General Information

Serial #

20667

Part Number

1

Total Parts

2

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

Metal & synthetic materials of construction; red-brown & black synthetic covering on case; brushed silver metal trim.

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

45.0 cm

Width

40.0 cm

Height

22.0 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Communications

Category

Television

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Sony

Country

Japan

State/Province

Unknown

City

Tokyo

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

This type of unit introduced in 1970.

Canada

Example of video equipment used for instructional purposes in a Canadian university in the period before the introduction of compact video cassette formats.

Function

To record, dub and perform simple audio editing on video tape.

Technical

The Sony AV-3650 was sold at the same time as the AV-3600 EIAJ-1 monochrome recorder. More expensive, the portable AV-3650 could be used to record, dub and perform simple editing with a capstan servo electronics editing system. This process allows the playback signal from a recorded tape to lock into the incoming sync or composite signal, allowing editing to proceed without disturbing the flow of vertical sync. (Ref. 1)

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

"SONY" appears in raised print on plate fixed to one side panel. "SONY/ VIDEOCORDER/ AV-3650/ AC 120 V 60Hz 70W/ SERIAL NO. 20667/ SONY CORP./ TOKYO JAPAN/ [ISO & CSA logos]/ "THIS VIDEO TAPE RECORDER/ IS NOT TO BE USED TO RECORD/ COPYRIGHTED WORKS." and "CAUTION/ DISCONNECT/ SUPPLY CORD/ BEFORE/ CHANGING FUSE." printed on plates fixed to back, near connections panels. Yellow decal reads " UO/ DEPT. KIN. DEPT./ INV. #900-111-165/ ITEM #87-567". "SONY AV-3650/ SOLID STATE VIDEOCORDER", "SONY-MATIC", and "DO NOT REMOVE FRONT COVER/ SEE BOTTOM NOTICE" among markings on top plate. Each reel marked "SONY/ VIDEO TAPE" and "SONY/ TOKYO JAPAN". All controls, connections, etc. labelled. Plate fixed to base reads "CAUTION/ TO PREVENT ELECTRIC SHOCK,/ DO NOT REMOVE COVER (OR BACK)./ NO USER-SERVICEABLE PARTS/ INSIDE. REFER SERVICING TO/ QUALIFIED SERVICE PERSONNEL.".

Missing

Appears complete.

Finish

Red-brown and black pebble-textured synthetic covering on casing sides; black synthetic trim and fittings; brushed silver metal trim and top plate; silver metal and black synthetic controls; grey opaque synthetic reels (2); black video tape.

Decoration

N/A