More TEAC CR-310 VHS-Based 10-Track Communications Recorder
More fiddling around with the TEAC CR-310 VHS-Based Communications Recorder
Link to Part 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZWNBfSyyCrw
00:00 – Preamble
01:45 – Looking at the Mechanism
07:27 – Audio on All 10 Channels
08:40 – Test Recordings on S-VHS Tape
12:15 – Frequency Response Tests
18:37 – Search Function Tests
22:49 – Timecode and Pilot Tones
24:00 – The CR-320 is a Film Star!
25:20 – Could the CR-310/320 be a Musical Instrument?
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I can see the pinch wheel would be easy to remove and clean
What did you accomplish by spraying the back side of the flywheels? The shaft bushings are underneath on the opposite side.
How does this system cope with the head switch changeover eack 25th second?
Type of thing would be ideal for recording multiple radio stations at once for monitoring/analytics
The timecode might be encoded across tracks to flag tampering .
absolutely useless knowledge, but I love it!