Philips N1702

Make:

Philips.

Model:

N1702.

Description:

Long-play VCR-LP format video.

Year:

1979.

Original cost:

-

Features:

Basic record and playback, 1 event 9 day timer on electronic clock, test pattern for tuning TV to VCR, 4 digit tape counter.

Format:

VCR-LP (Video Cassette Recording-Long Play).

Tape Width:

0.5 inch.

Theoretical Resolution:

3MHz < 6dB

Tape Speed:

6.56 cm / sec.

Record / Playback method:

Helical scan with azimuth-slant heads.

Video Track Width:

85μM.

Audio record format:

1 linear channel on VCR-LP standard.

Max Record / Playback Time:

3 hours with LVC180 cassette.

Misc:

Basically similar to the Philips model N1700, the N1702 had different coloured top cover (N1702 was silver and black whilst the N1700 was grey) and a few extra niceties such as a 4-digit counter, a 9-day timer, and a test-pattern generator to aid TV tuning. Tape transport legends in slightly different position on later N1702's.