule, if it's already broke, who cares if you break it more! You got nothing to lose and a new piece of gear or like you pointed out, knowledge to gain!

[@Capturing-Memories]

I admire your enthusiasm about vintage electronics, and I wish that your channel will grow exponentially, I watched your videos and Mad-lemon, I find so much fun watching your contents.

[@YasmineCollects]

Thank you very much 😊

[@gtretroworld]

Another brilliant video Yasmine and it’s good to see you’re so hands on.Keep up the good work..👍

[@YasmineCollects]

Thank you!!!

[@xmvirus202]

The sound is reminiscent of a cicada. I admire your enthusiasm and willingness to educate yourself in electronics repair. I have two of those Panasonic models and they are still operating, free from trouble. ✌️ ❤️

[@YasmineCollects]

💗

[@stefanegger]

That's so cool man (girl)! Leave the capacitors alone, I do not think this is a problem on your unit. I had a probably mid-1990ies Sony which had capacitor problems, but yours is much newer, rarely used and looks good and clean. Often you can see broken capacitors when they leak, corrode or especially buldge the top (top should be flat on top, not rounded for 99% of all caps). I was shicked when you completly disassembled it but you got it together. The movement is probably not so smooth just because of the cheap and easy mechanism. But don't be afraid, you are doing fine, be careful, ask maybe especially when you do something on the power supply etc. Don't touch inside when it is operating and always plug it OUT when you work on it. It will also have power inside in standby mode etc., just to be sure. You know I always say if you dont do something, you cant break it. So everyone of us tinkerers or even professional repair guys will have done some mistake, broke something etc. So keep your energy and interest, and try it, even if you fail at some point, at least you learned something. Of course making things worse is not a good thing, and often it is better if you leave it alone rather than try to "improve" things if they are not broken. So think about what is really needed and go after specific issues, rather than start doing things that are maybe bad or unnesccassary. And dont look straight into the laser, when you openly work on DVD/CD drives.

[@YasmineCollects]

I love this comment so much! Thank you for your insight and encouragement 😊 A lot of footage was cut out with me trying to put it back together lol, I actually had to do it twice because I screwed up the mode switch alignment. But dang I felt so accomplished that I figured it out! 💗

[@garyphillips7993]

The large capacitor is on the hot side of the power supply (input) - it’s more than likely the inrush capacitor to help smooth out the mains supply to the device. Be careful around that side of the power supply as the big capacitor can hold charge and give you a bit of a shock with the mains off.

[@BETAMAX19732]

Good video thanks

[@bigaldo246]

Hi Yasmine, The noise and how to find it. Because the head is spinning around 1,800 rpm this can cause vibration issues and some parts of the plastic and chassis will start to vibrate at a certain frequency. First put a tape in and play then with your hand place it on vcr all over the case and put pressure on it to see if it stops the vibration? Could just be the case vibrating and needing tightening or dampening. If that doesn’t work remove the top case, connect your vcr to power supply using a circuit breaker for protection to prevent serious shock, use a wooden spoon and rubber gloves and go all over the plastic and chassis with the spoon putting pressure on to see if this stops the noise, again either tighten or dampen the vibration. Hope this is helpful to you. Great seeing someone so young embracing the good old tech.👍

[@YasmineCollects]

Thanks for the information!!

[@Robby.Wilson]

Awesome video! Recently cleaned and greased my vcr/dvd combo, I think that it will become my backup since I've found a Sony Vcr in a thrift shop that looks like it has barely been used.

[@Daniel61248]

All praise 2 you loving old equipment

[@retrozo_]

I'm so glad you mentioned the automatic head cleaner! I picked up three new (to me) VCRs, one of which is a dual deck duplicator, and had to remove three of them. I'm starting a collection at this point, haha.

[@YasmineCollects]

Perhaps you can turn them into an abstract art project 😂 they are the bane of my existence

[@retrozo_]

@@YasmineCollects Maybe I'll make them in to jewelry haha

[@YasmineCollects]

That’s actually genius!

[@DRNicholasJones]

I think it’s great you preserve vintage tech . I do the same with video game consoles & other tech .

[@YasmineCollects]

That’s awesome!!!

[@shawnlennon1947]

lady I almost starting crying when you pulled upirainbow fish. the cover that intro. it dates me so well. love your stuff.

