This one's a little bit different insofar as we have not one but two Sanyo VTC6500 Betacord 'Betamax' machines. Only Sony officially used the Betamax name with other manufacturers using Betacord or just simply Beta.

Both are great machines but one needs some servicing while the other is perfect but has a 'membrane' issue. Part 2 will have belt and idler plus servicing of one of the decks plus a solution for the membrane (it isn't really a membrane rather a sheet of thin plastic covering normal tactile buttons to make it look more modern than these were!)

Had some definite brain fog with this one too although I always seem to struggle with the pinch roller assembly arm spring placement at the best of times! No idea why!

Intro sequence by ‪@ArtDemon‬

Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
01:55 Initial check through
03:20 Mains plug fun!
03:55 First power on and test
06:00 Looking at the second VTC6500
06:20 The plan!
07:03 An odd issue with the VTC6500
08:57 The top board plastic mount
09:38 Making one decent machine out of the two for now pending belts!
12:12 First playback test of the better VTC6500 (They're both lovely!)
15:14 Power supply removal and STK removal and applying heatsink compound
21:05 Checking under the machine's bottom cover
22:49 That squeaky guide roller!
24:00 Pinch roller removal, resurfacing and replacement
32:06 Final checks and tests
35:16 Mucky lacing ring!

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