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Old VCR
I have an old Panasonic VCR which I bought in 1990 and it's always worked great.Over the last few weeks I've found that if I unplug it when I plug it back in nothing happens it's completely dead. I tried a different power cord but it's still the same. It did this a few months ago and I had to unplug it and plug it back in a few times but eventually it did switch on. It's always been a great worker and I don't want to throw it out.
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it may cost you more to fix it than its worth
stick it in a repair shop and find out is it even stereo ? |
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Yes it's stereo HI-Fi and has a one touch thingy, you just set the start and stop time before you go out,none of that day month and year stuff. It really is a great VCR cost about 500 pounds in 1990.
Need to find someone who can do a homer as a shop would be too expensive. |
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Yes it's stereo HI-Fi and has a one touch thingy, you just set the start and stop time before you go out,none of that day month and year stuff. It really is a great VCR cost about 500 pounds in 1990.
Need to find someone who can do a homer as a shop would be too expensive. The fault...in my experience is due to a faulty capacitor in the power supply unit, this is a 1uF 400v capacitor and shouldn't cost much to replace. I would suggest that you ask relativies and friends who they normally deal with, you will then get a good idea who you can trust in your locality. I would offer my help, but I live on the south coast in Sussex. Rgds Bob. |
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Thanks for the info. If I can get it to go on it will probably last another 18 years.
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I'll just second what Bob said. I had exactly the same problem about two years ago, replace what sounds like the same capacitor and it's still going strong.
regards Brian |
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I'll just second what Bob said. I had exactly the same problem about two years ago, replace what sounds like the same capacitor and it's still going strong.
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Thanks everyone for info.
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