VHS-C Adapter Repair....Yeah, Right!
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- čas přidán 18. 01. 2016
- After 20+ years, one of my VHS-C adaptors failed to open up so as I could retrieve the tape which resulted in tape retrieval which then snowballed like a lead Zeppelin (not the band) down hill!
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Spoiler: he doesn’t fix it
Spoiler: that's what it says in both the title and show notes! So, I guess if one was to read, one would not need a spoiler and their expectations would have been set! ~Jack, VEG
@@VintageElectronicsGeek TRUE! I was just hopeful hahahaha
I admire your patience! In mine, the battery terminals were corroded, so I cleaned them, fitted a new battery and hey presto, the cassette popped out!
I tried that too but no presto-go for me! The little red switch is stuck in the out position.
How did you clean the battery terminals. Mine is over 30 years old and I they are green. (Spent 20 of those years in storage)
@@paulagriffiths2337 I think I used a little piece of sandpaper because there was still some uncorroded metal left.
Wasn't able to fix it, but the video was amazing. This is ancient tech haha. Thanks so much for this!
Thanks man, you saved me! My adaptor broke with an cherised home video inside. Thanks to your vid I was able to open it up like you did and retrieve the tape undamaged! I'm throwing the old adapter away as I don't trust it anymore.
I had the same problem with an old (18 yr) video tape. Thanks to this video, I could see that if I could get the tape off the spindles, I could rewind it and pop it out of the door. I crinkled some of the early part of the tape doing it, but if my stepson can find somethng to play this on, he'll have some video of his son from a very early age! Thanks so much for the videos!
Thanks to this video, I was able to reassemble my adapter, which got stuck, took it apart, and parts flew right of the chassis. Good job for the upload, maybe you didnt got yours working, but your video helped me out.....
Thank you Cal! I'm glad it has help you out some! I have since bought another, but it was great exercise for the experience! If you haven't already, please give this video a thumbs up! :) Thanks for your support! ~Jack, VEG
My adaptor was stuck shut, so I sought help online, and found your video. Thank you! I instantly realised that opening it would be a mistake (love the 'oops' at 3:20 lol).
Managed to "fix" mine by giving it two sharp smacks with my hand!
It now works perfectly.
The magic of percussive maintenance!
thanks you, my friend! I just read your comment, smaked my adaptor and it started to work!!! You are genious.
Steve Garrod 😂😂
Evgeny Marshal 😂😂
Never thought I would have come across this video but I’m glad I did. Thank you for the info, solved my problem
Thank you, glad it helped you! ~Jack, VEG
Thank you for uploading this. My adaptor broke with an important home video inside. Thanks to your vid i was able to open it up like you did and retrieve tape for digitisation!
I think your video helped me. My mom's, which I think we've had for the last 21 or 22 years, the open button was stuck and would not work. Besides being extremely dirty (we live in the desert, so lots of dust and dirt), it also still had the original AA battery it came with. Luckily, no corrosion, but definitely long since dead. Anyway, I opened mine before even trying a new battery, also still in the process of cleaning.... that damn little spring for the little red triangle popped out and I have no clue at all how it goes back in. Anyway, I cleaned the rest, stuck a battery in, and everything worked, even without the little red plastic triangle piece. So yeah, was nice to watch along when I was unsure if I was getting it all back together right and all.
Thank you! I had a tape stuck and by watching this video I was able to rescue it. Unfortunately the adapter is toast, so I will have to find a new one, but at least the memories are safe for another day
I've just managed to fix one which was very much helped by the "before" images you posted here (before it all fell apart!). Thanks very much. There are very much lessons to be learnt in life from losing...or as I believe someone more eloquently put it...If I have seen farther, it is because i have stood on the shoulders of giants...thank you.
I own one of these (thankfully mine works) and it is a wonder of ancient technology. The title is on point.... I would NEVER attempt to repair one 😂
I appreciate your video. 1:30 seconds in you helped me realize a battery was needed haha first time using this old technology
Thank you trying to get my tape out of an old converter, We are ordering a new one , lol
Dude, you were like 99% there. It's a lot easier to reassemble the bits in the "loaded" position. If not, you have to use the peg on the long arm to push the latch release to the left. The release is the spring loaded thing to the bottom right of the actual latch. If the adapter is in the loaded position, then that latch is already to the left and you don't have to mess with the tension. Once it's moved, you'll be able to open the door as well.
This was entertaining to watch. 😂🥰 your patience 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
Thank you,, placed a new battery in and it worked like a charm.
