Top 20 RCA DRC8030N Questions & Answers

Almost not worth fixing a VHS anymore. Get a used one at a thrift store for $15

It will be far cheaper to replace the item with one year warranty than send it to RCA, factory rates start at $100.00 and up.

I am sure that the fault was relative of the bad capacitor and swapping the working board has proved. Hope that solves the issue as all what is needed is to check and replace all the suspected capacitor is the Primary /Secondary side as the SMPS is working BUT with a limited voltage. So the threshold is low and so can be a tank capacitor, change the mains capacitor and also the secondary +B side.

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the problem is either in front display board or on the main board, first replacing the front board can solve the problem. but if it does not pls replace the main board. these are inside the dvd player.

Try to check the video setting if in right format. There are 2 common format PAL and NTSC. Or try set it on auto. good day and best regards.

Dude, what a total piece!

Its a problem with your BOX. You should go to your account settings and choose the "allow recording" or something like that. I would suggest that you call the company that sold you the box and ask them how exactly to do this as sometimes there are a lot of settings have to be changed.

try putting in a cleaning disc if that fails the laser has failed

This is due to one of the IDE devices inside (Hard Drive or DVD drive) not sending the requires "I am Ready" signal to the main board while the DVR does a power on self test. With the hundreds of units I have come across, 99% of the time it is due to a faulty DVD drive. These "Loader" brand DVD drives were on the cheap and when they give out, the unit does not go past the Hello. You can verify this by replacing the the DVD drive with any other DVD burner or DVD drive or even a CD drive that comes from a computer (IDE connector). The only fix for this is to replace the drive or simply connect an old CD drive inside and not use the DVD properties of the DVR, only the hard disk recording/playback.

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I have plenty of spare power boards so you can replace the whole board vs. components. I can have one shipped at $10 plus shipping.

this is a tv problem, needs to be chekout, normaly is TV HV circuit defective, and shows the some lines. go to repair shop to repair.

All the capacitors with that value and at least that voltage will due, all you need to check is that it will fit in that space.
For better resilience in the future get ones rated at 10 volts - less than $1 per piece at any hobby shop.

I put my tv on av or if you dont have av video channel and use that for dvd vcr etc and it should be clear

It was a simple solution I just started where anyone one should and I check the cables in the back of my tv and the back of the rca unit. The problem was that the blue component cable leading to the tv was not all the way connected, once I plugged it all the way that solved my problem.

sounds like you have broken piece moving around on the inside or broken dvd inside my youngest son put a music cd in my dvd player and didnt put it in right and it broke causing player to make clunking sound and door refused to open. The broken cd was found when player was opened up and sorry to say the tray was broken because of it

another web site solved problem for free

if i understand your statement, you are having an issue copying either VHS to DVD or vice versa, most media today has built in copyright protection to prevent what you are trying to do, there are PC softwares to bypass these, but you will have to hook the player to your PC using a TV Tuner, or an Application called VHS to DVD or something similar,

Hey jacquesnoir,,

I can email you a copy of the manual..

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PLEASE put "RCA DRC8030N" in the subject line otherwise I will delete the message and you won't get the manual... I get quite a bit of junk at this address so be patient..

Steve