It might be a blown HiFi board. I went through a couple T7s with a bad audio board before I was able to assemble the one I have that works. I have a spare amplifier if that's not working but no spare T7 boards.

In other news I picked up a Talking Betamax for the grand sum total of a nickel! It apparently has loading problems and is missing it's bottom plate(!?!?) but hopefully has decent boards so I can get the one I already have (with those damned dried out capacitors) running.

SL-HFT7 with a strange problem: The video looks great, and the sound through the Tv works as long as the HiFi/Normal switch is in the Normal position, but not in the HiFi position (even though the Beta HiFi indicator is constantly lit). The problem is that the audio output to both the Speakers and through the Headphone jack is mostly just a whiny buzz. I've taken the machine apart and put it back together again, but have had no luck finding the problem. Anyone have any ideas??

I think I have a 550 carraige mechanism floating around if that looks to be the problem part.

If you want to get rid of it I be glad to give it a welcome home.

I have been given a Sony SL-HF550 beta machine which works fine until you want to eject the tape. It jams immediately and I must take it apart to get the tape out- with difficulty I might add. Where can I get it fixed? I am a klutz so I can't do it.

Got a list of those movies? Looking for The Amityville Horror 1 2 and 3 on Beta. Would like to at least get the original.

Change the ¿'s to o's in my eMail address.

Hi all, I have a box full of Beta max movies someone gave me, how and where do I sell them. Besides Ebay, are there sites that specialize in Beta movies? email me please

Why would you need such a list for but to mass mail spam ?? At least, don't ask...

Regarding the SL-HF2000 vs. SL-HF200D, I think I read somewhere the 200D has an additional head for SFX playback and the 2000 only has two. I could be wrong.

An obvious difference is the remote controller which has a jog wheel and what looks like an LCD screen. While the 2000 remote is very complete, it does not sport these features.

i need a list of mail box addresses like yahoo, hotmail and ubout

To Pat Murphy,

In the slow motion modes (and x2?) the SLC9 uses a third head and a delay line which gives a lower resolution picture. In normal play it drops back to the normal two heads. Hopefully one of the heads is just dirty. Try cleaning using a cleaning tape or have some one do it professionally. It could be a damaged head but hopefully not.

Good luck! Noel

Stupid Mozilla. That'll teach me to try a new browser...

I wonder if Sony will ship to the US though...

http://www.ecat.sony.co.jp/visual/video/products/index.cfm?PD=117&KM=SL-200D

The SL-200D was the Japan Home Market version of the American SL-HF 2000. They were both NTSC-only machine but since Japanese broadcast channels are on different frequencys and because Japan has a different stereo broadcast system the SL-200D's tuner isn't compatible with the US's TV systems. Not a problem if you have satellite TV or use a cable box or another VCR as a tuner.

The SL-200D can't handle PAL or SECAM and also needs a step down transformer to operate on US current as Japan is on a 100 volt system vs. the US 110/120 volt system.

A lot of them show up on the Yahoo Japan auctions and there may still be Japanese mail order places that can get you one somewhere in Japan but you could probably just as easily hunt down an unsold SL-HF 2000.

Questions about the SL-200D:

1. Is it an NTSC only VCR? Can we play and record PAL & SECAM systems?2. How can we buy a VCR like this? Does anyone know a site written in English? I don't understand a word of Japanese..

Thanks..

WANTED! SONY Betamax player in excellent working condition. $NEG

FOR SALE: SONY Betacam BVW-15P in excellent working conditon. $NEG.

I have an SLC9UB with a playback fault. Pause, still and frame advance, also x2 all perfect but picture on playback is unwatchable black & white with vertical noise bars on top half of picture. Any advice please? (I can take a digital picture & 'email' if needed. Also for a friend with video(but not Beta) experience who will tackle this for me, are cicuit diagrams available for the SLC9UB? Help will be appreciatedPat Murphy

Olive...I have tried to adjust the tilt of #5, but to no avail so far. I will keep trying...Thanks, Max

Have you tried the adjusting the tile of the #5 guide (#5 tilt adjustment screw)? That might bring down the tape past the #4 guide or at least produce the effect of bringing down #4.