I just bought one from Amazon because I'm finally digitizing all my dad's home movies he took of us. I did about 20-25 tapes and the damn thing jammed. I had to open it up to put the tape back in the cassette and then figure out how to free the cassette from it's jail, which of course led to everything falling out of place when I actioned the motor since they're all laid in there. I understand the mechanics of it, but I just think the left arm of it was cast improperly because it has a circular area where the underlying mechanism rides in it if they free (in your hands), but once you put the cog knob in the slots for that piece and the arm, those two pieces don't mesh with each other, instead they overlap. I've been trying to put the damn thing back together perfectly for hours. It's either the arms and motor work fine, but it never shuts off and the door never opens, or I can open and close the door without a tape in there, but as soon as I put one in the damn thing jams and I have to take it apart again!!
You gave me enough clues to let me succeed in reparing mine ! Thank you !
I'm glad you were more successful then I was! :) ~Jack, VEG
My VHS-C adapter also got stuck in teh same manner.. , after I tried to open up the casette door while lifting the front casette flap at the same time (I wanted to see the mechanism in action, it was really cool). Unlike your case though the motor wasn't spinning constantly, and I figured it might have put itself in an invalid state or something.. I tried opening it up, but I now regret doing so. A spring flew off that belonged to that triangle thing and I have lost it entirely, but I think it's not a very essential spring so it's not too bad. However thanks to your video I was able to put it back together.
I still think it's repairable though, so I might try again, but perhaps I'll make a video log this time as I go so that I can backtrack easily like how you did.
What a wonderful video! I'm having the same problem. SOLUTION: If at first you don't succeed, get a bigger hammer!
My little wing stayed out and had trouble getting out the tape.Put in a fresh battery and everthing worked fine..Thanks anyway for trying.It helped me avoid taking out thay lttle red wing with that little spring that you had trouble with.
This video is excellent... Real world situation trying to figure out how something can be repaired
I am trying to transfer 50 vhsc tapes to digital for someone. None of them played using 4 adapters. Three of them were brand new. I had to pull the tape out of all of them and transplant them to full size vhs shells after ripping all of those tapes out. What a friggin pain in the butt! I was given another twenty tapes so I just bought a used vhsc camcorder and they all played fine. Sorry you had no luck.
I must commend you on your attitude. These adapters are really goofy. I have one that doesn't work also.
R.I.P. ADAPTER
Very Great Adapter for VHS..........Excellent article,..........Saludos
Just ordered the Hama version of this adapter off Amazon as I come across some old VHS-C tapes. Hope I don't have this problem.
Great! I did the same as you, in the end, I chucked mine .Great to challenge yourself .Thank you
You are very welcomed! I have another one I need to do the same...maybe I'll have better luck! :) Thanks for watching! ~Jack, VEG
My adapter also didn't flip open. I just physically helped the cog underneath to turn all the way with my finger then it opened up. I used a rechargeable 1.2v batt instead of the standard 1.5 volt batt. That maybe the reason it didnt open all the way.
Reminds me of the time i took my ps3 apart.. Luckly for me the battery contact was just a lil crusty/corroded. After cleaning the battery contacts it came back to live. Thanks for the upload.
Very cool, glad yours was simple and easy! :) Thanks for watching. ~Jack, VEG
Good evening,
I found an old VHS C adapter, with a tape in it. But the button that opens the small door is broken. there is no more button. but with a toothpick I manage to activate the mechanism which puts the band back in the vhs c tape.
I didn't go all the way for fear of breaking something. you think i can press and it will put the tape back in the tape? I have a new adapter, but I'm afraid for the tape.
Thank you so much.
this is why I love youtube....obscure 'how-to' videos that you NEED! thanks, I just want to get the 20+ year old tape out undamaged so I can convert it. 🤞🏻now to have my son do this 😁
Did you get the tape out ok? Mine isn’t even making a noise with an active battery in which suggest an electronics issue
Yes we did get it out by total disassembling the adapter case. I think it was just like in the video posted here that the release mechanism gets jammed somehow.
修理の参考にさせていただきました。どうもありがとうございました。
The half-inch-wide magnetic tape used in VHS-C cassettes is the same as regular VHS tape, so if you're handy with a screwdriver and tape-splicing gizmo, you really don't even need an adapter; you can just take out the tape from four T-30 VHS-C cassettes and splice the four tape-segments together end-to-end to make a 120-mnute VHS tape. Just spool each tape-segment onto a regular full-size VHS tape-hub as you go, and then splice the end of the last tape-segment into the leader-strip on another empty VHS tape-hub when the first hub is full. Then install the spooled-tape-and-reels assembly into a standard VHS cassette-housing.
