Maxell Mechanical VHS-C Adapter

by Maxell

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 7.5 x 1 x 4 inches ; 8.3 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00012F6A6
• Item model number: 290060
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (80 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank:
  • #1 in Electronics > Camera & Photo > Accessories > Blank Media > VHS-C
  • #11 in Electronics > Accessories & Supplies > Blank Media
• Date first available at Amazon.com: October 2, 2001

Product Description

Its easy to watch your VHS-C recordings in your VCR with the 290060 VHS-C Adapter from Maxell. Its simple to use-you don't even need batteries!

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

85 of 86 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Important instructions in this review, January 23, 2011

By 

Markm - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Maxell Mechanical VHS-C Adapter (Electronics)

I don't normally write reviews, although I read a lot of them and find them useful. So I'm writing this just because i read the bad reviews for this product and almost bought the more expensive ones; but decided on this one to save some money. My worry was that to save a few bucks I was risking breaking a tape or a VCR per the other review's comments.

I am pretty sure the reason they had problems is they didn't use it properly. The instructions are pretty bad, and if you don't use it right it will break a tape and/or mess up your VCR. So here is the way to use it;

the instructions just say open the cover, put in the tape, and close the cover; but its a lot more than that.

1. open the cover, and you'll see two posts sticking up that are spring loaded. It is very important you don't do what I did, which was figure those go in front of the tape, so I pushed them open and dropped the tape so the posts were on the outside of the tape. After experimenting and seeing how they work, I realized those posts go inside the tape, so just put the tape in without moving the posts.

2. and when you put the tape in, be sure the front flap of your VHSC tape pops all the way open. The first time I put in the tape I didn't push it all the way down, and the flap didn't even open at all. Don't force it, but when the tape engages the gear, the flap pops open. The gears are plastic, so fiddle with it, don't force it.

3. Now here is where you can break the tape; the instructions say "close the cover" which is right, but they don't mention that by closing the cover you are actually doing something else; the cover has a gear built into it, as the cover closes those two posts that are inside the tape push forward and out, spreading the tape out and pushing it to the front of the Adapater Cassette. This is how the tape is pulled out of your VHSC and held out so when the tape goes in the VCR it touches the VCR Head. When you slide the cover forward do it slowly, sort of back and forth, with light pressure. If you force it, it will snap your tape!

if you do all this, I think you'll find this adapater is excellent, and will save you a bunch of money over the other ones that are double price, but probably have better instructions.

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Check your tape before ordering!, April 28, 2011

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MaryL. - See all my reviews

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If you are going to order this adapter, BE SURE you DO NOT have an 8mm cassette because this does NOT work with them. I stupidly ordered it without checking and cannot use it for the purpose that I originally bought it, but I can use it with a few others that I have so it wasn't a complete waste of time! :) It was my fault for not checking but I guess I needed it anyway! I got the package in mint condition and it works well for the right cassettes :)

20 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Very low quality, November 8, 2005

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Alex (Toronto, ON Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Maxell Mechanical VHS-C Adapter (Electronics)

I bought this adapter for my vhs-c tapes. When I check it I found that the adapter parts don't fit properly. I tried it just a few minuts I found that tape in adapter goes by diagonal. So in the play mode it damages one tape edge in the rewind mode it damages the other edge. I retuned it to store and bought the PV-P1 adapter from Panasonic. It worked fine.