I just baught a Sony GCS-50 Betamax I would like to have any documentation on this unit I would also like to know if that jack on the back is for a remote and if it is I would like to build one A. Choate creator and editor of the BetaLore II web page with new chat room availible at my pictures page.

i am a musician and have just setup a computer based all-digital bedroom studio. here's the problem: digital sounds too cold to me. i want to record my final master on tape to give it that warm "tape saturated" sound of older recordings. quality reel-to-reels are a pain to maintain and too expensive. i have heard betamax has very good sound quality. i am wondering if betamx just has just "good" or is it "excellent" in terms of both recording and playback sound quality? is betamax a good way for me to go? also, what exactly are PAL and NTSC? if betamax is a good way to go, what's a good model(s) i should look into? thanks in advance for any help.

Hi,

I have a Sony HVC-2400 Camera and case that I bought years ago and was wondering if anyone would be interested in purchasing it. Thanks, Vinny

I would prefer no new Beta models to be made because we will lose the ability to copy macrovision encoded vhs tapes if more people bought Betas, we are the elite, don't forget that.

Also I can't see new Betas being made anyway because of the big companys focus on their DVD players.

Hi You betaphiles out there ! I´m a beta-fan from Austria and proudowner of a VTC 9300 since 1979 (still working and in good condition and providing me with a superb picture quality/ far better than any VHS-machine I know !!! Great to see, that there are so many othersout there. Long live our beloved BETA !

I would definitly not recommend Beta Hifi (or VHS Hifi) for master recording. They both use an agressive companding scheme that can cause noise pumping. I know that there are electronic processors out there that can emulate the "tape sound" without the wow and flutter and modulation noise. That would be a better way to go.

I am trying to find information on a film called "Get the Swappy Jerkaps with the Blyton Splitter" (or something like that).It may have been sci-fi and had characters called Fat Yoppo Dolodo and Little Billy's Bludgeon Boys. It was available on Beta many years ago. Can any enthusiasts help?Thanks for your time.Richard.

To the previous poster

You've just won the Mystery Science Theater 3000 "MiSTy" award for most obscure movie ever made!

You might want to czech with Absolute Beta at ;http://www.videos.net/betamax/

for that one. They sell Beta movies out of Remington Virginia, so if you're looking for that one in PAL you're odds of finding it wouldn't be very long. Of course that doesn't sound like a big-seller so they may have just about every copy ever made (and still in the origional shrink-wrap)

FREE YES FREE! To anybody in the Manchester (UK) area. I have a spare SONY C5 that has worn heads but is good mechanically. If you would like it and can collect then please contact me otherwise it goes to the tip!

Hi,

I have a weird recording problem with my Sony HFR 300. In playback mode the picture is perfect and I have absolutely no complaints, but when I record I get a weird rainbow colored haze over the bottom 2/3 of the picture. The tapes are watchable but I would prefer to fix it if I can. To be more descriptive:The "haze" consists of travelling, diagonal, colored lines which occur on the lower two thirds of the screen, they are not present at all above this. How can I adjust this away, when I can't see it in playback? until it is recorded onto a tape?

anywaythanks for listening will

PS I have number of NTSC prerecorded tapes which I would like to trade inc. ET, the Toolbox Murders, Close Encounters, Bon Voyage Charlie Brown etc. inquire if interested.

Hello All,

About 2 weeks ago, I was walking past the back of a local TV station when I saw this big cardboard box poking out of their overstuffed dumpster. Curious as ever, I hefted it out and opened it. To my surprise, I found that it was loaded w/ discarded Betacam (not SP) tapes! Mostly 15-minute along w/ some some 5-, 10- and 30 -minute tapes -- nearly 40 in all! So I lugged the box to my car and took it home.

I'd heard that non-SP Betacam tapes could be used in a Betamax VCR. Is this true? They're the same size as normal Beta tapes (but are in colored cassette housings [blue, red, grey, etc]!) and fit into the loading door of my VCRs. All of the tapes are in clamshell-type cases and many have unmarked labels (altho a few look like they're marked w/ commercials and news footage).

Does anyone know what the Betamax equivelents would be for Betacam 5, 10, 15 and 30 's? Yannow, L-XXX tape length. There's no length printed on the labels or cases.