+Quacks0 Interesting idea! However I'm not sure how cost effective that would be as one would need to purchase shells if they don't have them, for neophytes, that may be overwhelming...but for us who likes to dork, it would be a cool project! Thanks for sharing and commenting!
+Vintage Electronics Geek True, although any standard 5-screw VHS tape will do, so you could just recycle the housing from an old tape that you don't want the content of anymore. I often carefully disassemble old advertising/instructional-video cassettes that each only contain a few minutes of tape, splice these short tape-lengths together to make one longer tape to erase and re-record onto (or to slightly lengthen an already-filled cassette that is just a few minutes too short to hold all of the material that I want to record onto it; one needs to take care not to spool on too much "supplementary" tape, though, of course, so that this additional tape doesn't cause the cassette's supply or take-up reel to "overflow"), and then either use the empty cassette-housings to store shorter sections of tape that I do want (like from several VHS-C cassettes as we were discussing here), or save them in a box for replacing worn/broken/warped cases of used tapes that I find at yard sales.
P.S. I see that other folks are doing this, as well: czcams.com/video/WZMpHDlt_RI/video.html
+Quacks0 Very true!
This was helpful.
Hi! I have a cassete adapter, but when the "claws" are reaching the end of the cassete adapter they close right back and release the vhs-c tape.. any tips on how to solve that? Thank you!
The same thing happened to me. I took apart the whole thing. And it was only the door latch that was stuck. One piece (I think the long bottom one) had switched places with the latch and that was jamming the adapter. Now the mechanics are working. But I'm left with two springs that I don't know where they came from. That's why I'm watching this teardown video.
In this video you can see the repair of a vhs c adapter
czcams.com/video/68zyWqCscRY/video.html
Had to take the gear cover off, cant figure out they way it all went. Would love an update video to show the inside. Would help alot!
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Thanks for the video!!! I was wondering if it's normal for the adaptor to be really really noisy while ejecting the tape? also is it normal for it to take a long time? I put in a new battery, the red tab popped out, and the tape seemed to be moving/rewinding but it's been at it for about 10 minutes straght now.. any suggestions?
Howdy! Yes, it is normal for a noisy motor, however, with a new battery and a very slow eject time, it could be plausible the motor is going bad? It may be time to buy another, however please keep in mind, this goofy things are starting to demand big money! So, start searching now to wait for a bargain to popup! And my pleasure! ~Jack, VEG
I had a projector fail last week, and you had this fail, sometimes we all have our "days". But at least we tried... and learned something. Makes me wonder how many fails the design engineers had before a product goes into production? Don
this was great help trying to reassemble mine thanks so much for this :)
My wing thing is stuck in the out position and the motor isn’t working now
Thank you. Forgot it need a battery😂
You actually are closer than you think to fixing this. I ran into the same problem with the latch but determined the other part of the release is activated by the bar which you removed at 6:07. It cannot be done manually via the slide because it requires power from the battery to operate. Not much, but I think it is still needed.
If you turn that part over, you will see it has a stem than inserts down to the release. Most importantly though, is all of this thing is driven by the power from the AA battery. It is possible the original reason the tape couldn't be removed is simply the battery is no longer any good. If you put it back together and add a new battery, you may find that the release works and you actually did fix it. If you need more help, I have no idea to do private email via youtube, so I will check back to see how things are going for you.
Howdy!! I used a freshly charged battery, just for redundancy, I did try another with the same results....as you saw at the end of this video, the cartridge was all in pieces, after I stopped recording, I threw it away. However, in the event any others I have demonstrates the door issue, I'll keep your suggestion in mind. Thank you for watching! Jack, VEG
Willing to skype to help me fix mine?
Does anyone know why my VHS-C Adapter always get stuck in my VCR?
Thanks much!
Seems to me, as I have a similar problem, and its at least 20 years old, best to buy a new one on eBay or Amazon, it was a useful video to see how to retrieve the cassette, thanks for that a as the cassette has a video of my 25 year old granddaughters 5th birthday :)
My did the same exact thing lol! Thanks for the video gonna grab a used one online😂!
Those VHS-C adapters could be a difficult problem. It was fun looking back on the old VCR tape days. Gary
The Reason why the Door won't open Because the Plastic one that was removed at 6:05 , That thing was the Door Opener
Hello! first of all congrats by helping us to try to fix our adapters. =) I have an adaptor that was not working. I opened and released the gear that was stuck and put it in position as if the tape was completely loaded. Then when I slide the button to release the tape it worked fine.. both arms go down releasing the tape and opening the lid. The problem that I am facing is that when I insert a tape, it doest work. dont lift the arms, dont load the tape. dont move at all. It looks like the motor just work in one direction, releasing the tape, but not loading. I checked all the arms and moveable parts and seems fine. but I cant make the gears to run to oposite side lifting the arms.. can you help me on that ?
