I removed the top cover and noticed that my VHS had some surface corrosion or maybe something had fried on the left side metal plate seen in both pictures.
Where I have highlighted with arrows and a round circle I also see some brown spots on some soldering spots on PCB board.
What is the corroded or burned layer on the metal cover back of my player.
I don't think it's the tuner for aerial cables, this metal cover is soemthing else I don't know what it is for?
Do we have any skilled tech guys for VHS players who can explain to me what happened with the rusted area?
I cleaned the tape head, audio head, eraser head and the tape mechanism with Isopropanol alcohol used for tape heads.
I also de-magnetized my player with a DeFluxer - VMP EMAG MkII
This de-magnetizer was manufactured in West Germany back in the 80's, unit looks like an electric toothbrush with a tilting tip covered in grey rubber to protect sensitive parts from scratches.
Please see scroll down to see both pics and let me know why the corrosion is?
Thanks
http://imgur.com/a/15FJe