Zenith XBR716 VHS Issues

[cpd2009]

Hello.

Last Spring, I purchased a Zenith XBR716 VHS VCR from RadioShack. Despite negative reviews on Amazon.com, the unit has always worked well for me. VHS to DVD transfers were top notch, and the DVD recorder works really well. But, last August, the unit would no longer power on so I sent it in to LG's service depot for warranty repair.

I had my unit returned to me repaired in late September. The DVD Recorder still works great, but the VHS portion of the unit no longer works as it should. Tapes will load and play, but the tracking is off on every tape I insert into it. The picture keeps rolling and jumping, and when I do get the picture stable, there is still fuzziness near the top of the screen. I already tried a couple head cleaners to no avail.

Are the VHS heads in my unit somehow misaligned after the factory repair? How can I fix this?

[lordsmurf]

The alignment is fubar. It may have happened during return shipment.

I would argue "top notch" on the quality.

[cpd2009]

Well, I was talking about the quality of the recordings themselves, not that of the unit.

[cpd2009]

Any way I could align the heads myself, or would I have to take it in to RadioShack or some other place?

[cpd2009]

Anyone?

[lordsmurf]

You'd need to take it to a video repair shop. Neither you nor RadioShack can do it properly, no.

[paintlover]

hi this my first time on here so not sure if im doing this right. i bought a zenith xbr716 dvd/vhs recorder that dubbs both ways. i couldn't get it to work so i finally put it in the closet two weeks ago my granddaughters boyfriend fixed it for me, guess what i had it wired wrong! so now its fixed and i dubbed a vhs tape to dvd[ dvd+r] the disc will work on the zenith but when i put it in the sony i bought last summer from best buy its the 30:00 dollar one it won't work it just keeps saying that the disc is dirty and it won't work in the computer either. i inalized the disc but it never said anything about finizaling it so not sure if that was done. the tape was made off an old 8mm i didn't make it i sent it in a longs drugs to kodak. why does it work [it plays the video] on the zenith and not the sony i will be sending the dvds away to family members and i have not ideal what they will be playing the disc in, computer or dvd player. does anyone have any a knowledge or advice or should i just send the tapes in to kodak and spend a lot of money to have the tape transfered to dvd?

[LMotlow]

hi this my first time on here so not sure if im doing this right.

Well, no, you didn't do it right. But welcome to the forum anyway. In the future, it's probably a good idea to start your own thread on a specific problem rather than hijack another thread that is 5 years old.

i bought a zenith xbr716 dvd/vhs recorder that dubbs both ways. i couldn't get it to work so i finally put it in the closet two weeks ago my granddaughters boyfriend fixed it for me, guess what i had it wired wrong! so now its fixed and i dubbed a vhs tape to dvd[ dvd+r] the disc will work on the zenith but when i put it in the sony i bought last summer from best buy its the 30:00 dollar one it won't work it just keeps saying that the disc is dirty and it won't work in the computer either. i inalized the disc but it never said anything about finizaling it so not sure if that was done. the tape was made off an old 8mm i didn't make it i sent it in a longs drugs to kodak. why does it work [it plays the video] on the zenith and not the sony i will be sending the dvds away to family members and i have not ideal what they will be playing the disc in, computer or dvd player. does anyone have any a knowledge or advice or should i just send the tapes in to kodak and spend a lot of money to have the tape transfered to dvd?

Considering that capturing old home VHS tapes directly to DVD is one of the worst ways of archiving VHS, and considering in other respects that with your current skill level with this sort of thing and the time it would take you to get up to snuff, you're much better off finding a good outfit to do it for you. Caution: by "good outfit" we don't mean Kodak. Try the services at www.digitalfaq.com .

[hech54]

Considering that capturing old home VHS tapes directly to DVD is one of the worst ways of archiving VHS, and considering in other respects that with your current skill level with this sort of thing and the time it would take you to get up to snuff, you're much better off finding a good outfit to do it for you. Caution: by "good outfit" we don't mean Kodak.

Shut up you arrogant prick.
He never said "archiving"....and beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

Yes he should have started his own thread but a grandfather doesn't need a lecture from a newbie little prick like you.


paintlover:
Look harder for a finalize option on your recorder. That would be the first step in problem solving.

[paintlover]

to hech54 and LMotlow, Thank very much for your help, your right i'm not very good at this stuff but i try and i'm not a grandpa i'm the grandma. thanks for welcoming me to the forum, hech54 i will do what you said about the finalizing. and if that don't work it's getting sent in. thank you again paintlover