After that jiggering with the #7 guide should produce a proper tape wrap around the video head.

Olive...thanks for the jpg of the tape path. I had already tried to adjust the #2 and #3 tape guides, but nothing I can do will lower the tape on the #4 tape guide. It's not a big deal, but it is frustrating to know it will work fine if I could just lower it a bit. Thanks again.

It's likely the back coating might've gummed up the ACE head. A full manual tape path cleaning should be in order. You should avoid using Betacam SP tapes. Betacam Oxide tapes are OK.

Hello all,

I'm from Greece and I own a Sony SL-500 ME MKII. About 3 years ago a friend of mine brought me a Betacam SP cassette and he put it in the video to play it. Since then when I record tapes, the sound is too low..

1. I know that the tape damaged the video2. Does the video wants only a good head cleaning or is it more serious the damage?

I would be grateful if somebody could give some information.

Thanks in advance..

I'd meant to say 900 but a 5 snuck in there... my bad.

I have seen the GCS 50 a friedn has one and it is NOT based on the 950 - no sliding tape drawer. I think it is a version of the 900. It will only record in Beta 1 or 2 no 3 and the switch to switch between 1 and 2 is accessed through a little hole under the jog shuttle whell that is covered up by the factory with a piece of aluminium tape! I know for a while people thought they had either a beta 1 or a beta 2 version of the deck, since the switch is not easy to find.

If anyone is interested I found someone who has the Zenith version of the SL-2000 for sale complete with the camera and tuner timer and a battery, been told it all works.

I have a Sony Betamax "SL-8600" which I bought new in 1978 or so. I need to get it out of my basement and am looking for someone to give it a home. [email protected]

Noel, I'm not familiar with toshiba.Anyhow from what you're saying,I'm pretty sure that the faulty must've been in control block; if the cons are OK it could be the "flip flop with set and reset"/Demultiplexers....

Don't know about the transport, but the GCS-50 is an editing machine (allows insert edits) like the 1000.

i was wondering if anyone could help me. My boyfriend and his family have a large collection of the series of wind in the willows on betamax.It is believed to be the biggest collection left containing many episdoes that the original production company doesnt have.I was wondering if anyone could contact me on repair centres in the uk. ANYWHERE!!I would be so greatful.You see I am planing to surprise his family at christmas.Any assistance would be greatfully be recieved. If possible could you email me at the above address with betamax as the subject.Thank you so much for your time.

Thanks Boby,I did not consider that aspect because it locks in Rew mode. The C7 has problem timer switches that collapse and lock up the controls. I can check out the switches easily enough.regards Noel

Noel,

About the Toshiba; very much in common that fault funtion tends to be a stainded contacts of microswitches rather than dried out con's liquid.

signal converter

http://www.datavideo.com.tw/03product/product_frame/01converters/DAC-10.htm

Yes VHS stinks

http://www.boehmel.de/beta2.htm

I don't have an SL-HFR70 service manual - I'm using one from an SL-T50ME. Either try moving the #3 guide adjustment plate or try screwing down the #5 guide screw.

I scanned their tape path diagram so you know which one's I'm talking about. My best guess without being able to look under the hood of your Beta is that the #3 pin is messed up.

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TheBetamaxVideographer/files/beta_tape_path.jpg

Tape Path Problem in an SL-HFR70:

I need some help here. On one of my HFR70 machines, the tape is running very high on the #4 tape guide, wich causes a distorted picture. However, if I "correct" this by holding my index finger on top of the #4 guide, the picture looks perfect and the Beta HiFi light on the HFP -200 turns on, indicating that the tape alignment is nearly perfect. The problem is that I can;t figure out what adjustments to make to lower the tape. Although I don't mindusing my fingers (I love touching these machines), it's probably not good for the tape and soon I will have to use the WC. Any advice or suggestions (Olive) much appreciated.

