@Chenoholic88 I do have recordings on VHS of TV shows I recorded from the late 80's/early 90's but they would be at my parents house. They would just be of the TV shows I liked to watch. I don't know that I often recorded the news.
Sony had a prroblem with the drum When you rewind the tape the tape touch continue the drum and damage them. if 4 betamaxes in the time and all havesimulair the same problem .
even my first vhs is still running everyday.
the picturquality is betamax better than vhs but rebiatly wins vhs.
Your SL-2400 likely requires repair or replacement of the tracking control potentiometer.
The potentiometers used in this and similar models are prone to failure, specifically the wiper can break off the knob in the assembly, breaking an electrical connection in the tracking circuit, which causes the VCR to act erratically in play (wow and flutter in sound and occasional "hiccup" in the picture).
Of course, normal service may also be required as well.
As another poster mentioned, chances are the caps on the capstan speed board are shot causing the flutter and variable speed. This is a dirt common problem with the Betamax SL series. Just about every SL series machine found today has this problem... but yours is about the best playing one I've seen in a long time.
it was a promotional video by Sony. Also, if i remember well it had also clips of Rocky 3 (the one with Mr. T) does anyone remember that, and if that video is available to watch on youtube?
Was that video entitled "Beta hi-fi SHOW TIME!!" by any chance? Because if it was, I've uploaded all the Sony sales pitches from that video onto my channel!
(I didn't upload any of the movie highlights due to copyright restrictions. It featured 2 James bond clips, a Rocky 3 clip, and some horse racing clip)
@Teraforce88 yes that was the video i'm was talking about, i've searched for that for ages! also, the VCR i had was the Betamax SL-20, the same that appears in the beginning of the film
thanks for the video.i had (well, my dad) had one similar to this but i don't remember it having that part with all the blue color buttons. i really can't remember if it was an European version or South Afrikan version,my that was there during that period.Also the VCR came with a tape with promotional video from Sony, and it had bits of a James Bond movie,where he is in helicopter controled remotly by a vilan and then he gains control of it and catches the vilan and throws him to a chamine...
I used to have the model similar to this. The only difference is the remote. Mine had the wired remote. Everything else is the same right up to the picture issues. I never could figure out the problem.
Did you ever get the wow and flutter problem straightened out? I have the same problem with my SLHF-40 and want to resolve it and get to the bottom of what may be causing it. Adjusting tracking and other things like are not doing the trick!
Interesting! Ihad to get my 400 fixed in 2005 and when I got it back there was wow and flutter with some but not all tapes, so I don't think that may be the case. In fact, the person servicing it said that the power supply was bad among other problems and he said he fixed them all. I paid a pretty price for it getting fixed!
Hey there Chad, I don't know if you saw my video, but I got the problem with the SL-2000 resolved. It is working fine with cable, and am starting to resume recording on Betamax! I haven't found much in the way of retro stuff in a while but lan on doing some looking soon when things calm down a bit.
@retrochad I haven't looked into this problem yet. I use to find alot of these SL-2400 and SL-2300 models back in the 90's from flea markets. They had off speed playback problems and was able to adjust the pot switches and get the speed on, but then wasn't able to adjust the tracking and the wow and flutter would not go away on these. I was told there are faulty electrolytics in the power supply that causes this. As far as i gone recently is looking at the servo board and seeing those blue
Sanyo electrolytics as the SL-5000 does. I was not able to figure out any problems due to the VCR having other issues not related to this. If i inquire another one of these with this problem, first thing i would do is, replace the electrolytics in the power supply circuit and then the blue Sanyo caps on the servo board and see if that problem is resolved.. This was the series after the 5000 series and both series are all common playback issues, 5000 series more so than the 2300, 2400 series.
While cleaning his room, a friend of mine handle me a large and glossy full color brochure vividly advertising this SL-2400 circa 1983!
I was some curious about how it worked and search some on the internet and found this video clip!
Thank you for sharing original poster!
Back to the 80's it was outrageously expensive trying to buy any of these imported "hi-tech" here in Peru (South America) because of the hyper-inflation and the US dollar was strong!
write to 'cassettemaster' (a youtube user) asking him why suddenly appears wow and flutter in your stored new betamax from sony. He knows about these machines
that wow and flutter is probably the caps on the capstan speed board my sl-5000 does the same thing. only much worse but every new capacitor makes it a little bit better lol.
