NEC DS8000U VCR where to find manuals? Belts? Codes?

[n8nagel]

Good afternoon all,

First post here. I've been on Audiokarma for years but really haven't branched out that much into A/V stuff other than your typical I have a 4K TV, an AVR in the living room, my disc spinners are Oppos, etc.

Anyway, I picked up this VCR at Goodwill on Saturday, it will not advance the tape which says to me it likely needs belts. With the top off I can see it load the tape, head starts spinning, but tape just feeds out into the unit and it shuts down, instead of spooling it on the takeup reel. I paid next to nothing for it and it appears to be a TOTL S-VHS monster so I'd like to get it working if I can.

Where can I find owner's and service manuals for this?

Is there anywhere I can get the remote codes so I can program my Xsight Color? (or get the model number of the original remote so I can haunt eBay - likely in the manuals?)

Where could I buy a belt kit for this?

The skills to fix seem to be similar to audio gear but I'm out of my depth looking for info and suppliers for old VCRs.

Thanks!