Hey Birt! | Casio VX-4 Repair – Repair of two Casio VX-4 Pokecoms from Japan. Can we save them both? @HeyBirt | Uploaded August 2021 | Updated October 2024, 6 hours ago.
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In this episode we dig into the two Casio VX-4 ‘Pokecoms’ that we arrived from Japan in out last video. Both have had battery leakage one powered up with a missing row in the LCD. The other was dead to the world.
Part of the risk of buying ‘junk’ units from Japan is that they are truly junk and won’t be able to be repaired. It is still fun to dig into this Japanese market only units and see what makes them tick. Hopefully we’ll be able to fix them too. What horrors lurk beneath?
Timeline:
00:00 – Welcome
01:14 – Teardown on VX-4 #1
05:25 – Main PCB and battery box refurb
06:57 – Main PCB reassembly
08:30 – LCD and KB PCB evaluation
10:10– LCD PCB repair
12:15 – Reassembly of whole unit
13:04 – Can we polish plastic?
16:47 – Teardown on VX-4 #2
22:36 – Wrap up. Thanks!
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Chiptune Thing No. 3 "Victory" by Steven O’Brien soundcloud.com/stevenobrien
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Video sponsor: PCBWay: $5 for 2 layer PCBs with 24hr turnaround at pcbway.com
In this episode we dig into the two Casio VX-4 ‘Pokecoms’ that we arrived from Japan in out last video. Both have had battery leakage one powered up with a missing row in the LCD. The other was dead to the world.
Part of the risk of buying ‘junk’ units from Japan is that they are truly junk and won’t be able to be repaired. It is still fun to dig into this Japanese market only units and see what makes them tick. Hopefully we’ll be able to fix them too. What horrors lurk beneath?
Timeline:
00:00 – Welcome
01:14 – Teardown on VX-4 #1
05:25 – Main PCB and battery box refurb
06:57 – Main PCB reassembly
08:30 – LCD and KB PCB evaluation
10:10– LCD PCB repair
12:15 – Reassembly of whole unit
13:04 – Can we polish plastic?
16:47 – Teardown on VX-4 #2
22:36 – Wrap up. Thanks!
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Credits
Chiptune Thing No. 3 "Victory" by Steven O’Brien soundcloud.com/stevenobrien
Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported— CC BY 3.0
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b...
Music provided by Music for Creators youtu.be/ujIMRIJ1JG8
