Recorder-player, video
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- OBJECT TYPE
- CASSETTE/VHS
- DATE
- 1980–1985
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1998.0050.001
- MANUFACTURER
- MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORP.
- MODEL
- HS-300U
- LOCATION
- Japan
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- U300 024388
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 4
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- METAL AND SYNTHETIC
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 50.0 cm
- Width
- 38.0 cm
- Height
- 16.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Communications
- Category
- Television
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- MITSUBISHI
- Country
- Japan
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- THIS ONE FROM 1981 TO THE 1990'S
- Canada
-
TYPE SAMPLE OF VCR AVAILABLE AND USED IN CANADA. - Function
-
USED TO RECORD AND PLAYBACK BOTH SOUND AND VISUAL IMAGES VIA STANDARD TELEVISION RECEIVERS. - Technical
-
MITSUBISHI WAS 1 OF 4 ORIGINAL JAPANESE MFGS. TO PRODUCE VHS-SYSTEMS UNDER LICENSE FROM JVC (1977). THIS VCR WAS THE 1ST TO HAVE A WIRELESS REMOTE CONTROL AS AN OPTION. IT ALSO USED AN INNOVATIVE MULTIMOTOR TECHNOLOGY SIMILAR TO AUDIO CASSETTE DECKS WHICH REPLACED ABOUT 700 PTS WITH ELECTRONIC PARTS. [REF 3] - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- PRINTED ON BACK: 'MITSUBISHI/ VIDEO CASSETTE RECORDER/ MODEL NO. HS-300U/ AC120V 60HZ 52W/ DISTRIBUTED BY/ MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC/ SALES AMERICA, INC./ 3030 EAST VICTORIS STREET/ COMPTON, CALIFORNIA 90221/ FCC TYPE APPROVAL/ NO. TV-687/ VALID ONLY WHEN OPERATED/ PURSUANT TO FCC RULES./ PART 15,/ TUNER CERTIFIED AS COMPLYING WITH FCC RULES, PART 15/ MANUFACTURED BY/ MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORP./ MADE IN JAPAN', 'MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION/ MANUFACTURED/ APRIL 19[?]1 MLKY', 'MITSUBISHI/ MODEL HS-300U/ SERIAL U300 024388', 'MITSUBISHI/ REMOTE CONTROL RECEIVER/ MODEL RK-300U/ DC 15V 0.9W', 'REMOTE SIGNAL', 'CONTROL SIGNAL/ FOR PROJECTOR'. ‘CAUTION/ THIS REMOTE / CONTROL RECEIVER/ IS DESIGNED FOR/ USE WITH MITSU-/ BISHI VCR MODEL/ NO. HS-300U ONLY'. ‘CSA [LOGO]/ STANDARD C22 2 NO 1 NORME/ HOME/ ENTERTAINMENT/ DEVICE/ APPAREIL DE/ DIVERTISSEMENT/ AU FOYER/ P 940601/ PRINTED IN CANADA'. ‘LISTED/ UL [LOGO]/ 536Y'. PRINTED AROUND PLUGS: ‘VHF/ IN OUT' ‘UHF/ IN/ OUT' ‘VIDEO AUDIO/ CAMERA/ PAUSE/ IN/ OUT'. PRINTED ON CASSETTE DRAWER: ‘VHS VIDEO CASSETTE RECORDER/ AFTER INSERTION OF A CASSETTE/ PRESS HERE FIRMLY/ EJECT'. DESIGNATIONS ON FRONT PANEL INCLUDES: ‘POWER DEW SELECT SPEED SEARCH EP FRAME PAUSE/STILL AUDIO/DUB REC REW PLAY FF STOP/ COUNTER/ VIDEO'; ‘TV VIDEO/ SLOW/ NOR/ 1/3/ 1/10/ COUNTER MEMORY'; ‘PROG/ REC' ‘STD EP/ PANEL LOCK TAPE SPEED TRACKING' ‘CAMERA TV/ INPUT/ MIC'.
- Missing
- APPEARS COMPLETE
- Finish
- FAUX WOOD ON SIDES; TOP GLOSSY SILVER PAINT; BACK AND FRONT BLACK WITH SILVER TRIM AND PRINTING.
- Decoration
- N/A
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MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORP., Recorder-player, video, circa 1980–1985, Artifact no. 1998.0050, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1998.0050.001/
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