[@YasmineCollects]

so glad it brought you joy 💗 i feel that way about so many of my tapes

[@sparksfly13]

so happy to see another post, i love your channel so much!! (p.s. i found the exact same Panasonic VCR as yours at my local thrift!!)

[@YasmineCollects]

Sweet find 😎 thanks for watching 💗

[@Thiesi]

32:36 - So that Scooby-Doo toy is capable of saying more phrases than the actual Scooby ever did during the entirety of the show!

[@YasmineCollects]

😂

[@Blowncaraudio]

This felt like a video I would make. I've actually botched a couple of cassete tape players from going ham with the electronics cleaner and actually removed the grease!😂 Don't know how I missed your channel but I HAD to subscribe lol. Good stuff!! Keep up the good work!!❤

[@esecallum]

i use mr sheen

[@YasmineCollects]

Glad I’m not alone 😂 welcome!!!!!

[@rbruce25]

The mode switch is easy to re-align.The main drive wheel has a hole on it on the underside it should have an arrow (sony models) or dot (other clones) indicating where the gear should allow the mode switch to be engaged. Just line the hole and dot to the protrusion post on the mode switch and it should slot in. From the video it looks like you got it in the right position if it was not the VCR would not engage in to play , FF or rewind and would just power off. Trail and error is going to be your biggest friend with vintage electronics as service manual hard to find, so you just have to logically use trail and error method (but be careful not to break anything) Good Job !!!!!!

[@RealPrincessToadstool]

As an Brazilian who grew up in the 80’s and 90’s, I would like to approve this video!

[@ItsTheRealMrMaD]

That reminds me..I need to buy me one of those standalone tape reminders.

[@bobsacamanno5123]

Well I’m 45 now so I feel like I got the best of the world, kid in the 80’s teenager in the 90’s. Kinda makes me happy seeing videos like this tbh takes me back. Old toys from that era, old movies on VHS is great. When I was really young Beta, Atari and records were still around. Thanks never knew about doing this till this day, just thought you put those cleaner tapes in lol.

[@YasmineCollects]

haha yup, I thought the same with cleaner tapes. Soooo wish I was around in the 80s, thanks for watching :]

[@SRN42069]

I personally used White Lithum Grease since it was cheapest the only downside I heard about it is that it dries out quicker over 2 years so I'll have to do it again in 2 years.

[@shanestewart4814]

I'm going to need to deal with my VCR in which both the take up reel and supply reel seems to have stiffened and ceased up. All the other parts are working just fine. It had sat idle for years and was working just fine when I last used it. After pulling 60 videocassettes from a dumpster on September 24, and then an additional 14 more from the same dumpster, coming from the same source on October 1, to go with the 21 others I had gotten previously from likely the same source on August 1, I have lots of tapes to check out. The ones from August 1, were mostly prerecorded children's and family friendly movie tapes, which included the Chuck Jones classic Rikki-Tikki-Tavi which I already have a DVD version of. And 8 once blank tapes with no labels leaving its contents a mystery. All but 2 tapes from the collection I got on September 24 were once blank tapes full of stuff recorded off the TV. Someone was a big fan of The X Files. They were recording every episode from the first 5 seasons. The 14 I got on October 1 were half prerecorded tapes and the other half of them were more former blanks holding more TV recordings. Many of these former blanks from all 3 finds are total mysteries because they came with no labels on them, so there's no telling what they all have.

[@LuckyMTS]

27:56 nostalgic logo on vhs.

[@DAVIDGREGORYKERR]

VCRs can be used with an PCIE addin card that lets you backup your hard drive to a VHS or BETAMAX tape,

[@paul.theeightiesluvr.1980s]

Love your videos and just grabbed me one of them 1998 to 2000 ERA model Panasonic VCRs from Japan🎉❤ I've had several throughout the decades I recognized those models right away when remembering the blue strip on the intake / eject door so thanks for reminding me to get one of those back in my collection I also have a gorgeous DVD VCR combo it's a black beauty Toshiba it has an ultra bright power button that's backlit in green LEDs so sweet and I have a couple other cool VCR tape recorder players one of them a Sony with the name Sony embossed on the top lid and I also have another Toshiba that's just gray but I love it because it has orange and green numeric number pad in the front bezel love your channel subbed and like new videos🎉❤😊

[@YasmineCollects]

I LOVE it when units have led displays, it’s so much more personal! Glad you’re enjoying your Panasonic too. They are workhorses 💗 cheers and welcome!