Panadol! Man I had forgotten all about that pain relief medicine. Those commercials sure bring back memories. We got our first vcr in 1983 and it was a JVC VHS model that actually still works to this day (my mom has it but rarely uses it any more). Thanks for posting this here.
i have always wanted a betamax player! Especially a Sony. In fact I just sold a 46" Sony this evening at work (Sears). Its amazing to think how far they have come!
My Grandad had one of those! His had a remote. Does this one still have the remote? I've got a Sanyo Betamax out in the shed I need to get out to see if it'll still work.
Well hopefully it'll turn up! I did get my Sanyo Betacord out of the shed, and got it working for the most part. I only ruined 1 tape in the process! It's from March 1985, and needs a heavy duty cleaning before I play a good tape in it. I'm sure I have some old commercials on my tapes!
What would be a good betamax VCR to try and track down if you want to transfer betamax to digital? Still got some tapes that need to be put on dvd. Did they ever make a stereo hifi model in betamax?
Check to see if you have a bad tracking control on some of these units the control opened and it acted like a dirty contrrol/audio head.Also check the capstan shaft and pinch roller asembly.
Check the belt Chad, Im sure it would be something that isnt moving that freely anymore. These machines love to run & run, they just keep going. Just a suggestion but you may want to loosen up your tapes to by fast forwarding and rewinding them.
yo tambien quiero un betamax!!
JoseFloresOficial 2 months ago
@Chenoholic88 I do have recordings on VHS of TV shows I recorded from the late 80's/early 90's but they would be at my parents house. They would just be of the TV shows I liked to watch. I don't know that I often recorded the news.
retrochad 4 months ago
Reagan administration???!!! El salvador???!!! Johnny Carson???!!! Sweet 80s memories! Greatest decade ever!
RAIDERS58th 6 months ago
VHS is better as betamax
Sony had a prroblem with the drum When you rewind the tape the tape touch continue the drum and damage them. if 4 betamaxes in the time and all havesimulair the same problem .
even my first vhs is still running everyday.
the picturquality is betamax better than vhs but rebiatly wins vhs.
sorry for my bad englisch life in netherlands
dannyjaar 1 year ago
Love the Betamax and 80's commercials! I was born in 84 so I love all things 80's
xmaddict 1 year ago
Did you ever fix this beta?
3y3tiger 1 year ago
good old Beta, wish I could afford it... damn "vintage hoarders" jacked up the prices...
Sansui350A 1 year ago
c7..c8 caps ..ic3 chip plus lower drum
azshaw123 1 year ago
c8-c7..caps..ic3 chip lower drum alighnment ..audio control adjustment helps also
azshaw123 1 year ago
Your SL-2400 likely requires repair or replacement of the tracking control potentiometer.
The potentiometers used in this and similar models are prone to failure, specifically the wiper can break off the knob in the assembly, breaking an electrical connection in the tracking circuit, which causes the VCR to act erratically in play (wow and flutter in sound and occasional "hiccup" in the picture).
Of course, normal service may also be required as well.
Watcher3223 1 year ago
Very cool finding a Betamax in the box!
As another poster mentioned, chances are the caps on the capstan speed board are shot causing the flutter and variable speed. This is a dirt common problem with the Betamax SL series. Just about every SL series machine found today has this problem... but yours is about the best playing one I've seen in a long time.
joplinmacfan 2 years ago
my mistake..after some search i found that i had the Sony Betamax SL-20
PopyFm 2 years ago
it was a promotional video by Sony. Also, if i remember well it had also clips of Rocky 3 (the one with Mr. T) does anyone remember that, and if that video is available to watch on youtube?
PopyFm 2 years ago
Was that video entitled "Beta hi-fi SHOW TIME!!" by any chance? Because if it was, I've uploaded all the Sony sales pitches from that video onto my channel!
