Thread: Who Has Beta?
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Old 08-17-2014, 10:15 PM
EdKozk2 EdKozk2 is offline
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Originally Posted by dieseljeep View Post
Don't even ask me how many VCR's I have! Lost count, a while ago.
At the Wisconsin swap meet, a Sanyo Beta, marked freebee, was the only one taken. It seemed to be complete and in decent shape.
Thanks Dieseljeep,
Now I know who gave my son the Sanyo VCR4020 Betacord. The vcr needs new belts and idler tires. The originals were cracked or broken.
I ordered new belts then realized I forgot to check the idler tires. Tires are on order now. The vcr powered up ok.
I ended up buying a belt set for my Quasar VH5042XQ vcr and Sony TC-248D Eight Track Player at the same time. The 8-track works fine just had to remove the 30-40 year old gooey rubber belt off the pulleys.
My son has been finding old Beta tapes a our local Goodwill, along with VHS
tapes also.
I hope to have the Sanyo working by the end of this week.
Ed

Last edited by EdKozk2; 08-18-2014 at 02:26 PM. Reason: spelling
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