Sony SL-C7 Resurrection after 12 years in storage 

The beautiful Sony SL-C7 wow, I still have the SL-C5 new in the original box. Unfortunately, it also needs a lot of maintenance, so maybe I'll tackle that this year. Last year I revived 9 Betamax for my collection

I had a C7 when I was at school. I remember cycling the 10 miles from Gloucester to Tewkesbury to get a set of heads for it.

I got an SL-F1UB Betamax in 1984. I find the US pronunciation "Bayta" odd! ... I've always pronounced it "Beeta" ... Baytamax / Beetamax Dew is one of first things you learn about VTR / VCR. I learned it 45 years ago! ... Surely the VCR has a dew sensor? Many have heaters too. NEVER operate a VCR / VTR when moving it from a cold place to a warm place. Always allow the machine to warm up to room temperature. In 45 years I've NEVER had a dew problem. On the tape was Doctor Who "Nightmare Of Eden" (1979) with Fourth Doctor, Tom Baker, and Geoffrey Hinsliff (Don Brennan in Coronation Street), and David Daker (Boon).

Thanks for the video! Great machine good quality this vintage Betamax from Sony! Greets from Marcel The Netherlands Europe 👍

Beautiful machine! Thanks for the video, we used to have the SL 5000.

I have repaired many of these machines. I always found that the C5/6/7 gave excellent picture quality. One good thing about this generation was the use of the three piece drum, [lower, middle, and upper]. it helped reduce frictional losses during FF and REW. The later two piece drum design would cause excess drag across the upper drums when they began to wear. In the SL-C9 and the SL-F1 portable that used direct drive reel motors, the worn upper drums would cause the tape tension to go beserk during FF and REW causing a knocking effect. I have a soft spot for machines from this era.

💯⭐️🇹🇷👍 I have nearly 100 betamax and vhs devices in stock, nearly 10,000 betamax and vhs tapes, these are excellent devices and tapes.

My parents had a Sony Betamax (from I think 1983) with exactly the same case, but a slightly different color scheme, a lighter grey.

Nice Video. 😀

Always admired the C7 in the very early 80's but ended up buying a newly released C9 for £699 in December 1982. Looked fantastic and had great still and slow mo but within 5 years (and not even heavy use) the heads started going and then the front loading mechansim broke. Swapped to VHS and never had any problems with any VHS machines - all of which recorded many, many more hours than the C9.

Thanks for the video good Machine

hi you are very right about money pits this why i went over to betacam decks because it's easy to use decks as parts yes i have alot o working betacam sp decks note i have 14 beta hi fi stereo deck that are very ill why i use betacam sp high speed liner sound and there 4 channel as well

はじめまして、失礼致します。私の好きな型番はSL- J9 です。❤👍 Hello, please excuse me. My favorite model number is SL-J9. ❤👍

All I see on that box is S club 7

hi i had adat recorders of ebay all that been bad is the headare not clean i use the same cleaning tip as you do i up set my mate the sony 950 i time bomb waiting to go bad the hall ic' i call it he played over £600 for it i picked up a pallet of juck betamax decks john had 1/2 of them i had rest he had the 5000 decks yes i got the better deal later on i picked up a full working betacam digi a500p for a £100 i went to a place called kings wood ex hire place to pick up the deck GOLD MINE very seen any video in one place very you have just out video i have 60 easy working betacam decks from the hire place i had 2 eu pallets f betacam sp decks i put alot of hrs fixing them up i do have betamax decks reel to reel soundcraft 760 brenell mini 8 are my bag any thing i can get parts for