Grundig 2x4 Super
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This third-generation Grundig V2000 machine was a "proper" slimline front-loader, little larger than modern machines (though a great deal heavier!). It looks spectacular in its gold trim, and had some nice features - a time remaining display, for example, which showed how much time was left on the tape.
Like the Philips V2000 machines, the remote control
was an optional extra, and required the add-on receiver
module on the side, connected by a fly-lead to a socket
on the back. The controls are unlike modern machines, being labelled "PICTURE SEARCH" (cue and review), "STOP" (pause), "PLAYBACK", "REWIND", "FF WIND", "TAPE" (stop) and "CASSETTE" (eject). The illuminated symbols on these buttons are also non-standard. |
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The deck continued this Grundig tradition of
unfaothomability with a timer programming system which
was also nearly impossible to understand. Despite
countless attempts we never did manage to program it
without the manual, the only machine to have defeated us
in the entire museum! It was also very unforgiving; if you took longer than 15 seconds to press the next key, the entire program would be erased and you had to start all over again. |
Like the Grundig 2x4 and 2x4 plus, The Super also
used the Betamax-style C-lacing, with a loading ring
surrounding the head drum. Note also the circuit extending from the edge of the mechanism to the centre of the drum; this carries the video information to the rotating head, transferring it using metal brushes pressing against copper rings. This is an unusual method, as physical contacts are very prone to noise and interferance. Most other video systems transfer the information magnetically, using coils. |
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