I always like to watch you repair things. After watching this video I got my Sony HI 8 camcorder out to try it. After a few seconds it stopped, I couldn't eject the tape. Left it for a couple of minutes, it ejected the tape . I cleaned the pinch roller, tried a tape again and it seems to be working now. I've got to copy these tapes on to DVD before I lose them. Keep up the excellent work you do with your repaires.
Nice. I have a Canon ES170 that I bought new back in the day, it's from 1997. It looks a lot like the ES600, except it's a really basic model: black and white viewfinder, mono sound, etc.(all I could afford at the time). It still works, with AC adaptor, all of the batteries are long since dead.
You Sir are The Man.. What Great Technician Work and a Very Valiant Effort You've Given Here and You Found The Problem With Missing Tape Guide and You Fabricated a Replacement Tape Guide and Restored The Video Playback Just Stellar Work and Then The Sticking Magnetic Clutch on The Real Hub, Just Excellent and The Additional Discovered Problems and The Technical Explanations as To What was Also Failing and There Functions Just Wow Bro !!! Thanx for This Most Awesome Upload ☺☺😎👊💯💯
Got Canon ES900 8mm camcorder. Everything works except the video (in viewfinder and external monitor) gets static artifacts (horizontal noise lines). When I push with my finger down on the tape loading mechanism (after the tape being inserted), the video quality gets back to perfect normal quality. It feels like the tape doesn't go deep down enough and is not reaching the video heads. Do you think this is a video heads alignment problem, or something wrong with tape guiding mechanism? Love to watch your videos. Very informative. Thanks for sharing your knowledge.
Interesting video. I have a Canon UC900 8mm camcorder, similar to the one you are fixing in the video. Mine also needs fixing. When I move the rotary switch to select OFF, PLAY, EDIT and the various operating modes, the camcorder is stuck in one of the operating modes (namely "SPOTLIGHT") and never goes into "PLAY" mode, hence I can no longer play my old tapes. Any ideas? Rotary switch contacts? Thanks in advance.
I have a Canon ES 400 V maybe around 1999, I tore completely down . I guess if I would of watched this video first, I would looked at problems with the tape transport area . That's where my problem was, I think but, I knew nothing. Like a kid, taking his first lawn mower engine apart, ( if you ever did that sort of thing as a kid), I did . But I'm sure it never went back together, just like this camcorder. SO thanks for the information My tape transport doesn't match yours but I'm spotting all the same things those pins the clutch the band brake. I finally found the little thing to nudge to release the transport like your going to put a tape in. I just got another one coming from eBay to look at 15 ship 15 cost I'm out $30 but Now I'll have another maybe it will work , but I doubt it. as they always say I had no way to plug it in to power it so for parts
For me it was a new power drill. Got my ass whipped over that one. Then the lawnmower engine but that one went back together my dad did wonder why all of a sudden it started leaking oil. (Gasket damaged)
The fact that it's 25 years old and the video heads are not worn out is a supprise. Not so bad a picture considering the angle guide is wrong. I've seen vhs machines that were used so hard, the head drum and rabbit ref shelf was just dark grey with wear. Almost like the tape was sandpaper. That was in an old Panasonic Nv333 top loader, normally a good machine picture wise.
Most camcorders did not have a happy life. They sat in the bag, pulled out at Xmas, kids birthdays and vacation time. Most people didn't record more than a few dozen tapes in the cameras lifetime. I know this because people bring me their tapes to put on dvd. Usually under 20 tapes. 20x2 hours. 40 hours recording and many of these tapes were forgotten and never played. Most are very low hours. Professionally used gear ran up the hours but even my last pro camera i bought probably only has about 500 hours on it and i used it for at least 2 shoots a week but with the exception of weddings an average corporate video shoot may have put 30 minutes of actual recording on the heads. The editing machines on the other hand they ran up a few hours.
_"The fact that it's 25 years old and the video heads are not worn out is a supprise."_ It shouldn't be. Most people have never used their camcorders very often; usually only for special occasions like holidays and such. For the most part, they are hardly ever used because, beyond recording those moments and, perhaps, playing them back if you didn't have a VCR for that, there wasn't much use for them otherwise. It's certainly not like today, where you can pretty much record onto video anything at any time if you have a modern smartphone, making it highly convenient compared to lugging around a camcorder everywhere you went.