Hello,I just purchased a Sony Super Beta Theater VCR, Model#HFT7 (1986). It has a built in amp with 2 speaker connectors on the back. It has volume control on the vcr which only controls the 2 speakers, as well as balance and theater level to control the 3 different audio settings-Movie Theater, Concert Hall, and Simulated Stereo. It works great and I even have the original remote. Does anyone know how many watts the built in amp puts out per channel? I want to be sure to use the right speakers. I might be willing to trade this VCR for another beta vcr- Maybe an SL-HF750 or an SL-HF1000. Or you can email me to suggest a possible trade. Please include the model# and the brand. Must be in good working order also. If nothing comes up here, you may see me listing this on Ebay in the future. This is a very rare vcr, as I have only seen one on Ebay a few months ago.

Got hold of a funky Mexican Beta bootleg of the movie virus(with Spanish subtitles). You could tell it was a bootleg not only from the poor quality of the recording (or the box it came in) or that you could see the on screen display of the dubbing VCR but because you could see black bars covering up the studio "watermarks" that they put on tapes they give out to movie critics and talk shows and other media outlets every so often. Guess there's some Mexican Beta lovers out there. A unique find.

I have 2 slhf-750s with open and close quirks. When I press eject, the carriage slides out and the tape holder comes up allowing tape to be slide in or taken out. However, the machine makes a sound like a phaser on overload about to explode, ie sound builds like a crescendo and then the tape holder lowers and the carriage retracks. Plays and records fine, one just has to be quick to get the tape in and out. Any ideas on what is broken, worn , etc. to cause such a problem?

Also the leds have various problems. Anyone know which circuit board/ boards manage the leds and what might be a fix?

Great picture and sound and recording

thanks for any help.

Sam

I had a similar problem with a 750 which just got back from the shop and it kind of sort of works now, although it is not fixed. There are some gears that wear out and are supposed to hold the tape carrier upright but when they wear down the thing will start slipping. Sony does not make the gears anymore, wlathough the technician I use was able to cobble something togeterh to get it to stay up most of the time.

What Sony needs to do is make some more machines, there are now parts wearing out on my decks that they figured would never get replaced since you would have bought a new VCR by then. This was a good attitude during the 1970's up until the late 1980's when they kept coming out with a better VCR then the one you had worn out, but since at present my NEWEST VCRs are 12 years old they are past the point when one would have upgraded in the past.

ADM

Betacam (oxide) tapes are perfectly compatible with regular Beta. There is a factor of 6 in r/p time, i.e. a 15 is a 90 minute tape.

We sell Sony L-750 BTs for 4.49 and L-750 BTHGs for 5.49 at tapeworld.com. Thank you. Dave Green

I was told that the only character generator beta was the SLHF-1000..

Does anyone know this to be true or does any other super beta have this function...I need to put some script on the tape viewing...

I was told that the SLHF-100 has a built-in character generator with 4 font sizes, 8-page memory,> >>complete alpha-numeric> >> alphabet and two backgrounds (plain white letters or white letters> >>against a black background); 19-segment> >> indexing;> >>> >>Have anybody tryed the character generator.........how does it work ?> >>> >>Thank You> >>Dono

Cool guy, thanks for the info on the Betacams. It was a nice find and I needed some blanks. ;)

I have a beta recorder top loader from Sears. An SR1000 Beta II/III. It works perfectly. Also have 25 feature movies to be included. Anyone interested contact me and we will make a deal.

I have a Toshiba VS-46 Beta HIFI For Sale. Feature 4 heads,variable slow-motion playback, color is black, 117ch cableready tuner, owners manual, original remote, box. The deckis cosmetically excellent, with exception of the front flipdown door (one hinge is broken). VCR very recently serviced,overhauled, with all new belts, idler tire, cleaning, and afull checkup of the machine to ensure it is within Sony specifications.I'd like to try to do a private sale on this one , and avoidlisting it on Ebay. I am asking $150.00 for this unit. If interesteddrop me a line. Thanks.

Hi and Help !!! I'm looking for a Super Beta VCR which will perform video insert editing (character generater... I think its called )Please tell me which vcr's preform this funtion !!!Thank YouDono

Hello,

I'm a children's singer/songwriter. I live in Nanaimo, BC, Canada, (on Vancouver Island). The master of my second kids' album (cassette) was/is on Super Beta Hi-Fi, consumer format. It was done on a Sony SL-HF900 machine. I'm wanting to now manufacture it as a CD, but can't find a machine to transfer it to DAT or CD-R to send to the plant for replication. Can you help me? Where are you located?

Any help is appreciated. <http://nanaimo.ark.com/~ianj>

I am looking for a person to lend me $20,000-$50,000 need in 24 hrs.(715)486-9105 no latter then tuesday knight I would need the moneyplease respond.

