VT3100

You won’t see the defects until you play the tape — then it’s too late. Streaks, flashes, “snow” and temporary dropouts are usually caused by wrinkles, creases, edge damage, loose oxide or other contaminants. When you play a damaged or defective tape, you look unprofessional and disappoint your viewers. And you could be wasting valuable time and money by recording on defective tapes. Furthermore, bad videotape can clog or misalign the video head of your player/recorder and cause expensive repairs. 

The RTI Videotape Evaluator/Cleaner will let you know for sure whether or not a tape is defective, BEFORE it’s too late, before an important recording is lost forever or costly retaping is required. And it will help prevent future damage to tapes and equipment. It allows you to manage videotapes in the professional way you may have thought impossible.

This RTI tape preservation system detects and counts physical tape defects, while simultaneously removing contaminants and polishing your tapes. And it does all this without affecting recorded signals on the tape. High Speed Performance With high-speed precision, the RTI system counts damage in the control, video and audio areas of the tape, and it shows the counts in large LED displays. This U-Matic model inspects and cleans your tapes at over 30 times normal play speed. A 20 minute tape can take less than a minute to inspect and clean. And it’s fully automatic. All you do is drop in a cassette and push a button.

High speed performance is made possible by lab-standard excellence in design and construction. Special microprocessor programs monitor all critical functions of the RTI system. Even detector calibration is monitored and can be displayed on the front panel readouts to insure accurate detection on all four channels. Precision Sapphire Burnishing Loose oxide (the leading contaminant of videotape) is removed by the RTI cleaning system. The sapphire burnisher thoroughly polishes the oxide for maximum tape performance. Loose dirt, oxide and other debris are wiped away from both sides of the tape by special cleaning tissues.

Optional External Printer

Complete Data Reports in the Format of Your Choice
Controlled and operated by the RTI system microprocessor and data memory, the Printer option gives you more than just defect counts.

Comprehensive reports give you a hardcopy record of the tape’s condition and the locations of all defects. It provides a complete recap of the digital displays, with separate columns showing control, video and audio track defects and oxide voids. You’ll have instant management reports indicating whether or not the program portion of the tape is usable.

The reports also help you keep the data straight, since each printout is identified with the cassette number and evaluation date. It will provide you with both a quick defect data recap and a detailed defect location report, or either one depending on the amount of information you need.

In addition, various report formats can be selected with this versatile, software-controlled system.

Inspects
The 4-channel RTI defect detection system is fast, accurate and easy to use, so you will know the physical condition of tapes before you use them allowing you to:

• Remove bad tapes from your collection.
• Eliminate re-dubbing time and costs.
• Prevent tapes from damaging your recording      equipment.
• Provide your customers or viewers with documented      good tapes.

Cleans
Routine burnishing and cleaning of your tapes can eliminate up to 70% of the temporary dropouts. Even prerecorded tapes will look better after only one pass through the RTI Evaluator/Cleaner.

• Clean tapes keep recorders clean.
• Burnishing promotes maximum tape performance.
• Good tapes look sharper when cleaned; marginal      tapes become more acceptable.
• Clean tapes save maintenance time and costs.

Protects
Protect critical components in your VCR – the video, audio and control track heads. When you play tapes, they become dusty, dirty and the oxide loosens. This debris accumulates on the heads and inside the recorder, causing permanent damage and expensive repairs. It also interferes with video signal transfer so pictures look “snowy” and tapes become further damaged. Protect your video equipment, your tapes and your reputation with RTI.

Standard Features and Specifications

• Operates at 30 times standard play speed in      forward and reverse.
• Automatic operation: select the appropriate      functions, insert the cassette and push AUTO. Automatic rewind system      responds to tail leader only.
• Microcomputer electronics provide uniform tape      speed and tension for smooth, gentle tape handling.
• Digital detection sensitivity readouts on front      panel. Four individually adjustable sensitivity channels (with separate      sensors) allow individual calibration for each type of defect. Unique      defect bypass on the front and rear threading portions of the tape, if      selected on keyboard.
• Double-life Sapphire Burnisher accurately      polishes oxide, reduces dropouts.
• Separate erase interlock prevents acci dental      erasure.
• Software flexibility allows for future      enhancements.
• Modular electronics and assemblies for easy      service.
• Self-Diagnostics monitor the status of operating      systems.
• Large, 7-segment data displays.
• Power: 117V AC, 60 Hz (optional 220V AC      operation, specify 50 or 60 Hz)
• Dimensions: 23~ W x 23″ D x 9-1/2″ H (58.42 cm.      wide x 58.42 cm. deep x 24.13 cm. high)
• Net Weight: 75 Ibs. (34.02 kg.)
• Options Printer System — Fast and quiet printer      produces a concise damage recap report or graphically charts damage and      location information in hardcopy form. Evaluation date and cassette number      may be entered to identify each printout and to facilitate better      management of your tape collection.
• Erase System — This front panel selectable option      provides complete (over 58 dB) erasure while inspecting and cleaning.      Full-width erasure of control, video and audio signals leaves the tape ready      for recording and eliminates problems caused by incomplete VCR erasure      during rerecording. No perceptible trace of audio or video is left on the      tape with the RTI total erasure system.