Good evening,
First off, thank you LordSmurf and everyone here. What a treasure trove! I have been lurking the forums for a week or so and have been getting my knees deep into the rabbit hole of properly transferring analog tapes. To think that this all started from looking to see if ClearClick on
Amazon really did the job... next thing I'm buying capture cards, old firewire cables, converters, and VCRs with TBC to properly convert those tapes I've been meaning to convert for years. Wish I started when I thought of doing so, like 15 years ago.
I felt bold and venturous and ordered a JVC SR-V101US from eBay. Tested, worked was the description, but far from it as I started testing this VCR unit.
VCR, it seldom powers on, sometimes it doesn't. Once it's on, it sometimes does not hold the power and loses the power. Then I hear this loud high pitch whistle sound from the VCR, so I opened the VCR cover to see if it is something I can identify, but seriously cannot tell where the sound is coming from and the display in front of VCR was for awhile showing without quote "-" literally, just a dash.
Now it won't turn on at all. The eBay person refunded me and let me keep the VCR for parts, but I would like to see if this is something I can get it fixed easily or if it is something completely shot and flip my coin for another one on eBay.
Please see attached video.
Figured I should just post where the veterans hang out, instead of this newbie searching hours end with no answers.
Appreciate any input you can provide!
Joon