Rca vbt200

[Adam]

I finally got around to working on that RCA VBT200 I picked up along with that Quasar "great time machine". First, I replaced that dead tape sensor light. Still wouldn't play a tape. Then, replaced all the belts ... still wouldn't play a tape. Then replaced idler tires, then it would rewind and fast forward and it would almost play a tape (it would get stuck trying to load the tape). Then cleaned out some hardened grease, now it plays tapes!

Next, there was no sound. But this turned out to just be caused by a dirty switch that activated when you hit record. Cleaned the switch, then had sound.

The final problem is weird. The picture is sort of horizontally jittery. And the color is smeared out, the red more than the others. The smeared out red also seems to shake at a different rate than the rest of the picture. Occasionally, the picture goes all red (I took a picture of this, shown below).