I just got an svhs deck

[Tony75]

Another place to look for remotes is your local charity shop. Some of the ones around here get donated a machine with remote. The machine is then tossed, either due to not functioning or the policy of the store not to sell electrical items. The remote then gets put in a basket on the shelf, usually with a price tag less than $2. Got a few this way.
Cheers
Tony

[Ed in Tx]

Here's what you're looking for. A picture of mine. Says right on it what models goes with. Some other Mitsubishi remotes of that and prior generations will work some of the functions.

[Ed in Tx]

There are several on e-bay now - no affiliation.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/MITSUBISHI-V...item43adac17a2

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Original-Mit...item5d2f5433e0

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Mitsubishi-H...item231ac7deb4

http://www.ebay.com/itm/MITSUBISHI-H...item256db636e1

[josephdaniel]

thanks imgonna see if i can get one of those off of ebay...

[Ed in Tx]

Yep seems to be a few around. Or like Tony75 mentioned, you might go by that Good Will store where you got it, and ask if they have any extra remotes, maybe you'll get lucky.

[holmesuser01]

I got a $2 S-VHS deck a few months ago. I have exactly one S-VHS tape with a recording of something I provided A/V services on about 9 years ago. The remote was taped to the top of it, so I bought it.

The machine is barely used, and so cheap inside. JVC made it.

[dieseljeep]

I just picked up a JVC S3800 S-VHS. The sticker on top claims the it will record on S-VHS mode by using EHG VHS tapes.

[Ed in Tx]

Originally Posted by dieseljeep

I just picked up a JVC S3800 S-VHS. The sticker on top claims the it will record on S-VHS mode by using EHG VHS tapes.

That would be the S-VHS-ET mode JVC came up with to offset the cost and lesser availablilty of true S-VHS tapes. S-VHS-ET is somewhat de-tuned by pulling back the full video peaking of S-VHS and probably some other technical aspects I don't remember, and retaining the higher carrier frequency of the FM luminance video signal that gets recorded on the tape.

[Beachboy]

Originally Posted by josephdaniel

mine dodsent even have volume controls on the front... why cant people just tape the remotes to the stuff that they donate is that to much to ask?

It's a big pet peeve of mine how most people seem to lose the remotes to every piece of electronic equipment they have. When I look at the listings for TV's and DVD players on Craig's List, I'd estimate that at least 75% of them have lost the remotes. Of course, the seller sluffs it off, saying you can easily use the cable company's or a universal remote, but a lot of manufacturers had dedicated functions on their remotes that are not supported by a universal remote.

[Electronic M]

Even when people do tape the remotes to things they donate to thrifts they don't always stay on......Case in point I bought a Laserdisc player at a thrift. The thing was mint and even had a sales or inventory tag from it's dealer taped on the side, and it also had remnants of tape where the remote had been taped on.....Several days later I returned and they had put out the remote, and were nice enough not to charge me for it when I found it.