Sony Betamax SL-HF100ES video recorder - servo repair and some common issues run through.

This is a rather nice Sony SLHF100ES with some common issues that these machines all seem to be having these days. You may know from other videos that I'm not so much of a fan of the HF100 due to various reliability issues and niggly faults that these seem to suffer with but I've done enough of them now to know where the weak points are, what to look for and what needs doing to make these machines reliable.

Sorry for the longer than maybe it should be section on the Servisol product - not sponsored or anything but I know a lot of techies don't like their products, partly due to them causing damage and I guess this is no different on the wrong type of print/ casing.

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Chapters

00:15 Introduction
01.20 Checking for faults
03:36 Internal checks
05:53 Removing the power supply
10:45 Replacing all the capacitors (sped up)
14:34 Servo board repairs
17:34 Starting the clean up
34:14 Improving the reliability of the rear A/V sockets
21:10 Deck checks and servicing
23:02 Removing and cleaning the upper drum
26:11 Lacing loading gear check and servicing
30:00 How I clean the two pop-up loading ring guides
31:31 Final checks

#betamax #sony #mrbetabyte #vcr

[scottgilson]

Another excellent video, thanks so much.

[petersmith]

Very nice video thanks and you have just helped me get an old one going again...and yes if you see a Sanyo caps in any of the Sony Videos change it! xxx

[schnullertroll]

Hello, very nice repair video. Which cleaner do you use for cleaning the components and boards? Isopropanol?

[DJNaumes]

any clear video showing how to clean betamax heads? have several VCRs and used to clean them up, but no luck with BETAs

[ahmetsenay]

What is the solution to the middle stained folding of the first video you showed?

[bobsbits]

hi that 99 video posted a video about the beta formats and he run down the VHS format and now bad the format is

he did say the cost of the last beta decks the one with the 3 boys at the start of the video'
i will say there still alot of betacam on here i just had a betacam 1800 uvw that was not listed right

some times i pick one up thanks for showing the head tester i know they were a round

i have to get one some time my mate picks up alot of video decks
i save alot of money when he have decks come in

i have 2 heads for a sony A500p that is ok not pulled of the deck yet i keep the head drum out as one
thing

i have to test to video heads with the tested so i know what decks i can work on first

black money con don't full me bob

[RandomVideoFan]

you need to remove the case and all other boards, to get the servo board loose? really get me trouble to reach it

[bobsbits]

hi been buying in alot of gear i am finding there's alot not on ebay any more i started looking in to ADAT recorders as they are going for low money
next month i start on the 100ub i have i find there's not alot of good betamax tapes there's alot of betacam tapes

i wish the head could take the hard tapes sorry big fan of the betacam they don't go down like betamax