Dear Michael. er, you can have the money as long as you promise to give it back...

Homer, don't do it! The dude don't even know how to spell nite!

OK bart, but at least he knows how to spell latter!

That may be so, but does he know how to incorporate a YC feed from an HF950?

Doh!

For sale: A Sony SL-C7 VCR, with HVC-4000C camera (the one that plugs into the front of the VCR). Reasonable working order, complete with user manuals etc, and a quantity of (used) tapes.

Open to any reasonable offer. Location: Derby, East Midlands

Need Second hand Beta SP Recorder

I can get you the $20,000 you need if you don't mind taking some "packages" from a "friend" in Medellin to my place in Miami. Will pay airfare.

*** SONY SL-HF860D Digital SUPER-BETA HIFI for sale ***

SL-HF860D for sale, excellent condition.

I purchased this unit from it's original owner. It only neededslight exterior cleaning to look like brand new. It has alldoors and panels intact, and has only slight scuffing on top fromother components.

It comes complete with working original remote, which is lightlyscratched, as well as the original user manual.

All digital effects work perfectly. Playback and record tested atBII & BIII speeds, as well as playback of tapes made on othermachines. Picture quality is excellent, just as good as my HF900.

I am asking $425 US for the unit, plus actual shipping costs,UPS ground.

Please contact me at: [email protected]

Mike F.

I have recently purchased 2 x slc9 's , both require attention. Can anyone advise me of a good repair shop in the Bristol UK. area.

Thanks.Dave.

Sony SLHF950 Machine I have this excellent machine, but it has developed a fault in the HiFi sound track (normal is OK) and a replacement IC is needed. Anyone out there with parts, or a machine maybe faulty that I can buy to use for spare parts? Birmingham UK area. Email direct preferred! thanks! John W

I'm not sure where to start. I'm looking for an old Sony Discman that was manufactured I believe sometime between 1988 and 1991. It was Sony's high end model. Incredible unit. It had a number pad on the lid and a rather large lcd screen on it. It also had volume and controls on the headphone wires. I used to have this discman but it was stolen in 92'. I can't remember the model number and I can't find any info anywhere on the web. Any help on the model number and sightings would be great. You would be greatly appreciated. Thanks,Brantley

Dono, the SLHF 1000 does have a "Character Generator", but for video insert editing you can use the SLHF 750, or SLHF 2100, and maybe the SLHF 900. Oh, and I think the EDV 7500 and EDV 9500 "metal" decks should do the same. TTYL. Pepse.

FOR SALEWe are breaking up our beta service facility after 20 years (last beta engineer left us) and we have for sale various parts, jigs etc. If you need anything unusual, it may be worth sending me an e-mailMark Richardson

The Sony HFP -200 Hifi Processor has just been sold and the BMC-220 is no longer for sale Thank You. Drive Through.

I am prepared to extend you a line of credit for say, ONE MILLION DOLLARS! However one of the stipulations is that you use the money for EVIL purposes. You may purchase say, a Beta camcorder but only an evil Beta camcorder (unless you plan to use the camcorder for evil purposes than you are not required to purchase an evil one). If you like you may build your own secret underground headquarters provided, of course it has an unnecessarily elaborate killing device that is easily escaped from by secret agents you might capture after they've penetrated your "impenetrable" security system. . . . .

I know this probably sounds stupid...but is there any way to view NTSC tapes on a PAL machine?

A new contributor to this site, just a couple of questions for you all

1. Does anybody know why Sanyo called the betamax format "Betacord"?2. I understand that Sanyo launched a Superbeta format in the united states, does anybody have any information about these machines?

3. E.D Beta, which was launched in the united states - any information available about these machines?

Hello,

I am looking for a place that sells blank beta tapes; peferably Sony Hi-Fi 750.

Thanks to all who reply

Anyone have a super betamax or hifi betamax for sale? I have tons of family/baby pics not able to play any longer. Have old SLH 950 I think, still packed away, no picture just alot of white noise. sound is ok. not sure what happened to it. some so called tech fiddled with tracking which is what he said was the problem. never got another picture back. I am dying to view baby films family etc. on old beta videos. Also have old Sony Betacam 550 CCD not working and sony 8mm video cam, needed $300 "fixing" some ccd stuff, willing to offer up in trade/deal/partial payment, open for offers- really want another betamax hifi player. My original first sony betamax was stolen from old home, along with my baby's first Christmas tape in it, needless to say it killed me, paid over $900 for that gorgeous machine, and my tape - well that was worth a million to me. thanks for reading... please email if in the southern California area.

