ZENITH (ORION) 13" TV/VCR WONT PLAY HAS SNOWY PICTURE TVBR1320Z - JUST NEEDED A GOOD CLEANING
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- čas přidán 26. 08. 2024
- Today a Zenith (Orion) 13 inch TV-VCR in for repair. Upon 1st try id did some strange things but never again, even after hours of play time. The bottom line is all it needed was a good cleaning.
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Can we assume that the cotton swab was dipped in the acetone container that was prominently displayed at the beginning?!? Total cliffhanger! :P
Yep for sure.
Most people back then would have just used a VCR head cleaner cassette to shift surface dirt off the drum - or the machine has a built in head cleaner pad (when I used to look at these years ago, and they needed cleaning, I removed the head cleaner pads (they would go hard, and could rip heads right off the drum).
But here I am impressed that you did NOT need any special tools, parts or test equipment for this "quick repair" which was just dirt and no damage.
THANK YOU SO MUCH! my crt vhs combo JUST started doing this today whilst I was watching a movie. Gonna try this and hopefully it fixes the problem. Great video
AWESOME video, tyvm, It's a shame you have to say "let's try to keep these out of a landfill", SMH...It took me awhile to learn the intricacies of the vcr but once I did I was convinced it was FINE and GOOD and didn't want any other way to watch movies on demand...I came home from a trip and all my VCR's had been replaced by Roku and Blu Ray DVD players in my house!!! I literally had a nervous breakdown. The divorce was expensive! I got my VCRs back, though...
You have to stick to your priorities! Good Job.
You should not use cotton or any fibrous material for cleaning the head. The fibers get stuck in the heads and mess it up over time. Best to use paper soaked in acetone.
We saw a LOT of Orion TVs and VCRs (and CD players and the like) in the UK in the 1990s-mid 2000s. Most of the big electrical retailers used them for house-brand products. They were really very reliable, better than some of the big names, and the VCRs in particular were bulletproof in my experience. The only thing that ever really went wrong with them was dirty mode switches, which wasn't even present on these later ones as you pointed out. The picture tubes were very strong too. Japanese capacitors in a low-end unit, where would you see that now?
Tbh I never really had too much argument with Funai reliability in the 90s either. Both were a lot better than some of the Turkish and Chinese companies' stuff now. Both Orion and Funai were Japanese of course. I was disappointed to learn that Orion are now bankrupt.
Problem was you could see the writing was on the wall even in the early 90s. These funny little cheap sets started appearing as supermarket specials, with low-resolution picture tubes, dated designs and odd names, all made in Turkey. These were all Beko and Vestel TVs from Turkey, and they would eventually eat the entire low end of the European industry alive a decade later.
So often dirt is all it is! Thanks.
As always interesting and informative. Thank you.
One of my instructors got shocked by 25,000 volts he jumped around a lot but wasn't hurt. Anyway always respect the h.v.
Always hated working on those combo units years ago. Eventually vcrs became so cheaply made that they became throw aways as no parts were even available. I always used leather like shamy head cleaning swabs. Have also used white typing paper in hand, always used pure isopropyl alcohol. Acetone can eat the enamel off of the head windings. Still own my inductance head checker. I would highly recommend buying a Secore vcr analyzer, they can now be had very cheap cause most people don’t use vcrs anymore, or have them fixed.
I left some enamel wire in acetone for a couple of weeks to prove a co-worker wrong about it eating the enamel. I was right in the end!
NorCal715 If you say so, I was taught to use pure isopropyl alcohol. I would sometimes chop up coffee filters for swabs. I would soak down a folded over piece with the alcohol, hold it in my one hand while rotating the head with other. Must say it worked pretty good. Best of luck with your biz, I’m into 16mm sound movie projectors and Edison Cylinder Records now 😉👍
I remembered those days
Combo-head Orion , right down there with early days Lucky Goldstar🤣
Hello. I have a lg dvd-vhs combo vcr. The first 10-15 minutes show bad. Then it gets better. I tried many different cassettes same problem. I wonder what the problem might be. Sorry google translation
The drum looked like it has grooves in it but I think is a reflection of aluminum grain below it.
That's an oldie by today's standards haha!
You didn't clean the dust inside. Job half done. ☹️☹️☹️
No red-yellow sign on the thumbnail! I almost lost your video!
Thank you, I missed that. All better now.
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You should not use cotton for that
I have only been doing it this way for 40 years or so (give or take) I think I will continue to do it this way. I will take your comment under advisement.... not!
My Panasonic VCR having some power supply problems not turning ON. Is there any chances the capacitor not to blow (Visually) for showing damage.
Yes some will have high ESR without a noticable bulge
so how do you go about working on something so potentionally dangerous. How do you make it safe
with the set unplugged you stick a grounded screwdriver to chassis under the anode cap on the picture tube to discharge the picture tube.
You didn't have to discharge the tube first?
No, I wasn't working in the high voltage area so it wasn't a concern to me.
Easy fix 👍...just don't like the sticker on the side of the cabinet...😕
Emerson was a budget brand I remember. I avoided.
What no ERS meter on this video?
ESR meter* and it was not needed for just a clean.
@@RoughJustice2k18 I know that the ERS meter was not needed I was only joking.
Combo devices are never a good idea , always a bad compromise.
These were horrible tv’s even when new. It’s a shame that the Zenith name was plastered on this.
Better than L-G(lucky goldstar, a Korean company) by far when Zenith merged with them in the early 90s!