Misubishi VCR remote not working

[Jag Man]

My remote no longer works well. The problem is the "Adjust dial"
(i..e, the inner rotational
control) will often act as if it's the shuttle ring. That is, rotation
of the inner control in order
to select a menu option causes the current selection to be Entered as
if I had
instead turned the outer ring. This make it impossible to do anything
with the menus
etc. I was once told this remote is no longer available from
Mitsubishi.

Can these things be repaired? If so is it a DIY task, or a repair
service company?

I also was thinking about replacing it with some kind of programable
aftermarket remote.
Which one would be best?

TIA

Ed

 

[Jerry G.]

The remote can be repaired by someone who is experienced at servicing these.
Sometimes the old part, if it is a mechanical fault, can be reliably
repaired, if it is not too warn out.

As for parts, remotes are not well supported. The philosophy on the part of
the manufactures are that the remote is considered a throw-away module, and
is replaced completely when worn out, or defective.

Mitsubishi no longer supports any of their consumer products, since a fair
number of years now. They are no longer in the consumer audio/video
business. Their products however, were excellent when they were
manufacturing them.

The only way to find the parts for your remote, is to find an old one to
take the parts out of, if the required parts are not defective as well.

It is unfortunate, but you may not be able to find a universal remote that
will do all the functions that the original was able to do. Sometimes if you
go to the flea markets, you may be able to find an old remote that is like
the one you have. If you can get a number of them, then one good one may be
able to be made from their parts.


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Jerry G.
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My remote no longer works well. The problem is the "Adjust dial"
(i..e, the inner rotational
control) will often act as if it's the shuttle ring. That is, rotation
of the inner control in order
to select a menu option causes the current selection to be Entered as
if I had
instead turned the outer ring. This make it impossible to do anything
with the menus
etc. I was once told this remote is no longer available from
Mitsubishi.

Can these things be repaired? If so is it a DIY task, or a repair
service company?

I also was thinking about replacing it with some kind of programable
aftermarket remote.
Which one would be best?

TIA

Ed

 

[Leonard Caillouet]

Mitsubishi most certainly is in the consumer electronics business in the
USA. I happen to sell and service them every day. In fact, of all of the
manufacturers they are one of the best in supporting their products. They
have many parts for sets made in the 1970s and 80s. The have focused their
business in the big screen market, but still sell VCRs and DVD players, no
direct view CRT sets.

If the OP will supply the model number of the unit I would happily check the
availability of parts and the remote.

Leonard

 

[JVC dude]

Mitsubishi may well be alive and well in USA but here in the ~UK they've not
been imported for 6 yrs or so now, and parts are getting pretty rare.
Is JAG MAN in the UK or ~US?
I've got several spare old remotes for the M55 M60 M68 series with jog
dials.

As to whether it can be fixed. often a careful spray of switch cleaner may
do the trick. But if some fizzy drink has been spilt around the jog dial in
the past the acids have probably corroded the rotary encoder too far..
Andrew

 

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My remote no longer works well. The problem is the "Adjust dial"
(i..e, the inner rotational
control) will often act as if it's the shuttle ring. That is, rotation
of the inner control in order
to select a menu option causes the current selection to be Entered as
if I had
instead turned the outer ring. This make it impossible to do anything
with the menus
etc. I was once told this remote is no longer available from
Mitsubishi.

Can these things be repaired? If so is it a DIY task, or a repair
service company?

I've found that these rotational dials have a tendency to develop bad
solder connections where the assembly joins the main board. I had a
Sony that I repaired ~ 7 times for this problem.
Richard

 

[Jag Man]

If the OP will supply the model number of the unit I would happily check the
availability of parts and the remote.

Leonard

Leonard,

There is no part number anywhere on the outside, under the flip lid,
or in the
battery compartment. However, right under the logo there is:
HS-U790/U780/U580

I assume these are the VCRs that it works with. My VCR is HS-U580.

We have used it very little, as we got a DVD player a year or two
after we bought the
U580. I expect it was dropped, and something in the Adjust dial or
Enter shuttle ring
broke. Diabolically, I expect that the functionalith of these two
controls will
be most difficult to emulate with an universal remote (could be wrong
on this).

Ed

 

[Jag Man]

Andrew,

Is JAG MAN in the UK or ~US?
US



As to whether it can be fixed. often a careful spray of switch cleaner may
do the trick. But if some fizzy drink has been spilt around the jog dial in
the past the acids have probably corroded the rotary encoder too

far..

More likely dropped. I can barely operate these things when sober, so
unlikely I would have touched it with a glass of bubbly in the other
hand!

BTW, where would I spray?

Ed

 

[Leonard Caillouet]

Mitsubishi part #939P591040 retail $104.40 no longer available.

However, we have one in stock, apparently unused, in the bag, and working.
You can have it for our cost of $62.50 + actual shipping cost + sales tax if
you are in FL.

Leonard

construct email using
first letter of first name then
first six letters of last name then at then
devoynet dot com

 

[Jerry G.]

Are these original Mitsubishi, or is this some bought out name from some
other country? Here in Canada and the UK they are completely shut down for
consumer electronics. They are only supporting and supplying for industrial
power systems, and heavy industry equipment.

When I have called them, and asked if I can have parts from the US, they
told me that it is not possible.

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Jerry G.
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Mitsubishi most certainly is in the consumer electronics business in the
USA. I happen to sell and service them every day. In fact, of all of the
manufacturers they are one of the best in supporting their products. They
have many parts for sets made in the 1970s and 80s. The have focused their
business in the big screen market, but still sell VCRs and DVD players, no
direct view CRT sets.

If the OP will supply the model number of the unit I would happily check the
availability of parts and the remote.

Leonard

 

[Leonard Caillouet]

Mitsubishi Digital Electronics America. Really, a corporation separate from
the (mostly divested) old Mitsubishi corporation, but consisting of its
remnants in the USA. The transition from MGA to the current corp was
apparently seamless here. They got out of the direct view CRT business and
focused on big screens and have been a leader in the transition to HD. It
is based in the US in California where they build most of the RPTV product
except the new DLPs which, IIRC, are made across the border in Mexico.

Ironically, of all of the players in the television market, MDEA is probably
the closest thing to a US TV maker.

They have service literature and parts on many things going back to the MGA
days. They may not be willing to cross reference any differences in the
stuff sold in Canada, but most of the part numbers were the same if you have
manuals. There are some guys on the TechAsssist listserve that service them
in Canada. I don't know where they get their parts, but if you need
something I'd be happy to check.

Leonard