Re tapes: If you are in the US then there you might be interested in checkingout thie current issue Scott Veazies's Betamax informer http://www.chebucto.ns.ca/Recreation/EMA/Beta/Informer/990919

Does anyone know of a place in UK where I can record a video from digital betamax tape onto a CD?CheersSiva

Query: Does anyone know if Star Trek V & VI were released on Beta in the USA? I have the 1st 4 movies and want ot complete the package. Scouring Ebay has found me no luck.

Renton, from what I heard at one time they did release Star Trek 5 & 6 on Beta, but when I ordered the tapes from a guy, I got Star Trek 5 on Beta and Star Trek 6 on vhs. I didn't discover this til it was too late. So it is possible someone might have both 5 & 6 on Beta. Pepse.

I have a Sony Betamax SL-H300. I was wondering if anyone has a remote for it that they are willing to sell. Thanks.

i love my beta Video Recorder

Hi, for those who are insterested in buying blank Beta video tapes in France you can find them at FNAC's shops(Montparnasse and St Lazare both in Paris). Available model tapes are L-750 and L-830(85FF ~ 8£).

A+

I have SEARS BETAMAX MODEL # 564.53090252 $100.00SONY TT-2000 $ 200. 00ZENITH VR9800 $250.00SONY HVC-2200 $250.00FOR SALE

Please Help!My team is in need of a movie (not a copy) on beta, for a scavenger hunt.Please, if anyone will let us borrow one we would gladly meet your terms. We would also be willing to buy one if necessary!thank you!

Dear Beta lovers ! We have a SONY SUPER BETAMAX SL-S600 NTSCbrand new in the box - never been used.Includig original box, manual,remote control. We will ship anywhere. $ 200. 00 USD each. Shipping to Europe $ 40.00 each. In USA or Canada $ 20.00 each.Limited quantity. Also a few used SONY GCS-50 NTSC available. In goodworking condition. $ 300.00 USD each [email protected] We are locatedin Aurora , Ontario , Canada.

Is anyone getting rid of any kind of Betamovie camera? If so, please e-mail me and let me know. It has to be working and I would prefer if you were in the Edinburgh area of Scotland. If no-one has one, can you tell me where I would get one?

Hey, I have a SL-S380 Super Beta. Everything seems to work great exceptthat the video outs and the cable outs do not show any video. Audiois fine and everything else works. Any ideas on what to do to fix this problem would be great. Thanks!!!

Does someone have the betamax logo? Please email it to me for a project for my class. Thanks

I need schematics for SONY HVC4000p Camera

Thank's

Can anyone tell me where I can purchase a NP-11 battery for my Beta video camera?

Looking for a Sears model number 5306 beta recorder manufacturedand sold in 1980. Prefer working unit but if you've got one at alland want to sell it let me know.

have a sony beta video for sale with many tapes to sell price to be discusses. Movies owned include Walt disney classics and movies

hi, does any one wanna buy a betamaxs sony c6 vcr, loads of tapes good prices e-mail me. uk please. also got a betmovie camera to. so do e-mail me.

Has anyone got any Betamax for sale in the Chester area of England

In response to Roger Perry

Sanyo called their Beta VCRs Betacords sort of as a brand name thing. Sony had taken Betamax and the format is called beta so to distinguish their decks from Sontys and others they called them Betacpord. Sanyo did not introduce Super ZBeta in the US. Sony did Sanyo made 1 SuperBeta VCr (which I bought when it was new at a grocery store!- it was on sale there fro $100 less than it cost at a video store I had been contemplating buying it at a couple days earlier.) This was the last Beta Sanyo made before dumping them. All Sony decks since about 1985 have been SuperBETA.

The ED Beta decks were answered in response to the Super VHS ones. They were much better. In demos I saw at the Consumer Electronics Show, Sony had demo ED BEta tapes of things with lots of reds in them while VHS makes had S-VHS decks with blues and greeens- reds being harder to reproduce. The decks were always very pricey and the tapes were also expensive. $25 for an L-500. I have never owned one. But I have seen them. They were backwards compatible with Beta and Super Beta although they would not record in Beta 1.

Have Much Betamax equipment / tapes for sale...Toshiba V -M40 RecorderSony Betamax Sl-3030 Recorderroughly 160 Tapes. Mostly original movies and Blank tapes that have items recorded on them.Email me for what you are looking for and prices.Thanks.

