BARRY'S 8 TRACK REPAIR
My collection of video and test equipment
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Rack of (3) JVC BR-S822U
Professional Broadcast VCR's
and a JVC BR-7000U
JVC BR-S822U, showing its huge
size, cool swing-out control panel for
access to controls behind it, and
many control and editing features
JVC RM-G860U Editing Controller,
designed to control 2 players and
one recorder.  This unit is mainly
suited for use with the JVC units
shown on the left.  All functions on
all VCR's are done on this unit.
JVC BR-S800U Professional VCR
Same transport and specs as the
BR-S800U, without most of the
advanced editing features.  The
BR-S500U is a player only
Editing controller for the BR-S800U
and BR-S500U style VCR's,
Stack of 'em - all repaired
Sony SLO-1800 Professional Beta
Broadcast VCR.
(2) Alesis ADAT XT machines, for
syncing 16 tracks of digital audio
to the video - may be 24 tracks soon
JVC JX-SV55 Video Processor
Several Tentel gauges, especially
made for VCR adjustment
VCR Alignment Tapes
Sencore VC93 VCR Analyzer
( I have 4 of these )
Sencore VA-62 Video Analyzer
Sencore VA-48 Video Analyzer
Vectorscope and Logic Analyzer
"Broadway" on my bench - the gear
I use most often for VCR repair.
Tektronix 7704A Oscilloscope
with plug-in modules that can be
changed for different applications
HP military oscilloscope
Toshiba 50" Projection TV
SMPTE Time Code Equipment
Pioneer VP-1000 Laser Disc Player
HP 3325A Function Generator, on
top of a Tektronix TM-506 mainframe
with 3 power supplies, frequency
counter, function generator and DMM
Back tension gauges (3)
Torque gauges (2)
Reel height gauges (3)
Video head protrusion gauge to
estimate remaining head life hours
Wow and Flutter Meter
JVC Torque Meter Tapes
JVC Alignment Tapes
Sony Beta Alignment/Torque Tapes
Note - a few more pieces can be found by clicking the "VCR's" button above