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I had a Fisher FVH-840 for about 4 years. Built by Sanyo.
I bought it when hi-fi sound was beginning to be the rage, around 1984. It ran fine for about a year or so.
THEN:
The rewind-fast forward idler tire started slipping, along with a clutch and belt.
The parts were sold as a kit, which worried me, because they obviously knew that this thing would fail.
From then on, I replaced this kit on average every 10 months. The kits were not expensive to buy from MCM electronics, so I just kept it running.
Then, one day, the machine ate an unreplaceable tape. I removed the tape, and found the timing gear cracked.
Put it back together, and less than 2 days later, it was stolen, along with 14 repaired VCR's belonging to customers. Insurance replaced them all, including the Fisher. I hope whoever stole this junk had much trouble with it.
I never owned another (1980's and up) Sanyo VCR. Too much trouble, and impossible to find parts.
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Bruce
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