Is anybody knows how to switch the record speed on SLO-1800?Would anybody sells the copy of the manual for SLO-1800 or GCS-50 ?

Nave a nice Beta Day !

Does anyone have or know of a source for replacement tape loading gears for a Sony SLF30UB.

Tony

For sale, beta used tapes (all with a film on) untested. £10 per box of 64. Buyer collects. E4 London.

I would like to buy a Beta machine to watch some old tapes. I don't mind the type of machine as long as it works! I live in the Gloucester UK area so I would be pleased to hear from anyone that can help....Thanks

I have a Sanyo 4500 Betamax for sale. It's in good working conditionsince it was repaired just over a year ago. Good as a back up vcr.E-mail me for offer.

TONY RE: sl-f30UB loading mech,

I bought a loading mech for a sl-f30AS (same machine) just 6 months ago from Sony Australia, who had a fair few left in stock, it came in actually labeled as being for one of the NTSC equivalent models, just ask sony, they still stock them.

Hope this is off some help

B2

Have around 500 beta pre recorded films interested in swapping for other titles especially 70's films.WANTED sony pcm 601.Can anyone tell me if a pcm 501 can be upgraded to 601 spec.May also be interested in one of these

I have a betamovie bmc 220 in perfect condition and i was wondering what price i could get for it. Someone let me know.

O.K., I am hoping someone out there can help....I just received a two video set I purchased from the U.K., I tried to watch it and all I get is heavy snow and voices that sound way too high and fast. I noticed on the order confirmation it says these videos are in PAL format and will need to be copy/converted to NTSC before use.? What in the heck does this mean? I hate to sound Naive, but I thought videos were videos no matter where they came from. Hopefully I did not waste my money? Thanks for the help!

I'm looking to purchase an EDV-7500 , EDV-9000 , or EDV-9500 .

NEW on PALsite - Sony Betamax parts listings.

Listings now available for remote controls, pinch rollers and heads. The remote control listingalso shows which remote goes with which model which is often asked for. (The listings also include most of the U.S. models).

http://www.palsite.info/pcat_index.html

Stacy,Unfortunately all videos are not the same! Here in the UK, our TVs use 625 lines rather than American 525 lines, so your tapes were PAL (European sustem rather than NTSC (American) system.Also, the frame rates on film and TV are different between the UK and US.Sorry, but you'll either have to find a multistandard machine or see if someone can convert them for you.

As a postscript to the earlier mails on Betacam tapes, not only are they perfect (Betacam runs 6 times the speed so a 30 min tape will run for 3 hours on a Betamax machine, but also the tape mechs are superior and handle repeated shutting to and fro (for instance, whn editing) much easier.if you have a friendly TV/video producer, you may be able to get soem used ones very cheaply.Regards, David.

Sorry about my dodgy spelling earlier!!A quick hint for Beta fans in the UK: you may find schools with Betamax equipment.This last weekend, I just bought a camera setup with F1 recorder, timer, twopower packs, lots of bits and leads and 42 tapes for £100.The crazy thing is, that the school was going to chuck it all in a skip!!!!!!If you have any friends acquaintances in the educational field, maybe try putting out feelersand see if there are any Beta machines sitting lost and lonely in a cupboard in a school.You'll also find loads vintage computers, if that's your thing (usually BBC model Bs).Incidentally, does anyone have a Sony PCM F1 (working, natch) for sale?I already use a PCM601 for stereo digital mastering, and it works perfectly with my C9 and C20 machines. I'd like to be able to do location recording with the F1. Ta in anticipation,David.

WANTED FOR SONY SL-HF950 VU METERS, VU METER RIBBON CABLE AND BOARD THAT DRIVES METERS.PLEASE CONTACT MARK ON 01815246687.Also thanks Alan and Martin for your help with my machine

Looking for a Beta VCR in Sydney, Australia. Appreciate any help. TIA

I have an opportunity to buy about a dozen Sony super BetaMovie camera/recorders, with cases. All seem in excellent condition. My motivation is to resell them. Does anyone WANT any of these? Is there a market for them? any idea of what they should go for in a price range? The seller is looking for $75/each, so in order for it to work for me, I'd have to be able to sell them for more (obviously).Thanks in advance for some feedback. (Format is NTSC I believe since I'm in USA). Email if you want to [email protected]

I have just been given a PAL beta made by Toshiba ( v8600 ) it has 4 heads and perfect pause!. However, it has a switch on the front called "quick select" Does anyone know what this does? Although this machine is a top loader and faily old. It is far superior to the Sony models of the time ( C5, C6)etc. It has infa red remote, multi speed in either direction and multi event timer! What happened Toshiba?

