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Originally Posted by Ed in Tx
Equivalent to the Panasonic PV-1730. I almost bought one back in the day, but it was ahead of the MTS stereo standard so it lacks a stereo TV tuner. This has direct drive reel motors which is why it lacks most of the usual belts & idlers.
That Pay TV switch has to do with the old subscription boxes they had back in the early-mid-80s like On TV. You would set it up to the channel the descrambler box put out so the VCR would switch to it. Something like that... 
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Originally Posted by dishdude
The PAY TV switch worked with an adapter that plugged into the AUX port. If you needed a cable box to descramble HBO, it allowed you to split your cable line to the VCR and cable box, then run the output of the cable box to the adapter. This allowed you to tune a scrambled channel on the VCR tuner so you could set timers on multiple channels.
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The AUX port Is For Sound multiplex adapter

HERE EXAMPLE For National
Panasonic TU-802(M) TV Sound Multiplex Adaptor
Just LOOK THIS DIN CONNECTOR -
It-Fits EXACTLY to the DIN aux female port on EVERY
MTS READY TV/VCR,
that not have bluit mts
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Hitachi VTMTS2 MTS stereo Adaptor for older model Hitachi TV"s and VCR"s with stereo Adaptor jacks. Some VCR"s that are compatible are VT-65A--VT76AY--VT-89A--VT-86A--and VT-87A. Complete with Adaptor type F cable DIN cable and stereo RCA cable.
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HERE another
Panasonic Quasar Portable VHS Video Cassette Recorder and Quasar tuner with DIN aux female port ,BUT without PAY TV switch
