Sanyo Betacord VTC 5000 - UK Vintage Radio Repair and Restoration Discussion Forum

southsea1984 · 21st May 2014, 7:36 pm

Hi all

I acquired this machine today and the heads seemed a bit dirty. So I gave them a bit of a clean with an alcohol soaked cloth, which has often been successful in the past with other machines. Sure enough the heads are now clean, but my tapes are all playing too fast! They are playing at somewhere between 130-150% of normal speed. It was fine before I cleaned the heads. Might I have dislodges something??

Thanks

1955APREN · 21st May 2014, 10:49 pm

Hi
Nice to have you on the forum, did you also clean the audio control head as well as the video heads , are all the wires in place on the audio control head > this head is a fixed head to the right of the video heads . Hope these suggestion might help .
regards Derrick

21st May 2014, 7:36 pm	#1
southsea1984 Retired Dormant Member Join Date: May 2014 Location: London Posts: 1	Sanyo Betacord VTC 5000 Hi all I acquired this machine today and the heads seemed a bit dirty. So I gave them a bit of a clean with an alcohol soaked cloth, which has often been successful in the past with other machines. Sure enough the heads are now clean, but my tapes are all playing too fast! They are playing at somewhere between 130-150% of normal speed. It was fine before I cleaned the heads. Might I have dislodges something?? Thanks

21st May 2014, 10:49 pm	#2
1955APREN Hexode Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Market Drayton, Shropshire, UK. Posts: 486	Re: Sanyo Betacord VTC 5000 Hi Nice to have you on the forum, did you also clean the audio control head as well as the video heads , are all the wires in place on the audio control head > this head is a fixed head to the right of the video heads . Hope these suggestion might help . regards Derrick