Useful video. Thanks.Please write a link to the video where you assemble the adapter in working condition. Sorry for my English, I write through a translator.
Howdy! This never was repaired, it was a failure...the pile ended up in the bin. No worries about your English...mine is bad also! :) ~Jack, VEG
Chucked mine too..
Expensive as hell on eBay
Found one on Amazon for 40 bucks
Cool! Whats that song at the beginning?
Mine failed hilariously as i wanted to take the cassette out of the adapter, as the door opened it did it with such force that it flew off and both hinges broke off.
Thanks for sharing this :) - Also, could you please tell me what the song is you use at the start of the video - I'd love to hear the full track! :D
Howdy! The song is called "Video Blues" by "Hank Williams JR" on the album "Major Moves" from "1984", you can find it on YT here: czcams.com/video/A6s2DoVdaOQ/video.html , hope that helps! ~Jack, VEG
Aww, awesome thanks :D
You are most welcomed! ~Jack, VEG
is that takin care of business i hear?
Looks like I will have to bay a new one to
Thats a good attitude. Learning experience.
Had mechanism stuck problem with one that came to me yesterday. Pulled out old crusty battery, sprayed contacts with contact cleaner, brushed them off, let it dry out, put a new battery in, still nothing happening with it. Pried out the red tab with a plastic label scraper, about a second later, it sprang to life and ejected the tape that was stuck. Now it works perfectly. Seems the tab got stuck, and just needed a little extra help to get out.
Oh, that's fantastic to hear! Glad you had better success then I! :) I do have another one of these, it too has a problem, when time is available, I need to try repairing that as well! Thanks for watching! ~Jack, VEG
I was watching your video to see how it worked, and that's when I remembered that the tab is supposed to be out, so i just popped it out, and all was good. :) good luck with your other one.
Thank You! :) ~Jack, VEG
I opened mine, it has the same problem, it looks like it is the problem with the switch that has to turn the motor in the other direction, if you wind the screw back by hand you will see that there is a lever that keeps the plastic hing in place when there is no cassete so you can open it, but when there is a cassete the lever moves so the adapter is locked until the motor winds up the tape inside of camera cassete.
Thank you very much! I have another I need to see why its not firing up, hopefully your direction will help when opening, thanks! ~Jack, VEG
we opened our adapter but we can't get it closed again, i need help immediately to fix it😩 i hope you can help me pleaseeeee🙏🏽🙏🏽
In this video you can see the repair of a vhs c adapter
czcams.com/video/68zyWqCscRY/video.html
I have, one of these, & that never, did that too me
At all.
I have one of these and the door opens fine and the tape goes in but even with a new battery the red bit does not suck in and no motor noises are made. It wont fit in the vcr with the red bit out. How do i fix it please ? these things are $50 new so i dont want to buy another one. thank you .
I have the same problem.
@@martinlundqvist3760 i think i threw it out
Good afternoon disarm an adpatador of vhs and I do not find in which place a piece goes could help me
In this video you can see the repair of a vhs c adapter
czcams.com/video/68zyWqCscRY/video.html
Hola. Muy interesante el video, aunque no entienda muy bien el inglés, nunca pensé que iba a encontrar cómo desarmar el adaptador. El problema que tengo es que, por dejarlo sin uso, con la pila puesta, se ha sulfatado y no funciona. He tratado de limpiar por afuera los contactos, pero no lo he logrado.. Qué puedo hacer por favor? Porque quiero digitalizar varios videos que tengo en cassette de 8 mm. Muchas gracias
In this video you can see the repair of a vhs c adapter
czcams.com/video/68zyWqCscRY/video.html
This VHS-c adaptar cost around 100 bugs
True!
Very much thanks to fix the door problem, for video tutorial, but you make another video to complete umont and mount this VHS adapter. I need so much. I waiting for your help me and the another peoples!!! Thanks.
