Trying to FIX a £1200 Bang & Olufsen VX7000 VHS Video Cassette Recorder

Hi, in this video I attempt to fix a B&O VHS player that cost £1200 back in 1995. It is not playing the tapes and has a tendency to chew up tapes.
Remember that this is just for entertainment and I am not an expert in these repairs. The processes in the video may not be the best way, the correct way or the safest way to fix these things. I do love fault finding and trying to fix broken things, so I hope that comes across in this 'Trying to FIX' series. Many thanks, Vince.

[@LymanGreen]

Vince I don’t know if you understand how great your videos are. I don’t ever care if you fix things I just find your videos so relaxing. I am stressed constantly with all the crap going on and my own personal problems and watching you tinker with something for an hour is so awesome. Thanks so much.

[@alext8828]

Agreed.

[@josericardogs1435]

Please try fixing more VHS players, I love that old stuff! Greetings from Brazil!!!

[@Bardy20101]

Hi vince. I watch your videos on a regular basis and I think you are simply fantastic. To be able to take a machine that you know nothing about and work out how to repair it is mind blowing. I really appreciate the time you spend on these projects for our entertainment and I am looking forward to seeing more. I salute you. Tony

[@Mymatevince]

Thank you Tony :-)

[@geerthenkwijnants]

If you can fix this, you can fix anything. Video's are the most complex with all the gears, belts etc. Well done!

[@SaucyBegger25]

You’ve done very well with this old thing. I’ve fixed many vhs players as a younger lad. Always took things apart to see how they work. Beta max and even a grundig 2000 I’ve fixed. The grundig 2000 was a beast of a tape player. Fully loaded with boards. Also a double sided tape player too. Brings back a lot of memory’s watching this video. Thank you.

[@jamiefors5062]

B&O did the “1 remote for all” saved having 20 remotes for every bit of kit, good idea really, ahead of their time

[@matthewcb1970]

This has to be one of the trickiest fixes attempted! All those gears make my eyes spin...

[@borisarchby2]

Ahhhh, excellent a new video to watch, bed time has just been extended

[@therealtrip9723]

Yes another Vince video I cant wait to spend all night watching it

[@tomandkayleebutcher9218]

Vince! Don’t rush in to buying a remote, it will not work and you mostly can not use a universal remote as the IR frequency is unique. All B&O VCR’s and DVD’s do not have IR Receivers on them they received commands though a BeoVision TV. I am a Authorised independent B&O Engineer. If you have any questions feel free to contact me. Keep up the great videos.

[@Mymatevince]

Thank you :-) I have plenty more older B&O products waiting to be looked at so your help may be needed, which could lead to a revisit video if I can't fix it first time round :-)

[@ThinkingBetter]

@@Mymatevince Nice video. I was leading the software development for this VCR with my internal team at B&O doing all the higher level software and external team at Hitachi Tokai Works doing the lower level motor control software. In the 90s B&O did quite advanced multi-room home audio/video networking systems with Beolink/Masterlink where your VCR could serve as the home's central video player and be 2-way remote controlled e.g. from a Beolink 7000 remote (crazy expensive remote btw). This VCR is highly optimized for working in a B&O system and you need at least a B&O TV from the 90s with a B&O remote to make sense of it. Collaboration between B&O and Hitachi to make this product was a big challenge (I spent about 1 month plus other trips in Japan making them fix about 300 bugs just in their part of the software) but we succeeded making it into a genuine B&O product providing a market leading simple design, user interface (with the remote involved), picture quality and HiFi sound quality back then.

[@SuperCustodian]

Oh dear! I’m not surprised you found this heavy going. B&O video machines are designed to be part of the B&O system alongside their own brand tv and audio units often with a special remote. Mechanisms are often Philips but remotes tend to use proprietary frequencies. I’ve repaired a few pieces of b&O, but not a brand I would be tempted to start my service career. Anyway, good luck!

[@markwillshire68]

Another great video and trip down memory lane, I used to repair B&O TV's and VCR's back in the 90's so I did cringe a bit watching but well done for having a go. Love what you do and always full of useful tips.

