probnots tech | Late 80s RCA VCR (Model VR285 from 1988) @probnotstech | Uploaded April 2023 | Updated October 2024, 1 hour ago.
Rare doesn't always mean good. This VCR was manufactured in 1988 and sold in 1988/1989. The mechanism is Samsung. From the beginning of the Thomson Consumer era.

VCR Commercial footage: youtube.com/watch?v=BwjbH2Z4av4

0:00 Some explanation
1:44 Problem #1 - Power Supply
2:52 Problem #2 - Belts
3:52 Problem #3 - Pinch Roller & my oopsie
6:55 Demonstration
8:40 Problem #4 - Full Logic Fail
11:22 Samsung-Hitachi Connection?
12:47 On-screen programming
15:23 Tuner
19:58 The Repair-y bits
27:16 Playback Examples
27:43 Test Recordings
29:15 Linear Stereo