+Andre Acfo Howdy! Let me shoot a follow up video demonstrating this request this Saturday and will have it posted either Saturday or Sunday! Thanks for watching and commenting!
even with a new battery, i can't get the red triangle thing on the side to close
Barb Young me neither!! Did you ever figure out how to fix it? I'm still trying to figure it out
Thanks for the vidio, it was very usefull for me, but I don´t not finish yet
Thank for your video! I have one that has the tape stuck inside, new battery wont work, i can manually open the tape door but the two bars wont bring back the tape!! Any one has fix an issue like this? TIA
In this video you can see the repair of a vhs c adapter
czcams.com/video/68zyWqCscRY/video.html
this is fantastic i took mine and thru in the trash now i need another adapter so i can convert to dvd help
+Nicholas Lopez Check with your local thrift stores, eBay and electronics stores, such as radio Shack!
Why would you throw it out? You do know these are no longer made since 20 years ago, right? You're not going to get another one. They are $25-$30 on eBay for one now. Have fun.
I discover that if you remove all the pieces, the last one (that because the switch cant back) isnt necesary. So its solved! Really, but now i have 1 piece extra...
If you have extra pieces, then you know you did it right! :) Thanks for watching! ~Jack, VEG
thank you I could put the mechanics in their place
You are very welcome, glad you had better success then I! :) ~Jack, VEG
I would do a demonstration video of the adapter and make it work
Sounds somewhat like hair clippers... especially at 4:32-5:06
:)
Tengo la cámara trabada con la casete adentro, en este tutorial me explica cómo debo hacer para abrirla, muy interesante.
Me alegro de que ayudó a algunos y su poder para conseguir el suyo para trabajar realmente! Tengo uno más para trabajar cuando tengo tiempo y espero tener éxito con eso! :) ¡Gracias por ver! ~ Jack, VEG
Hola lamantablemente me fue imposible abrir mi cámara, traté por todos los medios, pero se ve que la cinta está haciendo fuerza.
i try to fix my own VHS-C Adapter and end up breaking the adaptor event more
my adaptor have different problems the don't grow up the tape and wean add battary the dose nothing
but not that breaking the adaptor event more seriously i have 0 idea what to do I have small cassettes with with very important videos
that i wand to digitalis but i have 0 idea hot fix VHS-C Adapter
i have vhs that is working but im not able to find drive for converter that i have buy in the order to export this video in my computer
the good news is that i have TV and im able to see thos 📼 tapes but like say most off the import video's are in small tapes the other thing is that even if wand to buy VHS-C Adapter i have 0 idea how to find 1
as for the usb adaptor if didn't find drivers i simply will do video recording with my camera
Mi PayPal no habré el cartucho que puedo hacer
Thank you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
$40 for a new one at walmart....
Hahaha, exactly what just happened to me
People, just put it in the trash and buy one from ebay...
Some things that are no longer made might be worth trying to fix.
I have one
+VINTAGE CAMERAS I have another that needs work, which means another video! I subscribed to your channel as the subject matter is one I too enjoy and collect! I have a couple of cameras on my channel and more to come later, so stay tuned and subscribe! ~Jack
Good evening ...
I find your video extraordinary, unfortunately it has not been very developed.
for me, the red piece in the form of a triangle I do not know where to place
the small spring, then a spring of 3 centimeters I do not know where he goes.
I ask for help
my thanks to everyone
Help me with my vhs
I laik this video:)
+VINTAGE CAMERAS Thank you! :)
what a nightmare lol
Indeed it was! A future video coming on another that will probably end up in the trash as well! :) ~Jack, VEG
I tried to do the same , messed up the gizmo, couldn't put it back, i am amazed this guy had so many views for this trash video.
Look young lady, the only failure here is the fact that your mom and dad didn't raise you with proper manners! Nor did they send you to school to get a proper education, if they did then you would have read the title and description and understood the words, heck....I didn't even use big words, so you couldn't have got that lost! And again, if you had a proper education you would have learned how to research or look up words and meanings you didn't understand! I would carry on with more examples, but its a moot point....as you see young lady, I really don't care how you feel or think. If you can do better by all means go for it! Bless your little tiny tiny baby heart! ~Jack, VEG
Господин! Когда снимаете ролик в Сеть - нормальный Свет поставьте себе! Ничего не видно и не понятно! Судя по всему - вы Любитель, но не Профессионал!
Absolutely pointless. I was really hoping for some repair help.
I had already set your expectation very low as stated in the description in the video and on the page, I clearly state this attempted repair was a failure. The point of this video and all my videos are for historical purposes only, I apologize if it was not up to your expectations after you clearly read my intro, what else could I have done for you? Thanks for watching and have a great day! ~Jack, VEG
Vintage Electronics Geek When you search CZcams VHS-C repair yours is the first video one sees, the title could have been a little clearer though and in order to read your description I had to click on the video. I do appreciate your involvement.
WTF?