[@ParticleSWE]

Every time Vince has a new video up when you login feels like Christmas morning when you were a child ❤️👍🏻

[@onometre]

wow that style has aged extremely gracefully. Looks like it could have been released today

[@thewallduck2022]

I know right

[@jrich8319]

Great job Vince.....that was an epic save.

[@reacey]

Vince where have you been? Don't you know your videos keep me sane haha. Keep up the good work, I love how you don't give in until you're absolutely exhausted of options, and how you like to pinpoint faults down to exact components, alot of people won't realise all the effort gone into these videos, all the editing, working tirelessly till the early hours, I do appreciate it.

[@Mymatevince]

Haha, thanks mate, I have had a nightmare with my PC dying and then having to reinstall Windows 10 and all of the stuff I have lost. I have also been trying to fumble my way though a new video editing package as my old one is no longer supported. I am nearly back to normal now :-)

[@davefridjhon]

@@Mymatevince thats not good at all when hard drive crashes did you do back ups thats a common mistake that people make they dont back up

[@AnonymousRepair]

Very nice construction and easy to service , The clutch was slipping caused by the crack on the grey part and gears , and removing the brakes would make it play fast, the left head is for Sound, Don`t use cotton to clean the video head it leaves cotton strands behind ,Use printer paper and IPA to clean the video head and turn it anticlockwise , great video :)

[@Mymatevince]

Nice one Anonymous. I presume printer paper is good as it has less fibers ????? Glad you are OK as I noticed your channel was a bit quite recently. BTW I got 200m of the 0.02mm wire you mentioned a few vids ago, that should last me my lifetime :-)

[@AnonymousRepair]

@@Mymatevince Busy remodeling my kitchen and it became a nightmare, supplies didn't arrived.I will see if I can post a video tonight

[@TheCod3r]

@@Mymatevince sorry to butt in, you should check out the motor inside a microwave fan (you know the white one on the side?), I generally salvage jumper wire from there as it's perfect for trace repair, it's easy to strip and tin and it stays in pretty much whatever shape you want it to 😁

[@MultiGraham1982]

Hello Vince: Apologies if this has been mentioned before. I have a few old B & O things as I like you like them. The reason the VHS was nit supplied with a remote is because B & O remotes are used to operate all of their equipment. It is unlikely that someone would buy a B & O VCR without already having a television to go with it. Alas they would be more than likely to have a remote to operate it. I would recommend you getting a remote for it as this will also operate the functions on your tape player. A Beo 4 will cost £40 for a ropey one on eBay but you can buy the additional parts to make it tidy/as good as new again. Beo 1000 are also ok, but a bit older.

[@camdonking1919]

I always wondered why all those old TV remotes had VCR function buttons on them

[@blokhet]

You can also try a cheap replace remote, they are programmed for many different brands.

[@Gert-DK]

@@blokhet B&O uses IR remote. The recorder has no reciever, its recieving it from a B&O TV.

[@Mediic-SureShot8]

Oh yes your back with another long video, Oh I really love long videos from you vince

[@TheCod3r]

I don't know what it is but these old electronics fascinate me, they really don't make them like this any more do they. Yreat video as always Vince keep up the good work 👌

[@mch2007uk]

What!!!!! Homeward Bound on VHS I had that when I was younger!!! Thanks for the memories vince. 😀

[@fyoosoof7539]

Very interesting video. Love it. Learned a lot

[@dannywebbo007]

Yay he’s back :) really enjoy your videos

[@FFCCDRUGFFCCCRAP]

I really love VCR machines they are interesting to work on because they have both electronic parts and mechanical parts they re good projects for someone who s a beginer to learn a bit about fixing stuff i have a whole bunch of them with different faults i still mess with them from time to time.

[@robbieaussievic]

...... I was watching that movie, how rude, The static head to the right of the drum is the audio. It worked when you replaced the lid because the room lights were no longer interfering with the sensors. Well done Mate, your diagnoses skills & enthusiasm are the strength of this channel.

[@StezStixFix]

Excellent job, as always! 3D printing those parts may be worth a crack.

