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E. L. Hoover |
| Posted on Thursday, June 07, 2001 - 03:32 pm: |
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Sharp Model VC-A5210U
I was watching TV and recording at the same time. I was viewing through the VCR mode. Picture flashed in and out several times. Blue screen would appear. (This happened in the last 5 minutes of our movie) I stopped recording and played back the last portion of the video. Video had recorded everything including the flashing in and out of the signal.
I turned the VCR off for the night. The next day I tried to view the TV through the VCR mode and I couldn't get a picture or sound, only blue screen. I tried to run the auto program to reset the channels but it will not run. It appears that it is not receiving a signal. I unplugged the unit and left it unplugged for several hours. I thought it might reset itself, but no luck.
When the VCR is in TV Mode or the power is off, I can view all my cable channels just fine.
Do you have any ideas as to the problem and a possible solution?
Thanks for your time and help. |
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Lee Mitchell |
| Posted on Friday, June 08, 2001 - 06:10 pm: |
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It does appear that you're not getting a signal. The problem might be with the tuner in the VCR. If that's the case you would have to weigh the cost of repair vs. buying a new one. With prices so low today it usually pays to buy a new one. You didn't say how much that one cost. I did a search and couldn't find the model number so it appears to be an older model.
If you do buy a new one, don't get rid of the old one. It appears that it still plays and records. You could still use it as a player or as a second machine to make copies of tapes. You just wouldn't be able to record off the air.
Hope this helps.......Lee |
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| Posted on Sunday, June 08, 2003 - 10:57 pm: |
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Sunday June 8,2003
I bought a new panasonic tv 37 inch. it has a special input video which plays dvd's I HAVE A JVC vcr When I set up the recorder to record on the timer it records ch.2 reguardless of what chanel I choose. If I record on the manual by seting the chanel on the VCR manually
and start it manually
What can be done to correct this????? |
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| Posted on Monday, June 09, 2003 - 06:40 pm: |
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Sunday June 8,2003
I bought a new panasonic tv 37 inch. it has a special input video which plays dvd's I HAVE A JVC vcr When I set up the recorder to record on the timer it records ch.2 reguardless of what chanel I choose. If I record on the manual by seting the chanel on the VCR manually
and start it manually
What can be done to correct this?????
I forgot to add that whwen I start it manually it is ok and records the channel i enter. |
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| Posted on Tuesday, September 23, 2003 - 09:53 pm: |
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i have a rca vcr m#vr557.the problem i have is thart when i put in a vidio to play.it stop playing after 2 or 3 second,and it tune off.can you help me please.i just got it about 9 month ago new. |
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| Posted on Sunday, February 15, 2004 - 09:35 pm: |
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I have a Broksonic Color TV-VCR Combination, the tv works fine on everystation, but when I put a tape in the VCR the sound is perfect but the screen is all fuzzy. It is not a problem with the stations, and has only started doing this recently. What can I do to fix this? |
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| Posted on Friday, July 09, 2004 - 05:00 pm: |
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July 09, 2004 Ottawa, Canada
I have two RCA Vcrs. Both of them are 4 years old. Last one week I have a problem with both VCRs.
1. when I record and replay, the cassette automaticaly play in FF mode with screetch noise and horizontal lines appear on the screen.
2. Tape in the cassette have line marks on it. It has waves on the tape side.
second VCR. When I load the cassette, the video stops and Err message appears. "Err" and nothing else. manually I can reload and play for sometime. But unable to run with remote.
Please suggest repair and rectify this problem.
Thanks and regards
yours truly
hare krishna mani |
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| Posted on Wednesday, August 25, 2004 - 12:39 pm: |
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I have a 20" Broksonic TV (combo TV, VCR, DVD)MODEL SC-20145 Series B...no cable...I bought it three months ago and the manufacturer's warranty has already expired..now, there is simply NO power at all..it simply will not switch on...I've tried all the outlets in my apartment, and EVERYTHING else works fine,except this TV...what can be the culprit??? |
Silver Member Username: Samijubal
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| Posted on Wednesday, August 25, 2004 - 04:16 pm: |
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There is a fuse inside, if it's not that the power supply is bad, kinda common on TV/VCR combos. |
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| Posted on Tuesday, September 28, 2004 - 06:27 pm: |
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I have a mitsubishi HS-U420 vcr, I have had it for more more than 2 years, my problem with my vcr
is that when I turn it on and put a video in it, and I push play it only plays for about four seconds,then it stops playin. the vcr stills stays on it just plays for a while, and stops.the buttons work fine. If you can can help me please reply to my letter
thank you
sincerly william |
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| Posted on Tuesday, September 28, 2004 - 06:29 pm: |
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I have a mitsubishi HS-U420 vcr, I have had it for more more than 2 years, my problem with my vcr
is that when I turn it on and put a video in it, and I push play it only plays for about four seconds,then it stops playin. the vcr stills stays on it just plays for a while, and stops.the buttons work fine. If you can can help me please reply to my letter
thank you
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Silver Member Username: Samijubal
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| Posted on Tuesday, September 28, 2004 - 07:41 pm: |
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Take the cover off and see if the right tape reel turns. |
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| Posted on Tuesday, October 26, 2004 - 09:16 pm: |
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Hello,
I have a Sharp VC-A560. The problem is that I put a tape in and it plays fine. I hear the sound but I am not getting any picture. Do you know what is wrong with it? Can it be repair?