Do you know much about those optex RBE77MF batteries? I just found a Canon ES750 at a garage sale for $20 and it came with 2 of these batteries! For some reason one of them causes the red tally lights to blink when put in camera / VCR mode but nothing displays on the camera screen. The camera functions 100% with the other battery. I tested the battery in question with my multi meter and it takes and holds a charge but for some reason just gives these blinking lights on the cam almost as if the cam isn’t getting what it needs from the battery. Cheers
I recently bought a canon ES8600 hi8 and everything seems to work fine accept the battery wont hold a charge. The main issue i’ve come across is that the record screen is blank but all the setting icons still show. Now I dont have any cassettes yet but what would u recommend I do? I just want to be able to see the objects I point toward but nothing shows. Thanks in advance :)
I believe someone stuck a colored pencil and made perfect rings on the pinch roller, as they were multi colored. the auto stop is broken and it will run with no tape in it. I think someone was in there and left a mark on the pinch roller as the substance rubbed off easily.
Wish I could see what you were adjusting to align the tracking. I have a Canon ES75 hi8 that I might try to align to better play some tapes made on a Sony CCD-V101 where the bottom edge of the frame is noisy. The Sony is dead, I haven't been able to resurrect it.
I am turning the guide posts that thread the tape around the head drum. The bottom of the picture is the exit guide. This is on the take up reel side of the tape.
I have an old Panasonic VHS-C camcorder. It was huge compared to this unit. It's in storage now but it still worked as of a few years ago. I transferred all my old tapes to DVD.
@@12voltvids My brother had an old full size VHS camcorder. I believe it was a JVC. He looked like he was working for a news channel when he hauled it out.
Lots of things work when you hit them. How do you think my dad motivated me to get off my ass, finish school and learn a trade. That was my problem with my son, not enough motivation! 😆😀😄🤬
Do you have any videos on fixing a sony vx2000. Mine is just dead, ive tried 2 good batteries but nothing. So now im looking for a place to start and how to go about finding an issue
I have a G2000 canon camcorder and was hoping to transfer some old tapes to digital. Unfortunately it does not seem to want to pull the tape down around the heads. Without a tape, the mechanism is pulling down. Do you have any experience with a similar situation?
When you close the tape door with a tale inside so you hear the drum spin up? If it does, does it sound like normal speed or does it sound way too fast? The camera detects that the drum us running before attempting to load. If it doesn't spin or winds up real fast it will just open the cassette again. Check the edge connectors where the drum motor plugs into the main board.
@@12voltvids wow thanks for replying 👍, I have uploaded a quick video ua-cam.com/video/4hZeyhT45R0/v-deo.html When there is no tape the drum spins and the two arms drop around as if pulling the tape. But without a tape only the spool spins
@@12voltvids I did take the camera apart this afternoon and could not find anything obviously wrong. Re-fitted the ribbon cables etc. that did not make it any different. There are no belts in this camera either, all geared.
Of course, a more pertinent question is "is it worth the effort to fix it?" With regards to a vintage Canon camcorder ... probably not, considering how many leaky SMD caps are expected in that thing. As you've mentioned, it was a really serious problem with these kinds of camcorders of that vintage. And I believe Canon was among the very worst in that regard.
Canon were the worst. Horrible cameras. They had their followers that bought them because of the name in the still life camera days but the video cameras were crap with a capital C.
Don't spoil the fun, I was working on part 2. I spotted it last night and was already working on part 2, but an important hockey game got in the way of completion. It was the most ridicules place I ever found the missing guide.
My Canon ES50 won't accept any tape. After pushing the outer door closed, it just ejects it after a few seconds. It's 24 years old, but was working a few years ago. I don't know what could have happened; it's just been sitting in a plastic box in a climate controlled environment. If anyone has a fix suggestion, I'd be grateful!
Please turn of any crts in the background during recordings. The 15Khz whine from these devices or whatever it was, is annoying. Sorry, but couldn’t watch the whole video.
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I always like to watch you repair things. After watching this video I got my Sony HI 8 camcorder out to try it. After a few seconds it stopped, I couldn't eject the tape. Left it for a couple of minutes, it ejected the tape . I cleaned the pinch roller, tried a tape again and it seems to be working now. I've got to copy these tapes on to DVD before I lose them. Keep up the excellent work you do with your repaires.
Nice. I have a Canon ES170 that I bought new back in the day, it's from 1997. It looks a lot like the ES600, except it's a really basic model: black and white viewfinder, mono sound, etc.(all I could afford at the time). It still works, with AC adaptor, all of the batteries are long since dead.
Another great video. Looks very similar internally to my Nikon which currently has, most likely bad caps, with viewfinder issues.
My Mechanics: The pin is missing. I make new one
Great Effort!. Hope you can fix it.
If I find a guide i will
@@12voltvids If you were close to me, I probably have it in a camcorder.
the same problems can occur in an ordinary vcr too, i've taken the loading carriage out of a vcr and cleaned places and it got the vcr working again
There's definately newer devices that replaced these older devices. But new hd devices, have a bad trace ,adjustment or fryed power supply circuit.
