The new design places all meters required for normal operation within the control area, with control knobs placed adjacent to their respective meters.

The unitized design of the new Mark III head permits preselection and precise matching of the individual transducers to minimize geometric picture distortion
and improve performance characteristics.

Unitized construction also maintains high signal-to-noise ratio and noise banding is accurately controlled over the entire gray scale of the TV picture, assuring maximum precision and picture quality in the interchange of TV tapes.

Charles P. Ginsburg

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  Charles P. Ginsburg, Ampex Senior Product Engineer (now 1961 Vice President and manager of Advanced Video Development), with the VR-1002 Videotape Television Recorder. Although it incorporates important electronic refinements, this VTR affords complete interchangeability with all other Ampex television tape recorders in operation throughout the world.

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gives today's broadcasters the quality features they want most.

Ampex's unique experience covers more than half a decade of equipping broadcasters, networks and production companies with more than 800 Videotape Television Recorders.

Applying this unparalleled experience and knowledge of operational requirements to the design of the VR-1002, Ampex offers the broadcaster new, refined features best suited to today's needs. This simplification affords the ultimate in convenience, reliability and economy of production and maintenance, as well as improved performance characteristics.
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• Anmerkung : Wie man es auf dem Bild ganz oben sehen kann, gab es 1955/1956 zuerst den allerersten Ampex Video-Recorder mit dem waagrecht eingebauten Laufwerk, direkt von den Ampex Audio-Bandmaschinen übernommen. Danach kam der "upright" recorder und dann später die dritte Variante, der Recorder mit dem schräg eingebauten laufwerk. Das hatte sich von der Bedienung her am sinnvollsten erwiesen, weshalb auch alle Nachbauten von RCA und der deutschen Fernseh GmbH gleich auf dieses schräge Laufwerk gesetzt hatten.

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The compact, new VR-1002 upright recorder incorporates its components into 11 1/2 square feet of floor space. Two-cabinet construction allows complete flexibility in placement of electronic racks. New Colortec* (an optional direct color system) becomes an integral part of the monochrome system when installed without need for an additional cabinet. An easily detached shelf provides work area for splicing tape and stacking tape reels. A design-coordinated monitor bridge, available as optional equipment, can be placed on top of the upright model for additional conservation of limited space.

Television broadcast stations not faced with major production requirements will find the simplified design and operation of the new VR-1002 Videotape Television Recorder provide a marked saving without sacrificing Ampex's traditional high quality performance. In addition to the reduced price of the VR-1002 - the advanced version of previous upright television tape recorders - its fewer number of tubes, fewer transistors, and simplified circuits minimize time required for set-up. It also reduces routine operational checking, adjustment and maintenance time to provide lowest possible operating cost-per-hour.

The VR-1002, an ideal first recorder, is a practical, compatible companion to any Ampex VTR, where there is a need for two recorders. Performance characteristics are identical to the deluxe console VR-1000C. The VR-1002 and a second Ampex VTR permit mixing live, film, slides or network with tape and re-recording on the second unit - or making tape duplicates for syndication. A second recorder also increases operational flexibility by allowing simultaneous recording and "on-the-air" playback, and when running tapes "back-to-back" reduces possibility of errors and resulting "make-goods."

Why the VR-1002 is the logical choice for mobile operation:

weight of the transport cabinet (800 lbs.) and the electronics cabinet (650 lbs.) totals approximately 200 lbs. less than the deluxe console ... overall height of cabinets is 5'5", excluding monitor ... all cabinets accessible from front or back ... shake-resistant design ... all major tubes and essential components are clamped.

For the station wishing to utilize their VTR for production in the field as well as for in-studio use, quick connect and disconnect arrangements, 20-inch width, and reduced weight makes the VR-1002 the ideal choice.