[@shush_ya_mush]

Video casette recorders are a miracle of engineering, its a wonder thay work at all

[@dash8brj]

The tall lights on the pcb with the two microswitches are the end of tape sensors. The light is blocked by the black tape, but when the tape gets to the end, a clear leader is attached. Light now passes from the led's to the sensor, and informs the machine to stop the tape transport. The microswitches tell the machine the basket is fully lowered, to stop the load/eject motor and it is safe to being loading tape into the head assembly.

[@velocitydnb3817]

Awesome video vince please keep doing b&o videos i love them. I would say try and fix one that has a cd and cassette player next.

[@Mymatevince]

Thanks. I have a CD player one ready to release. Also have a couple of tape cassette players to look at, another VHS player and a B&O phone. Everyone will be sick of B&O videos by the time I finish :-)

[@xzibit1978]

As soon as you removed the head "brakes" I knew we were in for some hi speed footage.

[@abesmith8642]

well done Vince very good attempt keep up the videos

[@GadgetUK164]

Great job =D I would be tempted to use super glue on those cracks, and melt slightly with the iron tip at the points of the cracks - might just keep them together! Awesome result! I think I would buy one of those generic remotes rather than spend the £70. I bet one of those will work!

[@marcianzero_yt]

For an Mx4000 TV I had to buy two different remotes that were both described as being specifically for B&O devices. So not the generic one with programmable IDs and of course not the original... Just one (sent from Uk to me in mainland Europe) didn’t work at all for the TV... The seller never refunded the money, just sent me through an infinite loop of nonsense mail requests to keep me annoyed enough to give it up at 20€. There is something specific to these B&O remote controls.

[@Mymatevince]

Nice one Chris, I always forget about the soldering iron trick. These B&O devices use a different setup than other IR devices so apparently the all in one devices don't work BUT you can get a cheapo looking replacement for half the price :-)

[@mrjsv4935]

Nice fix, you got it working and maybe new 3D printed cogs would make it work reliably for years to come. My vcr is from 2003 and still mostly working fine but wondering how long, if plastic parts start to break. Already couple of times it has shut itself off and started flashing fault code "2". Might be a cassette problem though. Usually it works just fine though. They sure look very complex machines inside.

[@speedypaul2314]

Thats a win !! Great job.

[@IBrianrish]

Ooo VHS player very interesting I remember cleaning the head to my VHS player when I was a kid, Great video mate.

[@michaelmcdonald2348]

Those auto head cleaning rollers were the pits. Over time they would not only get dirty and transfer dirt to the heads but also become abrasive and damage the shiny coating on the drum and cause premature head failure. Standard procedure was to completely remove these to prolong the life of the video heads (drum). When you had it playing fast the problem would be that the pinch roller wasn't fully engaged with the capstan so the tape was being pulled through from the take up reel instead of the capstan controlling the tape motion. The take up reel is clutch controlled and designed to slip so it can just take up the slack, obviously it will spin slower the more tape is on the reel so will turn slower towards the end of the tape. Another common problem was too much take up torque which can cause the tape to ride down the capstan and get creased. Mode switch was another common failure, the contacts would get tarnished and cause all kind of random faults. The audio will be good because this is a HiFi stereo machine which uses 2 of the heads on the rotating drum for audio. The other head assembly near the capstan has 2 heads, one for normal (non HiFi) audio, the other is a control track recorded on the tape which is used to make sure the video heads line up correctly with the tracks on the tape (tracking). VHS machines were very complex and there were so many variations of design. Amazing that this technology was available in the 70's.

I salute you from Patagonia Argentina.

[@mogensranneries7517]

Actually, it has 7 heads on the drum - the 2 sets of of heads for long play/standard play are combined. Sadly, you broke the position switch - it was probably not bad before you began fiddling with it. The reason for the too high speed was because you messed with the take-up mechanism, which you forced to drag the tape with too big torque, thus the pinch roller could not control the speed. And finally: It cannot be remote controlled without connection to a B&O TV. If so done, a range of features like tape indexing, variable speed and on screen display will be unleashed. Having this machine without a B&O TV, is like having a caravan without a car.

[@dlarge6502]

What a bit of crap lol. Cracking plastic parts. Un-maintainable mode switch. Functionality locked in with other equipment.. How much was this back in the day?

