Shibaden SV-700 Video Recorder Test

I'm repairing this video recorder for a friend. It was made circa 1968 and still works quite well. It definitely needs a new capstan belt though, which I hope to get.

There were two things wrong with it, a snapped capstan belt and the head drum servo wasn't synchronising to the video source. I probed around on the servo board and found a trace had gone open. Shorting it with a piece of wire got it working again.

This unit contains no integrated circuits, just germanium and silicon transistors and discrete components. This makes things a lot easier to fix, but also makes the unit very heavy.

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• Shibaden SV-700
• Japanese
• video
• recorder
• 1968

[moojuiceuk]

I've always wanted to get my hands on an old reel to reel VTR. Ideally with a box of tapes with lost BBC comedy and missing Dr Who episodes :)

[256byteram]

@moojuiceuk That would be amazing.

[LunaVorax]

Me today >:(

Me after seeing 256byteram posted a new video :D

[256byteram]

@LunaVorax You're welcome.

[pdmillar]

Get two of them and thread the same tape across both of them to make a video delay line

[pdmillar]

I always wanted to find one of these 1/2" VTRs but I have no idea what I'd actually do with it

[sqftsteve]

My family got our first VCR in 1981, and I thought that WE we early video recording adopters. LOL