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ampex
those decks have 1 video head,and the drum spins twice as fast as a usual home deck.(home vcr has 2 heads on drum and switching is done between the 2 heads,30pgx 2=60)..
anyways those decks are loud..!! if i remember it takes the drum motor a good 20 secs to build up to speed..i also remember the no video,and the common cause was a clogged head,try cleaning the "head chip",it is mounted on a bar under the top cover that covers the drum,hopefully it is not chipped ,you can look at it with a magnifiying lens,and if it is too worn you can actually adjust it so it has more head to tape contact while spinning,
i had a high school that had 2 of those decks and i had to try and keep them running to transfer old footage to a newer format..
that was in the late 80's and those decks where antiques back then..
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