[@H9Gamings]

Take the cracked gears out and ask someone with a 3D printer to copy them and print new ones.

[@tamrielspirit3285]

I was going to suggest the same thing

[@michaelturner4457]

A universal remote should be able to do the additional functions. I have a phone with an IR blaster in it, which I find useful for things like this.

[@stupossibleify]

Maybe not on B&O, as the remotes were send/receive. Imagine spending £1200 on a VHS system in 1995: it's not even SVHS.

[@chrismifsud7154]

@@stupossibleify The B&O may still use remote "codes" that are compatible with some other manufacturers.

[@dash8brj]

IR blasters are fun - I had a sammy phone that had one, My friend and I were sitting in the sports bar part of a family pub, and no one else was, and it was news time, but the channel on the TV was Tennis. I quickly found the code for the set, changed it to the news, and turned the volume up just enough so we could hear the presenter. When done, I put it back to the tennis and turned it back down. :)

[@Uzeless]

That's an Hitachi deck if I'm not mistaken.

[@spoilt5420]

Yes it s Hitachi

[@FloppyDiskMaster]

"for qualified service technicians... like I said in the last one, that's not me." I think I am Vince

[@RookerVision]

Homeward Bound.. My childhood... Borin in 84...

[@KorAllRBare]

I'm only around 14 minutes in at the time of writing, so I don't know how you went fixing this here VCR, but either way, Let me point you to "12voltvids" and his videos he is a Canadian who no doubt has repaired a gazillion Electronic devices, and in particular it seems like to me, he was the go to if a device came in for repair and it was a complex mechanical one..

[@retrogamer33]

Was gonna say the same thing until I saw your comment.

[@Mymatevince]

Thanks Koala, I have another cheaper B&O VHS player to look at so I will check out his vids and swot up before attempting that one :-)

[@itsmesb4399]

I was gonna recommend him too!

[@g.h.190]

Ditto.

[@PUHCsi]

As soon as I saw the title of this upload my thoughts went straight to 12 voltvids , he's a retired hometech repairman and I've hardly ever seen him fail with a vhs recorder , he's a wealth of knowledge

[@ftrueck]

That idler-gear seems have to do something with the tape stretch. When you insert the tape you can see how the tape is guided around the play head and then the pickup spindle turns ever so slightly to tighten the tape. Did you try to press play button while the tape is played? The thing with the yellow gear is a rotary switch(encoder) similar to the one in a multimeter. It is used to determine a certain position of the whole mechanism. The black stuff seems to come from the base material. Upon further thinking: it well could be a BCD encoder for multiple states in a digital circuit. This would correlate to the numbers 0-9 on the top. Very clever! :-) You could try to make new felt rings from a new sheet of felt which is slightly thicker as the existing ones. To get the correct shape: use pieces of metal pipes where you sharpened the edge and punch out with a hammer. For better repairs: Try to get gel based CA glue. You can glue the case of the encoder back together with it. It will not creep into the case and possibly block the contacts. Missing remote: you can try a cheap universal remote. Some of them might have the codes for this VHS.

[@kurtsoderberg]

Nice work! i fix old radios as a hobby!

[@Yamamsabag]

Aaah, puts in offers that combined with postage makes it a round number..... Man after my own heart

[@nickfatsis9607]

The "mode switch" is also known as a rotary encoder, I don't recommend taking it apart to clean it, much better to spray some contact cleaner into it to clean it.

[@vxolimpic84]

Hello Vince. You can check online for universal remotes. The manufacturer of the remote has a list of players that it works with and the programming methods for it. You can get one cheap that will work with your specific player. This would give you access to fast forward and reverse, as well as the possibility of using it on other remoteless devices you may pick up in the future. Best wishes and keep plugging.

[@ingenfestbrems]

Let me tell you all. The fastest winding cassette player I’ve ever seen it’s the Tandberg tcd330. Made in 1975, It have dedicated capstan motors, dual loop closed type. And 2 direct drive motors on to each real, Rewind up to a serious speed, and slowing down at the end to not damage the tape, just like expensive 80/90’s vhs machines

[@stephencresswell4760]

24:00 yep, that’s how I remember VHS. 👍

[@25Wineman]

I've just found your channel. Great content. I think you said you bought the VCR cheaply? A learning experience for us all!

