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omni
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VCR Service: Know someone good?
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Jan 13 18:56 UTC 1997 |
Does anyone know a good place to get a VCR serviced? My Mom's is eating
tapes, and I'm convinced that all it needs is an sdjustment somewhere.
feel free to link this to consumer.
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bruin
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response 1 of 25:
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Jan 13 20:50 UTC 1997 |
Omni, how about Accutronics on South State Street across from the Diag? I
took my own VCR there to be services when it was not properly playing.
Oh, one more thing, omni. If you see Al at Accutronics, tell him Richard sent
you.
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kentn
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response 2 of 25:
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Jan 13 22:39 UTC 1997 |
<Agora item 37 is now linked to Consumer item 80>
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olddraco
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response 3 of 25:
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Jan 13 22:57 UTC 1997 |
The absolute best non charlatan fixer of vcr's is by far Kerry Borgne
of Royal Radio in Royal Oak.
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omni
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response 4 of 25:
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Jan 14 04:51 UTC 1997 |
Thanks mel, but I have no car to drive to Royal Oak.
Thanks, Richard. I'll give Al a call and see what he quotes me.
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ajax
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response 5 of 25:
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Jan 14 06:37 UTC 1997 |
Don't bother with yesterdecades's analog technology, switch to DVD today! ;-)
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dang
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response 6 of 25:
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Jan 14 16:34 UTC 1997 |
(And play what in you new glitzy DVD player? :)
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n8nxf
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response 7 of 25:
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Jan 14 22:21 UTC 1997 |
(Soak it up with your digital AV receptors.)
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tpryan
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response 8 of 25:
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Jan 18 00:21 UTC 1997 |
How much was paid for the VCR originally?? New 4-head, HiFi
VCRs can now be found for $250 (good brand names like Sharp, too!).
If your $200 VCR served you well for two or three years, it
may be worth getting an new one if the repair estimate is over $50.
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omni
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response 9 of 25:
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Jan 18 04:46 UTC 1997 |
It's a Magnavox 4 head stereo, and we've had it now for about 2 yrs
now. It gets fairly heavy use, so I would guess it's just an adjustment.
I'm not a big one for throwing things out if they're fixable, hence my
collections of VCR's (I have 5), CD Players (I have 3), and Computers
which are uncountable due to them being in several large pieces,
I'm in the market for a how to fix them book so I can fix what I have
and add another notch to my resume'.
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drew
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response 10 of 25:
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Jan 18 05:31 UTC 1997 |
I would think the computers could be counted by counting the motherboards
and|or CPUs.
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omni
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response 11 of 25:
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Jan 18 09:14 UTC 1997 |
In that case, about 7. give or take a few cases ;)
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avnr
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response 12 of 25:
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Jan 18 10:00 UTC 1997 |
12 of 12 by Narasimharao
I am Narasimharao from India. I am new to Grex and do not know how to
resppond. Can some one kindly help me.:wq!
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remmers
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response 13 of 25:
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Jan 18 12:24 UTC 1997 |
Well, you're doing fine so far. Welcome to Grex!
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rcurl
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response 14 of 25:
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Jan 18 17:55 UTC 1997 |
Welcome, Narasimharao. You will like it here - you do not use vi!
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tpryan
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response 15 of 25:
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Jan 18 20:30 UTC 1997 |
I too, hate to toss out something even semi-functional. My
first VCR, a Quasar has a broken plastic part in the basket that
lowers the tape into the drive. It's made of the type of plastic
that _can't_ be glued by super-glue (you have to make the super-
glue cap outta something, you know). To repair it would have
required the purchase of a $125 part. I spent $400 on a new VCR
instead.
So, if you have a 1984-88 front loading Quasar, Panasonic
, Magnavox or other from the same Japanese plant(s) and it died
from something else, I got one that may take it's basket. If you
want mine to merge with yours, let me know.
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valerie
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response 16 of 25:
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Jan 19 18:13 UTC 1997 |
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tsty
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response 17 of 25:
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Jan 19 19:32 UTC 1997 |
i, too, can recommend Accutronics on state street.
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scott
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response 18 of 25:
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Jan 19 19:46 UTC 1997 |
I doubt any really useful (ie recent) books on VCR repair will turn up used
at the library.
One thing to check out would be Purchase Radio on Hoover. They have some
books, and can also get "Sams Notes" which are model-specific repair guides
including schematics, test point voltages (and scope traces where
appropriate).
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n8nxf
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response 19 of 25:
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Jan 20 02:54 UTC 1997 |
(My stepfather-in-law took his stereo / cassette player to some electronics
repair outfit in down town A^2 and didn't get it back for about a year. When
he finally did, they had lost the top cover and the cassette door. It did
work again though.)
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valerie
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response 20 of 25:
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Jan 20 04:16 UTC 1997 |
This response has been erased.
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russ
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response 21 of 25:
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Jan 22 02:27 UTC 1997 |
(I'd insist on the repair being free in that case. Jerks.)
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robh
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response 22 of 25:
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Jan 24 19:51 UTC 1997 |
This item has been linked from Consumer 80 to Intro 144.
Type "join consumer" at the Ok: prompt for discussion of
consumer issues.
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omni
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response 23 of 25:
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Jan 25 08:30 UTC 1997 |
Got the VCR back today, and we are very pleased with it. The service was
prompt, courteous, and informative. Thanks to all who responded.
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tsty
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response 24 of 25:
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Jan 27 07:10 UTC 1997 |
where from , pray tell?
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