I have two beta vcr's that both probably need a very good cleaning and probably some minor part replacements. Anyone out there know of a good repair shop that doesn't cost a fortune ?? Sam set me up with this, so blame him.
where are you? i know a few in UK
Robert
What makes are they? Sony machines are generally less reliable and much harder to source parts for than Sanyo. Toshiba machines usually have shot heads.
Colin
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Colin,
One is a Sony SL-HF300. It ejects the tape but the right front corner of the tape gets jammed in the right side of the door opening. The door flap also does not raise automatically. I have to hold it up myself, or the tape gets jammed up against the flap and eventually goes back into the machine. But, so far, it plays tapes just fine. Knock on wood.
The other is a Sears model number 564-53410450. The tape gets caught unside the machine. I've had to cut 2-3 tapes out of that machine.
Hope you're able to help somehow ! and, thanks !!
Robert
I don't know the USA models so well, but it certainly sounds as though the cassette carriage is damaged on the HF300. Parts are virtually impossible to obtain, the only hope is to get a scrap machine with a good front loading mechanism and swap it over. Other models will use essentially the same mechanism. This looks similar to the UK model SL-HF100, but others will be the same too.
The Sears one could be anything, I don't recognise that one at all. If it's a Sanyo it may only need a service kit (I supply them for some models). Have a look inside it and compare it to the pictures on my web site:
If not, look at the palsite and see which UK model looks most like the Sears one, and we can go from there:
Regards,
Colin
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