[@abdulhkeem.alhadhrami]

This was a good challenge for Vince, bummer it didn't go well; guess you win some and lose some!

[@2bad83]

Hey Vince, Yes those cracked cogs/gears won’t help.. you can clean the heads with paper and isopropyl alcohol. Those felt brakes are for tracking and the tape speed. Good to see some else try and fix these... they are a pain lol. But the whole tape section is what we used to take out and the power the motors and check various mechanical parts. But looks like you found the cracked parts great if you can get replacements then it would be good but VHS who still uses that????

[@cutterbacon]

Im all vhs my tv weighs 77kg.

[@paulb4uk]

From what i have read online this model is hitachi based does look different to panasonic and phillips machines i have seen .If a tension band fails and the felt comes of it can damage the heads and the need to have a certain tension or they will wear out the heads .

[@michaelturner4457]

12voltvids in Canada often does VCR repairs. And he usually goes straight for suspected dirty contact mode switch first. Parts like the plastic gears can be impossible to obtain.

[@Ronnie01964]

Yes, Dave does know what he's doing. He repaired a dozen of them.

[@Lightning666]

Plastic gears perfectly can do on 3D printer from nylon. My friend made bunch of gears for a meat grinders, all works perfectly.

[@xcntry8908]

@@Lightning666 Приветсвую у меня точно такой же аппарат Сломался кассетоприемник а именно пластиковый рычажок

[@Lightning666]

@@xcntry8908 Если деталь очень точная то ищи у себя кто имеет фотополимерник, у них качество печати отличное, если матрица высокого разрешения.

[@xcntry8908]

@@Lightning666 Я сделал его! хотя мало в этом разбираюсь. Мне помог Service manual от модели: vt-s 890e Это механизм Hitachi Я нашел кинематику от Hitachi vt-75gk кассетоприемники идентичные, заменил этот сломаный рычаг Теперь все работает.

[@Vermilicious]

Perhaps it would be possible to make replicas of the parts with a 3D-printer.

[@jimmyramkisoen191278]

That was my first reaction :)

[@geovani60624]

it would be too rough, 3d printers still do not have that good of a resolution, i would sugest to make a mold of the original and remake it using resin

[@nickfatsis9607]

@@geovani60624 3D printers have come along way in recent months, I 3D print replacement gears for some DAT machines, the nozzle on my 3D printer is 0.4mm, I can print some really small things that are very usable.

[@geovani60624]

@@nickfatsis9607 yeah but it's still expensive to buy one of these good 3D printers just to make some gears, the molding and resin process is way cheaper and works great if you have the original part and you can glue it in a way that you can make a good mold of it

[@kriswillems5661]

Vince, some mobile phones have an universal IR transmitter, which is a nice tool for a repairman, because you don't need to buy a remote until the thing is completely repaired.

[@leehawk7068]

As always uploading good videos and this one perked up my interest as I used to repair VCRs back in the day and made a lot of money out of it because I used to visit repair shops in the town asking for machines they are disposing of had one shop dump about 100 machines on me in various conditions certainly let me busy at least half repaired and sold on and Soares for other machines good fun In this video it looked as tho the alignment was slightly out hence why the take up spindle wasn't moving As for the heads yes the one on the left side that has 2 wires is the erase head the big spinning head is for the Video playback and record the one on the right hand side you said you not sure about is called an ACE head stands for Audio Control and erase The spinning video head I'm quite surprised it has as many heads on it I think the most I have ever seen is 4 heads but then that has been several years since I got my hands inside of one The most common VCRs I came across was Panasonic quite nice machines had much better drive hear system and used to love the remotes for the Panasonic as some models had a barcode scanner to set up the record timer There was one machine I got my hands in was absolutely wonderful machine really good sound it was Nicam the tape slot was hidden behind a door along with all the buttons I forgot the make of it but it was quite an expensive machine the only fault in it was the mechanical gearing I had to get a replacement main gear the main gear is where the mode select switch sits on and driven by the small motor replacement gear not that I had to pay for it my old boss did haha but cost about £15 including service manual

[@user-xb4nn6ql5l]

Love your work. The remote won't be a terrible investment -- a beolink 1000 will also control your cd50 and, with almost any b&o amp from that era and well beyond, your beocord 5500. Ive just seen a pair of these remotes "for spares and repairs" for 40 on eBay. They are super well made and easy to work on. New Trying to Fix video?