(I didn't upload any of the movie highlights due to copyright restrictions. It featured 2 James bond clips, a Rocky 3 clip, and some horse racing clip)
Teraforce88 2 years ago
@Teraforce88 yes that was the video i'm was talking about, i've searched for that for ages! also, the VCR i had was the Betamax SL-20, the same that appears in the beginning of the film
PopyFm 2 years ago
thanks for the video.i had (well, my dad) had one similar to this but i don't remember it having that part with all the blue color buttons. i really can't remember if it was an European version or South Afrikan version,my that was there during that period.Also the VCR came with a tape with promotional video from Sony, and it had bits of a James Bond movie,where he is in helicopter controled remotly by a vilan and then he gains control of it and catches the vilan and throws him to a chamine...
PopyFm 2 years ago
I used to have the model similar to this. The only difference is the remote. Mine had the wired remote. Everything else is the same right up to the picture issues. I never could figure out the problem.
pcwalker 2 years ago
Did you ever get the wow and flutter problem straightened out? I have the same problem with my SLHF-40 and want to resolve it and get to the bottom of what may be causing it. Adjusting tracking and other things like are not doing the trick!
manyvideoinerests 2 years ago
No I haven't got the problem fixed yet...I'm thinking it may be bad capacitors similar to the problem in other Betamax units.
retrochad 2 years ago
Interesting! Ihad to get my 400 fixed in 2005 and when I got it back there was wow and flutter with some but not all tapes, so I don't think that may be the case. In fact, the person servicing it said that the power supply was bad among other problems and he said he fixed them all. I paid a pretty price for it getting fixed!
manyvideoinerests 2 years ago
Hey there Chad, I don't know if you saw my video, but I got the problem with the SL-2000 resolved. It is working fine with cable, and am starting to resume recording on Betamax! I haven't found much in the way of retro stuff in a while but lan on doing some looking soon when things calm down a bit.
manyvideoinerests 2 years ago
@retrochad I haven't looked into this problem yet. I use to find alot of these SL-2400 and SL-2300 models back in the 90's from flea markets. They had off speed playback problems and was able to adjust the pot switches and get the speed on, but then wasn't able to adjust the tracking and the wow and flutter would not go away on these. I was told there are faulty electrolytics in the power supply that causes this. As far as i gone recently is looking at the servo board and seeing those blue
thevintagelectronics 10 months ago
Sanyo electrolytics as the SL-5000 does. I was not able to figure out any problems due to the VCR having other issues not related to this. If i inquire another one of these with this problem, first thing i would do is, replace the electrolytics in the power supply circuit and then the blue Sanyo caps on the servo board and see if that problem is resolved.. This was the series after the 5000 series and both series are all common playback issues, 5000 series more so than the 2300, 2400 series.
thevintagelectronics 10 months ago
i love the mountain dew comercial!
1944johndeerel 2 years ago
What a neat Betamax step back in time!
While cleaning his room, a friend of mine handle me a large and glossy full color brochure vividly advertising this SL-2400 circa 1983!
I was some curious about how it worked and search some on the internet and found this video clip!
Thank you for sharing original poster!
Back to the 80's it was outrageously expensive trying to buy any of these imported "hi-tech" here in Peru (South America) because of the hyper-inflation and the US dollar was strong!
cesardominguez 2 years ago
write to 'cassettemaster' (a youtube user) asking him why suddenly appears wow and flutter in your stored new betamax from sony. He knows about these machines
mangadehi 2 years ago
Didn't they have one of these in the movie Wall-e?
TheTheErdfg 2 years ago
OMG they did have one of those in Wall-e, I actually never noticed ( no I am not sarcastic) LOL :)
MRLOL785 2 years ago
The one in Wall-E is an SL-7200. I haven't seen it in a while and I didn't really notice really that much.
MRLOL785 2 years ago
e defect ..fluctuatie de viteza!!!!!!!!!!!!
MrAlcatraz2009 2 years ago
ive always wanted a betamax
bmtimv 2 years ago
Try eBay or a flea market, bmtimv, they tend to go for aound $80- 300 US.
MRLOL785 2 years ago
Love those little channel preset knobs. I remember those on my old mono Panasonic VCR from May 1985 ($350 new).
gli7utubeo 2 years ago
6/5 for awesome.
SkippyYTUK 2 years ago
Do they still make Bteamax tapes? If so or not where did you get that one?
