Zenith JR9000 Beta VCR

[Adam]

One of the first Beta VCRs from I think 1978. I was surprised when I got it that it actually loaded a tape and played it for a few minutes, but eventually ate it when it tried to unload it when I tried to eject it.

I replaced all the belts, now it loads the tape, unloads it, rewinds, fast forwards, and plays all ok. But there is some issue with the color. When I first play a tape it only comes up in B&W, then after a while (faster if I mess with the tracking), I get these mostly red streaky vertical stripes of color over a partially B&W picture. I tried to take some pictures of it.

I fixed a Sears Beta VCR (a top loader from 1983) a few days ago (It needed new belts, an idler tire, and had a really dirty head). I'd like to get this older one working too, as of now I'm not even sure if this color issue is mechanical or electronic.