Thanks,
Andrew M. |
Silver Member Username: Samijubal
Post Number: 353
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| Posted on Tuesday, October 26, 2004 - 09:34 pm: |
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90% of the time sound and no picture means it needs cleaned. |
AndrewM Unregistered guest |
| Posted on Wednesday, October 27, 2004 - 08:25 pm: |
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Oh ok Thanks David
Just one thing How you clean the vcr?
Thanks,
Andrew M. |
Silver Member Username: Samijubal
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| Posted on Wednesday, October 27, 2004 - 08:55 pm: |
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You can try a head cleaner, they don't work very good though. It takes a special chamois to clean the heads. |
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| Posted on Tuesday, November 09, 2004 - 01:18 pm: |
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I purchased a 13 in Panasonic TV/ VCR combo, PV -C 1322 My son dropped coins inside the tape slot and now I cant't see no picture and the VCR doesn't make its usual sound. It is dead. I opened it up and nothing moves. I am thinking it might be a fuse of some kind. the "on" light doesn't even come on. What can be the problem?.
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Silver Member Username: Samijubal
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| Posted on Tuesday, November 09, 2004 - 01:42 pm: |
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There should be a fuse in the power supply, but the power supply usually goes before the fuse though. Panasonic is one of the few companies that use IC protecters. They act like a fuse, but you can't see them like a regular fuse, they are circuit board mounted and look like a transistor. I don't know if there is anything you can do yourself if that is what it is, but they only cost $1 or so. |
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| Posted on Saturday, December 18, 2004 - 01:17 pm: |
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Hello, I also have an rca m# VR557 vcr and it has the same problem, when I put in a tape it stops and says Err. I have to turn it off, then on again which ejects the tape, then I push it back in and pray it will work=) 95% of the time it doesn't though... Also the remote that came with that vcr... it's a universal. I want to program it to work with my citizen tv. I've searched all over for codes but havn't found any that work, I may just be doing it wrong though. I've been holding in the "tv" button while I put in the code, then releasing and trying to turn it on and off with the power button but no luck - any suggestions? |
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| Posted on Thursday, January 13, 2005 - 05:53 pm: |
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I have a RCA TV/VCR Combination model T20005BK.
The power will not come on. It has a timer light that just keeps flashing. No sound No picture. |
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| Posted on Sunday, January 30, 2005 - 06:25 pm: |
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I own a Broksonic TV VCR combo. I misplaced the manual. I have Direct TV! I can't figure out how to tape TV programs. I do the original remote. Can someone help me? |
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| Posted on Tuesday, February 15, 2005 - 06:51 pm: |
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I have a TV/VCR combo, and the VCR recently ate a tape I tried to play. I was able to take the tape out by taking apart the TV, but I still have problems. When I try to turn the TV on, it says is still in AV mode, displays Eject, and then turns itself back off. I think it is a problem with the VCR part, can I disconnect it? |
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| Posted on Wednesday, February 16, 2005 - 02:14 pm: |
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Hi I have a problem with my VCR. I record something and after when I try to play it, the picture doesnt show but there is sound of what i recorded. So whatever is on the tv that picture is there and the sound of what i recorded plays. How dod I fix this? |
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| Posted on Wednesday, February 16, 2005 - 09:31 pm: |
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Hi,
I have a Panasonic VCR - 4 years old.When I inserted the tape last time, the VCR suddenly turned off. I had to open and take teh tape out manually as it was not ejecting it out. Now it is not accepting tape either and automatically turns off in few seconds after the power turned on.Can anybody let me know what could be wrong?