IAmNotAFunguy 3 years ago
If so you would probably have to buy them on the internet in large batches
bmtimv 2 years ago
Looks great, Sony made and still makes pretty good stuff. That box is probably worth just as much as the player now, judging by those Ebay prices.
raymondleeleggs 3 years ago
that wow and flutter is probably the caps on the capstan speed board my sl-5000 does the same thing. only much worse but every new capacitor makes it a little bit better lol.
phantom3rdchannel 3 years ago
Thanks a lot for the suggestions, I will make sure and check it out. I may try using the ESR meter on the caps.
retrochad 3 years ago
i really enjoyed this video, brings back all those memories.
madmomentsgo 3 years ago
That was great!!
789trebor 3 years ago
That is so cool!
AllAmericanFiveRadio 3 years ago
Panadol! Man I had forgotten all about that pain relief medicine. Those commercials sure bring back memories. We got our first vcr in 1983 and it was a JVC VHS model that actually still works to this day (my mom has it but rarely uses it any more). Thanks for posting this here.
storrs19 3 years ago
Colorado's Channel 4?!?!?!?!?!
LOL at MOUNTAIN DEW... OMG..... thats sold!
and the NBC N logo... wow thats before my time
you said 1983 right?
cmarlow480 3 years ago
i have always wanted a betamax player! Especially a Sony. In fact I just sold a 46" Sony this evening at work (Sears). Its amazing to think how far they have come!
rulebritannia1991 3 years ago
I hate Mountain Dew but I like that commercial!
vwestlife 3 years ago
a good looking vcr and tv,both mint . i too love old early 80s commercials.
me748 3 years ago
Thanks! They used so many singing jingles for things back then which I just loved!
retrochad 3 years ago
I love those commercials. I wouldn't mind having a couple of those air fresheners either.
kjm1983 3 years ago
Those "pretty as a picture" air fresheners really have a retro style!
retrochad 3 years ago
My Grandad had one of those! His had a remote. Does this one still have the remote? I've got a Sanyo Betamax out in the shed I need to get out to see if it'll still work.
dynatrak 3 years ago
For some reason I can't seem to find the remote! I will have to look some more for it.
retrochad 3 years ago
Well hopefully it'll turn up! I did get my Sanyo Betacord out of the shed, and got it working for the most part. I only ruined 1 tape in the process! It's from March 1985, and needs a heavy duty cleaning before I play a good tape in it. I'm sure I have some old commercials on my tapes!
dynatrak 3 years ago
What would be a good betamax VCR to try and track down if you want to transfer betamax to digital? Still got some tapes that need to be put on dvd. Did they ever make a stereo hifi model in betamax?
kmi187 3 years ago
Yes there were Beta Hi-Fi models....however I don't have any, just the mono models.
retrochad 3 years ago
Check to see if you have a bad tracking control on some of these units the control opened and it acted like a dirty contrrol/audio head.Also check the capstan shaft and pinch roller asembly.
tmnt220 3 years ago
Jessica Savitch--now there's a sad, sad story. Going thru those tapes must be like going through a time capsule.
batterymaker 3 years ago
AWESOME!! Man I love old commercials too!
It's cool seeing them on youtube, but having a videotape of old commercials is even more awesome!
wilkes85 3 years ago
A while ago I took all my old beta tapes and dubbed all the commercials onto one tape...Wish I could find it!
retrochad 3 years ago
GASP!!! that looks identical to mine!
1944johndeerel 3 years ago
Check the belt Chad, Im sure it would be something that isnt moving that freely anymore. These machines love to run & run, they just keep going. Just a suggestion but you may want to loosen up your tapes to by fast forwarding and rewinding them.
StereoFidelity 3 years ago
I will need to open it up and check everything...not sure how long it has been since this machine was used.
retrochad 3 years ago
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StereoFidelity 3 years ago
I hope you find one! It's always exciting to see what's on the old tapes.
retrochad 3 years ago
i dont get why they have the tape connter minute thingy
Durken316 3 years ago
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MRLOL785 1 year ago
@StereoFidelity Sanyo never made a model similar to this. Sanyo produced there own Beta VCRS. No similarities to any of the Sony Betamax VCRS.
thevintagelectronics 10 months ago
I miss the 80's
rompn4x 3 years ago