Sony SL-HF100 HiFi Betamax - 'Not loading/ lacing' Part 1

This ones a little bit different insofar as we're looking at a Sony SL-HF100 Betamax - the first consumer BetaHiFi machine in the UK and Europe. This one is quite tired and is going to need quite a bit of TLC to bring it back to life and working well again but in part 1, we make good progress. Chapters: 00:00 Introduction 00:45 Issues and what we'll fixing 02:21 Mains plug 02:48 Changing the split lacing gear 10:15 Resurfacing the upper drum 15:25 Completing the loading/ lacing reassembly 20:15 Power supply - changing capacitors 23:33 First test after power supply and loading issue 24:00 Not lacing 25:55 Playback test and another issue! 26:47 Adjustment to get the deck to lace 28:15 Swapping the YC28 board with a good one as a test 30:00 First diagnostics for the colour issue 31:22 Changing the power supply capacitors in the can 35:40 The whistle from the power supply is gone! 36:43 Leaky capacitors... 37:29 Colour fault first checks #betamax #vcr #sony #mrbetabyte