[@MrWarrenRetro]

I do have Panasonic VCR/DVD combo for tapes tested. Not squeak. I used to have Philips VCR combo it has squeaky noises from the Kidnapped Canadian VHS, and it won't fast forward it was slow. Just like French Canadian VHS of Fantasia is screwed up the picture, was have tracking problems.

[@LudicrousScotty101]

lol look at all those beautifull moving parts of the 80's

[@JoshRazauskas]

So much fun! It’s a shame that you made the accidental mistake with the greasing in the first place but this was fascinating to watch the process! The things we learn about the inner workings of things that we always took for granted, and are nostalgic for just like I talked about last time is so crazy to me. I’ve never seen Scooby Doo and the cyber chase and I thought I’d seen everything Scooby Doo. I’m gonna have to go try and watch it now! That’snacktime Scooby is the best! I always wanted one, but never had him 🥺 Your TV really does put out great sound I’m sorry to hear about the capacitors going bad!

[@YasmineCollects]

Welcome back 😊💗 if I found that scooby at an estate sale or something, I would so pick it up. Cyber chase is SOOOO good, it’s really dated but the phantom virus is iconic to me lol. As annoyed as I am, I am happy there’s a greasing video out because I haven’t found a dedicated one yet.

[@JoshRazauskas]

@@YasmineCollects Thanks! Who wouldn’t! Unless your mind is just bizarre. And you hate Scooby hahaha! I will definitely have to try and track it down for sure! I’m glad you could see it that way that you were able to help others, take the good with the bed!

[@YasmineCollects]

Scrappy doo is the one we all hate 😂

[@JoshRazauskas]

@@YasmineCollects Hahaha yesss! 😅

[@Lennymcgra]

Quality machines :)

[@jvargas6034]

If Your Magnovax VCR/DVD Combo Is Tuner Free, What Would You Use To Record On It?

[@YasmineCollects]

Hehe that is a fabulous question, I have a video in the works that will cover this 👀

[@mikeb8638]

Make sure at your local thrift stores you keep an eye out for the holy Grail VCR combo with Blu-ray by Magnavox very hard to find

[@YasmineCollects]

Always looking for one

[@feywerfolevado6286]

I have this exact same VCR!

[@ExiledMSH]

I have three VCRs, two of them being Philips dual deck DVD combos. I've opened them up before to tinker with them, but now I will have to do dome greasing. Also...do you have a separate tape rewinder so that your VCRs don't get worn out?

[@YasmineCollects]

Yes I do! 😊

[@berechoumohamed7732]

❤

[@markselvin2230]

I love the lip liner it reminds me of Robert Smith💗

[@YasmineCollects]

😂💗

[@michaelmitchell8218]

I think I comment before I here on this channel. It’s great you like VHS and retro stuff. I repair electronics for over 30 years, the problem with VHS is servicing them. People forget there is a lot in them that makes these pictures and sound and you need the equipment to fix them. I still do fix them because I still got the equipment to do so but it’s getting harder because you can’t get the parts. You have to be careful buying secondhand machines because of the age and it will need a service. That’s why a lot of vhs demos on KZbin look bad because the machines are out of line and worn. You need to transfer your videos to media before it get to late. I’m still lucky because I own good machine with very low hour head count on them, but only used to transfer.

[@YasmineCollects]

Welcome back 😊 I do want to transfer my tapes! It’s sad that we can’t get new units anymore, I wonder if they’ll make new VCRs for hobbyists. They would probably be really expensive and cheaply made though. Seems like the plastic gears are one of the biggest nightmares when it comes to servicing

[@androidfleshbot2854]

The dreaded “ last gasp “ players made at the tail end - were made cheaply but hopefully if you are careful with them they should last a bit - sucks that they made many of them so you can t easily take out chassis

[@LuckyMTS]

I like your Magnavox combo because it’s better than Panasonic.

[@hodun8]

VHS does not support s-video. On the magnavox, the s-video is for the dvd player only. SVHS (super vhs) does support s-video.

[@phobiac281]

Basically any electronics has kapacitor and to replace it you would had to disolder it from the bottom then solder a new one and in that process you have to be cereful to not melt plastic or move or solder together any other components on accident. If you do so it may cause short circuit and kill the mainboard or just whole vcr. So if you never done soldering before i think you should take it to rapir shop and say what you need. Soldering is not as hard as it seems but yea for now that kapacitor looks alright to me when its bad you will see it leakind and having brawn stuff around it and mainboard.

