Hi Everyone, I've just pulled an ITT Nokia VR3799 S-VHS video recorder out of the loft and stupidly put a tape in it. It swallowed it up but won't give it back. Further investigation revealed a very slack capstan motor belt and a broken loading motor belt.
Needless to say finding replacement belts for it is like looking for a needle in a haystack.
I'm wondering if this model is a clone of one of the bigger brand name machines of the era?
I bought it around 2001 for about £490. It was quite cheap for an S-VHS machine but I remember being a tad disappointed that it didn't have a flying erase head. As a result insert editing on it was a bit flakey.
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