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Pick an awesome username. Your profile's URL: hackaday. Max 25 alphanumeric characters. Last edited by orsetto; 27th Mar at Thanks for all the info everyone! Originally Posted by hech A flying erase head looks like any other head on the drum, so its difficult to identify.
To confirm it is in fact a flying erase head, you'd need the instruction book or mfr promotional brochure to claim it. Flying erase is a feature that often has no telltale external controls or indicators: you see its effect only when you edit a tape.
The special head also allows "insert" editing dropping a new segment into the middle of an existing recording with no disruption at the beginning or end.
The "insert" feature wasn't always officially implemented: if your VCR has it, the tipoff would be an "Insert" indicator light and possibly a couple extra buttons dedicated to it, used to set the start and end points of the dropped-in segment. The only head configurations that you can eyeball-confirm flying erase would be the odd-numbered drums that seem to have 5 or 7 heads. Typical four-head models combine the four video heads into what looks like two heads, plus the two separate hifi audio heads.
If you see a fifth head, its probably flying erase. Cylinders with 7 visible heads have additional or separated video heads, with the single leftover head again the flying erase. Multiples of the same VCR model will often track EP differently, so theres no guarantee any "recommended" model would be perfect for you. That said, Panasonic generally tends to be somewhat more forgiving with EP than JVC or Mitsubishi, and Sony is all over the damned place a few Sonys are good, most suck a tailpipe.
Sharp is OK with EP, the two-head models being better than 4-head for this task. Many generic 2-head models from LG, etc, are decent EP trackers. Perhaps the best EP trackers were the circa two-head models with big tracking thumbwheels, like the final top-load Panasonic-Quasar-Magnavox VCRs not the ancient piano-key models, but the third gen smaller sleeker ones that look like recent VCRs aside from top loading.
Next best would be Panasonic-Quasar-Magnavox two-head front loading models from the late '80s up until Check the the date label on the rear panel as a rough guide. Avoid the Panasonic variants, as these were unusually trouble prone few survive anyway: their loaders tended to self destruct irreparably the day after their day warranty expired.
Last edited by orsetto; 28th Mar at Do or do not. There is no "try. Contact Us VideoHelp Top. All times are GMT The time now is Perhaps retail pulls. But ive gone through hundreds in my life, and at least a dozen different models, all parallel 8 bit.
Some with 4 bit mode optional. Serial displays pulled from equipment have been rare in my experience. Of course I know they exist, but literally NO displays I pulled from something had serial. I shouls clarify i meant this HAD article, as related to displays.. The project articles are interesting with some quick history on obscure ish weather instruments. Well, this sent me on a web search for Zambretti weather forecaster.
I was hoping to find a Postscript or such file to print out a circular sliderule of one. Anybody know of one? He should add a filter over the VFD. They really help with visibility. Blue us what I usually use but green and even red works.
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