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Starange your camera sounds a little poorly. No problems with a white haze on mine. I am using standard settings.

Totally, the design is iconic and was always a camera I would of had at the time if I could have afforded it :)

I remember those, I didn't have one myself but a couple of family members did and they worked great.

Hi I am using a Doublepow trickle charger with Jinmari batteries. Seems to be charging okay if a bit slowly :)

@@AvidRetro Yeah that's the one on Amazon, they say don't insert all the way. 🤷‍♂️

Me too! Some great products and innovations in all sorts of consumer gear. An interesting time for sure.

@@AvidRetro i try to have collection about technologie y from this era so that bring me back a good memory

I would check the ex674 as I think it has the same size belt.

@@AvidRetro thanks <3

Hi I have replied to the post by @haroon1957.

I would check out my video about generic battery chargers as they can help with this and similar situations where a charger has been misplaced. czcams.com/video/6cH-4FzKzk4/video.htmlsi=igq1H4JoJEp8KIqA

@angellopez-rh4pg and @haroon1957 - Sorry I don't show the full details czcams.com/video/myC50McPyYs/video.htmlsi=OEaZv93WAWP2NKvv&t=833. I only needed to change the thinner belt. The other belt can be moved off the flywheel while you make the belt change to the thinner belt. It was quite easy to do. Sorry I didn't quote the dimensions, it is something I am trying to remember to do as I make new videos. From memory I think it was a 4 or 5 cm belt. Removing the flat belt will need more taking apart things no doubt however this belt is unlikely to need changing. From my experience the desk is prone to the auto reverse head getting stuck. Good luck!

@@AvidRetro No problem, I opened the deck today and did the complete belt and transport service. Just testing it now and it is playing beautifully, Auto - reverse kicked in at the end of the tape.

Excellant to hear it works for the BDP84 model as well. Thanks!

Hi. This part of the video should help. You may need to replay several times. Standard diameter cassette player belts, 2x5cm and 2x6cm. The small ones go on first. The arrangement is duplicated across both decks somewhat. Also I recommend tooth floss to help clean the goo! Good luck. czcams.com/video/66Kynh7gEIo/video.htmlsi=W_3vSCP_tASIcFT1&t=638

Great to hear!

Thanks for the info!

Thanks for watching!

Hi, is your memory card okay? Try taking it out and using inbuilt memory; you may need to delete camera photos first.

I got mine from some local street markets. I think charity shops are starting to catch on with the prices. Run of the meal cassettes can still be bought in lots of charity shops and even record shops for £1 each.

@@AvidRetro I'm not surprised. I remember when I was a student I'd always be in Oxfam, but the prices they were starting to charge for item's were getting out of control. I've noticed the prices of CDs are starting to rise too. Remember the oasis cd boxsets that looked like cigarette boxes? I gave mine away to a younger cousin of mine in the 2000s. Recently my wife bought me the definitely maybe box and it cost her about £50. I was looking at the morning glory boxset recently and those were about £150 in mint condition. There were some cheaper ones, but they had damage.

The Lost Boys is a great soundtrack, I still have it on cassette from back in the time! Forest Gump soundtrack is supposed to be very good.

@@AvidRetro Yeah, that lost boys soundtrack is probably my favourite of any movie soundtrack. Never even thought about Forrest Gump, but now that you mention it, it did have some great songs in the movie. I'll look into that. Cheers, buddy.👍

I was surprised to find the special releases. I will be on the look out for the others.

@@AvidRetro I remember back in about 94. I was at the local flea market while at my grandparents caravan in cleethorpes. One stall had all the now album (up to that point) and they were all going for 25p to 50p. Man, I wish I'd have had to foresight to buy them all. 😂

That's a great idea! Don't get into collecting the actual walkmans, that's another story :)

@@AvidRetro Expensive, aren't they? I've been pricing up those 80s Sony Walkmans.😬

From somewhere like this :) sparedparts.com/products/aax78500

Ah sorry but the switch should be easy to find!

I agree its not a bad camera, I quite prefer thee CCD images to later CMOS ones, although in 2024 I guess if I had a new CMOS camera to hand I would maybe think differently!

No not this model.

Great to hear!

It really is! At the time I had no idea of its historical value. I have now put it on my main hi fi to give it a proper workout!

Thats interesting, thanks for your reply. I was convinced it was a sensor going bad or the sensor suffering problem connections.

A bit easier than working on walkmans :)

It's a great unit as it is also LP and SP. I think the opening and closing and the colourful led lights make it a winner!

I never knew that model number, and being the same unit. Thanks for the info, I'll add to the title of my video too.

@@AvidRetro no problem! I got both models, and they’re the exact same copy, quality and all.. And still work perfect!!

Make sure you use older sd cards and not sdhc for example. Should be low capacity ones. Also try to reformat in another device first.

@@AvidRetro THANK YOUU ❤️

Wow. You sound like you know what you are doing, probably beyong my shaky hands trying to solder a chip like that back in! Out of interest have you saved many of these machines doing this? Great comment and some useful information in there.

@@AvidRetro Hi, haha, yes, after a lot of trial and error in soldering these kinds of chips, I am now able to solder them without any pad lifting or breaking. I am very confident in doing this, even on expensive hardware. I developed my skills by working with really old and cheap devices, like 2 or 3 Euro set-top boxes that use the same TSOP48 flash chip. And yes, I also have the DVD and the Main Digital PCB (main device firmware) of the VCR-HDD-DVD combo unit from the JVC DR-MX1S. It's also a hobby for me. I buy broken, cheap devices, repair them, and dump the firmware from the hardware's flash ROM to save it on my PC. Then, I erase and program the chips to increase the data retention time and sell the devices as refurbished on eBay.

No it doesn't which is a shame but I guess its the age of these devices. As far as I am aware they only record and play mpeg-2 format.

Hi if you have a deep dive into my channel you can see some generic camera and phone battery chargers and also mention of a Hama USB card reader too.

Not in this video as I am more interested in the design and feel of the camera. If we get some good weather soon I will take it on my holidays although probably only good for bright sunlit uplands :)

i’m not sure if the problem is me because i’ve bought two and neither have worked

Can you copy the url for these readers into a comment and I will have a look for any issues with them using google.

Hi. Yes I am planning to do more but videos have been on hold due to family stuff. In the meantime I will be checking out your videos 😎

It's was an interesting time before the advent of solid state. Are you going to expand your repairs to minidisc and CD players sometime?

@@AvidRetro now i have one sony mz n910 for repair, so i will do it. Earlier i have repaired some mz n1 also mz n10 - those are very nice devices. Regarding cd players i have only repaired few sony es series cd players, but no portable cd players so far. I think i will ask my family to look for my old cd player, maybe it is still in some closet :) would be very interesting to know if it still works :)

Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks. Shame it was a dud but the VHS deck was not of a decent design.

Yes certain things of recent vintage are quite well made.

Not yet, but I found the replacement belts which I had lost so you never know, part 2 sometime by the Autumn!

Maybe the lcd is switched off as it is an option.

Keep subscribed as I do sell devices now and then in Ebay UK only.

Thank you! You too!

Yes It doesn’t seem to have been designed very well on the VHS side. And if the dvd doesn’t work then the non standard drive maybe not worth the bother to replace….

Thanks for your reply. It is a camera worth keeping given the sensor. It’s a nice weight and looks like a more expensive camera. At least it’s useful to have the RAW option.