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AlexM Saturday 25th April 2020 3:44 pm U.K. Hi JohnH, I'm working on a total of 4 of these machines at the moment which I've had in storage for 10 years or so. One thing i have found with one of them is the magnetic material on the capstan flywheel had become unstuck and had swelled slightly too. This was causing the flywheel to foul the board slightly giving a similar issue to you. On mine I had to re-glue it and then file it down slightly and it now works perfectly although the head rotary transformer also had a similar issue where some slight over-spill of glue was causing the head disk assembly to slightly foul it. Again I very carefull removed the glue and it's now working well. Hope this helps but if I find anything else as I work on these, I will let you know. Another thing I have also just thought of - have you swapped out all of the capacitors in the power supply? Makes a huge difference... JohnH Tuesday 4th February 2020 9:54 am U.K. I have a Grundig 2x4 Plus which has a servo fault that I've been trying to fix for the last 30 odd years! Playback of recordings done before the fault appeared are OK, so obviously the servos in playback are OK, as are the heads and motors. Now, when a recording is done, it plays back with severe tracking errors every few seconds. (If it was VHS, I'd say it was control pulses not being recorded, but obviously there's no such thing with V2000). My conclusion is the capstan servo is the problem, because if I put the machine in pause when the picture is clear, it stays clear - so the head servo must be OK. All the waveforms are there, although I cannot adjust the APB preset to centre the reference pulse on the ramp, it wants to stay up one end. If I try to change it, it loses lock. So phase problem? I think the DTF is working, since there's the waveform being fed into one actuator during record, although the fixed voltage fed into the other actuator is about half what the manual says - not sure if that's important or not. I realise there's hardly any Grundig 2x4 machines in use, let alone anyone that is familiar with them, but here's hoping someone might be able to help. I'd really like another machine to swap modules from, but here in Australia, I can't see that happening. Rich Wednesday 29th January 2020 4:52 pm U.K. If this is the unit for sale on Ebay then you'll have to check all solder joints on the psu board. Make sure the back up battery is changed if it won't hold charge as a defective battery can cause all sorts of problems with these vcrs. Also check the condition of the pinch roller before you attempt to play any tapes. The unit can be put into play without a tapes present. Cheers Rich. Mark Thomas Wednesday 29th January 2020 11:27 am U.K. VR2220 & VR2120 error code 1696 Hi can anyone help with the error code for the combo unit VR2220 & VR2120 error code 1696 Thanks In Advance Mark Tom Sunday 29th December 2019 4:54 pm U.K. Hi Marco. Just a suggestion = Research the magnetic tape that can be purchased on ebay. It comes in all sizes and thicknesses. I used it for flexible car signs it can be cut with a craft knife and seems the same as you need. The magnet may be stronger so may cause overload and other problems so do the research. Marco Sunday 29th December 2019 9:57 am U.K. Hi Tom! Thank you so much! Unfortunately the magnet is incomplete...two large pieces and the rest is just crumbles, it's impossible to stick them together! Happy new year! Marco tom Saturday 28th December 2019 12:49 pm U.K. Hi Marco If your problem is not solved and magnet is complete Run super glue into all cracks on magnet. When dry replace capstan plate turn a few times by hand remove plate high spots will show .Scrape down with sharp blade replace plate turn by hand and repeat until it turns freely. Can take along time but works for me. Marco Friday 13th December 2019 10:13 pm U.K. Hi everybody! I'm having some trouble with a Grundig 2280, The magnetic plate underneath the capstan wheel is cooked and got thicker and flaky. Now it touches the sensor below, making the capsan unable to turn. If i completely remove the magnet, there is obviously no control of capstan speed and it runs at its max speed. Is there a way to fit a new magnetic ring, or shall I look for a whole capstan? (Where?) Cheers! Marco Rob COLLIS Sunday 5th May 2019 12:32 pm U.K. Hi Dave, Suggest you first look at Colin's video on this machine (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWjLNalBU2c&t=234s ). He is pretty much spot on with the issues on this. As a general rule the Gold-coloured capacitors in the power supply board need replacing (with modern equivalents) and if you're lucky this will bring the thing back to life. If you don't hear a "click" from the power supply solenoids when you take the machine out of standby then the clear-plastic solenoids are likely corroded or gunky. A spray of servisol sometimes fixes this one. As Colin's video shows - sometimes - it's a fault on the front (keys) panel that is the cause, but I have found this to be quite rare. Hope this helps Rob Dave Ives Monday 29th April 2019 12:46 am U.K. I have a Grundig 2 x 4 Super video 2000 with a faulty power board. Does anyone know where i can get hold of either a working power board, a service manual for this machine, or perhaps just a circuit diagram of the power board? Thanks Rich Wednesday 10th October 2018 7:17 pm U.K. Hi, Has anyone got a new or very good condition video head for a Philips VR2022 they'd like to sell please? Thanks Rich. Rich Sunday 30th September 2018 1:48 pm U.K. Rich Tuesday 25th September 2018 9:13 am U.K. Hi all. I have a problem with my Philips vr2022 whereby the solenoid between the supply and take up reels keeps clicking very fast when I press the tape transport functions. Even when I press power it clicks. It doesn't click when I power on if the cassette lid is in the open position. I've changed the battery and taken out that usual capacitor that goes up in smoke on the small power cable PCB (because it did actually blow). Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks again Rich Sunday 16th September 2018 4:01 pm U.K. Have you double checked that all of the plug in connectors are seated correctly? steven tutty Sunday 16th September 2018 4:37 am U.K. Hi! I can't figure out what is up with my Grundig 2280! It keeps spinning take up reel. Sometimes starts clicking, loosing led display, etc. Weird. Anyone familiar with this issue on this model? Steven Tutty Monday 3rd September 2018 1:28 pm U.K. Hi! I have a Grundig 2280 that enters fast forward as soon as I insert a cassette. It will not stop when buttons pressed. Any ideas why anyone. Steven Tutty Sunday 26th August 2018 12:18 am U.K. Hi! I have a Grundig 2280 I picked up from a friend that wasn't accepting tapes. Turned out to be a foreign object in the machine and a C-clip came off one of the tape threading arms. I fixed these but there is no sign of power on the machine. Checked the fuse in the mains. It was still good. Is there another fuse for the mains? I hope to get this deck up and running. Rich Wednesday 15th August 2018 10:38 am U.K. Hi Rob I've managed to get rid of most of the white lines after adjusting the DOC but now I've got some ghosting on the picture. I guess I'll have to change the caps. D'oh! Rich. Rich Saturday 11th August 2018 10:20 am U.K. Rob, Thank you. I shall proceed with caution and let you know. Regards Rich. Rob COLLIS Saturday 11th August 2018 7:12 am U.K. Rich, The DOC pot could be the one you said, but you need to check the manual as my memory is good - but not that good. I recall you can just get to it while the tape deck is playing (if you position it right). There is another one in a similar place - different colour - which should NOT be touched . So make sure you have the right one. Rob
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