When my SVHS VCR when nuts, I read your VCR guides and found the
problem, As you said I opened the bottom and found the brass part and
put it back on. But now a video recorded on this deck will playback
with tracking issues in the picture. How do I readjust them (or the
one I might have pushed to hard on)?

davidlaska wrote:
When my SVHS VCR when nuts, I read your VCR guides and found the
problem, As you said I opened the bottom and found the brass part and
put it back on. But now a video recorded on this deck will playback
with tracking issues in the picture. How do I readjust them (or the
one I might have pushed to hard on)?

Sounds like the brass plug didn't get all the way in, and the slant bass
(guide) unit isn't quit making it in under the V-stopper, meaning the guide
is cocked back, thus out of alignment. Either that or the adjustable portion
of the guide is loose and has gone out of alignment. One can adjust it
pretty well using most good quality store-bought pre-recorded tapes. but
there is a little set-screw which holds the guide in place. It's a really
tiny (.4mm I think) allen hex screw, and kind of hard to get to. The tape
path has to be 1/2 loaded for access.

Mark Z.

"Mark D. Zacharias" writes:

davidlaska wrote:
When my SVHS VCR when nuts, I read your VCR guides and found the
problem, As you said I opened the bottom and found the brass part and
put it back on. But now a video recorded on this deck will playback
with tracking issues in the picture. How do I readjust them (or the
one I might have pushed to hard on)?

Sounds like the brass plug didn't get all the way in, and the slant bass
(guide) unit isn't quit making it in under the V-stopper, meaning the guide
is cocked back, thus out of alignment. Either that or the adjustable portion
of the guide is loose and has gone out of alignment. One can adjust it
pretty well using most good quality store-bought pre-recorded tapes. but
there is a little set-screw which holds the guide in place. It's a really
tiny (.4mm I think) allen hex screw, and kind of hard to get to. The tape
path has to be 1/2 loaded for access.

I'd guess the former. (I don't believe in coincidences!)

Didn't get it all the way in place when gluing. Or, didn't use glue and
it's half off.

--- sam | Sci.Electronics.Repair FAQ: http://www.repairfaq.org/
Repair | Main Table of Contents: http://www.repairfaq.org/REPAIR/
+Lasers | Sam's Laser FAQ: http://www.repairfaq.org/sam/lasersam.htm
| Mirror Sites: http://www.repairfaq.org/REPAIR/F_mirror.html

Important: Anything sent to the email address in the message header above is
ignored unless my full name AND either lasers or electronics is included in the
subject line. Or, you can contact me via the Feedback Form in the FAQs.

Sam Goldwasser wrote:
"Mark D. Zacharias" writes:

davidlaska wrote:
When my SVHS VCR when nuts, I read your VCR guides and found the
problem, As you said I opened the bottom and found the brass part and
put it back on. But now a video recorded on this deck will playback
with tracking issues in the picture. How do I readjust them (or the
one I might have pushed to hard on)?

Sounds like the brass plug didn't get all the way in, and the slant bass
(guide) unit isn't quit making it in under the V-stopper, meaning the guide
is cocked back, thus out of alignment. Either that or the adjustable portion
of the guide is loose and has gone out of alignment. One can adjust it
pretty well using most good quality store-bought pre-recorded tapes. but
there is a little set-screw which holds the guide in place. It's a really
tiny (.4mm I think) allen hex screw, and kind of hard to get to. The tape
path has to be 1/2 loaded for access.

I'd guess the former. (I don't believe in coincidences!)

Didn't get it all the way in place when gluing. Or, didn't use glue and
it's half off.

--- sam | Sci.Electronics.Repair FAQ: http://www.repairfaq.org/
Repair | Main Table of Contents: http://www.repairfaq.org/REPAIR/
+Lasers | Sam's Laser FAQ: http://www.repairfaq.org/sam/lasersam.htm
| Mirror Sites: http://www.repairfaq.org/REPAIR/F_mirror.html

Important: Anything sent to the email address in the message header above is
ignored unless my full name AND either lasers or electronics is included in the
subject line. Or, you can contact me via the Feedback Form in the FAQs.

Yes, it does not look like it is all the way in but it does not want to
go in easy. If force is needed, should the part come off? The white
spindle can be unscrewed and force applied from both sides but a splip
could crash into other stuff. But you answered my question? Thankyou

Sam Goldwasser wrote:
"Mark D. Zacharias" writes:

davidlaska wrote:
When my SVHS VCR when nuts, I read your VCR guides and found the
problem, As you said I opened the bottom and found the brass part and
put it back on. But now a video recorded on this deck will playback
with tracking issues in the picture. How do I readjust them (or the
one I might have pushed to hard on)?

Sounds like the brass plug didn't get all the way in, and the slant bass
(guide) unit isn't quit making it in under the V-stopper, meaning the guide
is cocked back, thus out of alignment. Either that or the adjustable portion
of the guide is loose and has gone out of alignment. One can adjust it
pretty well using most good quality store-bought pre-recorded tapes. but
there is a little set-screw which holds the guide in place. It's a really
tiny (.4mm I think) allen hex screw, and kind of hard to get to. The tape
path has to be 1/2 loaded for access.

I'd guess the former. (I don't believe in coincidences!)

Didn't get it all the way in place when gluing. Or, didn't use glue and
it's half off.

--- sam | Sci.Electronics.Repair FAQ: http://www.repairfaq.org/
Repair | Main Table of Contents: http://www.repairfaq.org/REPAIR/
+Lasers | Sam's Laser FAQ: http://www.repairfaq.org/sam/lasersam.htm
| Mirror Sites: http://www.repairfaq.org/REPAIR/F_mirror.html

Important: Anything sent to the email address in the message header above is
ignored unless my full name AND either lasers or electronics is included in the
subject line. Or, you can contact me via the Feedback Form in the FAQs.
The playback tracking is solve by removing the excess glue caught in
the post. I hope SVHS will record just as well.

Thanks: These decks are still valuable and expensive