Another high-end Super VHS VCR find

[Ed in Tx]

Originally Posted by ChrisW6ATV

Tom, I will let you know if I decide to let go of either machine.


Ed, thanks for the warning and advice about the jamming. Is it the whole video head drum assembly that moves? I had the cover off when I first powered the machine up, but I did not look closely at the actions of the transport.

It tilts the whole drum very slightly to change the angle of the scanning heads which changes with the velocity of the tape. Result is you get noiseless forward and reverse search; no noise bars in the picture when FF or Rev scanning.

It does a little reset routine every time it's powered on, and if the syscon doesn't detect that reset function, the unit will power off.