Thanks
Raj |
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| Posted on Friday, February 18, 2005 - 07:09 pm: |
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When I turn my VCR on, I can see a picture, but I can't hear anything, no matter how high the volume setting is. What should I do!!! |
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| Posted on Thursday, March 24, 2005 - 06:49 pm: |
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I have a symphonic tv vcr combo. Some thing is wrong with the vcr. when I put a tape in to play it cuts out shutting off the whole tv. even if I cant fix the vcr myself I was wondering if there is anyway to disconnect the vcr. so that i can use the tv without it. When I turn on the tv it says on the screen eject and the power cuts out so tv shuts off. |
Silver Member Username: Samijubal
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| Posted on Thursday, March 24, 2005 - 06:51 pm: |
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The tuner is in the VCR circuits, you can't disconnect the VCR and use the TV. |
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| Posted on Monday, March 28, 2005 - 07:01 am: |
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Hi
I have a Panasonic NV-SV121EB VCR, was watching a tape last night and accidentially pressed the wrong button (think it was the I-TIMER button), which switched the VCR off displaying EL-1 and the time and nothing reverses this. The VCR has now frozen with this displayed. I switched it off over night hoping it would reset itself but the EL part remains with the time now flashing 0:00. Does anyone know what has happened?! |
Silver Member Username: Samijubal
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| Posted on Monday, March 28, 2005 - 05:57 pm: |
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Did you try pressing the timer button again? |
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| Posted on Tuesday, March 29, 2005 - 04:53 am: |
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yes!! several times, no other button works either. I've pressed everything!!! Its like it has been switched off and can't be switched back on again |
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| Posted on Tuesday, March 29, 2005 - 11:00 am: |
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I have a Hitachi TV/VCR combo. I put in a rental when it just stoped and made a weird noise and the tv turned off after a few seconds. When I turn it on the vcr won't work, still makes the noise and shuts off the tv. I have no clue as to how to take out the tape. I tried to see if I could take the tv apart but no clue as to where to open it. There is only two screws at the very bottom and that's it. Does anyone know how to fix this with out opening the tv? I'm afraid I'll break the tv if I do. |
Please tell me. Unregistered guest |
| Posted on Wednesday, March 30, 2005 - 12:46 pm: |
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I just bought a 13''TV with VCR.But it doesn't well.Tv suddendly shut down when I was playing cassette several time.But,It is OK that I use the same cassette in the other VCR.I don't know why. Because it is cheap or it's the quality? |
Silver Member Username: Samijubal
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| Posted on Wednesday, March 30, 2005 - 02:50 pm: |
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TV/VCR combos are cheap junk. |
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| Posted on Wednesday, April 06, 2005 - 06:02 pm: |
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I have an inexpensive Panasonic VCR that I use to record programs through an antenna (not cable). When I play back the tape, the image jumps back and forth between an image of the show I recorded and a blue screen. It switches back and forth every second--the show is completely unwatchable. But when I fast forward or rewind, the image is fine. I can see everything, so I know that the VCR captured the entire video stream. It just can't play it back in real time. Nor can any other VCR play it in real time--I tried playing the tape on a different VCR and had the identical results. Pressing the tracking button doesn't seem to help. Does anyone have any idea what causes this problem and whether there is a solution? Thanks. |
Silver Member Username: Samijubal
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| Posted on Wednesday, April 06, 2005 - 06:11 pm: |
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It either needs cleaned or it's out of alignment. |
Bronze Member Username: Videoguy
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| Posted on Wednesday, April 06, 2005 - 07:16 pm: |
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It's most likely out of alignment, I had a VCR that did the same thing and I took it in to be repaired and that was the problem. |
panama city dave Unregistered guest |
| Posted on Wednesday, April 13, 2005 - 11:12 am: |
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The reel sensors getting dirty will shut one down.
they are the 2 sensors on each side of the cassette carriage with a LED in the middle. Sometimes you can take a can of air, lift the cassette door and spray each side of the carriage. |
Panama City Dave Unregistered guest |
| Posted on Wednesday, April 13, 2005 - 11:16 am: |
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that was a response for Please tell me on Mar 30 |
Silver Member Username: Samijubal
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| Posted on Wednesday, April 13, 2005 - 04:54 pm: |
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The sensors you talk about are tape end sensors, not reel sensors. I've never seen one get dirty and not work. Reel sensors are under the tape reels, some VCRs use 1 and some use 2. |
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| Posted on Monday, April 18, 2005 - 03:35 am: |
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I have a Panasonic NV-HD670. I put a tape in and it played fine, then i put it in again a couple of minutes later and i couldnt see a picture or hear anything, and the player was flashing ED where the speed (lp or sp) usually is. How do i fix that? Any ideas?? |
Silver Member Username: Samijubal
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| Posted on Tuesday, April 19, 2005 - 03:07 am: |
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Unplug it and plug it back in. |
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| Posted on Wednesday, May 04, 2005 - 06:16 am: |
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The TV channels do not show on the VCR, that is the viewing cannot be shown through the VCR but only through the normal TV channels.