About the GCS-50:

1. There is no doubt about it being a Sony.

2. Although Ray's site says that the electronics are those of the SL-HF1000, it is clear that the 711B2 chassis is the same as that used on several other machines including the SL-HF900 (US), SL-HF950 (UK), and even the SL-HFR70!

3. My best guess is that the GCS-50 is a slightly modified industrial version of the SL-HF900 (without the tuner, timer, or remote) rather than the SL-HF1000, but I wanted to hear the opinions of others (thanks Olive).

Looking at this proto pic...

http://www.betainfoguide.com/gcs50proto.jpg

from Ray Glasser's site...

http://www.betainfoguide.com/Pix4.htm

seems to indicate the GCS-50 was built on an SL-HF 950 chassis.

The GCS-50 is the same as the SLHF-1000, without the tuner. Allegedly it was made by Sony instead of another manufacturer.

I recently got a Toshiba multi system machine off ebay with a fault that sounded like belts.Toshiba V-9680. PAL/SECAM/NTSC 4.43. Turns out it will only go into rewind or rew/preview mode and will not recognise other functions such as stop, play, record etc. Has anyone got access to a circuit for one of these? I would at least like to get the control, power supply and servo board circuits. I suspect electrolytics but the trick is which ones?See http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=3318&item=5714036811&rd=1

I HAVE A LV1901 SONY CONSOLE. DOES ANYONE KNOW WHAT IT IS WORTH?

Sanyo Beta servicing page!

http://colin99.co.uk/extras/reelidler/how_to_service_a_sanyo_beta.htm

Robert I'd replied your mail.//-//Moved to another place

http://www.staddiscombe.freeserve.co.uk/beta.html

i'd be very grateful if you could help me find a website (or another means) that provides a search engine for old beta movies, and how to get hold of them(i'm looking for a "swan lake" cartoon)thanks

FOR SALE: (2) SONY SL HF 400, (1) SONY SL HFR 70 with remotes. (1) SONY SL HFR 70, NEC 734E, for parts. Also 300 beta tapes and 35 commercially prerecorded beta movies. Contact me via email for list of movies and prices.

Here's a question:

Is the GCS-50 an industrial version of the SL-HF900, the SL-HF1000, or something completely different?

I have a Betamax (BETA 1) model SLO-340 and AC for sale (NTSC). I'am im Brazil.

I was in a radio shack today and they're clearing out their Beta tapes. It's not the deal of the century by any means - $3.97 a throw, but they are the Sony BTHGs, which usually run 5-6 retail where you can find them. Even on eBay, sealed ones often end up selling for around that much when you include postage, depending on buyer savvy.

I own a SONY SL-HF900 Beta, and I am having a problem with it. I had it serviced at a regular tv and vcr repair business and cleaned recently (it would not take in a tape prior to me taking it there, but it did afterwards, they fixed that completely, however), but there was a problem that they could not fix. When you hit play the video will start playing but briefly after starting to play it will stop playing without any command from me to do so. The unit does not power off, it just stops playing the tape. I have tested this with many tapes, and it does the same thing with any tape. The tape will not play for a specific amount of time, it will either stop immediately after hitting play or a few seconds after. So you do get a see either a split second of video or a few seconds of video. What in the world causes this? I am taking the VCR to a SONY service center today. I was just wondering if I could run through some ideas with them.

VMC-330 multibus to RCA A/V in/outs adapter for the SL-F1. 5£ start bid UK listing.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&&item=5720607025

Used Betamax tapes all with films on 15p each. London area. remove x from email.

It's bad capacitors. That's why I don't care much for the 2300/2400 series Betas. They and the SL-5000/5100 series seem to be especially prone to capacitor dryout.

Hi...I have two questions relating to the SL-2300:

1. What causes this model to develop one second of "snow" every 8-12 seconds? I have seen several of these up on eBay that all have the same problem. Most think it relates to tracking, but I think it could easily be a bad capacitor (or two). Anyone know?

2. The same model came with a wired remote (RM59W) that seemed to only have Play/Pause and Betascan capability. I want to build one. Does anyone know what the inside of this remote (i.e., resistors) looks like?

