Magnavox DVR/VCR combo keeps powering off - help!?

My magnovox dvd player works great but when I put a vhs movie in it it plays for about 5 secs good hen shuts completely off.

Tammy
December 2016

I have a Magnavox about 3 years ago cost me a little over $300.00 hardly used the vcr side and never had trouble with it was very pleased with color sound bought a 4K tv and vcr is pushed in makes a lot of clicking noises and powers off when I put power on it will eject. for one sec. I will still have a beautiful picture. and this goes on and on bought a vcr cleaner still same pattern clicking stops power off power turn on ejects

Valerie Twinn
February 2016

i have the same problems mentioned and if you have a VHS in you can watch DVDs but if you try and watch a VHS it powers off. Weird.

Peggy Stanley
January 2014

I have the same problem with the same unit. came here looking for answers. not finding any!

matt
December 2013

I came to this site for the same problem!!! Same brand, same configuration, same shutting off crap!!!

Magnavox needs sued!

K. Miller
July 2013

Never buy a cheap combo unit. Always buy separate units when you buy cheap electronics. The expensive combo units work good. The cheap ones are cheap because they cut corners and have no quality control. How else do you get cheap stuff? The good ones take the time to assemble them properly, test them and they use good parts.

Erness Wild
February 2013

first let me say i worked on the shuttle and we never performed the following operation Thank god LOL. I did work on traffic signal cabinets and it the light went on flash and had a green yelloe stuck or red yellow you would have to go on side of cabinet on outside and kick it. in the inside was a mercury vapor switch that would stick. anyway i had this problem on dvd and for some time would push in to unit on back where power cord is and it would fix it. finally this would not work son I picked the unit up two inches and dropped it and yes it is working. I think there is a bad solder joint somewhere maybe where the power cord is soldered to the board. it works God Bless!!! Get God Get Happy!

Child of God
October 2012

okay so , so far my hubby has been working on ours and it seems with the cover off it seems to work. Every time the metal cover goes on Bam! it dosnt work again. We are going to try making a cover from something else and see if it works. Will let you know.

marnie who misses her xmas present:(
December 2010

how can i fix the auto shut off in it

jesse
December 2009

I have been able to get my combo tv/vcr to work and this is how. First I stage a tape in the vcr door and then turn on the tv power and at the same time push in the tape, the tv stays on. It seems the problem is with the vcr but as long as there is a tape in the vcr the tv stays on. I try not to push the red record button on the remote because pressing it shuts the tv off and ejects the tape and the next time I turn on the tv I need to use the method I mentioned. I know it's not a cure but at least I can watch tv.

Tom
September 2008

My Magnavox MWR30V6 will power on either manually or by remote for a split second (at least the power light comes on and the display lights up) but then it immediately turns itself back off. It was working fine last night recording a progam on DVD. My son stopped the recording manually and left the machine on. This morning it was still on, but when I turned on the TV I had no picture. I turned off the Recorder power to see if that would make a difference, and the TV picture came back. However, since then I have not been able to get the Recorder to power on and stay on. I removed the cover and managed to manually eject both the VHS tape and the DVD that were in the machine. The only fuse I see is on the inside back, but it doesn't appear to be blown. It cost me $150 less than a year ago. If there's any way to fix it, I'd sure like to know. Thanks!

Coastwizard
July 2008

I also have a Magnavox MWR20V6 DVR/VCR combo. I bought it just over a year ago to transfer my VHS home videos to DVD. I only used this about three times before it broke (after the warranty expiration, of course). When powering on, the VCR portion makes a sickening grinding sound, whether or not there is a tape in it. You have to coax a tape in, then it will play for 6 seconds and turn off. When hitting the standby button to reactivate it, it ejects the tape and makes the same noise. I have looked inside, but can't identify the source of the problem. There are no foreign objects. Has anyone else had this malfunction? Is it even worth having fixed?

whitedog
March 2008

I've got the exact same problem as you. I've got a DVD trapped inside my unit, and it's worthless without able to turn the power on. I've pressed STANDBY/ON and the POWER buttons on the remote and on the unit, and I get nothing. The lights on the front light up for a second and then they all suddenly shut down again, and all you see (just like before) is the time on the front.

Any suggestions from anybody out there would be a huge help.

ClemCam
January 2008