[@waynesharp1690]

I hope you get as much enjoyment out of these old electronics as I do ❤️ I can't stop buying off Facebook marketplace and charity shops.

[@YasmineCollects]

Yes!! I love browsing online and visit a thrift once a week💗

[@CamoCrabby]

Another vote on the Panasonic being okay, capacitor wise. From what I heard years ago, the issue was the formula / design was stolen from some top capacitor manufacturer. Then, multiple companies tried to replicate the capacitors and sell them more cheaply. The end product was badly made capacitors that went into a lot of electronic devices of the time (with lots of failures). That Panasonic of yours should be made with more genuine capacitors, so all "should" be good. With that said, all capacitors (as with most things in general) do deteriorate over time. So use and enjoy the VCR, until it stops working. Hopefully that stopping point will be years down the road. You can try fixing it after that.

[@YasmineCollects]

Fingers crossed! I have all my retro electronics hooked up to a surge protector that I turn off every night. Hopefully that helps

[@rbruce25]

That sound that you hear sound like a cracked or bent gear, or in some cases a gear clip c-CLAMP is broken and a gear is wobbling, and good you remove the Auto head cleaner they cause more problems than they solve, look for something bend or loose or misaligned and scrapping against something, should be addresses as with use it will wear down that part and cause transport issues. It sound like plastic on plastic, I would look at the supply and take-up gears, as it sound like pulse as the reels turn.

[@YasmineCollects]

Thanks so much!!!

[@darkalligator]

4 heads or 6 heads? 🤔

[@YasmineCollects]

4 on the Panasonic

[@crusty21]

I must be going nuts but I can't find 1 single Blockbuster open in my town.....what gives..?

[@joshuapowell1868]

Damage blue ray disc movies doesn't play at all like a vhs movies does

[@bigaldo246]

Glad you removed the auto cleaner! Better with a cassette cleaner. The “Noise”? sounds like a mouse snoring after a New year party and it’s fell asleep on the rocking chair? Lol

[@YasmineCollects]

😂😂😂

[@matthewziv4283]

Tall

[@joshuapowell1868]

Great video everything proven people keep there mode switch clean out like they should people will never have playing problem's with there VCR players everything proven vhs tapes don't stop playing at all it's the VCR player itself what stops playing but not the vhs tape itself everything proven people like myself are fixing broken vhs movies with Scotch tape it starts playing again with out no problem's

[@p.stephens9305]

Spitting image of Judy Tenuta

[@jeffreyhickman3871]

Don’t ever be ashamed of greasing the inner workings of your VCR’s. It is a perfectly normal hobby, to clean 🧼, grease, and take care of your VCR’s, and other electronics of interest. Radiotvphononut 📻 and Shango066 do videos on capacitor replacement in older vacuum tube radios 📻, record players, and TV’s 📺. So do many other KZbinrs, but these two are my favorite 😍. With the majority of these record players approaching 70 years old, the grease used on the mechanisms of them, actually turn to powder, and/or a gooey mess, like 👍 the consistency of tar. This makes it very difficult 😞 for the record player to make it through the change cycle 🔁. That’s pertains to record players, capable of playing a stack of records. Sorry 😞 about such a long comment, and the emojis. For being a woman 👩, you’ve got quite an interesting 🤨 hobby. Just give me a shout, if you’d like 👍. I just may know the answer. Your friend, Jeff.

[@joshuapowell1868]

People like myself are buying VCR players cleaning tapes vhs movies offline from images from ebay now days no more getting out of the house now days everything proven online now days of buying them

[@elektrokinesis4150]

WD-40 is pretty bad at being a lubricant, it just wets things and doesn't lubricate things as much as a grease will.

[@Wagoo]

I've heard that US WD-40 is a different (inferior) recipe to the WD-40 we get in Europe too

[@greenlanternseven]

Ahh the dreaded mode switch lol...12 Volts will tell you all about that hee hee hee spray that mode switch in Deoxit , change all the electrolytic capacitor s to Nichicon Fine Gold hee hee or Elna Cerophyn caps and if any semiconductor s in there change them to Digikey has all the goods then that VCR will work brand new for decades