To Paul with the C9UB

The load mechanism is a troublesome beast on these machines. To load, the load ring must be in the home position.(ie. unloaded) There are microswitches to sense when functions change over. Make sure the slide lever at the base of the load mechanism has been reconnected to sense the main mechanisms position. If you loosen the four screws holding the load mech to the chassis you can often find the sweet spot were it will work.

Make sure that when you put back a new gear for a broken one that the mechanism is parallel and in the up (onloaded) condition. The door adjustment can be tricky, but if you have not noticed a problem DONT ADJUST IT.

regards Noel

Not that cassettes may vary slightly in dimension and so the trick is to try a few different brands of tape casette if you can. Good luck.

The SL-5100 probably has dried out or close to drying out capacitors but you can adjust the CAPFREE trimpots as well as the TRACON trimpot on the board holding the external tracking control knob. If that doesn't help you're pretty much hosed unless you have a working knowledge of electronics and can root out and replace the dead capacitors.

Playback speed too slow! :(

Hello... wonderful site! I have a Sony SL-5100 that when plays, it is too slow and appears like tracking is out of line. Tracking control does not help. I can hear the audio fine, just slow too. Could this be solved by belt replacements? Any dial settings I can adjust in the unit/on boards? Any thoughts? Thanks!

off topic;

Back to the Betamax era, wich I used to have a Z80 single board computer named ZX spectrum.Real fun those days for me to program a simple BASIC and save the file into an audio casette. Programming a machine languange assembly really makes you feel like an expert. Thanks to Sir Ian Sinclair.

http://www.spectrum.lovely.net/

HEY EVERYONE

JUST TO LET YOU KNOW I AM NOW CUSTOMISING IBOOKS.I CAN SUPPLY G3 500 MODELS IN WHATEVER COLOUR YOU CHOOSE!IM BASED IN THE UK BUTN INTERNATIONAL ORDERS ARE VERY WELCOME.I DO ALL SALES THROUGH EBAY SO YOU FEEL SAFE AS I HAVE EXCELLENT FEEDBACK.DROP ME A LINE AT [email protected] FOR QUOTES

CHEERS

MARK

Betamax repair help please!I have a C9 -UB (pal) which jammed a tape inside.found loose cog and fixed same, but tape transport no longer in original position after I had got tape cartridge out.Now tape will not allow loading and 'eject tape' light is permanently on or flashing.HOW do I set up the tape mechanisms to their correct 'start' positions?LIVING IN HOPE!Paul (retired, living in Umbria)

Attention Collectors!!!!!

My grandad, who has just died aged 95, was a keen recorder of films off the telly onto Betamax, and had a library of some 200 Betamax tapes, fully catalogued, containing myriad old films from Fred 'n' Ginger to John Wayne and Jimmy Stewart. He also left some cellophane-wrapped, unused Betamax tapes, along with one Betamax video recorder (he had had two, but sadly one gave up the ghost). If you are interested in any of these goodies (and feel able to transport the goods from Devon, England), please contact me A.S.A.P. as we're anxious to find a happy home for them.

Noel Batstone.

In regards to the mystery wedding tape, you will get very strange low pitched noise on the linear audio track from a betacam recording, or if its a more recent betacam variant often they used the linear tracks for time code and you will get a horrid pulsing tone. I am more than happy to transfer betacam to something else if need be. Noel can easily transfer if its an NTSC tape, how ever I doubt that very much. If it is an NTSC tape you will still here perfect linear audio, this will confirm it for you.

J S P

Spamnyo and Spamsung Betamax on other continent.

http://www.speurders.nl/show_photo.php?id=1&ad_id=1436022&ac_ca_id=3028&ad_title=Betamax%20videorecorder%20Samsung%20VTC%206510,%20met%20afstandsbedienin&ad_photo_count=1

http://www.speurders.nl/show_photo.php?id=1&ad_id=1889844&ac_ca_id=3004&ad_title=BETAMAX%20VIDEORECORDER&ad_photo_count=1

http://static.marktplaats.nl/fotos/video/betamaxrecorders/1438.jpg

Sony Portable Videoset ( recorder-tuner ) Sl-F1E /TT -F1E

http://static.marktplaats.nl/fotos/video/betamaxrecorders/1449.jpg.

