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ben · 10th May 2010, 10:13 pm

In all the charleys I've seen, the pinch roller had gone hard.
I used to hate them until I learned the trick of tricking the mech into part loading, yanking out the plug, then poking a screwdriver through the correct hole to release the toothed rack the pinch is fixed to.... Bingo! job done.

They were an original VHS deck design. Tended to be rather basic in terms of features - never saw any with hi fi stereo audio, insert edit or real time counter as noted above, but I quite like them. Last ones I did were quite late ones - 21DV1 or 20DV1 I think.

10th May 2010, 10:13 pm	#16
ben Dekatron Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Madrid, Spain / Wirral, UK Posts: 7,498	Re: VCR - Philips VR6293 In all the charleys I've seen, the pinch roller had gone hard. I used to hate them until I learned the trick of tricking the mech into part loading, yanking out the plug, then poking a screwdriver through the correct hole to release the toothed rack the pinch is fixed to.... Bingo! job done. They were an original VHS deck design. Tended to be rather basic in terms of features - never saw any with hi fi stereo audio, insert edit or real time counter as noted above, but I quite like them. Last ones I did were quite late ones - 21DV1 or 20DV1 I think. __________________ Regards, Ben.