You Sir are The Man.. What Great Technician Work and a Very Valiant Effort You've Given Here and You Found The Problem With Missing Tape Guide and You Fabricated a Replacement Tape Guide and Restored The Video Playback Just Stellar Work and Then The Sticking Magnetic Clutch on The Real Hub, Just Excellent and The Additional Discovered Problems and The Technical Explanations as To What was Also Failing and There Functions Just Wow Bro !!! Thanx for This Most Awesome Upload ☺☺😎👊💯💯
Got Canon ES900 8mm camcorder. Everything works except the video (in viewfinder and external monitor) gets static artifacts (horizontal noise lines). When I push with my finger down on the tape loading mechanism (after the tape being inserted), the video quality gets back to perfect normal quality. It feels like the tape doesn't go deep down enough and is not reaching the video heads. Do you think this is a video heads alignment problem, or something wrong with tape guiding mechanism? Love to watch your videos. Very informative. Thanks for sharing your knowledge.
Interesting video. I have a Canon UC900 8mm camcorder, similar to the one you are fixing in the video. Mine also needs fixing. When I move the rotary switch to select OFF, PLAY, EDIT and the various operating modes, the camcorder is stuck in one of the operating modes (namely "SPOTLIGHT") and never goes into "PLAY" mode, hence I can no longer play my old tapes. Any ideas? Rotary switch contacts? Thanks in advance.
I have a Canon ES 400 V maybe around 1999, I tore completely down . I guess if I would of
watched this video first, I would looked at problems with the tape transport area . That's where my problem was, I think but, I knew nothing. Like a kid, taking his first lawn mower engine apart, ( if you ever
did that sort of thing as a kid), I did . But I'm sure it never went back together, just like this camcorder.
SO thanks for the information My tape transport doesn't match yours but I'm spotting all the same things
those pins the clutch the band brake. I finally found the little thing to nudge to release the transport like your going to put a tape in. I just got another one coming from eBay to look at 15 ship 15 cost I'm out
$30 but Now I'll have another maybe it will work , but I doubt it. as they always say I had no way to plug it in to power it so for parts
For me it was a new power drill. Got my ass whipped over that one. Then the lawnmower engine but that one went back together my dad did wonder why all of a sudden it started leaking oil. (Gasket damaged)
The fact that it's 25 years old and the video heads are not worn out is a supprise.
Not so bad a picture considering the angle guide is wrong.
I've seen vhs machines that were used so hard, the head drum and rabbit ref shelf was just dark grey with wear.
Almost like the tape was sandpaper.
That was in an old Panasonic Nv333 top loader, normally a good machine picture wise.
Most camcorders did not have a happy life. They sat in the bag, pulled out at Xmas, kids birthdays and vacation time. Most people didn't record more than a few dozen tapes in the cameras lifetime. I know this because people bring me their tapes to put on dvd. Usually under 20 tapes. 20x2 hours. 40 hours recording and many of these tapes were forgotten and never played. Most are very low hours. Professionally used gear ran up the hours but even my last pro camera i bought probably only has about 500 hours on it and i used it for at least 2 shoots a week but with the exception of weddings an average corporate video shoot may have put 30 minutes of actual recording on the heads. The editing machines on the other hand they ran up a few hours.
_"The fact that it's 25 years old and the video heads are not worn out is a supprise."_
It shouldn't be. Most people have never used their camcorders very often; usually only for special occasions like holidays and such. For the most part, they are hardly ever used because, beyond recording those moments and, perhaps, playing them back if you didn't have a VCR for that, there wasn't much use for them otherwise.
It's certainly not like today, where you can pretty much record onto video anything at any time if you have a modern smartphone, making it highly convenient compared to lugging around a camcorder everywhere you went.
Do you know much about those optex RBE77MF batteries? I just found a Canon ES750 at a garage sale for $20 and it came with 2 of these batteries! For some reason one of them causes the red tally lights to blink when put in camera / VCR mode but nothing displays on the camera screen. The camera functions 100% with the other battery.
I tested the battery in question with my multi meter and it takes and holds a charge but for some reason just gives these blinking lights on the cam almost as if the cam isn’t getting what it needs from the battery.
Cheers
I recently bought a canon ES8600 hi8 and everything seems to work fine accept the battery wont hold a charge. The main issue i’ve come across is that the record screen is blank but all the setting icons still show. Now I dont have any cassettes yet but what would u recommend I do? I just want to be able to see the objects I point toward but nothing shows. Thanks in advance :)
What is used to check and boost extra power?? Type and name of the equipment used
no sound,i noticed that the audio jack wasnt plugged in when you was takling about it.But then it was plugged in :o)
those white marks are residue from cleaning solution of a cleaning tape
or
its mold forming (which i dont think in this case)
I believe someone stuck a colored pencil and made perfect rings on the pinch roller, as they were multi colored. the auto stop is broken and it will run with no tape in it. I think someone was in there and left a mark on the pinch roller as the substance rubbed off easily.
also many of those canon es models suffer , lack of grease/oil on the capstan motor maybe that helps to know
This uses a Sony A mechanism.