Have a marvelous week end

Das Imperator,

I meant the EX-7 is the only Beta that has built-in amps.//

A complete Betalore

http://betamax.imosuke.com/imoroom.htm

Terbo/Olive,

I just checked among my tapes for a Maxell EX750 and lo and behold the second tape I grabbed was one. It is a high grade domestic tape. It had a price sticker from K-Mart for $10.99. Expensive enough, but far too cheap to be a betacam tape. (they were $25 to $ 30 ) I can transfer it for you if you want. I have a multisystem machine in case it's NTSC.

regards Noel.

Olive,

On the mystery wedding tape. Good point about the fact it might be NTSC, I was not thinking of that angle. On the betacam tape comments. I have collected about 150 oxide betacam tapes, most with the nice plastic cases and labels, which I use with the SLHF950s. They are my cheap substitutes for Pro-X tapes. They all have the slide tab on them so I assumed that was part of their specification apart from better reel designs to cope with the six times higher speed and edit work. (less friction)

John - you threw out a working beta machine!!!!! - you should be flogged!

Cheers- Noel

The HiFi processors did not have amplifiers but Sony's MLV-1100 MTS stereo processor did. You could hook it up to any video device with an MPX output - my SL-HF 300 and Vidimagic FP60 both have MPX outjacks and get full Multichannel Television Sound (MTS) - the US stereo TV standard. If you hooked up speakers you get a home theater - unless you go and play a tape. The MLV-1100 would keep playing the audio from whatever channel the VCR was tuned to!

http://uk.geocities.com/dasimperator/My_Betamax_Page.html

Hey Olive, do ya like cookin???

Scarmbled egg with a slice of cheese in the morning will lighten up U'r day.

http://page8.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/h14452833

I guess its the only beta that have built in power amps.

Here we're the TT3100 and the Fi processor.

http://babelfish.altavista.com/babelfish/urltrurl?lp=ja_en&url=http://www.echigo.ne.jp/~shokaku/AV/visual/BETA.htm

(copy the whole url then paste in the browser address)

The SL-EX7 is the Japanese version of the US SL-HFT7. The row of snap connectors is for the external speakers you can hook to this unit - it has a built-in amplifier with volume control, bass-boost and 3 soundfield effects. The US model doesn't have the UHF ribbon cable connections seen to the left on the back of the unit of the SL-EX7.

Just got my copy of the Vidimagic FP-60 manual if anyone needs a copy themselves. Just drop the '-snail-' and figure out the hidden @-address...

I've been searching Betamax on this huge store, cant find any related to.Maybe you guys could.

http://babelfish.altavista.com/babelfish/urltrurl?lp=ja_en&url=http://www.mmjp.or.jp/ippinkan/index.html (copy the whole url then paste in U'r browser)

It's in Japan.

Dont know if anyone is interested but I found a place semi locally that has a HFP -200 HiFi processor for the Sl-HFR series betamax decks. It is a store stock demo unit, which had been used as a display unit back when they were new- they sold their last HFR Betazmax and still had teh HIfI adaptor ready. They want $100 for it which is a good price since this is the MTS unit. Let me know if anyone is interested.

Well..me either, looks like there's power amplifier inside. Take a good look at the rear panel. That snap in connector might be for speakers cable.

http://page8.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/h16508059 (hurry while the page still valid)

But why do I feel it's for ribbon cable VHF antenna.

Thanks for that home market NTSC list, Boby. I didn't know about the SL-EX7. It looks very familiar... http://www002.upp.so-net.ne.jp/nu-mac/image/ex7.jpg

HF 300 and another EDV beta

http://www1.tcnet.ne.jp/tatsuoda/3rd/oda_3rd1.htm

come to think of EDV beta wich still exists in Japan webstore.