What do I do? |
Silver Member Username: Samijubal
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| Posted on Wednesday, May 04, 2005 - 01:35 pm: |
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If it's on screen programming, go into the setup menus and select cable or antenna, whichever you have, then autoprogram the channels. |
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| Posted on Thursday, May 05, 2005 - 06:55 pm: |
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Reference Panasonic TV-VCR combo,moel PV-C2062. Tape is stuck within and will not eject. Would appreciate help on how to resolve the problem. Thank you. |
Silver Member Username: Samijubal
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| Posted on Thursday, May 05, 2005 - 07:13 pm: |
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Unplug it and plug it back in. |
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| Posted on Monday, May 16, 2005 - 09:02 pm: |
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My Tv/VCR has serveral problems. First of all it's a Philips Magnavox . The VCR part will not rewind and eats the tape trying to rewind and then shuts off and ejects it. then the VCR won't play the tapes anymore after I cleaned it with a VCR head cleaner it just shuts off and ejects it.It also gives error codes such as T eject D eject and other ones. Model CCA132ATO1 SERIAL 18845637 MANUFACTURED AUGUST 1999 V333 What do they mean and How can I fix my VCR? |
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| Posted on Monday, May 16, 2005 - 09:04 pm: |
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My Tv/VCR has serveral problems. First of all it's a Philips Magnavox . The VCR part will not rewind and eats the tape trying to rewind and then shuts off and ejects it. then the VCR won't play the tapes anymore after I cleaned it with a VCR head cleaner it just shuts off and ejects it.It also gives error codes such as T eject D eject and other ones. Model CCA132ATO1 SERIAL 18845637 MANUFACTURED AUGUST 1999 V33 What do they mean and How can I fix my VCR? |
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| Posted on Monday, May 23, 2005 - 11:40 am: |
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I have a JVC vcr. I recorded a show last night and when I got home to replay it, I couldn't hear the sound but could see the picture of the movie I recorded. Everytime on my remote I hit tv/vcr button, the sound cuts off of regular tv and then when I hit it again, the sounds come back. How can I fix this? |
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| Posted on Wednesday, May 25, 2005 - 03:31 pm: |
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i have a symphonic TV/VCR combo. It will power on for about four seconds then power off. The fuse is fine and the problem happens with and without the VCR connected. Any suggestions? |
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| Posted on Friday, May 27, 2005 - 05:50 pm: |
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I have a broksonic tv-vcr combo, the problem: a black screen appears on a few channels after on for about 15 seconds. What is this? Lost the manual - (the sound continues) Help! |
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| Posted on Thursday, June 02, 2005 - 11:04 pm: |
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i have a broksonic tv/vcr 19" combo and can not get all channels on it. it sits in the same place as last, with same antenna, (dont do cable) and channels after 10 do not get accepted. i tried auto channel scan as well as adding individually, and nothing. i do notice the menu does not offer the regular ant receiver position, just tv or cabtv. does anyone know how to fix as of course i can't find the manual or the site has no answers. |
Gold Member Username: Samijubal
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| Posted on Thursday, June 02, 2005 - 11:21 pm: |
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Is it set to TV and not cable? |
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| Posted on Sunday, June 12, 2005 - 03:23 am: |
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My VCR has snow - no picture or sound in playback, but picture normal in FF and REW. Is this a cleaning issue and if so what is best way to clean heads?
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| Posted on Sunday, June 12, 2005 - 11:31 am: |
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As far as picture, it's probably cleaning. I've never seen hifi heads get dirty enough to not produce audio, I suppose it's possible though. |
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| Posted on Tuesday, June 14, 2005 - 12:26 pm: |
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Hello I have a Magnavox vcr #VRT364 (about 10 yrs old). The sound is garbled on playback. The sound eventually comes in ok, but after a time there is no sound at all. Do you recommend repair or do you suggest throwing it away? Thanks |
Gold Member Username: Samijubal
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| Posted on Tuesday, June 14, 2005 - 04:16 pm: |
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Is it crinkling the bottom edge of the tape? |
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| Posted on Friday, June 24, 2005 - 11:39 am: |
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I have a symphonic TV/VCR combo, AC/DC for use in the car. It's about two years old. The tapes and TV play fine but there is no sound at all, whether using the VCR or just the TV. I had only used the system two or three times when the problem occurred. Any quick fixes out there? |
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| Posted on Wednesday, July 06, 2005 - 01:20 pm: |
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We cannot seem to find the correct remote code for a universal remote we bought. The TV/VCR combo we are trying to link to is the RCA T20005BK. I was even able to track down the original remote product number if that helps. The remote can be found as VSQS1306 p/n 218882. Just need the original code because I am getting less functionality with the standard RCA codes. |
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