HI GUYS!

I'm a new member on stereo2go ,i'm from FRANCE, and i'm looking for tips to repair my sharp vz2000....

SO HERE IS MY FIRST QUESTION/

          -HOW CAN I REMOVE THE "control panel" (were all the sliders are)???

I 'd like to clean inside,and also change the broken sliders;

FOR THE MOMENT I had removed the "turntable section" and discovered that the belt is broken/

IF YOU CAN HELP ME ,IT'LL BE SO NICE!!

REGARDS TO ALL (and sorry for my very bad English!!)

THANKS!

bonjour and bienvenu chez s2go/welcome on board.

you'll enjoy the forum and find an answer to your questions/tu aimeras le forum et retrouveras les réponses à tes questions 

Welcome VZ20000 here is a service manual for this

wonderful machine!

Not long ago i dissassembled the same box to clean it and fix it.

Here is where you have to start.

You can check both links 1st for downloading the service manual

and  2nd one for the missing sliders!

http://www.mediafire.com/?mzx0thu1jeh

index.php?board_oid=193392314111653483&content_oid=230689876685580652

THANKS for the links;i think i could do the job with it! (IN FRENCH IT SHOULD BE EASIER to me!!!)

I just glued my old belt to chek the turntable : it works but i discovered that the right speaker doesn't work very well. in fact,when i slide the balance (or lightlypush on it )the right speaker works .... but in the middle position only sound at left....maybe a little problem whith a connection?? do you have tips to check  or repair this kind ofg problems???

 I really know now that i've to open the MONSTER! 

OTHERWISE, HOW DO YOU PROCESS TO CLEAN THE DUST INSIDE THE BOOMBX,,? CAN I BLOW IT SLOWLY WITH COMPRESSED AIR OR SUCK UP,,,??

THANKS !

i'm looking for A GOOD LINK TO BUY THE 2 STYLUS AND A TURNTABLE BELT (find some on ebay but not really sure of those stuff)

THANKS GUYS!

i strongly recommend that you ask deech and Northerner, as recently they have both opened and cleaned the VZ2000. send them a pm via the Dialogue section of the site. They are great members here and very helpful.

i am no good at reparations, so i can't give any suggestions--but i do write/speak french 

(je conseille que tu écris un message soit à deech soit à Northerner -voir la section  "Dialogue" du site. Récemment ils ont ouvert et nettoyé le VZ2000. Les deux sont super et ils t'aideront bien volentier)

i'm gonna ask them!

thanks, maybe you'll be my interpreter if i can't understand all they say

your english is fine VZ20000, good luck with your vz and welcome to this great place

Well here we are !

First of all I would highly recommend that you take all the unit apart

and clean it thoroughly with soap in hot water some wettex sponge would be a nice idea too,

i wouldnt recommend alcohol.

Blowing or sucking the dust is not efficient enough as some parts

would need more detailed cleaning.

After you do all the cleaning you would have to start spraying some contact cleaner

(A link to find one is below)

on all contacts and leave to dry.

That must be enough to solve the problem with the right speaker as this is a problem

due to years of non use and dust collecting etc.

Please note that i dont know the condition of your unit and i m just explaining from my own experience with this machine!

What i suggest is follow the instructions as shown in the service manual which

is very helpful and explains it all on how to disassemble the unit step by step.

If you cant see it from your pc then print it to refer at all times.

Now when you do a step take some pics or a video which will help you to

reassemble the unit.

What is important is that you must have your mind focused on what you do!!

If you follow those instructions then everything will be easy!

The Sharp VZ-2000 was among the first units i  dissasembled and i was afraid of it

also because of its monster size but i made the decision to get into it
as i wanted it to be in a fully working order again!!!!

Member Northerner did a great job also recently

so his advise would be aslo very

helpful for you!

Some links now

http://www.arcadetreasure.com/...ts/VZ2000/VZ2000.htm

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/SHAR...;hash=item5641a2ccf5

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/TURN...;hash=item43ab7077a3

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Styl...;hash=item4d0652153d

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/COMM...;hash=item27cbc9b564

Good Luck

and when you get to work on it dont forget to post some pics

As most of us are junkies in a good way always with this kind of stuff !

A LITTLE PICTURES IS BETTER THAN ANY SPEECH;;;;

I THINK MY PROBLEM COME FROM THIS S##T!!!

