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Manual for Sony Betamax SL-3030 VTR?
I hauled out our venerable Sony SL-3030 Beta machine after a long hiatus and discovered that it won't accept a cassette. It is powering up, both with the front switch and the little auto-switch that engages when you insert a cassette. At the point where you expect the machine to wake up and pull in the cassette, nothing happens. I don't see anything obviously broken or hanging up in the levers & gizmos that are visible from above (without pulling out the chassis). I don't see any fuses in easy reach except for one soldered onto a board near the rear, and that one tests OK.
Any chance of getting a service manual? A quick Internet search revealed nothing at the Sony site (ha-ha) and the usual evil manual hucksters. Thanks for any help. We are housecleaning and I want to play (at least briefly) a multitude of old tapes before disposing of them, just in case we recorded something priceless over what's scribbled on the label. Regards, Phil Nelson Phil's Old Radios http://antiqueradio.org/index.html |
I don't have your model, Phil, but I do have the following service manuals:
AG-300 Cassette Changer for Betamax SL-3000 (not close, I presume, as it is a portable model, mates with HVC-1000) SL-5400 SL-7200 SL-8200 VO-1800 VP-1000 Gimme a chance to check, and I'll see what my buddies have here locally. Cheers, |
Thanks, it would be nice to get this unit working again. This is the sort of problem that makes you think it's a simple fix.
Phil Nelson |
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