It seems obvious to me why it's a twin record deck: you can record without interruptions, it offers the possibility to record to two tapes at the same time in order to have redudancy, and as a bonus it can be used to make copies of a tape. It's a nice deck, it would be nice to record live performances.
Interesting device. I'd say still fix it. My assumption is if you played that tape on the otherside the audio would have been tracks 3 and 4 and reversed.
the reason why it has 2 decks is so that the person being interviewed can have a copy to give to a solicitor, I have a recorded interview of a friend of mine handed to him after requesting a copy, both tapes have a timed voice over that will match the copy the police have
No - the funny thing is I put the tape in, in reverse, the first time I tried this. It was the same voices but incredibly quiet, and instead of track 1 it picked up on track 4. Realised the turned the tape round for the video, and reshot.
Wow, these will not have been cheap. Think about it, Sony/Akai/Pioneer etc, designed and made 100,000s for worldwide production. However, how many did this company sell ... maybe a few thousand, maybe ten thousand? I dunno. Awesome.
Sticking 240 up it was brave. You must have been born with jam on your arse! Have you thought about overclocking the motors? If you follow the leads from the speed selector switch on the back they will lead you to the very components that may enable it. Add some line outs and you've got a studio quality 4 track deck
Interesting Video Paul, I would’ve just spliced that bit of Tape to the end of the Tape that you removed from the Cassette if it was me but now knowing what was on it and the fact that it wasn’t super important and it worked with how you’d done it so job’s a good one as they say, I had to chuckle with the: “58008” in the Display, It took me a minute to work out what you were chuckling at and then I remembered the Calculators from back in the 70’s & 80’s, Glad to see that it worked with UK Voltage too! Anthony - Birmingham
Funnily enough I actually got the tape upside down the first time. It still played but it was on channels 3+4 and was very quiet (as it was playing from 'underneath'. I realised my mistake and corrected it for the video to get a successful playback
I have a saved search for the Sony BM-246 w the thought of finding someone who could convert it to a 4-track machine for creating music. Would be amazing to see you pull that off. Surely you couldn't record all 8 channels at once with your unit, right?
Of course the police didn't _want_ to have their interrogations of working-class suspects recorded but thankfully they were forced to do so by the Police and Criminal Evidence Act (1984).
@@pwrestoration They should be allowed to interrogate _you_ Batman style? The sheer scale of police incompetence and corruption should tell you how little we should trust that institution.
It seems obvious to me why it's a twin record deck: you can record without interruptions, it offers the possibility to record to two tapes at the same time in order to have redudancy, and as a bonus it can be used to make copies of a tape. It's a nice deck, it would be nice to record live performances.
It actually has a feature where it'll record on the left tape and then automatically continue on the right!
@@pwrestoration Yes, that perfectly suits its purpose! The build quality is impressive. Thanks for sharing.
Very good
I'd record the Crown Court theme on it.
Interesting device. I'd say still fix it. My assumption is if you played that tape on the otherside the audio would have been tracks 3 and 4 and reversed.
the reason why it has 2 decks is so that the person being interviewed can have a copy to give to a solicitor, I have a recorded interview of a friend of mine handed to him after requesting a copy, both tapes have a timed voice over that will match the copy the police have
It also will automatically rollover the recording to tape 2, quite snazzy
This would be great for producing analong vaporwave/signalwave stuff
Nice piece of kit, made for a very interesting video 👍
Was there any recording on the reverse side of that recovered tape?
No - the funny thing is I put the tape in, in reverse, the first time I tried this. It was the same voices but incredibly quiet, and instead of track 1 it picked up on track 4. Realised the turned the tape round for the video, and reshot.
Wow, these will not have been cheap. Think about it, Sony/Akai/Pioneer etc, designed and made 100,000s for worldwide production. However, how many did this company sell ... maybe a few thousand, maybe ten thousand? I dunno. Awesome.
Sticking 240 up it was brave. You must have been born with jam on your arse!
Have you thought about overclocking the motors? If you follow the leads from the speed selector switch on the back they will lead you to the very components that may enable it. Add some line outs and you've got a studio quality 4 track deck
That's an absolutely belting idea.. you might have inspired me there 😅
A really interesting video, thank you.
My favourite part was that very distant voice when turning it on. Great fun.
Maybe that was a ghostie in your house?
Super cool video, thanx!!!!!!
Interesting Video Paul, I would’ve just spliced that bit of Tape to the end of the Tape that you removed from the Cassette if it was me but now knowing what was on it and the fact that it wasn’t super important and it worked with how you’d done it so job’s a good one as they say, I had to chuckle with the: “58008” in the Display, It took me a minute to work out what you were chuckling at and then I remembered the Calculators from back in the 70’s & 80’s, Glad to see that it worked with UK Voltage too! Anthony - Birmingham
Did you check the other side of the Tape?
Plus I assume if you take the Key out then it would continue to record but no-one would be able to tamper with the Transport Buttons etc…?
Yes it locks the deck to whatever mode it's currently in 🙂
Funnily enough I actually got the tape upside down the first time. It still played but it was on channels 3+4 and was very quiet (as it was playing from 'underneath'. I realised my mistake and corrected it for the video to get a successful playback
@@pwrestoration Fair play and glad you managed to retrieve something from it! 🙂
It looks like a 1990s machine? Too many LSI chips to be 1970s or even 1980s?
Yes I think late 90s
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Always thought they used Neal tape decks in Police stations and Courts
Those were replaced by these.
I was hoping for something a bit more juicy on that tape Paul but I guess Kendal is maybe a bit cleaner than our squeaky clean boro. 😂
Me too! But it was fun to find out. I have no idea what to do with the deck now. Maybe it's just going on a shelf to look at 😅
@@pwrestoration I think you should take it to Mondays club night, record everyone and send out cassettes to everyone who missed it. 🤣
I have a saved search for the Sony BM-246 w the thought of finding someone who could convert it to a 4-track machine for creating music. Would be amazing to see you pull that off. Surely you couldn't record all 8 channels at once with your unit, right?
I think it's doable to be honest, it just needs the speed correcting and an RCA out plug fitting. It'll probably happen at some point 😅
Verry cool
Could the fault be as simple as a worn out pinch roller?
I think that's about exactly what it is for the side that had tape in. Only two things cause chewed tape, pinch rollers and faulty take up reels 🙂
Sub letting lol 😆 great work 👏
En vrai j'ai juste envie de dire prout. Prout !
Haha fart!?
Do the police still use these cassette decks and if so why.?
I'm not sure. I think they do record but have since gone digital. Cheaper decks by a company called Neal are readily available
i have a sharp rt 3151 for spares or repairs .
Very difficult to repair to be honest.
@@pwrestoration it works it was serviced but he forgot to change the belts
Was that half of 1.875 ips?
15/16 IPS is the fastest, so nearly an inch per second.
Of course the police didn't _want_ to have their interrogations of working-class suspects recorded but thankfully they were forced to do so by the Police and Criminal Evidence Act (1984).
They should be allowed to interrogate Batman style
@@pwrestoration They should be allowed to interrogate _you_ Batman style? The sheer scale of police incompetence and corruption should tell you how little we should trust that institution.
I bet the secret is it adds testimony that the defendant didn't say.