TRIED THE CONTACT CLEANER;TRIED DRY AIR;TRIED TO CLEAN WITH ABRASIVES;

NOTHING WORKS....THE ONLY WAY TO GET SOUND IS TO FIDDLE THE KNOB ;;;

ANOTHER THING I OBSERVED IS THAT THE LEFT SPEAKER IS LESS STRONG THAN THE RIGHT ONE (when its ok to work of course!)

SOME ONE COULD TELL ME HOW TO REMOVE THE BOARD WHERE THOSE FADERS ARE( cant see under .....)

THANKS GUYS!

i'm sure your way is the best but i can't take it out!  how can i process???? i can't have no acces under to unwelded ....

MY POWER BUTTON; broken or not broken???!!

(sorry for the mistake on the pic!)

Hello and welcome VZ20000 I own one my self and it also has issue's just not brave enough to pull apart this baby and tackel the task at hand,sorry unable to help with much but you do have an exellent Sharp VZ2000 friend and u do nice photography pic's , great detail....goodluck!  

Un Français... Super!!! ça va faire combien de temps que tu as ton VZ2000???

La, j'ai commencé tes mano/sliders pour ton VZ...elles vont être fini dans une à deux semaines...

Tu as l'air d'avoir ouvert ton VZ, c'est le cas??? Vas y pour un nettoyage à la main; alcool et tissu antistatique/micro fibres.

Bonne chance!!!

PS: Les courroies et les aiguilles/stylus/diamants d'eBay sont bien, n'ai pas peur!

Ciao

salut bredgeo,

et oui un frenchy ! ca va etre plus facile pour moi de communiquer!!

content de savoir que tu travail pour moi ,mais ,juste une petite chose qui me turlupine... combien ca va me couter cette histoire?????!!! il faudra qd meme eclaircir ce point avant d aller plus loin...

sinon ,oui j'ai effectivement ouvert la bete et y est découveret un bon gros tas de poussière dont je suis venu à bout à grand cout d'air sec,d'aspi,et d'huile de coude!

reste qd meme un problème de potard (la balance) qui ne veut pas fonctionner malgres le contact cleaner et ma bonne volonter.... je ne sais pas comment démonter la carte electronique ou sont fixer les potards pour le demonter et le bricoler....

sinon je pense avoir trouver la bonne courroie sur ebay mais je cherche encore celle pour le lecteur cassette (la mienne fonctionne mais bon ca fera pas de mal) et pour ce qui est des diamants, j'ai bien trouver aussi mais il ne ressemble pas du tout a ceux que j'ai actuellement ... je posterai des photos prochainement pour éventuellement comparer avec les tiens.

j'ai la bete depuis environ 6 ans mais il était au garage ces dernières années et j'ai enfin décidé de le remettre au gout du jour...

a plus,

pierre.         

Salutation Pierre... Depuis environ 6 ans, acheté neuve ou d'occase?

Oui, c'est vrais on na pas parler sous! Un slider est a 5€. Mais, bon... on va continuer en Anglais pour les autre collègues collectionneurs.

So, yes... One slider is at 5€... You can let me know if you are interested, and if you are... how many you might want, okay?

Also, if you finally manage to remove the circuit board that holds the volume controls... and you manage to fix the brushes (for I like that it will most likely be the brushes that are loose/unfasten), we will all be happy for you!!!!! If not, I do think I have volume controls for you!

Also, how bad are your old sliders... totally broken? Or are they fixable!

Keep us posted!

PS: Where are you at in France? I am at Montaille near Le Mans (just came back from 5 years in Ireland).

my sliders are all totaly broken ( only one big and one small alive!) so i'm okay for a complete set but before buying it i would like to repair my speakers problem; i'm in TOULON.

I recover former tenant of the apartment I occupy, give it to me not knowing what to do with...! i was very happy because i'd never seen a turnable with two stylus,and autorevers and repeat fonction...!!!

about the circuit board, do you know how remove it? i dont find the solution ; removed all the screws but it still impossible to be removed....

some pics to see my VZ...

you need to split the casings ,   open the cassette door you dont need to remove all the screws on the back,  there is a screw under the tuning knob also one screw under each speaker at the front that need to be removed  then the front will come away also be careful not to break the speaker conections under each speaker.

