More insanity! Funai built Magnavox MDR513H/F7

[Boobtubeman]

Originally Posted by Electronic M

One I've been interested in trying is using a Smartphone as a remote...I hear some phones have IR on them and you can get a universal remote app and program it to control nearly anything...Aside from all the conventional uses it'd probably be pretty fun in public spaces with out-of-reach TVs...Imagine all the fun you could have messing with the channels in sports bars and the like.

Hehehe ive DONE THAT.. Before cellphones. A universal remote, an apartment complex, a few open curtains, a few beers..... GREAT FUN WAS HAD!!

SR

[zeno]

One thing I remember was later ones had a combination jungle / micro
SMD that went but I dont remember the symptoms. We never changed one due to cost, they were abt $60 net. Post the voltages on the tuner & we can narrow it down usually.

As far as the other bomb I tossed goes nobody liked them. They were the
bottom til the red Chinese stuff showed up abt 1990. Combos as a rule were
disliked due to service headaches. IMHO the better ones were the early ones
that used a separate deck. Panasonic / Quasar also sold servicable ones.
We sold Zenith & Sony & if someone wanted a combo we had them but I always tried to have them switch to separates. Now if Funai made something
special nobody else did thats a different story as far as keeping it goes.
I have always said everybody made some good stuff & everybody made
some pure junk...

73 Zeno
LFOD !

Originally Posted by dieseljeep

You were repairing TV's a lot later than I was!
I have two Funai built sets, where the tuner is out
Did you find the tuner being bad or the tuner control chip? I have two 9" Philips, one where the tuner doesn't work at all. It works well using the input jacks. The one that works properly has a picture that rivals my 9" Sonys.
I bought these sets about 4 years ago and they were very pricey. A buck each!

[dieseljeep]

Originally Posted by dishdude

Normally I'd agree with you, but Funai did a nice job on these. They aren't the highest quality, but they offer a very unique set of features you can't get anywhere else. They still go for big money on eBay.

I received the remote on Wednesday and I started to work on getting acquainted with it. The remote was money well spent. I was pleased to see how well it works. The last recording was made in 2015. The original owner never rescanned after the digital takeover.

[WISCOJIM]

Originally Posted by dieseljeep

I received the remote on Wednesday and I started to work on getting acquainted with it. The remote was money well spent. I was pleased to see how well it works. The last recording was made in 2015. The original owner never rescanned after the digital takeover.

Then how did he record a program in 2015? That would have been 6 years after the changeover. He would have had to rescan to make that channel available to record from, wouldn't he?

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[dieseljeep]

Originally Posted by WISCOJIM

Then how did he record a program in 2015? That would have been 6 years after the changeover. He would have had to rescan to make that channel available to record from, wouldn't he?

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The thing does have other inputs, Maybe the original owner used them.

[dieseljeep]

Originally Posted by dieseljeep

The thing does have other inputs, Maybe the original owner used them.

After testing it, I find the only output that works properly is the HDMI and the audio output.
The analogue, S-Video, component video and RF does not. Those issues must be related, but I'm not going to worry about it now!
The thing does make remarkable recordings off the internal DTV tuner but like the Magnavox DTV converters, it's not as hot as the Zenith, Insignia or Digital Stream units.

[Electronic M]

Some devices turn off analog output if the resolution is set above 480i or if the HDMI output is turned on.

[dieseljeep]

Originally Posted by Electronic M

Some devices turn off analog output if the resolution is set above 480i or if the HDMI output is turned on.

I have to look into that a little deeper.
I picked a little gadget that converts HDMI to Component video. I'm using that on a CRT set that doesn't have an HDMI input.