WANTED: Betamax VCR in working order, any model. Anybody got one for sale or for hire?

London area or UK.

Having sadly given up on getting anything intelligent about obtaining separate Y/C output from a 950 (Bart and Homer, I'll explain it to you if you ask me nicely and provided you can cope with words of more than three letters). I have a (hopefully simpler) query. Does anyone know the pinout for the DIN socket on an SLHF100? I can't get anything that works in or out of it to SCART despite a lead alleged to be correct for that purpose, and which I hoped would be some help with my wiring spaghetti problems.

Hi, Iam looking for a sony beta hifi model# SL-HRF50 in good working condition.I also have the Sanyo Beta # 7200 or sale ,but it needs some repairs. Anyone interested ?

I lucked out and got a Betamax Sl-Hf1000 and it is a greatmachine. I had to have some repair work done to it and it plays and records great, but on some tapes I get blank drop-outduring play back. The picture just goe black for 30 seconds or soand then comes back. When I play the recorded tapes on my otherBetas they work fine. Any ideas as to whats causing this?Thanks. Beta is Better!!I really lucked out getting my SL-Hf1000. Person sold it to me for$25.00. What a find!!

Bill. I once made up a lead from an HF100 (7 pin multi to scart). As far as I remember only 4 wires were needed to obtain video and stereo audio output. On the scart side pins in are 20 (vid) 6 (audio L) 2 (audio R) 4 (audio earth). What I then did was first locate the audio left and right by trying them one at a time on the HF100 multi. It took a little while and may be I was lucky but it did work. On My C9 I still use an 8 pin to scart (4 wire) which is connected differently to the website, but arrived at in the same way. Hope this helps man!

Hello all! I just wanted to let you know that my address has changed. It is now [email protected] .

PS The lead you was given may require you to plug in an aerial to the HF100 before it will work. If I remove the aerial from my c9 the AV signal vanishes (video & Audio)

Hi, can anyone help with a remote for a Sony SL-C9 (type RMT-212 or 213)? Also wanted, a C9 machine (working or not) for spares or repair. Thanks.

FOR SALE: IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN BETAMAX THEN THE BEST PAGE IS MINE AT http:members.aol.com/lucreziagalaxy/index.html

FOR ANYTHING TO DO WITH BETAMAX.

[email protected]

Hi. I just bought a Sony Betamovie bmc110 at an estate sale. No charger, only 1 battery. Anybody have an idea where I can get a charger for this model? I don't even know if it works. I paid $50 for it, too much?? I've been anxious to get into Beta format for a while now. So this camera will not play the tapes, only record?

This is a great site, thanks in advance for the help !!

-Marc

Oh, I also need a owner's manual for the bmc110.Thanks.

-Marc

Hi All,I have a SL-HF750 with a busted head.Is there a cheap way to fix this problem?Is there a market for these models that require a head.Thanks for any reply.

I am looking for any Beta that is hifi ready. Models such as SL-HFR50, SL-HFR70.OR HFR90 in good working order. also I have a SanyoBeta #7200,it just started to mangle the tapes when in play mode,however it would automatically shut down first,once I turn it back on to retreive the tape sometimes it would be caught inside.Any suggestions?

Dear Stuart,

with reference to your Toshiba V8600, check out http://www.palsite.info/v8600ovi.html as you say, it was a wonderful machine. Are you sure it was an infra-red remote?

Martin

Looking for a Betamovie wired remote control/pause unit (Sony RM-81) anybody got an extra for sale?Also looking for a Sanyo 4400 wired remote (the 3/32 miniplug type not the 5-pin DIN type)

hello Bart. Thanks very much for the tip, I'll try it. Since you only needed 4 wires, does that mean the audio earth is also used by video or wired together at the DIN end? I thought that the SCART standard needed a separate video earth. Still, if it works.......

Bill. Not sure about that. May be that's why you need the aerial plugged in as well. Like I say I may have been lucky. Did you try the lead you have with the aerial plugged in? You may also be interested to know although my TV has rgb input (in theory better than y/c) and my digital tv receiver has rgb output I don't use it as the colours are too rich and not adjustable. Maybe there were no TVs around in 1985 with y/c input ( S video) when the 950 came out, hence no y/c output on the 950.

Bart, why is our TV in bits again?