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Old 20th Aug 2017, 11:12 pm   #1
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Default Philips N1700 and N1702 recording compatibility

Hi All,

Does anyone know if recordings made on a Philips N1702 will play properly on an N1700? I ask as the N1702 has a slightly longer play time.. wonder if an N1700 can work with the longer play recorded signals, or not?
Any help/experience appreciated!
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Old 21st Aug 2017, 8:56 am   #2
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Default Re: Philips N1700 and N1702 recording compatibility

A quick search of Wikipedia tells of different Philips formats and says later 1700's had heads marked 1702.
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Old 21st Aug 2017, 9:20 am   #3
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From what I can recall there's not many differences between the two.

The 1702 had an extra digit on the tape counter so it counted in thousands instead of hundreds. It had a slightly more attractive look about it - more silvery than grey and I think the timer functions had been expanded a little.

Recording wise they should be the same.
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Old 21st Aug 2017, 3:57 pm   #4
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Default Re: Philips N1700 and N1702 recording compatibility

it works fine as far as I'm aware.
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Old 21st Aug 2017, 7:20 pm   #5
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I have several examples of both models & they all play each others recordings fine as long as they're set up ok. They're both 'long play' models so the tape speed should be the same.
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Old 26th Aug 2017, 7:51 pm   #6
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Default Re: Philips N1700 and N1702 recording compatibility

Hi Rob.

Renovated a few of these machines recently. The first N1700's had the words "2 hours long play" on the front, yet later models of the N1700 just said "AUTOMATIC" - as did the N1702. I believe this was down to the increasing length of tape available - (when the first N1700s came out in 1978 only 120min LP tapes existed- this increased to 180mins by the time the N1702 came out.

I agree with KB Paul, that recordings should be interchangeable between all N1700 and N1702 models. I have even replaced N1700 video heads with N1702 ones.

One thing to be careful though. Television magazine in the late 70s published a DIY guide to making a N1700 or N1702 record for even longer by slowing the key motors down. I have seen this on a couple of machines and clearly, if you have tapes recorded by these DIYers, then these won't playback on unmodified machines.

Feel free to PM me if you need more info.

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Default Re: Philips N1700 and N1702 recording compatibility

Many thanks to all who have replied with their experiences and info.
I have three of these machines and will probably whittle it down to two at some point, so needed to know about these compatibility matters.
Again many thanks ..
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As a result of the information given by kind members here, I have decided to offer for sale my N1702. It's in the Offered section
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