• 1 Audio Amplifier
• 2 Tektronix Waveform Monitor Model 527
• 3 Conrac Picture Monitor. 14-inch model CL 14 (shown). Also available in 17-inch model CMB 17R requiring larger monitor housing.
• 4 Switcher
• 5 Monitor Housing. Optional monitoring facility is also available mounted vertically in complementing rack for use adjacent to the upright model.
• 6 Reel Supply Assembly. 14-inch reel holds up to 96 minutes of recording. Supply and take-up turntable brakes are automatically disengaged through tape-tension arm action during threading or splicing operation, permitting easy tape pull.
• 7 Tape Tension Arm. Automatic cut-off switch halts tape motion at end of reel, in case of power failure, or tape stack.
• 8 Video Erase Head. New, high efficiency erase system with 2-inch wide erase head degausses full tape width. Erase electronics, now a part of left hand control panel are simplified, require less power. Warning light indicates activation of erase system.
• 9 Video Head Assembly. Unitized construction of new Mark III video head assembly permits extensive pre-testing and matching of four transducers to provide higher signal-to-noise ratio, improved picture quality.
• 10 Vacuum Guide Position Adjustment. Permits a high degree of guide position repeatability. Deviations from standard recording radius are easily adjusted manually, allowing operator to return to the point of standard with high accuracy. This feature and method of adjustment combined with use of alignment tapes will materially reduce the number of non-standard recordings.
• 11 Control Track Record Reproduce Head
• 12 Audio Erase Head
• 13 Audio Record Reproduce Head
• 14 Tape Timer
• 15 Left Control Panel. New metering arrangement positions meters in the central control area, adjacent to their associated operating controls. Entire panel tilts forward for fast and complete access to circuitry. Flip-down door on panel provides access to set-up control, fuses, test points.
• 16 Right Control Panel. All transport controls, record functions, and audio controls are centralized in convenient clusters with layout identical to other VR-1000series recorders.
• 17 Head Motor Power Amplifier
• 18 24-volt Power Supply
• 19 Record Drive Amplifier
• 20 System Control Unit
• 21 Fuse Panel
• 22 Regulated Power Supply
• 23 Brake Release Pedal. (Not shown) Foot switch to disengage tape reels, permitting tape to pull easily during splicing or threading operation.
• 24 Power Supply
• 25 AFC Modulator. Basic function includes built-in zero-center metering of any two pre-set carrier frequency and deviation standards. Operating carrier frequency is continually monitored by the meter which also indicates drift potential. AFC feature eliminates carrier frequency drift and need for constant checking and resetting. Modulator may be set up for two standards in less than one minute without use of external test equipment.
• 26 Demodulator
• 27 Head Drum Servo
• 28 Channel Switcher
• 29 Pre-Processing Amplifier. Main function of processing the output signal of the Demodulator has been enlarged to serve as stabilizing amplifier, processing the incoming signal in monochrome recording. When in automatic relay switching position, marginal input signals are "cleaned" of noise before recording - particularly useful when recording signals from external sources to studio site.
• 30 Capstan Servo
• 31 Capstan Motor Power Amplifier
• 32 Amtec Colortec Rack Space. Cabling and space are provided for complete integration of Amtec (Ampex Time Element Compensator). With Amtec, sufficient space remains for future integration of other accessories including Colortec, the new, direct color system.

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takes its place in a distinguished line of Videotape Recorders.

Behind the VR-1002 stands fifteen years of specialization in the creation and development of magnetic tape recorders for science, industry and the home. Basic to each VTR are design features and operating conveniences pioneered and perfected by Ampex ... alone in its ability to provide operational features to meet the expanding needs of television broadcasters and production companies.

Today the Ampex VTR has attained an unsurpassed level of performance and reliability. Of even greater importance, this is a constant and continuous level of perfection ... delivering the highest standard of picture quality day after day, year after year.

Whether the broadcaster chooses the deluxe console, the VR-1000C Videotape Television Recorder, or the new upright model VR-1002, he is selecting a recorder that has earned its position as an integral and vital component in television broadcasting.
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• Frequency Response: ±1.5db in the range from 20 cycles to 4 megacycles; down no more than 3db at 4.2 megacycles.
• Transient Response: Not over 10% overshoot on keyed sync pulses of 0.2 microsecond risetime, of amplitude 10 to 90 IRE units.
• DC Response: Not over 2% tilt with standard window test signal.
• Signal to Noise Ratio: Performance better than 42db peak-to-peak video to r.m.s. noise.
• Differential Gain: Not in excess of 10%.

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CAPSULE OF 625- AND 819-LINE STANDARD PERFORMANCE SPECIFICATIONS

Here are system performance specifications for 625- and 819- line standards recorders. (Specifications listed inside are for the 405- and 525-line standards recorders.)

• Anmerkung : 525 Linien ist US-Standard, 625 Linien ist in Deutschland und fast ganz Europa der Schwarz-Weiß Standard, 405 und 819 Linien ist England/Frankreich (ebenfalls in Schwarz-Weiß) noch der Standard. Mehr darüber steht hier - und auch noch hier.

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• Frequency Response: ±1%db from 20 cycles per second to 5 Megacycles per second; down no more than 6db at 5.2 Megacycles per second.
• Transient Response: Not over 15% on a keyed sync pulse of 0.1 microsecond rise time, between 10% and 90% points.
• DC Response: Not over 2% tilt with window test signal.
• Signal to Noise Ratio: Performance better than 40 db peak-to-peak signal to r.m.s. noise.
• Differential Gain: Not in excess of 10%.

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