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Old 10-27-2013, 07:51 PM
waltchan waltchan is offline
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Originally Posted by NJRoadfan View Post
It should be a K-chassis deck. Surface mount caps can be replaced. The later AG-1980 has the same problems with capacitors.
K-chassis and G-chassis were both built on the same platform, except the K-chassis used two timing chain belts designed for editing, but they're both prone to surface-mount caps failure. Panasonic's previous two-belt chassis mechanism from the mid-80s didn't have this type of problem.
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