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Old 02-22-2017, 12:12 PM
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A VKT-385 was the first machine I brought home from the store, almost $450 in 1985 IIRC. Took HOURS to program all those UHF stations into it.

Thanks Brian, your list nails what went wrong with it too! Good VCR just the same, like the Pannys of the mid 80s, forever serviceable
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The 2-head drum in my RCA doesn't *look* gunked up, although I cleaned it using cardpaper + 99% isopropyl and got a lot of stuff off.

Asti does have a replacment head P/N for mine but unclear if it's actually available. Gotta contact them directly I guess; will see what they say. If they have one and it's cheap enough, would be nice to play old tapes on this thing without fear of degrading them. Thanks for the hint!
Buy from Asti once, and you'll get their mailings forever. Dad used to buy a dozen or so heads/month, and he still gets mailings from Asti - 5 years after he died....
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