Reelmaster, I actually threw out 3 sony laser disc players on monday in hard waste collection, and 6 beta vcr's, and 2 VHS's and 2 Umatics. A single betacam and a heap of other junk. Criminal, one of the betas and umatics worked fine, but some models you cant even give away.

All 3 laserdisc players had similar faults tracked down to the system board. I wanted to start collecting them but I find good ones are rarer than beta's these days, and finding discs is even harder still considering I dont want the inferior NTSC stuff. The NTSC looks so raggard on a 9 foot wide screen. I have a few old laserdiscs somewhere.

Hows the shed and the C6 going?

Another complete list of real cool NTSC Betamax.

http://www002.upp.so-net.ne.jp/nu-mac/betamax3.html

We have lots of Beta lovers round the globe.........

looks like AlQueda has struck again in Indonesia - 3 dead so far...

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=586&e=1&u=/nm/20040909/wl_nm/security_indonesia_dc

Hope Boby and his friends, family and loved ones are OK...

Adding to my woes with th SLO-1700. I find that when then drum takes off and the emergency stop operates.after which the machine will refuse to perform any tape function. :(HOWEVER! after years of learning what a coloumb is, what a henry is,who michael faraday was etc. I find that if I do the calibrated drop testthe machine returns to normal operation. Watson, I smell a dry joint.

Regards,Mitch

I have 2 ( can u believe it ) Sony TT-2000. Both units have been with me since new.. I have tons of tapes and am trying to copy to DVDs. The tapes play for 3 to 5 minutes then stop. Anyone have a clue what is wrong ? I am not very technical-- I just love gadgets..Thanks Faz

Just wondering if your friend's beta camcorder was an NTSC camera. If he flew in (or bought his camera) from somewhere else in Asia to make the recordings he could've been using an NTSC camcorder. IF you don't have a Betacam recording (I've seen Betacam tapes that used breakout tabs and it's not unlikely that consumer tapes weren't fed to a Betacam machine from time to time) - and given that a Betacam camcorder costs around $ 30, 000 USD, it's a better guess that it was a Betamax (Betamovie) recording - and the tape is still good, it IS most likely that it's an NTSC or non-PAL -format tape.

Dianna Withrow - You probably have either a split loading gear or the tape carraige is broken or out of alignment. I have a stock of spare loading mechanisms and gears that should fit the SL-HFR30. If you or someone with you is reasonably handy with tools it's a fairly simple job to replace and repair.

Change the ¿'s to o's in my address to get back to me on that.

Many thanks to Olive & Noel for your responses. My wedding Beta tape was recorded by a friend of a friend about 15 yrs ago. What with a new bride & all...I did not get to see the camcorder, hehehe. Thanks to Noel's suggestion, I've noticed that it has a breakout tab (not broken yet)...& not a sliding one. So I guess this means I have a domestic & not a commercial tape. According to Olive, Betamax and Betacam are not compatible, right? Should I then look for a Betacam VCR to view my tape? Many thanks guys...I've learned a lot from your expertise.

Hi, I have a Betamax SL-HFR30 recorder that I bought nearly 20 years ago, the -recorder will not drop the tape into the recorder. I guess you already know that I-I am having difficult or maybe impossible time finding someone to repair or transfer-old and much loved tapes to VHS. Can anyone give me some kind of direction?Thanks-Dianna [email protected] -

OLIVE:I have a Sony VHS and a Sony Beta (400) plus a 19 year old Sony TV. The remote (RMT-231A) for the VHS vcr will run the TV and the VHS, but I cannot find the code to run the BETA (400) with the same remote. Aren't they they same remote system? Any ideas?

Well, just thought you guys might like to know that I'm still around here. Still got an RM-E-100V for anyone willing to pay a reasonable amount on it. The Email embedded in this page: http://uk.geocities.com/redoctober7000/photos5.html should still work up until this December. If it bounces post here. My rather lackluster home page is Here: http://uk.geocities.com/redoctober7000/Mypage.html if anyone cares. It hasn't been updated in a while, obviously.

