80s philips vcr

[josephdaniel]

well i have been lurking on this forum for some time and decided to join today. anyways i needed a new vcr my nerish sanyo brokedown so i went to goodwill looking for something that felt heavy and old and relible but cheap. i found this philips vcr form the 80s and decided to gget it i had no way to test it in the store besides putting a tape in it and watching the vu meters so i bought it and i think it has worn heads if so how much would a replacement drum cost for this? and i was wondering if anyone had a link to the manuel because fore some functions like the viss i cant figure out for the life of me how to use it.i did clean the heads and they were prettyy gunked up and dull looking not shiny like most but a quick cleaanin fixed this i plan on useing this in my bedroom for timeshifting. alsoo any mods that i can make to improve it or tips and also REVIEWS anyone thing this deck would be good for everynogh tuse at least 300 days out of the year i also forgot to mention that i did clean out all grease and oil and put the same amaount of white lithum grease in its place the old was dried out and squeaking badly now silent as a mouse except for the normal vcr sounds.

[Ed in Tx]

There were several Philips VCRs manufactured by Panasonic-Matsushita for NAP, (North American Philips) including Philips, Magnavox & Sylvania. All shared the same service manuals for the most part,. You did not mention a model number. Electrolytic capacitors fail a lot in those '80s-'90s units. Finding a new drum assembly? Not likely. Too old, obsolete.

[josephdaniel]

here is the model
VR6585AT74
i think its from 88' because when i go to set the date that is the default date but im probably wrong.

[Tony75]

Most Philips VCRs from that era sold here were actually made by Sharp. This remained the case up until the mid 90's where they changed to JVC mechanisms, but having Philips electronics.

[Ed in Tx]

Originally Posted by Tony75

Most Philips VCRs from that era sold here were actually made by Sharp. This remained the case up until the mid 90's where they changed to JVC mechanisms, but having Philips electronics.

Interesting. Sharp-made in Australia but not in the USA. Never saw one made by Sharp here. They did later change to JVC, before selling the name out to Funai. The JVC-made ones were pretty much identical in and out to JVC except certain features and functions.

[josephdaniel]

Dammit the **** thing caught on fire tonight im assuming that the big electrolityic caps let go it had been un plugged for abaout a week I plugged it in to record a tv show that comes on lete onight everythiing normal started smeling something burning so i walk over to it and looka at it it lew a fuse ok now half of my house is dark. i replace the fuse turn it on boom what i think is a resistor or rf interfernce device caught on fire when i had it open checkin it out. now i need a new psu or can it be saved? Should i just go down o the good will and see what the have. A friend old me there was a op loader from the 70s with a wired remote fo 20 in georgetown!

[ChrisW6ATV]

I would go get the $20 top-load VCR independent of what you do with this one.

[Ed in Tx]

Originally Posted by ChrisW6ATV

I would go get the $20 top-load VCR independent of what you do with this one.

Yep. It's likely got a nice power transformer in it, no old SMPS to blow up.

[josephdaniel]

Originally Posted by ChrisW6ATV

I would go get the $20 top-load VCR independent of what you do with this one.

If its still there im going to try to go this weekend and see if i ca get it.

[tvtimeisfun]

Junk the machine and get an rca or zenith never had problems with niether...

[Ed in Tx]

Originally Posted by tvtimeisfun

Junk the machine and get an rca or zenith never had problems with niether...

Unless it was an RCA made by Samsung with the failing power supply problems, they had a kit of parts to rebuild them, or the Goldstar-made Zeniths with mechanical issues. Zenith started with Sony and Beta format, then went to VHS and Panasonic for their machines, then Hitachi built some RCAs, then Samsung, and Toshiba..

[dieseljeep]

Originally Posted by Ed in Tx

Unless it was an RCA made by Samsung with the failing power supply problems, they had a kit of parts to rebuild them, or the Goldstar-made Zeniths with mechanical issues. Zenith started with Sony and Beta format, then went to VHS and Panasonic for their machines, then Hitachi built some RCAs, then Samsung, and Toshiba..

Zenith VHS VCR's were first JVC, then Goldstar. The unit shown is a Panasonic built switching PS.

[Ed in Tx]

Originally Posted by dieseljeep

Zenith VHS VCR's were first JVC, then Goldstar. The unit shown is a Panasonic built switching PS.

Yep I jumped ahead of the Zenith JVCs. Worked on many of those too being an authorized service center for Zenith and JVC and about 30 other brands at the peak years...

Example...





The FCC ID comes back pretty short of info. Too old I guess to have much in the database.

That there is a TV Interface Device!

FCC IDENTIFIER: BOU9T22002

Name of Grantee: Philips Consumer Lifestyle

Equipment Class: Part 15 TV Interface Device

[josephdaniel]

here is the fcc id BOU9T22002