Hi, I have a zr 70 and can't not see any images though the Lens? Can i fix it?
Wish I could see what you were adjusting to align the tracking. I have a Canon ES75 hi8 that I might try to align to better play some tapes made on a Sony CCD-V101 where the bottom edge of the frame is noisy. The Sony is dead, I haven't been able to resurrect it.
I am turning the guide posts that thread the tape around the head drum. The bottom of the picture is the exit guide. This is on the take up reel side of the tape.
I have an old Panasonic VHS-C camcorder. It was huge compared to this unit. It's in storage now but it still worked as of a few years ago. I transferred all my old tapes to DVD.
I have a professional DV camera and it is huge. Tapes tine camera goes up on the shoulder.
@@12voltvids My brother had an old full size VHS camcorder. I believe it was a JVC. He looked like he was working for a news channel when he hauled it out.
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My old DV camera is an ENG camera and people did think i was shooting news with it
I have this cam too the lcd was broken and I don't know if it's working
The mech on that camera is a lot quieter than my Sony night vision camera.
I just had this problem. I know it doesn’t make any sense BUT if you hit the camera gently it will work.
Lots of things work when you hit them. How do you think my dad motivated me to get off my ass, finish school and learn a trade. That was my problem with my son, not enough motivation! 😆😀😄🤬
Do you have any videos on fixing a sony vx2000. Mine is just dead, ive tried 2 good batteries but nothing. So now im looking for a place to start and how to go about finding an issue
No never had one. I had a vx1000 once but never made any videos about it.
@@12voltvids awe, ok thank you. Do you have any videos on a camera that is dead and you troubleshoot everything?
@@CHAD-RYAN I have several camcorder videos.
I have a G2000 canon camcorder and was hoping to transfer some old tapes to digital. Unfortunately it does not seem to want to pull the tape down around the heads. Without a tape, the mechanism is pulling down. Do you have any experience with a similar situation?
When you close the tape door with a tale inside so you hear the drum spin up? If it does, does it sound like normal speed or does it sound way too fast? The camera detects that the drum us running before attempting to load. If it doesn't spin or winds up real fast it will just open the cassette again. Check the edge connectors where the drum motor plugs into the main board.
@@12voltvids wow thanks for replying 👍, I have uploaded a quick video ua-cam.com/video/4hZeyhT45R0/v-deo.html
When there is no tape the drum spins and the two arms drop around as if pulling the tape.
But without a tape only the spool spins
@@12voltvids I did take the camera apart this afternoon and could not find anything obviously wrong. Re-fitted the ribbon cables etc. that did not make it any different.
There are no belts in this camera either, all geared.
Of course, a more pertinent question is "is it worth the effort to fix it?"
With regards to a vintage Canon camcorder ... probably not, considering how many leaky SMD caps are expected in that thing. As you've mentioned, it was a really serious problem with these kinds of camcorders of that vintage. And I believe Canon was among the very worst in that regard.
Canon were the worst. Horrible cameras. They had their followers that bought them because of the name in the still life camera days but the video cameras were crap with a capital C.
Of course it wasn't worth fixing, but I did get it going.
what is that black stuff? epoxy?
It's probably JB Weld.
JB Weld epoxy
i have a lot of pat by sony
Is that the lost guide pin at 16:45 , stuck in the lower end of the front cover?
It looks like the plastic casting.
Don't spoil the fun, I was working on part 2. I spotted it last night and was already working on part 2, but an important hockey game got in the way of completion. It was the most ridicules place I ever found the missing guide.
if you get this working would you like to sell it?
It will be sold if I find a guide and fix it.
12voltvids id like to purchase it if possible if I get the money
You can buy those YT Play Buttons on eBay! :) ~Jack, VEG
Not buying one will earn one with my channel name engraved.
@@12voltvids I know, I will too, like you I'm really close...but you have to admit, it is kinda funny! 73's OM and congrats! ~Jack, VEG
Do you want to know why these things were built so small?
So they fit better in the garbage can!
I would have guessed so you can misplace them easier.
Do you take donations? I got a bunch of old digital camera's I'd like to get rid of.
Sure do. I tear them down on camera.
My Canon ES50 won't accept any tape. After pushing the outer door closed, it just ejects it after a few seconds. It's 24 years old, but was working a few years ago. I don't know what could have happened; it's just been sitting in a plastic box in a climate controlled environment. If anyone has a fix suggestion, I'd be grateful!
Please turn of any crts in the background during recordings. The 15Khz whine from these devices or whatever it was, is annoying. Sorry, but couldn’t watch the whole video.
I was using the CRT monitor to set up the alignment as digital minutes are no good they jump all over the place.