JSP, your still kicking. I haven't heard from you in years. Tryed to email you along time ago but got no replies. Anyway great to see you here. I'd love another betamax but I just got a laserdisc player from a mate for peanuts and want to start collecting them. Got enough beta and VHS tapes.

BREAKING NEWS//The SONY corporation so far, started continuing the production of ED beta video deck EDV-9000, and high band beta high fidelity video deck SL-200D, but it is the schedule which ends in the future, approximately 2,000 units (both type total) with production.

While new video recording expedient of the digital equipment and the like becomes fixed in the market, demand continued decrease, in addition because also procurement of the peculiar parts becomes difficult, decided the end of production.

In 1975 May since selling, this corporation make Beta-max VTR in the Japanese country the sum total approximately 400 ten thousand units (the sum total approximately 1 ,800 ten thousand units) was produced the 1st number machine in the entire world, started regularly using in many customers.Changing here, gratitude you say thickly.

Copyright 2004 Sony Corporation ((JAPANESE URL AVAILABLE UPON REQUESTS))

hi,joe here.i was wondering if anyone here has or collects music videos? iam looking for some telegenics/rockamerica/wolfram or related music video compilations.these were issued to clubs from early 80s to late 90's.they came as beta or regular vhs,iam looking to buy a collection or part of one as many as someone may have.please email with contact info,thanks ..joe c.

Was the Beta camcorder a 'Betacam' camcorder or a Betamovie camcorder? Was this video shot by a friend of by a professional?

If it was a Betamovie then the problem is with the VCR. Someone else here can help you with specifics. Maybe needs new idler tires, head and tape path cleaning or some electronics adjustment. If this was shot with a BMC-500 SuperBeta camera it could be that the Sanyo deck can't handle the signal. I've had mixed results with SuperBeta on a Sanyo deck.

If it's a Betacam tape then you need a Betacam VCR, not a Betamax VCR to play it. Betacam and Betamax are separate incompatible formats.

Wondering if you could advise. Just bought a used Sanyo VTC-M10 PAL Beta VCR. The seller played his tape and it worked fine. However, when I brought it home to play my tape, all I got was diagonal black lines with strange noise. My tape has never been played ever since it was recorded using a Beta camcorder about ten years ago, here in Australia. The tape is a Maxell EX 750. Since the tape contains our wedding video, I'd appreciate any advice you can offer. Many thanks. Cheers.

Hi

we were looking for information on the Sony HVC 3000P and the Betamax PAL chat page came up.

We recently bought the camera along with a recorder SL3000UB and tuner timer unit TT3000UB in a local sale room. Very excited, but unfortunately the only thing that comes to life is the tuner unit.

Has anyone got any suggestions as to where to start looking, blown internal fuses etc? Is there any way to connect the camera to a device other than one with a Sony 14pin socket, an adapter perhaps, so we can at least check the camera? Would it be worth repairing the recorder unit?

I could go on asking mundane questions but you probably get the idea...... Or does anyone know anyone who might want to buy it for spares, repairs or general tinkering with?

Hope you don't mind us posting, we're not sure of the protocol for using chat pages, sorry again for being pests

Thanks for your time

Andi & Sally

North YorkshireUK

Additon to previous post; Regarding flashing BIOS on Mainboards, just remember that there wont be a black-out. Have this http://www.apc.com to protect the PLC/EEPROM from failure.

Lastime someone offered that on this page(from Singapore). I lost the mail address, mentioned something about the production of Rotary Heads.

Boby,

Fair comment. I would hope you know the difference by now. The SL 200D, I thought that was a really defeatured unit sold in the last days of NTSC Beta. I don't comment much on repairs to the model numbers I don't recognise. I assume they are mostly NTSC.

On another note, there seemed to be HiFi heads available for a while from Singapore. (For Sony SLHF100. ) I don't know whether they still are.

Nills,

Hard to say that in general upgrading actually much more expensive than replacing the whole unit. It's like modifying your MPV to become BigFoot. Some people still love their PIII rather than PIV.