HI DELIVRANCE;

MY PROBLEM IS NOT THAT I CANT OPEN THE VZ (this work is done, turntable remover,speakers are opened)

but i cant remove the circuit board where all the sliders are weld.......

the board can only be screwed in or clipped in, remove all the plugs and such then see were you stand .

i'm gonna try /again and again and again....! thanks!

Hey Pierre,

Yeah... If you got it all open (getting the screwunder the dial knob and under the speakersand stuff)... you have her ope,then that board should be as easy as heck  to unmount... I opened and cleaned mine a long time ago... so I cannot remeber the details......sorry!

This siad... back to yoursliders, when you have 5minutes to show me your sliders via some pics, I will let you know what can be fixed and what cannot.

So, take a few pics of ALL thesliders you have (even the onesthat might be missing parts) and post them here.

Later!

Oh, and have a good new years... ALL OF YOU!

Toulon... most likely a better place then Le Mans!!!!!

And you should thank your ex-tenant for the VZ!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

HI GUys

just wanna wish you all a very happy new year, full of nice and shinny bbox!

anyone know how to adjust speed on a record player? becouse it seems like my VZ3000

plays vinyl too fast

Hy guys,

I have a similar problem, cant remove the frame. Got everything unscrewed (I guess) and it seems very loose. But the right side seems to be stuck. And i dont want to pull to hard.

Is there any trick or a secret screw?

Thanks in advance,

Schmack

Hey... If it is playing to fast, you will have to see if the belt is moved up to the top of the head of the motor... If it is the case... Either your belt is old and getting loose, thus moved up and is now on a wider part of the motor head... or the motor with time, the motor has sightly inclined towards the turn table and in this case the belt is moving up, straighten the motor back up and. In both those cases, you might want to change your belts.

BUT, the thing that it might be is even more simple... on those VZ models 2500, 2000, 3000, 3500 and others, there is an automatic speed selector... see if it is not put on 45rpm only. DO THIS FIRST!

Good luck!

Hi guys. Just got myself a sweet VZ2000 its in awesome condition except the record player is dead. Had a look under bonnet and there is a new belt (also a spare belt in battery compartment. Looks like there is no power? The rest of unit works really well. Where do i look to fix this prob? Also, broke a big and small slider in process URGHH need a replacement! Can someone help? Cheers from Australia!

Hy mekaindy,

congrats on you purchase. Maybe check out the cut-out button at the bottom..

For the sliders i recommend to contact bredgeo.

This is the main power button right!? If it is, it should be okay..

Hey mecaindy...

Yeah!!! For sure, check out the frot-right bottom turntable on off witch (the bottom rest-foot-switch-thingy)...

Yeah... That power button does look broken...

Right, let me go check out you PM.

Later!

Could someone please tell me what length the screws go in the back of Sharp VZ2000 my unit has all screws missing! 3 small screws up top and 6? larger holes just need to know what are the lengths/thickness? THANKS GUYS!!

Damn, I did see this til I left... I will be able to give you the size in about 2 weeks if no one else gives you the info before (or you get it another way)... I just left home.

Ask again in about 2 weeks, I will be home then.

Hi all, really need some help on this one, I have managed to spend 6 hours opening the vz 2000 up and cleaning it, but I need to find somewhere that sells cassette rubber drive belts, as im having no luck at all, so if someone out there somewhere knows of a place where I can buy some, please let me know. Thankyou 

Hi we are located in the United Kingdom, London. Thankyou for getting back to us so quickly.

Hi thanx for your help anyway, I don't suppose you know the part number of the cassette rubber drivebelts that we need do you?

Hiya, thanx for the response, ive bought a selection pack from ebay before and they have never had the flat belts in them, and I need the flat belt as this is the main belt for the cassette which is roughly 5mm wide. Thanx

Hy there,

i ordered my belts from "jorgeospina83" on ebay.

http://myworld.ebay.at/jorgeos...rksid=p2047675.l2559

Guess your looking for one of those:

SHARP NBLTK0184AFZZ SCQ6.0 SQUARE BELT

SHARP NBLTH0076AFZZ FRX11.5 FLAT FLYWHEEL DRIVE BELT

I attached the manual. Its either part 77 or 78, you'll figure it out.

Have fun..