Pro Umatic and VHS haul.

[Electronic M]

Cool finds! I got my first U-matic deck reciently.....It is THE first U-matic the Sony VO-1600(I almost fell over upon learning this a couple weeks after buying it)! The darn thing still works, but shows signs of needing belts(just as I was told). I'm at a bit of a loss on where to find belts for it as the things belts are more like vacuum cleaner belts than anything I've seen in any tape machines of any format before. Perhaps I should pull the belts and go to a vacuum cleaner store and see if they have anything close.....

[Cogsinister]

Originally Posted by Electronic M

Cool finds! I got my first U-matic deck reciently.....It is THE first U-matic the Sony VO-1600(I almost fell over upon learning this a couple weeks after buying it)! The darn thing still works, but shows signs of needing belts(just as I was told). I'm at a bit of a loss on where to find belts for it as the things belts are more like vacuum cleaner belts than anything I've seen in any tape machines of any format before. Perhaps I should pull the belts and go to a vacuum cleaner store and see if they have anything close.....

Thats the great thing about my JVC.........No belts !!!!

Yeah maybe vacuum cleaner belts would do the trick.