I have this controller tested on P4/1.8A N' works magnificent ( bought it since there's no UDMA5/S-ATA on Intel D845GBV).I used to combine the 150TX2+ with OHCI compliant card to capture movie from Betamax/VHS/Hi8. I heard(not absolutely sure) that its OK on P3BF.I imagine you got to FLASH(erase/reprogram your BIOS)to get rid of bugs.(patch available from ASUS)

http://www.pchardware.co.uk/promisesata150.htm

http://www.pricegrabber.com/search_getprod.php/masterid=2292732

Since you got the powerleap.That should boost the speed on your System up to the limit.(of course the Drive should be replaced)

Noel,It crossed my mind that you're a woman. In general Boby name is a male. I knew those differences. On the broken link, described about SL-200D NIB unopened. Just like Yahoo Auction/Ebay (Japs).

To Joachim. I take it you only have the SL-F1 and not the TT -F1 tuner module. You should still be able to RF-out it to an aerial in jack on either your TV or VHS VCR.

Check out Stephen Wagner's SL-F1 tricks and tips page for connecting with the multiconnector bus-port.

http://www.sps-wagner.de/Betamax/SL-F1.html

Boby, sorry about that- your right, my typing is too careless.

Funny, I have seen Bobby as a boys name and Noel as a girls name. (sometimes Noele)

You say that page was a catalogue. What was on it? -Noel

My question 1 : How do I connect a betamax recorder to a modern TV? My Sony SL 1 and also my othe machine have special connector sockets.

Question 2 : how can I transfer my Videos to DVD or VHS?

Boby: [still off-topic except it helped digital video]. P3/450/512k before: 22 minutes to do full Norton AV scan. Celeron/1200/256k after: 14 minutes to do the exact same task. Sure there are other bottlenecks (still UDMA-33) but this is the best cheap upgrade that ever happened to my Asus P3B.

I have an SL-2400 that smoked today...I need to know what the value is for C22 on the RP-8 board (PB Amp). C22 looks to be a tantalum connected to pin 8 of the Sony 134A chip. It's too burnt to see any markings. Anybody help?

thanks

Doesnt matter what your source is wether PAL/NTSC, it works on SB-V3000.

Nope, its a SB-V3000( the latest )there's another NTSC (older) version with the same number .I have both.( the NTSC one in faulty condition )

Thanks for the offer, I got too much deck at the moment. I'll keep that in mind just in case I needed it in the future.

[off the topic];About upgrading processor on older system is OK, anywise the bottleneck comes from the other peripheral such as low access of Hardmedia,low speed DRAM etc. Boosting CPU doesnt realy help but worth a try as hobbyst. Someday the mechanical storage must be replaced with Solidstate to eliminate slow acces,wich only available in industrial.

http://www.m-systems.com/content/Products/DiskOnChip.asp

Bobby,

that wouldnt be the sony av-2000es matrix switcher by any chance? Always wanted one of them, would have made you an offer but I have 4 other switchers now, 3 better and one the little brother the 555es.

I have a Sony C7 betastack tape changer, as new in the box, post on this board if your interested. Located in South Australia.

J S P

Easiest and cheapest upgrade for old Pentium II or III system gets you 1.4 gHz with 256k. Feels much faster than the $100 cost. Watch those new-fangled DVD's on your old box without all that stuttering (finally almost better than SuperBeta, heheh). I'm a believer. Search patiently and get them even cheaper.

Slot 1 http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=6704998214

Socket 370 http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=6705529939

Hi all... I have a Sony Betamax SL-2300 with some type of servo control problem. Tracking is inoperative and a large block of horizontal white noise moves from the bottom to the top of the picture about every 3 seconds. The picture looks pretty good in fast forward and rewind review modes. I've did some internet research and found a few messages refering to bad electrolytics on the servo board. Another message referred to a bad transistor called Q345. Another message stated tweaking some of the servo control pots may at least make it usable. Any thoughts or ideas appreciated. Thanks. Steve.