The mechanism which drives the front loading carriage and also drives the lacing rings on Sony Betamax machines, is fascinating.
The pinch roller solenoid acts upon a set of planetary gears. It's like magic. Until it breaks down. Today we're working on a multistandard SL-T30, but the same mechanism is used in many Sony Betamax video recorders.
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00:00 Introduction
00:42 Fault
04:00 Dismantle
05:43 Falls apart
06:26 Glue and reassemble
07:14 Fail
08:28 Mistimed mess
09:11 Test and demonstrate
15:22 Conclusion