Sanyo VTC-9300PN Top Loading Betacord (PAL Version)

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Picked this one up yesterday, have it working good after cleaning and re-lubing. 20kg monster. Got a bunch of tapes with it with recordings off analog tv from 80's/90's. 1978-1979 model so its 35+ years old, its the second "Non-Sony" beta machine ever made in the UK. Picture is much better after adjusting brightness/contrast on tv, needs a good run. Watching Sylvester Stallone in first blood recorded from TV.

One motor drives everything, even the video drum, lots of belts and I counted at least 3 idlers. Fan on either end of big motor, this has been cleaned. All the usual tape path, clean and re surfacing of belts until a belt kit can be obtained has it running stable. Unit uses 70 watts.





































 
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Interesting Beatles Beta video called "With the Beatles", picture much better than previous tape.



 
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That's one well-built Beta machine, Derek. You didn't seem to have to do too much to it, besides a minor service, to begin using it.

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VTC 9350

best.jpg 10801643_898443683499721_2880922149744863484_n.jpg This is my Betacord. The PAL/SECAM version of the 9300! Very rare. This one needs belts and idlers.
 
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dj_fivos_sak said:
View attachment 20091 View attachment 20092 This is my Betacord. The PAL/SECAM version of the 9300! Very rare. This one needs belts and idlers.
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That's a beautiful unit, thanks for posting. The one I was donated has a fair bit of wear on the top cover, but this doesn't bother me. Yours is near the same as mine, one vent for the fan motor top and bottom and the other for the transformer. Damn these things produce some heat, and use up to 80 watts of power. Great machines though =).
 
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derek92994 said:
That's a beautiful unit, thanks for posting. The one I was donated has a fair bit of wear on the top cover, but this doesn't bother me. Yours is near the same as mine, one vent for the fan motor top and bottom and the other for the transformer. Damn these things produce some heat, and use up to 80 watts of power. Great machines though =).
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What's the model number of yours? Mine is the VTC 9350...
 
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derek92994 said:
That's a beautiful unit, thanks for posting. The one I was donated has a fair bit of wear on the top cover, but this doesn't bother me. Yours is near the same as mine, one vent for the fan motor top and bottom and the other for the transformer. Damn these things produce some heat, and use up to 80 watts of power. Great machines though =).
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derek92994 said:
VTC-9300PN
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5432458758_b4cfdf9744.jpg 5431850087_a5401102cf.jpg This looks like your 9300PN more. It is the 9355!
 
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