Video 2000 question - UK Vintage Radio Repair and Restoration Discussion Forum

dj_fivos_sak · 2nd Jun 2018, 11:11 am

Hello everyone. I just bought some Video 2000 tapes but I have no way to play them. Can you give me some advices on what machines to avoid? I hear some early Philips models suffered from misplacement of the audio head and that caused the audio not to be in sync with the video. Also, which machines can play SECAM tapes? Any info appreciated.

Fivos

TonyDuell · 2nd Jun 2018, 11:43 am

Personally I like the Philips machines, certainly the VR2022 and related models, which I think are well designed and well made (and with only one rubber component -- the pinch roller -- in the entire deck).

Philips certainly made SECAM (only) versions of some of them. I have a VR2022 SECAM unit here (and it is not for sale!). It's similar to the PAL VR2022, but with some plug-in boards different (to get the SECAM colour encoding/decoding, and oddly for an extra slow-motion mode)

dj_fivos_sak · 2nd Jun 2018, 12:02 pm

Thanks for your answer. PAL and SECAM (dual system) V2000 VCRs don't exist? What's the full model number of your SECAM machine?

TonyDuell · 2nd Jun 2018, 12:06 pm

There may well have been multi-system V2000 machines, I don't have one, but I am hardly an expert on such things.

As for the model number of my SECAM machine, I will have to dig it out to check, but as far as I remember it was VR2022_with_the_Philips_suffix_for_France. Maybe VR2022/19

peter_scott · 2nd Jun 2018, 12:33 pm

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Originally Posted by dj_fivos_sak

Also, which machines can play SECAM tapes? Any info appreciated.

I don't think the information on the tapes has any knowledge of SECAM or PAL. These standards only affect the input and output circuitry in the recorder.

Peter

dj_fivos_sak · 2nd Jun 2018, 12:36 pm

France used SECAM-L. Quite a bit different from SECAM B/G which is what I'm looking for. I guess I have to look on the service manuals.

cheerfulcharlie · 2nd Jun 2018, 12:38 pm

It appears that some (all?) Grundig machines were 2 standard.

https://www.radiomuseum.org/r/grundi...2x8_stere.html

dj_fivos_sak · 2nd Jun 2018, 12:47 pm

The model ends in "P/S" which stands for PAL/SECAM. I think the UK models end in "GB", which are PAL-only.

2nd Jun 2018, 11:11 am	#1
dj_fivos_sak Heptode Join Date: Mar 2015 Location: Lefkada, Greece Posts: 969	Video 2000 question Hello everyone. I just bought some Video 2000 tapes but I have no way to play them. Can you give me some advices on what machines to avoid? I hear some early Philips models suffered from misplacement of the audio head and that caused the audio not to be in sync with the video. Also, which machines can play SECAM tapes? Any info appreciated. Fivos

2nd Jun 2018, 11:43 am	#2
TonyDuell Dekatron Join Date: Jun 2015 Location: Biggin Hill, London, UK. Posts: 5,213	Re: Video 2000 question Personally I like the Philips machines, certainly the VR2022 and related models, which I think are well designed and well made (and with only one rubber component -- the pinch roller -- in the entire deck). Philips certainly made SECAM (only) versions of some of them. I have a VR2022 SECAM unit here (and it is not for sale!). It's similar to the PAL VR2022, but with some plug-in boards different (to get the SECAM colour encoding/decoding, and oddly for an extra slow-motion mode)

2nd Jun 2018, 12:02 pm	#3
dj_fivos_sak Heptode Join Date: Mar 2015 Location: Lefkada, Greece Posts: 969	Re: Video 2000 question Thanks for your answer. PAL and SECAM (dual system) V2000 VCRs don't exist? What's the full model number of your SECAM machine?

2nd Jun 2018, 12:06 pm	#4
TonyDuell Dekatron Join Date: Jun 2015 Location: Biggin Hill, London, UK. Posts: 5,213	Re: Video 2000 question There may well have been multi-system V2000 machines, I don't have one, but I am hardly an expert on such things. As for the model number of my SECAM machine, I will have to dig it out to check, but as far as I remember it was VR2022_with_the_Philips_suffix_for_France. Maybe VR2022/19

2nd Jun 2018, 12:36 pm	#6
dj_fivos_sak Heptode Join Date: Mar 2015 Location: Lefkada, Greece Posts: 969	Re: Video 2000 question France used SECAM-L. Quite a bit different from SECAM B/G which is what I'm looking for. I guess I have to look on the service manuals.

2nd Jun 2018, 12:38 pm	#7
cheerfulcharlie Heptode Join Date: May 2009 Location: Birmingham, West Midlands, UK. Posts: 708	Re: Video 2000 question It appears that some (all?) Grundig machines were 2 standard. https://www.radiomuseum.org/r/grundi...2x8_stere.html

2nd Jun 2018, 12:47 pm	#8
dj_fivos_sak Heptode Join Date: Mar 2015 Location: Lefkada, Greece Posts: 969	Re: Video 2000 question The model ends in "P/S" which stands for PAL/SECAM. I think the UK models end in "GB", which are PAL-only.