[@Filipjensen]

It is not entirely true. You need a Beomaster 5000, 5500, 6500 or 7000 to control the CD50. Beolink 1000 does not work with Beomaster 5000. A belink 1000 costas around 10 GBP in Denmark. For the VX7000 to function optimally, you need at Beovision MX5500 or higher. It cannot be remote-controlled on its own without a Beovision.

[@andersmmvfc.8376]

This one was hard! I would not have a problem to buy that as I've seen this but I hope for a revisit! Love old stuff from B&O. I'm on a look out for a tv but they go for gold In sweden. Maby you can find one.

[@paulstuntmaster4469]

great video and old video players used to have so many bits in them compared to dvd players of today , fancy fixing my vectrex tv ?

[@MentleGan]

My father has one of those big bertha ones with the dual cassette players, analog tv decoder and the whole shebang. That bad boy weighs more than a cinder block and does about the same thing as a cinder block. I once tried to open it and fix it, well....let's just say I saw the internals, all those gears big and small, wires everywhere and the dust caked up, I had nightmares afterwards.

[@BABYGODZILLA2009]

You weren't kidding when you said you don't know anything about VCR's. Hehe it was kinda funny, sorry. Anyways, nice video. This machine uses the common Hitachi Mechanism. If you are looking for the parts or the cracked cog wheels, search for Hitachi mid 80's to mid 90's VCR's which occupies the same mechanism 90% of the time. In this particular mechanism, the loading motor (which sits right next to the mode switch) does not load or eject the tape. That is done by the Capstan motor at the right timing. Make sure the you clean the belts and the pulley properly since it has to maintain the torque. I have a Hitachi VCR with the same mechanism, if you want, I can send that to you. I collect VCR's, just love the technology on those. Take care.

[@robtitheridge9708]

nice one vince i think the mech is made by philips and the play idler was a problem years ago aswell. for a remote control try one with RC4 procol (a philips from the same era)

[@spoilt5420]

It s Hitachi mechanic made in japan

[@wazzarichards]

The device you cleaned with the yellow turn wheel is called a mode switch.

[@johnoboy2011]

Hi Vince grate video as always as you don't have a remote couldn't you try a all in1 remote then you can use all functions all the best John

[@Twintania]

I have a sears SR 3000 VCR from about 1987 I found in a goodwill I bought it because it looked cool compared to newer VCR's it has a few repair shop stickers on the bottom but hey it still works I just had to find a remote on ebay and reglue the metal faceplate back onto the remote

[@aloizgorjup1869]

Thanks for putting up the Aud Equ

[@TheSkaldenmettrunk]

My Mate Vince needs a 3d printer I guess. So many gears. I didn't know that there was such a big mechanism behind a Video Player. It was really interesting tomsee the inside of one and see how it's working.

[@Filipjensen]

I have a VX7000 it woul also chew up tapes. The solution was easy. Take off the take-up reel. Underneath it is hardened grease. Clean it off and relubricate with e.g. silicone grease. Works like a charm again.

[@muddydigger9457]

My dad used to play the 1812 overture on his quadraphonic b&o. Good times.

[@martinnevey7258]

I bought a b&o TV from auction with remote (the one that has a motor to move it to desired position and built in vhs player)..for 22 quid stunning picture and biblical sound what a TV. ..it was 4000 new but because it was crt TV nobody wanted it....was before retro gaming pushed up demand...never heard a TV with sound like it

[@xAlbanianHackerx]

you can use "JB Weld" to glue the plastic pieces back. I promise it will work!

[@dodgydruid]

Ooo another high end B&O, so got the video at start paused, got a very old Vostok out on the cushion and gonna change its mainspring whilst enjoying the vid :)

[@dodgydruid]

Mainspring transplant went so well, I replaced another and am now sat with polishing cloth and tidying up my collection listening to the calm tones of MMV.

