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1980

Technical

8600 4-head block

Tape transport is sluggish / fails to rewind Internally the VCR contains many drive belts which are used in the mechanics of tape transport. With age these belts become slack causing malfunctions and when this happens the whole lot should be replaced. In particular for the rewind function you will need to replace a tyre on the supply reel. Audio not erased when recording The bias oscillator had a tendency to fail in this model.

Quick fault guide

Fault	Solution
Drive belts slack on my Toshiba V-8600B.	New drive belt kit (SL-C6) I think, for my V-8600B, sorry to bombard yourselves with emails as well, just glad you are there and I might be able to get it going again after all this time its been in my wardrobe. Best regards and nice site, Pete Branson, email address - peter.branson@sky.com ,I need the belt kit SL-C6 please
Drive belts slack on my Toshiba V-8600B.	Drive belts slack on my Toshiba V-8600B. New drive belt kit (SL-C6) I think, for my V-8600B, sorry to bombard yourselves with emails as well, just glad you are there and I might be able to get it going again after all this time its been in my wardrobe. Best regards and nice site, Pete Branson, email address - peter.branson@sky.com ,I need the belt kit SL-C6 please
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Many thanks to James Copp-Taylor James.Copptaylor@csm.uwe.ac.uk for providing information and picture of this model.