Panasonic PVV4522 VCR Repair

A late model Panasonic was given to me and I intend to give this one away.

[andy_rulz]

Always love the VCR repair videos, I've noticed that a lot of modern day VCRs use similar Front Panel Displays Which are limited in what information they give you, I remember back in the day when almost all HI-FI VCRs had Audio Level Meters on their Front Panel Displays

[TFBear]

I love watching videos like this because it reminds me of my childhood. When I was a kid, we had a storage sofa in our living room. In the storage part of the sofa was 40-50 VCR cassettes that my mum used to record cartoons on for me from the TV. There was everything from Tom and Jerry to Scooby Doo. In a separate gym bag, she had 20-30 more cassettes that had camera recordings of my childhood, holidays etc. To this day, every so often, on Christmas or a birthday, we pull out a random cassette to watch a random moment of the past. Brings back very fond memories

[avader]

Hey man I absolutely love your channel. It reminds me of when I lived with my parents and my dad was a electrical engineer and no matter what piece of equipment that we purchased it was invariably taken apart shortly after its first use!!

[kkssraja]

Same Problem in my VCR today I try to play it will play like your's. I went home and try this kind of Cleaning. thank you very much for this Valuable Video. Greetings From "TamilNadu" India,

[irtbmtind]

I have one of these Panasonics, my grandparents bought it new in 2002 and barely used it so it's clean and in pretty good shape. They weren't at the absolute bottom of the market and by the standards of a last of line VCR they aren't bad. In my experience they can reliably track poor quality recordings that a lot of other VCRs of this era struggle with, so if you need a cheap VCR to digitize old recordings this is probably the one to get. At least it doesn't have one of those terrible foam-on-a-stick "head cleaners".

[TheVCRKing]

Whenever I see a VCR repair video on your channel, I just drop everything and watch.

[WalterWeakley]

my problem is solved ! it was my MODE SWITCH, i use a cotton but and hand sanitizer cleaner. it exactly the same switch as the Panasonic you working on. i have a Panasonic NV - HD680. working perfectly now . TANKYOU VERY MUCH !

[waltschannel]

That Panny, even though it is a newer unit is so much better engineered than the Magnavox combo VCR DVD player recorders that were cranked out say 10 years ago or so. Thanks so much for the tour of the unit and what each part of it does and thanks for posting these videos. You do an awesome job!

[GrumpzTheCat]

Was just working on my unit checking the belts and cleaning it, thanks for the info on getting the mech out. Albeit mine had 4 screws, 2 in the front where the ones on this one are, and 2 near the back panel. and everything was socketed, and there is no board on top of the head, but mine is an older 2000 model. Good to know that my model isnt as cheap.

[tinamarie]

Thanks a lot for sharing your knowledge and expertise. I just fixed my Panasonic PV-9451 (mfr'd 1999). It would not REWIND. Cleaned the Mode Switch with DeoxITLiquid D100L and that did the trick. I was hoping that the tape sensors didn't go bad on me since the tape position feature was also not working on this unit, but after cleaning the Mode Switch -- that also got fixed. I bought this unit new back then. Still have original remote control. The unit is still in good condition, now working 100% (thanks to you) which will make it easy on me to transfer some old home made videos to digital. Thanks a million! Definitely subscribing. -- Oh almost forgot, the head cleaning trick with regular paper with alcohol was new to me!

[coondogtheman]

I like how EVERYTHING is labeled on the circuit board, even which block does what. I had a Symphonic TV VCR combo that bit the dust so I took it apart and pulled the main board out and was able to find and hook up the TV's audio amp and play audio through it. the amp chip gets really hot though. I don't run it much because I'm afraid it's going to burn out.

[guitchess]

This one brought back memories of my first successes and greatest failures. With this exact model, I found and fixed a power supply failure. Then, like a fool, didn't properly reinstall the tape assembly. The mechanism got jammed which caused an over-current to blow a hole in the driver IC. I never looked for a replacement. Didn't think the chances of getting one were good, and it wasn't a great loss.

[grandadgamer]

Those later VCR's were horrible really. Remember having a high spec Sony SLV, it had so much on it, with even more revealed when the drawbridge was lowered 😅

Great vid 👍

[vladb]

"Dirty Heads" movie is very actual for VCRs :))

[NunYa]

I just picked up a PV-9661. It's a HiFi machinehine with what appears to be a decent quality mechanism. What's intriguing is the "Made in Japan" label on it! Seems like a decent machine (as far as Panasonic VCRs go.)

[bborkzilla]

For something as cost reduced as these late model VCRs were, they were surprisingly functional. I'm debugging the power supply in my 2004 vintage Panasonic VCR, which had served well for 16 years!

[markmarkofkane]

Our first was a Sylvania top loader. Probably over $400. It didn't have a wireless remote. The wired remote only did pause/play and forward and reverse scan. 1984. We recorded lots of TV shows and movies on it. Btw, cool repair! You have to be a mechanic to work on many electronic devices.

[polypicker]

I have this model. The tape wont gi all the way in. It automatically comes back out. Any thoughts?

[nigelpottinger]

Love your channel and the knowledge you possess and willing to share been working on my panasonic svhs VCR totally pos cleaned the head cleaned the mode switch now it won't load a tape or power up

[yamakawa]

With the help of this and another of your repair videos I've been able to resurect and clean my twenty year old Panasonic NV-HD630. It was made in Japan and seems to have been well built. It was easy to dissamble and remove the mechanism to get at the mode switch which was placed on the circuit board underneath. I could see some corrosion on the tracks of the switch but the Deoxit removed that quickly. The heads and the rest of the running gear were quite clean. I took off the little head cleaner roll which had some dark gunk on it but this came off easily with some alcohol and so went back on nice and clean. The small circuit board above the motor had some strange white almost dusty coating but again that came off quickly with alcohol. It all went together ok and is working fine so thanks for your help. Y