[@Mymatevince]

Well done Ian :-)

[@crcomments8509]

If you ever stumble on a later JVC model with high speed rewind that is all jammed up, it’s usually those optical sensors that have failed, the tape travels so fast, the sensor don’t detect the speed difference between the take up and supply spool, preventing it from slowing down towards the end of the tape, big crunching sound as it strips teeth of a toothed slider. Easy fix if you can get the parts.

[@digihorse6730]

Just for your reference the static tape head on the right side near the rubber capstan wheel ( one with pink and white wires) is the analogue audio record playback head on one edge top if I remember rightly) and the control track head on he other edge. Control track is used as a reference pulse which synchronises the rotating video head position to the location of each diagonal track start on the tape. A pulse at the start of each track( I may be remembering this a bit vague). 4 video heads suggests standard play and long play tapes, halving the tape speed doubles the recording time but changes the video head diagonal track angle so you need different heads (angles) to cope with that. I think the other heads could be digital audio ???, can't honestly remember. VCR's use to have tracking controls for fine tuning the control track to video track relationship, so you could track on machines recoding to another's, often manifesting as a line or noise bar on the picture. Just a warning, never clean a video head with a cotton bud. I use to use a piece of white card ( business card) thoroughly and repeatedly wetted with IPA (it dries out quick) held perfectly flat against the head drum and slowly rotate the head by hand. Do not move the card, do not press hard. You can feel the head pass gently under your finger and if you look at the card it will show the tape oxide coming off the head. Repeat until clean.

[@DEmma1972]

cracked cogs are never going to be an easy fix. Congrats on getting it working as well as you did

[@chrismifsud7154]

I am pretty sure he could send the cracked parts to someone who is able to copy them and make 3d prints of them.

[@Mymatevince]

Cracked cogs seem to rear their ugly head often on this channel. I am still getting over the hassle that I had with them in the 'TruckerTronic' RC truck fix that took hours if not days to get going.

[@DEmma1972]

@@Mymatevince cou(3D Printer)gh

[@Macapaka2]

Hi vince could you fix the cracks with araldite glue? Then sand it down so it’s flush. Or use a 3D printer for parts.

[@michaelthomas3646]

give me metal cogs any day of the week!! like for my model I got metal cogs, yes got to watch heat issues, but should last an awful lot longer if used right. I would also suggest maybe someone with a 3d printer to print off new cogs if they can, not sure how easy it would be though to do the teeth on the cogs.or whether you can get the cogs, then 3d print them to expand up to the original size of plastic to bulk it out to fit.

[@steamhammer2k]

The B and O TV remote will operate this though the scart connection (must be a fully connected 21pin mirror) a one for all remote will not work with this the pulse width is different, just to make things interesting, some of these were based on Hitachi vidoes under the cover.

[@nakkistromberg3946]

It says "Designed in Denmark, Assembled in Japan" on the back of the device, and has a "Camera pause" jack so yeah probably made by Hitachi.

[@Mymatevince]

Thanks Chris :-)

[@chris-jb5ds]

@@nakkistromberg3946 B AND O had Philips, Panasonic, Sanyo, Hitachi, Grundig, make there machines over the years. No spool take up is capstan drive

[@turbinegraphics16]

I thought it was done for but it turned out good.

[@mCKENIC]

I wonder if the old guitarist trick of baking soda and superglue (applied as best as possible in the cracks) would give strength to those cracked parts...

[@devinkrike5968]

Access to injection moulding would probably solve the problem with parts. However I am not sure the time it would take to make the mold would justify the price of the device being fixed. You could go the way of 3d printing, but I am not sure the printer would be able to make such intricate parts. It would have to be extremely precise.

[@martinpiggins5772]

You could always try to use small amounts of epoxy resin on the cracked parts to set and strengthen them, any news on the remote?

