1981 Panasonic PV-1600 help

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Originally Posted by TUD1

I took the bulb out today and found that the leads are broken in the socket, but the filament is still good. The part no is XAMV12S. I shorted the socket and I found that the bulb is the least of my worries with this poor old thing. It worked absolutely perfect when I got it five years ago. But now, it plays awful, the speed is way off, and the pop top is stuck. The eject button doesn't work. I don't understand how as soon as I get it, it starts going downhill so dramatically. That all happened in the course of two years of light use.

That said, I absolutely love these old pop top VCR's and if anybody has one you want to get rid of, let me know. My most wanted is an RCA VBT200.

Or find a Panasonic PV-1000 which is identical internally, and the original manufacturer.