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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Hi George </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Television New Zealand use to have a total of
6 AVR1s and 6 ACR25s. All of the machines were fitted with invisible
infrared leds in the Vacuum Columns.....a mod which proved to be 100%
reliable. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>However </FONT><FONT size=2 face=Arial>I
recollect a disaster one day when a photographer from a local newspaper decided
to take a picture of an ACR25 while it was on air playing a commercial
break. The flash from the camera upset the servos causing instant
destruction of the tapes in both transports.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Regards</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Peter Ford</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial><FONT size=3 face="Times New Roman">>Not too
long ago I had a reel servo problem on an AVR-1. In <BR>>
troubleshooting it I wondered if all the lamps in the Vac Cols were
<BR>> lit. Problem was someone had replaced the lamps with IR Led's and
I <BR>> couldn't see a damn thing. </FONT><BR></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV>>George Keller<BR></DIV>
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