[@djamaldouar3544]

These video recorders are controlled thru the B&O TVs only, even if you buy a B&O remote control, it won't work since it has no IR sensor in it Fixing these old machines take some time and need to change many capacitors and chemics inside if mecanic problems are repaired and still not working , the VX7000 was the last of the VX series and the most reliable, there was a first version with two way control with Beolink 5000/7000 remotes and later normal version with Beo4 remotes

[@Gubalicious]

A brave man 😵

[@MattiesGaming]

The only person I know who actually uses SCART input

[@38911bytefree]

I have repaired cracked gear before for audio decks and used this apporach. Take the gear OUT. Try to find something that closes the gear gap, like and them glue. For exmaple I got a crack running in a gear from the center to the border. I take it out to release tension, glue it to a piece of ilustration paper with super glue. Then cut it out from the sheet. The piede of paper attached to the gear together with superglue gave a superb strength. It is not just a bit of glue, now a paper "disc" is holding it. Paper absorved the superglue and hardened Other gear tried to find tube or plastic ring cut out of different things (a gatorade bottle for example) to hold the gear close and then drop the glue. This was for a big gear from an old Gurndig Reel to Reel. Probably heatshrink tube can work. Not sure. The plastic one should do. You put it on the "collar" of the gear and then drop glue to seal it This encoder thing is just a brilliant effort to save money on motors, got one motor running all the automation of the VCR. Older ones used separate motors of the carriage, the load and take up. So, less gears, less plastics and less prone to failure.

[@unitedfools3493]

Just wait until you try to repair your first mechanical jukebox, you ain't even seen complicated Vince!

[@JoshuaWilkesR]

Don't rock the jukebox

[@wiesshund-games]

"This is still really stiff..." As i am watching the backing pads pressed against the drum area :)

[@scottmottershead1633]

It's either a belt issue , or the cassette may well be broken. The first thing you should do is take the tape out , flip it over and on the reverse of the cassette is a small round hole , shove a pen in it and then you can turn the tape round by hand. But my guess is that the ' spike ' for want of a better word. But the spike that is supposed to fit in the hole in the cassette is either broken or isn't poking up enough to release the tape. So one reel is trying to pull the tape from the other reel which is now locked because the ' spike ' hasn't been inserted , and when the tape reaches a certain tautness , it stops the tape rather than just keep winding on a locked wheel leading to the tape snapping.

[@patetanserov]

Вот так Винс и познакомился с программной шестернёй. Боль моей ремонтной молодости... Хорошо хоть тут она в сборе ещё и режимы подписаны, а в китайских плеерах она вообще отдельно стояла, и попробуй перепутай её установку хоть на один зуб. Я как-то целый день потратил пытаясь поставить её как положено...

[@xcntry8908]

У меня такой же видеомагнитофон ,но на днях сломался кассетоприемник, а именно пластиковый рычаг Посоветуйте что нибудь.

[@mikekelly9129]

I'm not one to comment much but always watching your vids. Have you tried looking on ebay and type in "plastic cogs". They do a variety of sizes 👍

[@rdrgtreer]

I got vx5500 which is older than this but identical for the most part. However the problem with it is that it can only load a tape but not play it, the motor does not move at all and the whole unit is pretty much unresponsive. any help?

[@RuneTheFirst]

RE: "Cracked washers." These are known variously as "cut washers" and "split washers" and are used in place of e-clips or snap ring. NEVER cement or weld them. They are meant to be like that. You should have run into them on cassette units.

[@RuneTheFirst]

After the first minute I knew you would need to check out 12voltvids chapters on the mode switch. Not all VCRs use one but the overwhelming mass after the first 5-7 years do. As others have mentioned, these get dirty, especially after years of disuse. It is within the realm of possibility that just squirting some HIGH quality cleaner (Caig) might do the job if you don't think you can do it the way he does but it might not last. I would have expected B&O to have used gold flashed parts but it looks like they went for the usual Asian parts.

[@silasbailey]

Is it possible to fix a tablet that has water damage and no power daughter dropped hers in a tub I took it apart has the squares all pink

[@axelfoley20]

The chasis looks very similar to my Sony SLV 686 vcr. Those had a real problem with the take up gear breaking. Looks like a pinch roller or capstan problem. Watched more and I see your gear problem. I wonder if you could make a replica gear by creating a mold of the gear?

[@Th3OmegaPoint]

Nice job Vince. You could probably pick up a universal remote control that would work with it, would be a better solution than paying £70 for one specific to this machine.