Sanyo VTC-M40 Beta Hi-Fi - Servicing / Belts / Noisey reel drive motor - A real belter of a Betamax

This one's a little bit different insofar as we're looking at a Sanyo VTC-M40 Beta Hi-Fi machine from 1984. I do really like these machines and we'll be looking at the other one again and sorting the tracking control out on it. This one is also really clean and hasn't seen much use and it really does polish up nicely too. Link to the remote image file: https://tinyurl.com/mrbetabyte Hope you enjoyed this one and lots more to come including some outdoor fun if the weather ever clears up long enough! It's be great if you'd consider subscribing, sharing and the likes are very gratefully received too. Chapters: 00:00 Introduction 01:53 Testing 02:57 Top off and investigation 05:47 The fault materialises and screaming reel motor 07:11 Starcomponents belt kit from eBay 07:46 Changing the belts and idler tyres and reduce motor noise 25:23 Changing the front loading belt 30:10 Reassembly 32:59 Putting the front cover back on 33:50 Testing 36:23 Remote not working? 36:41 Trick for searching for the remote 38:12 Video capture direct from the M40 #sanyo #betamax #vcr #beta #video