Road trip to collect £76k Sony SRW-5500 HDCAM-SR recorder (+ Philips VR2324 + Panasonic SVHS)

We have always wanted to get our hands on a HDCAM-SR video recorder. Also collect some other goodies. In return for this, we've made a useful donation to Ukraine Humanitarian Appeal: https://donation.dec.org.uk/ukraine-h... Audio and video transfers: https://www.video99.co.uk/ Please support us on Patreon   / video99couk   or Paypal to [email protected] Patreon members often get to view videos early. Music “Let It Run” with permission, copyright Cristie/MacFarlane. Sorry I do not offer an audio or video equipment repair service. 00:00 Introduction 01:28 Arrive and test HDCAM 16:38 Philips VR2324 V2000 video recorder 17:40 NV-HS950 and NV-FS88 SVHS decks 18:37 See Chris Squires very quickly 19:47 SRW-5500 back on workbench 29:54 Conclusion Hint: After changing the battery on a HDCAM-SR: Turn on the power of the unit while holding down the [0], [SET], and [CLR] keys simultaneously. Keep down the keys until the confirmation sound is beeped. This operation initializes the NV-RAM without a system error caused by its data loss. (The setting is reset to the value fixed in the ROM.) If you don't do this then you may find the machine behaves strangely and keeps forgetting settings, such as going into REMOTE 2 (50P) mode at each power up.