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[Ed in Tx]

Originally Posted by ChrisW6ATV

That is also interesting news about the Magnavision players, and thank you for the repair tips. I have a VH8000 in its original box, and I would like to get it working some day.

I used to work on those things. Had to be set up on a service jig to run it level and swing out the boards from underneath to get to the test points and adjustments. Without the jig and an assortment of modules and a rebuilt known good laser optical assembly sitting around just in case, it would be a real challange if not impossible for someone to work on one of those old beasts today. Up until this April my old shop still had all that stuff in stock, and a couple of the 8000 players back in the warehouse. All gone now!

[brockolye]

Hey do you guys know of anyone who will take a look at my Magnavision?

I have one and it's not working (spins up and the functions seem to work, just can't get pic and sound on monitor).

I am not good at fixing things...and these look like they would be very complicated to work on...considering I have no knowledge of LD players..and I don't have any tools to do so.

Bayview Electronics will not look at these. Any help? I'm desperate!

[ChrisW6ATV]

Brockolye-

I do not know of any place that works on the early Laser Disc players, and my own is a future project.

Ed-

I never even thought to ask you about any service items for the Magnavox players; now I wish I had. I did manage to get one of the Sams Photofact manuals for it (volume VDP-1, not even in their index anymore). Thank you for the tip about repairing the players.

[Ed in Tx]

Originally Posted by ChrisW6ATV

Ed-

I never even thought to ask you about any service items for the Magnavox players; now I wish I had.

Had all that stuff , modules, jigs, service and training manuals, going back to day 1 of those players.

I keep thinking of other manuals I wish I had grabbed..

[Electronic M]

I have a Toshiba with the same features as that Sony combo. I'm archiving some anime on it as I type this. It was a thrift store find and is a tad beat up that combined with the dirt inside make me prefer using my JVC S-VHS-ET units for all tape based functions. That Toshiba is the only good used DVD recorder that I've found yet, and has become the heart of my entertainment/archiving scheme.

You have quite an impressive collection of S-VHS units BTW.

[lnx64]

Not vintage but it's VHS.. DVHS though: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...9at31122AM.jpg

Sitting under the Blonder Tongue.